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We sit down with Naomi Klein to speak about Paris, why climate change is threatening to elite power, and why when it comes to dealing with the crisis, we need to temper our fears with hope for the future.
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Published on Jan 14, 2016
We’ve all heard that the climate is warming, but how do climate scientists study the problem and how do they know the current warming is unlike anything in the past? What tools do they use, and what can they tell us about how the planet is changing? To answer these questions we spend the hour with renowned professor Michael E. Mann, one of the foremost climate scientists in the world today, and author of the famous ‘Hockey Stick’ graph.
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Published on Feb 2, 2016
Guardian columnist George Monbiot is one of the foremost progressive political thinkers in Britain today, one who has long put a spotlight on environmental issues, particularly those ignored by the mainstream press. He joins us The Elephant to talk about how the climate change crisis isn’t just an isolated problem, but one that is intimately intersected with other major problems we’re facing in our societies – from the run-away political power of corporations, to the rampant consumerism that dominates our culture.
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Twenty years ago today, Democracy Now! went on the air on the eve of the New Hampshire primary. The date was February 19, 1996. The show began as a radio show on a handful of stations. It expanded into television five years later. Today, 5,000 episodes later, Democracy Now! airs on over 1,400 TV and radio stations. We spend the hour looking back at some highlights, including our first broadcast; Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill’s investigation, “Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship”; President Clinton accusing Amy of being “hostile and combative”; our coverage of the 2004 U.S.-backed coup in Haiti; Juan González debating Lou Dobbs; the 2008 arrests of Amy, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar at the Republican National Convention; and our live coverage from the Georgia prison grounds where Troy Davis was executed.
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February 18, 2016 at 10:00 AM
A deep look at Donald Trump’s business record. Successes. Failures. Patterns. And the mystery of his net worth.
In this file photo, current GOP Presidential primary frontrunner and real estate magnate Donald Trump poses for photos above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after taking his flagship Trump Plaza Casino public in New York City on June 7, 1995. (Associated Press)
Beyond his flash and brash appeal, Donald Trump’s big claim to readiness for the presidency is his business record. Trump the builder. Trump the dealmaker. Trump the multi-billionaire. So how good is he, really, on the business front? His name is all over, that’s for sure. There are successes. But also failures. Those bankruptcies and more. What does that record tell us about the man and how he works in the world? This hour On Point, the business record of Donald J. Trump.
— Tom Ashbrook
Timothy O’Brien. executive editor of Bloomberg View and Bloomberg Gadfly. Former editor and business reporter at the New York Times. Author of “TrumpNation.” (@TimOBrien)
Michael Kruse, senior staff writer for POLITICO. (@michaelkruse)
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Watch the live webcast here on Friday, February 19, 2016
SPECIAL TIME: Noon-1pmET
CHEMICAL EXPOSURES AND THE BRAIN: The Flint Water Crisis and More
Presented in Collaboration with PRI’s The World & WGBH
Part of THE ANDELOT SERIES ON CURRENT SCIENCE CONTROVERSIES
The water crisis gripping Flint, Michigan has exposed thousands of children to unsafe lead levels, triggering a federal emergency declaration and national conversation about basic public health protections. Lead can be toxic to the brain, and children can be particularly vulnerable. However, the Flint example is not unique; other American cities, including the nation’s capitol, have faced lead contamination in water supplies. And research has pointed more generally to an expanding list of chemicals, including certain pesticides, mercury and flame retardants, that may be linked to cognitive delays and health conditions in children. This Forum will examine those links and the implications for both children and adults, while exploring public policy successes and failures in safeguarding the public’s health against neurotoxicants.
Part of: The Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.
Presented in Collaboration with PRI’s The World & WGBH
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Further information on the unfolding Flint circumstances can be traced through Transition-Studies.TV.
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