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NOV 2, 2009 • Podcast
Five to Rule Them All : The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World
What has been, is, and should be the role of the UN Security Council? Bosco chronicles its history--its successes and its failures—and concludes with ...
OCT 30, 2009 • Podcast
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Financial crises are not random events, say Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff. Looking at the the data on boom and bust cycles that have occurred ...
OCT 30, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: When You Cross a Line
When balancing life's complex tensions, how do you know when you've crossed a line?
OCT 28, 2009 • Podcast
Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia
After spending years in the Kingdom talking to people in all walks of life, Robert Lacey gives us a modern history of the Saudis in ...
OCT 28, 2009 • Podcast
Smallpox--the Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer
Real-life hero D.A. Henderson reveals how a small but fiercely dedicated team under his direction succeeded in eliminating smallpox, a disease which had killed ...