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2011 Program Archive

January 11, 2011 - Sudan; Gun Control; Tucson

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Part 1	UCLA anthropology professor Sondra Hale, who has studied Sudan for more than fifty years, talks about that region's prospects.
Part 2	Saul Cornell, author of A Well-Regulated Militia, puts the long struggle over gun control into historical context.
Part 3	Tucson Weekly's Dan Gibson gives an update from Arizona.

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January 10, 2011 - Gabrielle Giffords shooting, Arizona; Right Wing Rhetoric; "How Can a Gun-Crazed Society Lead the World"

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Part 1	Mary Rose Wilcox, Maricopa County, Arizona, Supervisor and gun shot survivor puts events in Arizona into context; Tucson Weekly's Dan Gibson also joins Ian.
Part 2	Mark Potok from the Southern Povertly Law Center discusses right wing groups and right-wing rhetoric.
Part 3	David Rothkopf talks with Ian about his article in Foreign Policy, "How Can a Gun-Crazed Society Lead the World?"

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Part 1	Writer David Abie Morales of the Tucson Citizen and the Three Sonorans and Gregory McNamee talk with Ian about the situation in Arizona following the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords
Part 2	Susan Purdin, the International Rescue Committee's Country Director for Southern Sudan, on the phone from Juba, Sudan to discuss the referendum on independence. [Note: Delays and poor audio quality due to the international phone lines.]
Part 3	Felix Salmon and Ian talk about the issues raised by Salmon's article, "How to Deal with the Plutocrats."

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Part 1	Dahlia Lithwick, who covers the Supreme Court and judicial issues for Newsweek and Slate.com, talks about Scalia's lecture to the House, Citizen's United, and the right-wing, activist Supreme Court.
Part 2	Daniel Brumberg, Georgetown University professor and advisor to the U.S. Institute of Peace, puts Iran's current situation into context.
Part 3	Mark Paul, co-author of California Crackup, gives his analysis of the state's current political situation.

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Journalist and political analyst Marc Sandalow puts the new Congress into perspective.

Mark Walker, who covers Darrell Issa's home district, discusses the newly powerful Congressman.

Steven Hill, author of Europe's Promise and just back from a European speaking tour, talks about what Europe does right.

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