We’ll talk about survival against all odds with the author of Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free.
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China’s Effect On The U.S. Economy
We’ll talk about how market volatility overseas influences our economy at home with Matthew P. Goodman, Senior Adviser for Asian Economics with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Challenges For a Growing World
This hour, we’ll talk about how to keep the population manageable with Robert Walker, CEO of Population Media Center and author of the new report “Demographic Vulnerability: Where the Population Growth Poses the Greatest Challenge.”
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Feeding An Overcrowded World
We’ll talk about the scientists who are exploring new ways of producing food with Joel K. Bourne, author of The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World.
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For Richer or Poorer: Natural Disasters
How does the aftermath of hurricanes, floods and the like fuel global inequality? We’ll talk about the topic with the author of The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer
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Liberating Women In The Middle East
This hour, we’ll hear from Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy, author of ‘Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution.’
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The CIA From al Qa’ida to ISIS
Michael Morell was with President Bush on Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists struck the U.S. And he was at President Obama’s side when the U.S. raided Osama bin Laden’s compound. This hour, we’ll talk to the retired deputy director of the CIA about securing peace through back-channel negotiations, which he writes about in The Great War of Our Time: The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism–From al Qa’ida to ISIS (Twelve).
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The Congolese Expat And The Journalist
Francisca Thelin managed to leave her home in the Congo behind for a new life in America. As an adult, though, she returned to her homeland with human rights activist Lisa J. Shannon to check in on the family she left behind.
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Islamic Extremism In North Texas
Sunday’s shooting at Garland’s Curtis Culwell Center has brought the national conversation about freedom of speech, ISIS and the future of terrorism to North Texas. This hour, we’ll explore those topics with international terrorism expert Robert Taylor of UTD and Alia Salem of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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Fighting Child Trafficking
This hour, we’ll talk with Alisa Jordheim, executive director of the Justice Society, on how to spot and advocate for the victims of child trafficking.
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