Robert Dunham, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, and Tim Cole, an assistant professor at UNT Dallas join us to talk about how Texas’ use of the death penalty compares with other states.
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The Spy Who Couldn’t Spell
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee joins us tell the story of how Special Agent Steven Carr identified a U.S. government agent who was close to selling a cache of military secrets to Libya.
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A Talk With Justice Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer, associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, joins us to talk about his career on the bench – and about his book, “The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities.”
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Is Medicare Over?
This hour, we’ll talk about how Medicare will be funded going forward – and about how it relates to the Affordable Care Act – with health journalist Trudy Lieberman. Her story “Is Medicare on Its Last Legs” appears in the current issue of Harper’s magazine.
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The Saudi-U.S. Alliance
This hour, we’ll discuss the recent U.S.-backed Saudi intervention in Yemen this hour with Andrew Cockburn. His article “Acceptable Losses” appears in the current issue of Harper’s Magazine.
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Suspense In The Supreme Court
This hour, as we broadcast from NPR Headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk about cases currently being argued before the court with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and Amy Howe, editor of the SCOTUS Blog.
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Defending The Ballot Box
This hour, we’ll talk about the evolution of suffrage in the United States – and about efforts to restrict voting rights through the years – with Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
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The Life Of Antonin Scalia
This hour, we’ll talk about Scalia with Bryan Garner, the editor-in-chief of Black’s Law Dictionary who was both a collaborator and friend. And we’ll talk about the Supreme Court going forward with Royal Furgeson, dean of the UNT Dallas College of Law.
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A Conversation With Lawrence Lessig
This hour, we’ll talk with the Harvard Law professor and one-time presidential candidate about what can be done to restore democracy to the electorate.
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Riding The Economic Rollercoaster
We’ll talk this hour about why rapid economic fluctuations might be here to stay with James K. Galbraith, author of The End of Normal: The Great Crisis and the Future of Growth.
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The Tangled Webs We Weave
This hour, we’ll talk about how governments, corporations and individuals distort the truth to serve their needs with the author of “935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity.”
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