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Women's Journalism from Around the Globe Lily Yulianti Farid March 28, 2009 01:14:35 Lily Yulianti Farid, Parveen Sultana, Raziah Mwawanga, and Preeti Mangala Shekar discuss the triumphs and challenges of their efforts to work for gender justice in media in their home countries and regions.	Giacomo Puccini at the Columbia Phonograph Company Gianni Viafora February 21, 1907 00:02:32 On February 21, 1907, shortly before Puccini's departure from New York City, where he was supervising productions of some of his operas at the Metropolitan Opera, his voice was preserved in a single-sided 78rpm recording entitled "La voce di Puccini" made by the Columbia Phonograph Company.	The Other Glass Ceiling: Women in Political Media Rebecca Traister March 28, 2009 01:16:36 Rebecca Traister, Mikki Halpin, and Lisa Stone host a lively discussion of women's voices in mainstream and alternative media, including the blogosphere.
Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates Thomas Cathcart October 23, 2009 00:56:33 Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein discuss Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between.	Mexico Today Teodoro Maus February 8, 2007 01:23:37 Teodoro Maus, former Consul General of Mexico, and current president of TMR consulting, discusses the results of Mexico's most recent presidential election. The vote was nearly too close to call, so Maus explores how this result may affect the new Mexican administration's policies.	Daily Realities: Feminist Curiosity and Globalization Cynthia Enloe January 27, 2005 01:21:16 Cynthia Enloe, author of the collection of essays, Bananas, Beaches, and Bases makes sense of globalization and international politics by taking a look into the daily realities in a range of women's lives.
Onset of Civilization and Prospects for the Future I Fred Spier October 12, 2005 00:44:33 Fred Speir and Jill Tarter examine the continuously unfolding story of cosmic evolution, the modern scientific story of who we are and whence we came.	Labor-Management Relations in Public Education Adam Urbanski December 1, 2003 01:28:58 In this discussion of student-centered decision making, officials from Rochester, NY and Worcester, MA discuss how to put traditional biases aside and agree to living contracts, benchmarked teacher salaries and common standards of accountability.	Women of Peace: 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Winners Kip Tiernan October 24, 2005 01:16:59 Kip Tiernan and Betty Burkes, two Nobel Peace Prize-nominated women from New England, talk about women worldwide engaged in the cause of peace and human dignity. This year 1,000 women from more than 150 countries around the world were jointly nominated for the famous Nobel Peace Prize.
John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics Richard Parker April 17, 2005 01:31:33 Richard Parker, author of John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics and Robert Reich, former secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton, join James Carroll, author and Boston Globe columnist, for a look back at the remarkable career of John Kenneth Galbraith.	Tyler Jacks: Genetics of Cancer Tyler Jacks May 1, 2009 00:53:08 Tyler Jacks, director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, talks about his research on cancer and his career in genetics.	Jennifer Jordan: Women of K2 Jennifer Jordan January 29, 2003 00:57:13 Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Jennifer Jordan shares stories from her research expeditions on The Women of K2. In 2000, Jordan joined an American expedition of women climbers attempting to summit K2 on the Pakistan-China border.