Listening ideas for 12 May 2011

Forgotten Classics
Isaac Asimov's Guide to the Bible
In which we hear a bit of Isaac Asimov's nonfiction writing.
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London School of Economics: Public lectures and events
A World Without Superpowers: de-centered globalism
As the inequality of power between the West and the rest diminishes, the most likely scenario for world politics is de-centered globalism, in which there will be no superpowers. But what does a world with no superpowers mean for regional coexistence and international cooperation? Barry Buzan is Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at LSE and senior fellow at LSE IDEAS.
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The Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio Show
Richard Wolff; Corporations are Threatening and Bullying America
Corporations are threatening the US, threatening US citizens. How to fight back.
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The Roundtable
James Stewart - Tangled Webs
Joe speaks with James Stewart about his latest book, Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff .
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KQED's Forum
Bharati Mukherjee: 'Miss New India'
National Book Critics Circle Award-winner Bharati Mukherjee travels deftly between tradition and modernity in her many works, including eight novels and two short story collections. Her latest novel, "Miss New India, delves into the issues of arranged marriage, ambition, culture and class. She joins Michael Krasny to discuss the book.
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Listening ideas for 11 May 2011

The Economist
You Are What You Speak
Robert Lane Greene, our business correspondent and editor of our Johnson blog, discusses his new book on the politics of language
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Rear Vision
Microfinance and Politics: the removal of Muhummad Yunus from the Grameen Bank
In a move that surprised many people outside Bangladesh, Muhummad Yunus, founder of the influential microfinance institution the Grameen Bank, has been removed from his position as head of the bank. Yunus won a Nobel prize in 2006 for his role in developing the concept of microfinance and microcredit, helping people—especially women—lift themselves out of poverty with the help of very small loans. Just five years later, he's out. So on Rear Vision, we ask: what is this all about?
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The Christian Humanist Podcast
Christian Humanist University
Michial Farmer moderates a discussion with David Grubbs and Nathan Gilmour about Christian Humanist University, a Platonic ideal of a college, and what such an ideal might do for the way that we imagine and evaluate real colleges. Among the texts, ideas, and other realities we discuss are core curriculum, the purpose of a university, college athletics, specialization, relationships between college and society, and college architecture.
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Mahabharata Podcast
Amba, part 2
Episode 57 - Bhisma finishes bringing us up-to-date on who Sikhandin is, who he used to be, and why Bhisma won't fight him. This also finishes the Udyoga Parva; the Book of the Effort. Next time, we start in on the Bhisma Parva, the first of the eight Battle Books. Don't assume that the war is about to start, just because we end off on the dawn of the first day of the war. We still have a lengthy introduction in the Bhisma Parva, and then there is the Bhagavad Gita, which will take a few episodes-- we don't want to rush things!
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Oxford Biographies
Sir Stanley Matthews, footballer
Sir Stanley Matthews, (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards.
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Listening ideas for 10 May 2011

Outriders (aka Pods and Blogs)
The Internet of Elsewhere
This week Jamillah chats with Cyrus Farivar, author of The Internet of Elsewhere. Can culture change the way people approach the web?
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London School of Economics: Public lectures and events
Pakistan: A Hard Country
In this talk on the subject of his new book, Pakistan: A Hard Country, Professor Anatol Lieven will analyse the Pakistani state and political system, and explain how those factors which give the state its surprising resilience in the face of revolution also hold it back in terms of economic and social development. Professor Anatol Lieven is chair of international relations and terrorism studies at King's College London, and a senior fellow of the New America Foundation in Washington DC. He was previously a journalist, who reported from South Asia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe for The Times and other publications. His books include Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power, America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism and, with John Hulsman, Ethical Realism: A Vision for America's Role in the World. This event celebrates Professor Lieven's new book Pakistan: A Hard Country.
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Listening ideas for 9 May 2011

Witness
The death of Ulrike Meinhof
Ulrike Meinhof was one of the leaders of a group of violent, anti-government extremists in West Germany. She was on trial for murder when she killed herself in May 1976.
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Ideas
Wild Journey: The Anne Innis Story
At the age of 23, Anne Innis was the first person to study African wildlife in its natural habitat. She blazed a trail that was distinctly Canadian, like her father, the political economist, Harold Innis. Sandy Bourque's documentary, told through Anne's eyes, is the story of one woman's courage and determination to study wild giraffe in South Africa in the 1950s. She offers a provocative witness to the terrible ease and disturbing normality of what would later come to be known as apartheid.
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UC Press Podcast
Someplace Like America- UC Press Podcast
Chris Gondek talks with Dale Maharidge about the struggles of working class Americans.
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Listening ideas for 8 May 2011

Forgotten Classics
Genesis, chapter 26
In which we resume our acquaintance with Isaac and Rebecca.
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Science Friday Podcast
Thomas Dolby, Gadgets and Privacy, Video Pick
Musician and techie Thomas Dolby, privacy and mobile gadgets, fluorescent rocks.
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William Rivers en de stroom van neurotici
Door shell-shock getroffen soldaten werden door psychiaters onder stroom gezet, met malaria geïnfecteerd of in vochtige doeken gewikkeld. Zoniet William Rivers. Hij was meer van de talking cure.
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Listening ideas for 7 May 2011

Witness
Victory in Europe day
On May 8 1945 Winston Churchill announced the end of World War 2 in Europe. For Germany it meant hardship and defeat but the celebrations in Britain were joyous.
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Philosophy Bites
Simon May on Love
Can love be defined? In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Simon May, author of a recent book on the topic, argues that there's more in common between different kinds of love than many people realise. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the Institute of Philosophy
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