SEP 17, 2007 • Podcast
Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts: The American Military in the Air, at Sea, and on the Ground
The Pacific is no longer an American lake, says Robert Kaplan, and with the rise of China and India, we should accept that we are ...
SEP 26, 2007 • Podcast
The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West
Mark Lilla notes that "it's not contemporary Islam that's the exception", but, "we are the exception. We live on the other shore from those who ...
OCT 10, 2007 • Podcast
Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life
With the advent of global capitalism, consumers have many more choices and investors are doing well. But democracy, charged with caring for all citizens, is ...
OCT 12, 2007 • Podcast
Head and Heart: American Christianities
Garry Wills says that the U.S. separation of church and state both unleashed evangelical feelings and tempered them with reason and rationality. "Putting together ...
OCT 17, 2007 • Podcast
Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy
Does labor abuse and outright slavery still exist in the United States? Yes, says author and journalist John Bowe, who travels from Florida to U....
NOV 7, 2007 • Podcast
The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power
Diversity, says Shashi Tharoor, is the very essence and strength of India. Rather than a melting pot, it is more like an Indian "thali," with ...
NOV 1, 2007 • Podcast
Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
Richard Rhodes says that it's time to finish the work that Reagan and Gorbachev began and get rid of all the nuclear weapons in the ...
DEC 6, 2007 • Podcast
The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House
The Internet has transformed the election process, says Graff, and whether candidates like it or not, fundraising and campaigning will never be the same again.