In The Campaign Beat, our weekly political analysis program, Mauk, Johnson and Dennison

discuss the role of political polling.

News Director Sally Mauk talks with global studies professor William Robinson about the growing gap worldwide between the rich and the poor.

News Director Sally Mauk talks with Missoula author Deirdre McNamer about picking this year's winner of the National Book Award for fiction.

News Director Sally Mauk talks with Native American author and poet Gyasi Ross about why it's important for Indians to tell their own stories.

News Director Sally Mauk talks with a Missoula business man about the U.N conference on climate change he'll be attending later this week in South Africa

On the weekly political analysis program "Campaign Beat" News Director Sally Mauk and reporter Mike Dennison talk about the Supercommittee's failure to reach a debt agreement.

Reporter Edward O'Brien talks with the Chief of the Forest Service about proposed changes to land management.

News Director Sally Mauk talks with renowned humanitarian Dr. Kevin Cahill about the pitfalls and politics of humanitarian aid

News Director Sally Mauk talks with China expert and former Ambassador Darryl Johnson about U.S./China relations

News Director Sally Mauk talks with Republican Gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill about jobs, climate change, and conservative politics.