Conversations with Allan Wolper

["Seth Redniss is the lawyer for Reporters Without Borders, the French based organization dedicated to defending the world's most important freedom, freedom of expression. Redniss has been working with Reporters Without Borders for 12 years, devising legal strategy for journalists in trouble. The assassination of five cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper in Paris, shows why journalists need his kind of help.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "Seth Redniss is the lawyer for Reporters Without Borders, the French based organization dedicated to defending the world's most important freedom, freedom of expression. Redniss has been working with Reporters Without Borders for 12 years, devising legal strategy for journalists in trouble. The assassination of five cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper in Paris, shows why journalists need his kind of help.")])]

['Robert Lipsyte was a sports and city affairs columnist for The New York Times and host of an Emmy Award winning program on Channel 13, the PBS station in New York. Lipsyte recently completed an 18 month assignment as the ombudsman for ESPN. He is a lifetime achievement award recipient from the American Library Association and he co-author of Nigger: An Autobiography, a memoir of comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Robert Lipsyte was a sports and city affairs columnist for The New York Times and host of an Emmy Award winning program on Channel 13, the PBS station in New York. Lipsyte recently completed an 18 month assignment as the ombudsman for ESPN. He is a lifetime achievement award recipient from the American Library Association and he co-author of Nigger: An Autobiography, a memoir of comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory.')])]

["Dr. Margaret Haney, a Professor of Neurobiology in Psychiatry and Co-Director of the Substance Use Research Center at the Columbia University Medical Center, uses human volunteers to study the impact of marijuana on the brain. Research has shown that repeated marijuana use can affect the brain of a teenager. She says that California's laws on marijuana defacto legalize its use. Medical marijuana is permitted in 20 states and the district of Columbia. Colorado has legalized the drug for recreational purposes.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "Dr. Margaret Haney, a Professor of Neurobiology in Psychiatry and Co-Director of the Substance Use Research Center at the Columbia University Medical Center, uses human volunteers to study the impact of marijuana on the brain. Research has shown that repeated marijuana use can affect the brain of a teenager. She says that California's laws on marijuana defacto legalize its use. Medical marijuana is permitted in 20 states and the district of Columbia. Colorado has legalized the drug for recreational purposes.")])]

['Charles Rangel: a legacy interview. He has been a congressman representing Harlem and the Bronx for more than 43 years. He was the first African American chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rangel. He became a major figure in black politics when he defeated the late, legendary Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. He responds to the House Ethics Committee charges against him and discloses the harsh treatment he received from police when he was a Harlem teenager.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Charles Rangel: a legacy interview. He has been a congressman representing Harlem and the Bronx for more than 43 years. He was the first African American chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Rangel. He became a major figure in black politics when he defeated the late, legendary Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. He responds to the House Ethics Committee charges against him and discloses the harsh treatment he received from police when he was a Harlem teenager.')])]

['Dr. Vanessa Neumann has won an international reputation for investigating the relationship between criminal and terrorist organizations from Colombia to Southeast Asia. Dr. Neumann is President and CEO of Asymmetrica, which is a consultant to Fortune 100 companies and various government agencies concerned about illicit human trafficking and crime-terror pipelines.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Dr. Vanessa Neumann has won an international reputation for investigating the relationship between criminal and terrorist organizations from Colombia to Southeast Asia. Dr. Neumann is President and CEO of Asymmetrica, which is a consultant to Fortune 100 companies and various government agencies concerned about illicit human trafficking and crime-terror pipelines.')])]

["John CRASH Matos, a favorite of European galleries,is one of America's most important graffiti artists. Crash's incredible climb from spray painting New York City subway cars to being featured in the Museum of Modern,is a stirring one. He spray painted a design on a guitar for Eric Clapton that was auctioned at a charity for $300,000 and recently opened a gallery in the South Bronx called Wall Works New York to showcase young artists.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "John CRASH Matos, a favorite of European galleries,is one of America's most important graffiti artists. Crash's incredible climb from spray painting New York City subway cars to being featured in the Museum of Modern,is a stirring one. He spray painted a design on a guitar for Eric Clapton that was auctioned at a charity for $300,000 and recently opened a gallery in the South Bronx called Wall Works New York to showcase young artists.")])]

["Dawn Zimmer, the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, became a major political figure when her city was overrun by Super Storm Sandy. Mayor Zimmer\nhas charged that New Jersey Governor Chris\nChristie's administration threatened to hold back aid for Hoboken unless she withdrew her\nopposition to a project in her city. She recently won a large federal grant that the Christie Administration, ironically, will administer.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "Dawn Zimmer, the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, became a major political figure when her city was overrun by Super Storm Sandy. Mayor Zimmer has charged that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's administration threatened to hold back aid for Hoboken unless she withdrew her opposition to a project in her city. She recently won a large federal grant that the Christie Administration, ironically, will administer.")])]

["Ali Velshi, host of Real Money with Ali Velshi, on Al Jazeera America, is one of the world's most popular television business correspondents. The former longtime journalist for CNN was born in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a Muslim of Indian descent who grew up in Toronto where he endured some harsh behavior from those who were prejudiced against his religion.He often speaks out for his faith.", OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', "Ali Velshi, host of Real Money with Ali Velshi, on Al Jazeera America, is one of the world's most popular television business correspondents. The former longtime journalist for CNN was born in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a Muslim of Indian descent who grew up in Toronto where he endured some harsh behavior from those who were prejudiced against his religion.He often speaks out for his faith.")])]

['Helen Benedict is a novelist and journalist whose book, The Lonely Soldier: The Private War\nof Women in Iraq that provided vivid details of sexual assaults of women in the military that won the attention of the Pentagon and the White House. Benedict won the Ida B. Wells award given to writers who champion the causes of people of color. She is a professor of journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Helen Benedict is a novelist and journalist whose book, The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women in Iraq that provided vivid details of sexual assaults of women in the military that won the attention of the Pentagon and the White House. Benedict won the Ida B. Wells award given to writers who champion the causes of people of color. She is a professor of journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.')])]

['Biddle Duke is publisher of the award winning, Stowe Reporter, a weekly newspaper in Stowe, Vermont, His paper disclosed that AIG, using a subsidiary, bought a ski resort in Stowe during the 2008 economic meltdown -- a scoop the mainline media never picked up. He is the scion of the American family that created Duke University.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'Biddle Duke is publisher of the award winning, Stowe Reporter, a weekly newspaper in Stowe, Vermont, His paper disclosed that AIG, using a subsidiary, bought a ski resort in Stowe during the 2008 economic meltdown -- a scoop the mainline media never picked up. He is the scion of the American family that created Duke University.')])]