Articles tagged with: America
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One of Time magazine’s most influential people, the primatologist from Emory University’s Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Center and author Frans de Waal discusses his new book, The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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University of Michigan Afro-American literature and culture professor Michael Awkward discusses his new book, Burying Don Imus: Anatomy of a Scapegoat (University of Minnesota Press, 2009), with Imus in the Morning listener Joseph Planta; they discuss the 2007 firing of talk personality Don Imus over comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team which ignited a firestorm over race, free speech and language in America.
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Veteran broadcaster Ralph Benmergui debuts a new documentary series God Bless America on VisionTV beginning Monday, 19 January 2009, running for six weeks; he discusses it and the state of religion in American politics and culture with Joseph Planta.
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The distingushed Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer discusses his latest book, Champlain’s Dream: The Visionary Adventurer Who Made a New World in Canada (Knopf, 2008) with Joseph Planta.
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Author and journalist Marty Beckerman discusses his new book Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left and the Rabid Right (Disinformation, 2008) and the current state of American politics, the election there and more with Joseph Planta.
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Veteran foriegn correspondent and syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses his new book, American Raj: Liberation or Domination? (Key Porter, 2008) with Joseph Planta.
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Toronto Star columnist Antonia Zerbisias discusses the journalism and media reporting, her work in the Star, women’s issues and politics, the current election campaigns in Canada and the United States, and more with Joseph Planta.
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Conservative political analyst and operative, editor and CEO of grandcentralpolitical.com Rachel Marsden talks to Joseph Planta about the economic crisis, the presidential and upcoming vice presidential debates, as well as the Canadian political campaign.
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The bestselling author, essayist, and historian Ronald Wright discusses his new book, What is America? A Short History of the New World Order (Knopf, 2008) with Joseph Planta.
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The broadcaster, blogger, and Langara College’s community liaison David Berner talks to Joseph Planta about his thoughts on matters political: the municipal election in Vancouver, the Canadian federal election, and the American presidential race.
