We examine security issues in the “War on Terror,” including a particularly troubling lack of security at Penn Station in New York City, issues of border control, and the reliability of news coverage.
Finally, we examine the ways in which concerns with security trump the ability of students to procure study visas.
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Contributing reporters include Jon Stott, [...]
We talk to journalists in Lebanon and Italy about reactions on the ground in the two countries to some of today’s headlines.
Also, Eva Barboni delves into the issue of civilian, Iraqi body counts.
Finally, Rozina Ali speaks to a Swarthmore College linguistics professor, who recently returned from Iran.
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Anne Kolker chats with a pair of members of the British House of Commons and finds that, though they share a party, they don’t see eye to eye on the war in Iraq.
Then, Wren Elhai considers how American tax dollars are now being used to provide financial support to those who say they want to bring democracy to Egypt.
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Tev Kelman brings us voices from both sides of the checkpoints in Iraq.
We also hear from reporters who were embedded with the U.S. military in Iraq, and we explore the complications with this form of journalism.
Finally, we investigate how the cultural divide between the United States and the Arab world is expressed through music.
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Beth Redden takes a look at American poets who are putting their pens to work in order to express their views on the war in Iraq.
Then, Rozina Ali speaks with three Afghani women with strong views on life in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban.
We also hear from an American mother who tried to convince her [...]
While millions of Americans stress over their tax forms, a few have decided not to file for moral reasons. Maria Macia speaks with folks who don’t want their money being used to finance a war.
Also, Mat Louis-Rosenberg delves into the case against government contractor Custer Battles (the name’s no joke). It’s a story with all the twists [...]
Michael Drezner looks at the criticisms of the new National Intelligence Director John Negroponte.
Then, Anne Kolker explores conscientious objecting and desertion.
Finally, Jason Lissy investigates a student protest at CUNY.
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Eva Barboni examines American’s efforts to combat malnutrition in Iraqi children. She spoke with doctors from Colombia University and Baghdad’s al-Mustansiriya University and discussed the different approaches being taken to alleviate this problem.
Also, we also hear from the director of HEAD, a program designed to fund programs for higher education in Iraq, as Amelia Templeton analyzes how [...]
Smita Ghosh talks to a conscientious objector who served at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison before he achieved objector status.
Also, Tevye Kelman connects the letters of Lawrence of Arabia with the modern conflict in Fallujah.
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Michael Drezner and Wren Elhai take a deeper look at the men making the headlines in Iraq today.
Then, Scott Tanner talks to an independent journalist who worked extensively in Iraq.
Finally, Anne Kolker brings us the Danish angle on the war in Iraq.
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Micheal Drezner talks to the head of Operation Truth.
Also, Sonia Vallabh also speaks with a young woman who has volunteered for a civilian job in Iraq.
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Roxanne Yaghoubi speaks with a man who’s working to fight the production of heroin and opium in Afghanistan, and to bring drinking water and modern hospitals to an impoverished nation.
Also, Scott Tanner explores the issues involved in the outsourcing of intelligence to private contractors with both the director of CorpWatch and a scholar at George Washington University. Is [...]
Michael Drezner listens to the voice of the people and hears their opinions on the war.
Also, Tanya Hoke explores the cutting edge of the intelligence field, where covert ops meet internet transparency - spy blogs!
Finally, Elizabeth Redden brings us a love story that stretches from Baghdad to suburban Philadelphia.
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Wren Elhai reports on a mission to stop Iraqi scientists from selling their expertise to the highest bidder on the black market.
Also, Amelia Templeton tells the story of just how hard it can be to call Iraq, and how sometimes wrong numbers can turn into right ones.
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Our first three weeks of shows, from February 21 to March 17, 2005, can be found on our old website.
