APM: Word for Word Podcast
1) Aug. 8, 2008: Word for Word: Stephen L. Carter
War is a major issue in the 2008 presidential election. But Yale University law professor and author Stephen Carter says the U.S. has a bigger problem than just withdrawal or escalation of troops in I...Show More
2) Aug. 1, 2008: Word for Word: Lincoln Hall
In 2006, Australian mountain climber Lincoln Hall was left for dead on Mount Everest. Twelve hours later, he was found by a fellow climber, alive and sitting cross-legged on the ridge of the mountain....Show More
3) Jul. 25, 2008: Word for Word: How the rich get richer (David Cay Johnston)
You may have heard there's no such thing as a free lunch, but David Cay Johnston says there is -- and wealthy Americans do get richer because of it. In an April 14, 2008 speech at the Commonwealth Clu...Show More
Jul. 25, 2008: Word for Word: How the rich get richer (David Cay Johnston)
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4) Jul. 18, 2008: Word for Word: The history of insect control
The human battle with bugs has been going on for centuries, but James McWilliams says chemical insecticides came into the picture by accident. McWilliams is a fellow in the Agrarian Studies Program at...Show More
5) Jul. 11, 2008: Word for Word: "Who Speaks for Islam?"
In a July 1 panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Dalia Mogahed director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies and Irshad Manji, author of "The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in h...Show More
6) Jul. 4, 2008: Word for Word: The Aspen Ideas Festival
A half dozen pundits and commentators joined in this conversation, including David Brooks of the New York Times, Jim Wallis of Sojourner magazine, Arianna Huffington of Huffington Post, Stuart Rothenb...Show More
7) Jun. 27, 2008: Word for Word: Paul Roberts
Bestselling author Paul Roberts argues in his new book "The End of Food," that our global food economy is careening toward disaster. In a June 18th speech at the Commonwealth Club of California, Rober...Show More
8) Jun. 20, 2008: Word for Word: Tim Weiner
Weiner's latest book, "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA," draws on hundreds of interviews and archival documents, revealing decades of blunders that have compromised the country's national secu...Show More
9) Jun. 13, 2008: Word for Word: Mary Tillman
In 2004, NFL football star-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan. While the Pentagon initially said Pat Tillman died heroically in an enemy ambush, the military later disclosed what...Show More
10) Jun. 6, 2008: Word for Word: Barack Obama and John McCain
After a prolonged primary season, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are now their parties' presumptive nominees for president. This week, Word for Word spotlights the speeches they mad...Show More