Lectures tagged "Terrorism"

Shankar Vedantam: The Hidden Brain
Shankar Vedantam: The Hidden Brain
Shankar Vedantam
February 9, 2010
00:57:17
Washington Post columnist Shankar Vedantam discusses his book The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives.
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SuperFreakonomics
Stephen Dubner
October 29, 2009
01:01:00
Journalist Stephen Dubner discusses SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance.
Thrillers and Killers: Why Do They Fascinate Us?
Thrillers and Killers: Why Do They Fascinate Us?
Stephen L. Carter
October 24, 2009
00:48:14
Terrorism expert Jessica Stern hosts a discussion with novelists Stephen Carter, Joe Finder, and Andre Dubus III about what makes spies, operatives, and terrorists tick, and why they fascinate us. Image
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Terrorism and US Foreign Policy
Catherine V. Scott
October 21, 2008
00:43:50
Catherine V. Scott, professor and chair of political science at Agnes Scott College, presents a multimedia look at Imagining Terror in an Era of Globalization: Popular Constructions of Terrorism and US Foreign Policy.
The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
Jonathan Mahler
September 9, 2008
01:17:25
Jonathan Mahler describes his new book, The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight Over Presidential Power. It is the authorized account of a landmark court case on presidential power and the rule of law in the history of the Supreme Court.
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Ralph Reed: Dark Horse
Ralph E. Reed Jr.
June 12, 2008
00:38:09
Ralph E. Reed Jr. discusses his debut novel, Dark Horse. It is a political thriller about a complicated presidential campaign thrown into chaos when a presidential nominee is murdered by a terrorist.
Escape to the Middle Ages: The Resurgence of Tolkien
Kathryn Lynch
January 1, 2008
00:56:49
Kathryn Lynch suggests that a contemporary world torn apart by global strife and terrorism finds a timeless interest in the world of the quiet Oxford don. The fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien has always found a ready audience.
Disaster Preparedness in Massachusetts: Ready or not?
Paul D. Biddinger
May 3, 2007
01:24:53
Paul D. Biddinger and Lisa Stone discuss what really needs to be done to prepare Massachusetts for disaster, and what the consequences of inaction could be. Real and predicted calamities during the last decade have placed a sharp focus on America's need to prepare for disaster.