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2011 Program Archive
Feb 10 - Egypt's Revolution Seen from Alexandria and DC; Tea Party Budget Follies
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Youth Journalism International reporter Jessica Elsayed talks from Alexandria about Mubarak's non-exit speech. |
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Elliott Colla, chair of Arab and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, talks about his testimony to Congress and the prospects for Egypt's people's revolution. |
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Dean Baker discusses the internal Republican budget wrangling and their ideologically-driven proposed cuts. |
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Today's events in Cairo; Repercussions of the Revolutions for Israelis and Palestinians; Protest against the Billionaire Koch brothers
Salwa Hazem is a 25 year old working professional participating in the revolutions in Cairo. She discusses what she wants for her country, and what she expects from us.
James Traubis a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where he has worked since 1998. From 1994 to 1997, he was a staff writer for The New Yorker. He has also written for The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic Monthly, National Review and Foreign Affairs. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has an article in Foreign Policy about the Palestinian papers "The Rest of the Story".
Samantha Corbin is a longtime activist and organizer who worked with the Ruckus Society to plan and stage a protest outside the Koch brothers’ gathering at the Rancho Mirage Resort. You may learn more at Ruckus.org.
Jan 30 - On the Ground in Egypt
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Youth Journalism International reporter Jessica Elsayed talks about her experience and provides analysis from Alexandria, Egypt. |
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Samia Serageldin gives her perspective from Cairo. |
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Ambassador Clovis Maksoud assesses Egypt's situation. |
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Jan 27 - The Palestine Papers; Russia; Balkan Organ Trading?
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Amjad Atallah, of the New America Foundation and author of "Look, the Emporer Has No Clothes: Al Jazeera's Palestine Papers," discusses the Palestine Papers. |
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Gordon Hahn, author of Russia's Islamic Threat, analyzes Russia's current situation. |
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Johns Hopkins professor and researcher Daniel Serwer, who has extensive experience in negotiating peace in the Balkans, talks about claims of an organ dealing ring in Kosovo. |
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Jan 26 - William Cohan on the Financial Crisis; Gun Control; Today in Egypt
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William Cohan, author of House of Cards, talks about the new report on the avoidability of financial crisis. |
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Former ATF agent and expert in tracking crime-guns, Gerald Nunziato, talks about current gun legislation. |
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Samia Serageldin, author of The Cairo House, on the phone from Cairo, explains the current situation in Egypt. |
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