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Free Forum with Terrence McNally

Terrence McNally

Features conversations with people who offer pieces of the puzzle of “a world that just might work” -- provocative approaches to business, environment, health, science, politics, media and culture. Guests have included Michael Lewis, Ken Burns, Arianna Huffington, Paul Krugman, Temple Grandin, Bill Maher, Cornel West, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Norman Lear. [http://terrencemcnally.net]

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54:49

Q&A: LESTER BROWN, Worldwatch Institute

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2011/04/14

Aired 04/10/11LESTER BROWN has been described by the Washington Post as "one of the world's most influential thinkers." After working with the Department of Agriculture in international agricultural development, Brown helped establish the Overseas Development Council, then founded the Worldwatch Institute, which plays an important role in the public's understanding of trends in our global environment with its annual State of the World report and Vital Signs. In 2001, he left Worldwatch,

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Q&A: DAVID CAY JOHNSTON Pulitzer Prize Winning...

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2011/04/05

Aired 04/03/11Today one of our two major political parties - nationally and in state capitols -- is unwilling to consider raising taxes no matter what the circumstances. Though most of Washington's officials and media are hysterical about the deficit, and willing to hurt anyone in an effort to reduce it, both parties voted in December to extend tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans for two more years. I last interviewed today's guest, Pulitzer Prize winning tax writer, DAVID CAY JOHNSTON

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Q&A: ROBIN WRIGHT, Author - DREAMS AND SHADOWS

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2011/03/29

Aired 03/27/11ROBIN WRIGHT has reported from more than 140 countries on 6 continents for numerous news organizations, including The Sunday Times in London, CBS News ,The Washington Post ,The Christian Science Monitor ,The New York Times ,The New Yorker ,The Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Policy and the International Herald Tribune. She has covered nine wars and several revolutions, and won the Overseas Press Club Award for "best reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and

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Q&A: JONATHAN SCHELL, Author

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2011/03/23

Aired 03/20/11JONATHAN SCHELL was a writer and editor at the New Yorker between 1967 and 1988. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant for writing on Peace and Security, Schell now teaches at Wesleyan University and the New School and is the Harold Willens Peace Fellow at The Nation Institute. He is the author of several books, including The Fate of the Earth; THe Gift of TIme: The Case for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons Now; and A Hole in the World.

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Q&A: JOHN NICHOLS, Author

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2011/03/22

Aired 03/20/11There are the repercussions of the Republican electoral victories in last fall's elections - not just in Washington but in statehouses across the country. Though they well know that they were swept into office due to unemployment and a weak economic recovery on the one hand, and voter ignorance and lack of memory on the other, the GOP in DC is acting like they have a mandate for gutting Planned Parenthood, Public Radio and Television, and the EPA. Even worse, in the states,

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54:23

Q&A: TOM SHADYAC, Director

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2011/03/16

Aired 03/13/11Also MARC IAN BARASCH, AuthorMy transition seems mild compared with that of today's guest, TOM SHADYAC. A onetime actor/comedian and the youngest writer to work for Bob Hope, Shadyac achieved huge Hollyood success -- writing, directing, and producing hits like ACE VENTURA, LIAR, LIAR, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, and BRUCE ALMIGHTY, earning four People's Choice awards and a ton of money. His new documentary, I AM recounts what happened after a cycling accident left him incapacitated

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Q&A: SHARON SALZBERG, Author

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2011/02/18

Aired 02/06/11SHARON SALZBERG has been a student of meditation since 1971, and leading meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. A co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, Sharon is the author of Loving Kindness: The Revolutionary Art Of Happiness; A Heart As Wide As The World; Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience; co-author with Joseph Goldstein of Insight Meditation: A Step-By-Step Course On How To Meditate. Her newest book is REAL HAPPINESS: THE POWER

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Q&A: SHERRY TURKLE, Author

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2011/02/15

Aired 02/13/11How much technology do you use? Email, texting, facebook, twitter, second life, etc. How's it working for you? Has it freed you up, given you more time, or has it added new demands to your life that actually make you feel you have less time? If you're using social media regularly, do you feel more connected with your friends and family or less?Clinical psychologist SHERRY TURKLE has been studying our relationship with technology for most of her career, and has written several

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23:55

Q&A: CAMERON SINCLAIR - Architecture for Humanity

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2011/02/10

Aired 02/06/11CAMERON SINCLAIR was trained as an architect at the University of Westminster and at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. His postgraduate thesis focused on providing shelter to New York's homeless through sustainable, transitional housing. After his studies, he moved to New York where he worked as a designer and project architect.In 1999 Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr founded Architecture for Humanity, a grassroots nonprofit organization that seeks

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Q&A: Mark Hertsgaard, Author

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2011/01/24

Aired 01/23/11MARK HERTSGAARD, a fellow of The Open Society Institute, The Nation's environment correspondent, covers climate change for Vanity Fair, Time and Die Zeit and has written for many of the world's leading newspapers and magazines. He is the author of the highly acclaimed study of the media during the Reagan years, On Bended Knee, as well as Earth Odyssey; A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles; The Eagle's Shadow, and his newest, HOT: Living Through the Next 50

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Q&A: PARAG KHANNA, Author

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2011/01/17

Aired 01/16/11PARAG KHANNA is a Senior Research Fellow in the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. In 2008, he was named one of Esquire's "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century," a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, and one of fifteen people on WIRED magazine's "Smart List." Khanna holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, and Bachelors and Masters degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is author of the

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51:48

Q&A: ANTONIO DAMASIO, M.D. Ph.D @ USC - Brain and...

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2011/01/11

Aired 01/09/11ANTONIO DAMASIO, M.D. Ph.D is the David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience and Director, Brain and Creativity Institute, at the University of Southern California. Damasio,the recipient of numerous honors worldwide and author of bestselling books, was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 1999.In his newest book, Self Comes to Mind, Antonio Damasio presents compelling new scientific evidence that consciousness-what we think of as a mind with a self-is a

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Q&A: VANDANA SHIVA, Physicist, Ecologist, Activist,...

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2010/12/27

Aired 12/26/10Dr. Vandana Shiva is a physicist, ecologist, activist, editor, and author of many books. In India she has established Navdanya, a movement for biodiversity conservation and farmers` rights. She directs the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy. Her books include Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge, Stolen Harvest: The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply, and her newest, Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate

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Q&A: ROBERT SCHEER, Editor-in-Chief of Truthdig, Author

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2010/12/07

Aired 12/05/10ROBERT SCHEER, editor-in-chief of Truthdig, was Vietnam correspondent and an editor of Ramparts magazine from 1964-69. He worked with the Los Angeles Times for nearly 30 years, as a national correspondent from 1976-1993 and as a weekly syndicated columnist until 2005. In 2005 he co-founded Truthdig. Scheer is heard weekly on Left, Right and Center on NPR's KCRW. A clinical professor of communications at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication

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Q&A: JEREMY RIFKIN, President of the Foundation on...

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2010/11/30

Aired 11/28/10JEREMY RIFKIN is the bestselling author of The End of Work, The Biotech Century, The Hydrogen Economy and The European Dream. A fellow at the Wharton School's Executive Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania, he is the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends in Washington, D.C. His newest book is THE EMPATHIC CIVILIZATION.http://www.foet.org/

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Q&A: John Warner/Paul Anastas - founders Green...

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2010/11/23

Aired 11/21/10JOHN WARNER and Paul Anastas are the founders of green chemistry and co-authors of Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, in which, they establish 12 guiding principles for chemists. In 1996 Warner left a lucrative job at Polaroid to found the nation's first doctoral program in green chemistry, and in 2007 he founded Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, an innovation incubator, in Wilmington, Mass.Green Chemistry is a revolutionary approach to the way that products are

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55:49

Q&A: PHILIP GOLDBERG/GREG EPSTEIN Authors

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2010/11/18

Aired 11/14/10Spiritual, but Not Religious PHIL GOLDBERGauthor, AMERICAN VEDA: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation -- How Indian Spirituality Changed the WestGREG EPSTEINHumanist Chaplain, Harvard Universityauthor, GOOD WITHOUT GOD:What a Billion Nonreligious Do BelieveLearn more at philipgoldberg.com and AmericanVeda.comLearn more at harvardhumanist.org

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Q&A: THOMAS GEOGHEGAN, Author

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2010/10/05

Aired 10/03/10THOMAS GEOGHEGAN, a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law School, is a labor lawyer with Despres, Schwartz and Geoghagen in Chicago. He has been a staff writer and contributing writer to The New Republic, and his work has appeared in many other journals. Geoghagen ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary to succeed Rahm Emanuel in Congress a candidate, and is the author of six books including WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?, THE SECRET LIVES OF CITIZENS, and, most recently, WERE YOU

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Q&A: BIONEERS - Conference

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2010/09/28

Aired 09/26/10KEN AUSUBELFounder/Director,BIONEERS Annual Conference,Oct 15-17, 2010, San Rafael CA TOM LINZEYFounder/Executive DirectorCommunity EnvironmentalLegal Defense Fund / CELDF

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Q&A: JON KABAT-ZINN, Author

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2010/09/21

Aired 09/19/10JON KABAT-ZINN, Ph.D. is Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he was founder of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, and founding Director of its world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic. In 1993, his work in the Stress Reduction Clinic was featured in Bill Moyer's PBS Special, Healing and the Mind. He's the author of Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress,

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