RUSSIA
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Explorations With Dr. Michio Kaku – January 15, 2002
Explorations with Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York, science program. Contents: GUEST: ROBERT WHITAKER, Boston Globe Correspondent and author of “Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill” [Perseus Pr., 2002; ISBN 0738203858] to discuss the historical and current plight…
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Democracy Now! September 2, 1998
Headwaters; Russia & the Press; Colombia |(21 Minutes) Headwaters The CA state legislature has approved a deal to purchase the headwaters forest. The bill will transform the world’s largest privately owned stand of ancient redwood trees into a public preserve. Environmentalists say the settlement will only save a portion of the land. The deal will…
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Democracy Now! August 18, 1997
TV News; Russian Intelligentsia; Canned Hunting |(9 Minutes) TV News Research statistics regarding the media’s increasing number of crime stories juxtaposed with decreasing crime figures. GUEST: Dan Anunsdon, research dir. of the Center for Media and Public Affairs. (19 Minutes) Russian Intelligentsia Background on official and public perception of Russian Intelligentsia. Author of BOOK: DEAD…
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Democracy Now! December 24, 1998
Impact of Iraq Bombings on U.S. – Europe Relations; Nike/Soccer Coach |(14 Minutes) Impact of Iraq Bombings on U.S. – Europe Relations The U.S. led bombing of Iraq last week was criticized heavily by a number of Eropean powers, who saw the 4-day barage as a unilateral act that ignored the position of the world…
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Russia: Collapsing economy, conflicted leadership, and the nuclear legacy
Russia: Collapsing Economy, Conflicted Leadership, and the Nuclear Legacy GUEST: Mark Weisbrot is the director of research at the Preamble Center for Public Policy and a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute and author of Globalization for whom? and The Phony Crisis of Social Security. GUEST: David Johnson is an associate director of the…