Naomi Klein on disaster capitalism

Naomi Klein writes, "Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image."

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Czechs opposed to missile shields

U.S. plans to install missiles in the Czech Republic as part of its Star Wars strategy have been met with protests and hunger strikes. We talk with Joseph Gerson, Director of Programs for the American Friends Service Committee and author of "Empire and The Bomb".

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Amandla

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jul 22nd ::: "bantering" DYNAMIC DUO : Jim Fetzer - Morgen Reynolds - Kevin Barrett

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El Sotano 113_23jul2008_Surfer Joe Festival

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Black Coffee #20080625

National, Societal and World Politics, Events and Affairs from the Black perspective. Online Interactive Weekly talk program - Sobering, Stimulating and Hot.

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Vitamania!

In today’s show we take a closer look at vitamins, the tiny substances that are vital to our health. You’ll hear how the British biochemist Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins discovered vitamins (or, as he preferred, “vitamines”) in 1909 and find out why the rate of rickets is once again increasing. Finally, producer Jocelyn Ford takes us to Shijiazhuang in China’s Hebei Province for a visit to the world’s largest Vitamin C factory. Element of the Week: Iron.

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The Art of Science

While chemistry often plays a silent role in art, a few artists and scientists have consciously chosen to intersect the two. CHF’s Erin McLeary was astounded by the work of Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, who created images with filter paper and called them “self-grown pictures.” We also visit two present-day New York artists — Steve Miller and Dove Bradshaw — who have chosen different routes to incorporate science into their art. Element of the Week: Neon.

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Blockbuster Science

Is science on the silver screen any less real than science in the lab? A crew from CHF attempts to answer this question with a visit to a new Star Wars exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. In a commentary on how cartoons shape our ideas about emerging science and technology, Jody Roberts suggests that accuracy is not really the point when science makes its way into popular culture. Element of the Week: Krypton.

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The Nanoscale

You’ve heard the hype—but what’s nanotechnology really all about? Today’s show is an investigation into the current reality and the future potential of nanotechnology. In an interview with CHF’s Chi Chan, Harvard University chemist George Whitesides explains how nanofabrication works, what it has to do with chemistry, and what new developments we should expect to see in the next five years. In our Mystery Solved! segment, Jennifer Dionisio uncovers the tiny secret behind the legendary

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Wonder Drugs

From antibiotics to chemotherapy, modern pharmaceuticals have transformed the experience of illness in the 20th century. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, the founder and chairman of Biocon, Ltd., joins us for a discussion of how the global business of pharmaceuticals is changing the culture of science in India. A commentary explores the far-reaching effects of pharmaceuticals in social, economic, and political history. Element of the Week: Sulfur.

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Color

Scientists have been fascinated with the question of what color is ever since Isaac Newton discovered that white light contains the entire color spectrum. Join CHF’s Erin McLeary and Integral Molecular’s Joe Rucker as they whip up a batch of mauvine, the first synthetic dye, in CHF’s catering kitchen. In this week’s Chemistry in Your Cupboard, learn how you can make your own pH meter with a common vegetable. Element of the Week: Chromium.

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The Love Show

A Valentine for our listeners, this show is dedicated to the chemistry of love. In today’s show, we explain why passion has always been associated with fire and how the stars can influence your love life. We will also look at the long history of aphrodisiacs, from Spanish fly to chilies to chocolate — but in a different way than one might expect. The Element of the Week: Fire.

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Education

Today’s show takes a look at how scientists and educators are reinventing American science education. We chat with Tom Tritton, CHF’s new president, about how to introduce liberal arts students to science—and just as importantly, vice versa. Later in the show, producer Cyrus Farivar takes us to the classroom of Drexel University chemistry professor Jean-Claude Bradley, where students are using virtual reality to understand the molecular word. Element of the Week: Hydrogen.

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Electronics

We don’t normally think of computers, radios, and cell phones as products of chemistry, but none of these devices would be possible without specialized chemical manufacturing components and techniques. On today’s show we speak with Henry Kressel, author of Competing for the Future: How Digital Innovations Are Changing the World,about the early solid-state transistors that heralded the beginnings of the Digitial Age. We also share some listener feedback. The Element of the Week: Germanium.

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The Chemistry of Texts

Chemistry plays an integral role in both creating and preserving the printed page. Some historic inks have started to destroy the pages they’re printed on. Other books and manuscripts have been damaged as a result of older conservation practices. In this episode, two conservators assess some rare books at CHF. In Chemistry in Your Cupboard, learn about the history of invisible inks. Element of the Week: Copper.

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The Body Chemical

Western medicine has always looked at the body as a system in balance. Today’s show looks at how ideas about the body’s equilibrium have changed over the past few centuries, from humoral theory to the discovery of vitamins and the role of trace elements in human health. The Element of the Week: Black bile.

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Measurement

In this episode, we look at several cases of how measurements affect scientific research and practice as well as daily life. We also explore two instances where the “standards” are changing: debates over how to fix the standard kilogram; and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s recent decision to change the atomic weights of five elements. Washington Post food science writer Robert Wolke joins us to discuss the chemistry of cooking. The Element of the Week: platinum.

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Happy Holidays from CHF

This week, in honor of the holiday season, we’re offering a toast to chemistry. We’ll explain what makes champagne bubble, and why size matters when you’re talking about carbonation. From all of us to all of you: Happy Holidays. The Element of the Week: phosphorus.

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Cleaning Up

After the recent oil spills in the San Francisco Bay and the Kerch Strait, Distillations delves into the reality of cleaning up human-made messes. In this episode, Jody Roberts, the program manager for environmental history and policy at CHF’s Center for Contemporary History and Policy, talks about environmental remediation. Also, learn about how the San Francisco Bay was cleaned up in late 2007 with mushrooms and human hair. The Element of the Week: mercury.

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Communicating Chemistry

How do scientists explain what they do to the larger public, and how can historians help? In this first episode of Distillations, we explore this question by looking at phlogiston, an obsolete element once thought to explain combustion. We also talk with Paul Smith, director of laboratory demonstrations at Purdue University. For more than 15 years, Smith has been performing reenactments of the 19th-century chemist Michael Faraday’s Christmas lectures, complete with period costume and language.

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Between The Lines Week Ending 7/25/08

U.S. economic meltdown; Bush administration's effort to limit women's access to birth control; House hearing on impeachment article filed by Rep. Dennis Kucinich

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Loophole in mining regulations allows lakes to be destroyed

Two years ago, a couple of pristine lakes in Newfoundland became toxic waste sites as a result of mining regulations. This is because of a regulatory concept called Schedule 2 which exempts healthy lakes from strict standards governing pollution from mining waste

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Pipeline through Afghanistan

India and Pakistan are negotiating to get natural gas from Turkmenistan in a pipeline that will run right through Kandahar, where Canadian soldiers are fighting.

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Old-time radio plays--mostly comedies--based on political issues and characters, and other anti-corporate fare. Includes the Peak Oil Check-In by Carl Etnier, available separately on this portal.

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july 21st ::: 9/11 and GAZA : Carol Brouillet on Palestine

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Prima Facie

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Black Coffee #20080618

National, Societal and World Politics, Events and Affairs from the Black perspective. Online Interactive Weekly talk program - Sobering, Stimulating and Hot.

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Oil companies sign contracts with government of Iraq

Despite protestations that the invasion of Iraq were about liberating the Iraqi people, it's becoming progressively more obvious that the U.S. government's goal was get at Iraqi oil and that the occupation is set to continue indefinitely.

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Don't You Know?

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