Ian Masters
Report on the Financial Collapse; Gun Control, Gun Laws, and Arizona; Egypt Today
From: Spencer Downing
Series: BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS
Length: 53:58
William Cohan talks about the soon-to-be-released report arguing the economic collapse was preventable; former ATF Gerald Nunziato on gun laws; Samia Serageldin calls from Cairo
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The Palestine Papers; Terrorism in Russia; Organ Dealing Ring in Kosovo?
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Former Palestinian negotiator Amjad Atallah discusses the Palestine Papers; Gordon Hahn puts Russian bombings into perspective; Daniel Serwer gives context to reports of a ...
Egypt's Streets; Assessing Obama; State of the Union in Historical Context
(54:02)
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The chair of American University in Cairo's Political Science Department on events in Egypt; veteran journalist Charles Peters on Obama; historian Edward Frantz puts the ...
Obama's Presidency Now; Russia; Bradley Manning in the Brig
(53:59)
From: Spencer Downing
Jonathan Alter talks about Obama's presidency at year 3; Columbia University Professor Kimberly Marten on Chechnya and Russian bombings; Jane Hamsher tells of her detainment ...
Defunding USAID; Defunding Corporation for Public Broadcasting; "Private" CIA
(54:02)
From: Spencer Downing
Ambassador James Dobbins talks about move to defund USAID; James Baughman on move to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Robert Young Pelton on a "private" CIA.
Jan 20 - Susan Shirk and James Fallows on China; Citizens United
(53:57)
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Susan Shirk discusses US-China relations; James Fallows analyzes China also; Ben Manski of Move To Amend talks about one year after the Citizens United decision.
January 19, 2011 - Banks; Arab Democracy, Shock of Gray
(54:59)
From: Spencer Downing
Simon Johnson, author of 13 BANKERS, analyzes about banks in American economic life.
John Feffer discusses "Arab Democracy Now!"
Ted C. Fishman talks about his book SHOCK OF GRAY
January 18, 2011 - NBC-Comcast; China-US relations; Haiti and Duvalier
(53:58)
From: Spencer Downing
Craig Aaron of Free Press discusses the NBC-Comcast deal; Gordon Chang analyzes US-China relations as Hu Jintao arrives in Washington; Amy Wilentz talks about her recent trip ...
Monday, January 17, 2011
(53:55)
From: Spencer Downing
"The State of the Dream 2011 - Austerity for Whom?"; Obama's Afghanistan policy; Congress and lobbyists
Sunday, January 16
(54:56)
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Analysis of the following subjects: Tunisia; foreclosures; MLK Day; the military-industrial complex
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