Active Voice Radio 7-16-08: Judy Polumbaum- China Ink: The Changing Face of Chinese Journalism, 29:30

Judy Polumbaum interviewed 20 Chinese journalists about their life and craft opening a unique window into this major media producer.

Active Voice Radio 7-9-08: Catholic Worker James Douglass on JFK, 29:31

Douglass is an internationally respected Catholic Worker and author. His new book JFK and the Unspeakable details a President who was at odds with the military establishment as the Cold War came precariously close to a Nuclear War.

Active Voice Radio 6-25-08: Terry Aladjem - The Culture of Vengeance and the Fate of American Justice, 29:30

Terry Aladjem of Harvard University discusses his new book that explores the psychology and philosophy of Vengence in America

Active Voice Radio 6-18-08: Sasha Abramsky- American Furies: Crime, Punishment and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment PART 2, 29:30

We look at America's Prison Culture with Abramsky who interviewed Criminal Justice Officials and Prisoners

Active Voice Radio 5-28-08: Paul Dutton Differential Diagnoses: A Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in the United States and France, 29:30

Professor Paul Dutton takes us on a tour of the facinating differences between the US and French healthcare systems...we can learn more from the French than cooking...

Active Voice Radio 4-18-08: Columnist Froma Harrop- Obama, Drugs and Everyone Else, 29:30

Harrop goes over some of the other powerful politicians who have admitted past substance use...but were never arrested. Froma and Chris discuss the double standard for politicians and how they can make an anti-prohibition stance a political asset.

Active Voice Radio 3-5-08: Dr. Mitch Earleywine- A Parent's Guide to Marijuana, 29:30

Dr. Mitch Earleywine offers a realisitic approach to marijuana education for parents in his new book.

Active Voice Radio 2-27-08: Marnia Lazreg- Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad, 29:30

Marnia Lazreg teaches sociology at Hunter College. Her newest book Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad looks at the French-Algerian war of the late 1950s and early 1960s in which the French employed torture as a common strategy of their occupation.

Active Voice Radio 2-20-08: James Loewen- Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of US Racism, 29:30

James Loewen is an internationally celebrated author, professor and historian....he highligts an often-overlooked aspect of America's institutional racism in Sundown Towns...one that still has an impact today.

Active Voice Radio 10-26-07: Rick Steves PBS Travel Host speaks about Marijuana, 29:29

Rick Steves is a popular PBS Travel Host and has authored dozens of travel guides. He speaks about marijuana at the NORML 2007 Conference.

Active Voice Radio 8-31-07 - Johnathan Mooney- The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal, 29:31

Author Jonathan Mooney joins us to discuss his newest book The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal

Active Voice Radio 7-20-07: Felicia Kornbluh- The Battle For Welfare Rights : Politics and Poverty in Modern America, 29:30

Duke university Professor Felicia Kornbluh- discusses her newest book The Battle For Welfare Rights : Politics and Poverty in Modern America

Active Voice Radio 6-29-07: Congressman Ron Paul and Journalist Clarence Page speak about Marijuana and Racism, 29:45

Congressman ron Paul of Texas and Chicago Tribune Columnist Clarence Page discuss marijuana and racism

Active Voice Radio 6-15-07: Gerald Horne- The Deepest South: The US, Brazil and the African Slave Trade, 29:32

This week on AVR we're going to explore America's history of slavery with Gerald Horne, Morris Professor of African American studies at the University of Houston, his newest book is the Deepest South The United States, Brazil and the African Slave Trade

Active Voice Radio 6-8-07: Penny Coleman - Flashback: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide and the Lessons of War, 29:00

What happens when the tours are over and the troops return home? A woman with personal expereince examines an important topic bringing us from Vietnam, startlingly face-to-face with Iraq.

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