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The National Intelligence Estimate on Iran.  Plus: testing for toxic toys.  With host Kris Welch.

Guests:
Carah Ong, Iran Policy Analyst, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Bruce Mirken, dir. communications, Marijuana Policy Project (re:challenge to Giuliani, Romney and McCain on medical marijuana)
Carolyn Cox, research director, Center for Environmental Health, Oakland Genevieve Howe, dir. Environmental Health Campaign, Ecology Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.

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U.S. ME policy and academic freedom: we talk with Dahr Jamail.  PLUS: left governments in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador under pressure.  Roger Burbach joins host Kris Welch.

Guests: Dahr Jamail, freelance journalist, author (Beyond the Green Zone)
Roger Burbach, dir. Center for the Study of the Americas, author (Imperial Overstretch: George W. Bush and the Hubris of Empire; The Pinochet Affair; etc.)

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Cities and Fundamentalisms: what’s the connection between power and place?  PLUS: New York Times columnist, economist Paul Krugman with his new book, "The Conscience of a Liberal".  With host Kris Welch, noon to one.

Guests: Haim Yacobi, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Paul Krugman, prof. Economics and International Affairs, Princeton University; columnist, author

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Ed Holmes (he plays Cheney on stage)!  Ed Reed, gorgeous jazz voice!  The Hot 8 Brass Band, straight outta New Orleans!  It’s a good day, with host Kris Welch, noon to one.

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Say it Plain: featuring some of the most powerful spoken words of the past century, including Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Thurgood Marshall, Howard Thurman, Dick Gregory, Fannie Lou Hamer, Stokely Carmichael, Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, Clarence Thomas, Julian Bond, and more. The two accompanying CDs include live excerpts from the speeches.

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