Focus 580 with David Inge
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Today on Focus 580 - Friday, July 25, 2008
10:06 AM
While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped The NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, And Loom As The Next Financial Crisis
Roger Lowenstein, Journalist and Contributor to The New York Times Magazine, SmartMoney, and Portfolio
Categories: Business and Economy • Economics • Labor/worker issues • Public Policy
11:06 AM
The Romani: A People Without a Country
Erika B. Schlager, J.D., Counsel for International Law, United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission), Washington, D.C.
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Categories: Human Rights • International Affairs • Law • Race/Ethnicity • Romani • Violence • Europe
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Monday, July 28, 2008, 10:06 AM
General Issues in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
John C. Ruckdeschel, M.D., President and CEO of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Cancer Center,and Associate Dean of Cancer Affairs at Wayne State University's School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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Categories: Disease • Cancer • Health
Monday, July 28, 2008, 11:06 AM
Women's Health
Suzanne Trupin, M.D., Obstetrician and Gynecologist with the Women's Health Practice, Champaign, Illiinois and Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Illinois
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Categories: Health
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 11:06 AM
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Susan M. Wachter, Ph.D., the Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management; Professor of Real Estate, and Finance Co-Director in the Institute for Urban Research Director at the Wharton GeoSpatial Initiative, The Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania
Categories: Business and Economy • Consumer issues • Economics • Government
Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 10:06 AM
Outlaw Journalist: The Life And T imes Of Hunter S. Thompson
William McKeen, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Journalism at the University of Florida, Gainesville
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Categories: Biography • Media and journalism
Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 11:06 AM
The Cult Of The Presidencey: America's Dangerous Devotion To Executive Power
Gene Healy, J.D., Senior Editor at the Cato Institute
Categories: Government • Politics
Thursday, July 31, 2008, 10:06 AM
The Olympics: Have They Ever Been Without Politics?
John Hoberman, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Germanic Studies, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Texas at Austin
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Categories: History • Politics • Sports
Thursday, July 31, 2008, 11:06 AM
Relentless Pursuit: A Year In The Trenches With Teach For America
Donna Foote, Freelance Journalist and Former Newsweek Correspondnent
Categories: Education
Friday, August 01, 2008, 10:06 AM
The Carbon Age: How LIfe's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat
Eric Roston, Journalist and formerly a Science Policy and Technology Writer with Time
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Categories: Business and Economy • Energy • Environment • Natural Resources • Science
Friday, August 01, 2008, 10:06 AM
Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed The World
David Maraniss, Associate Editor at the Washington Post and Winner of the Pulizter Prize for National Reporting in 1993
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Categories: Civil Rights • Ethics • Gender issues • Politics • Sports
Friday, August 01, 2008, 10:06 AM
Illinois Water Issues
Derek Winstanley, Ph.D., Chief Emeritus, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign
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Categories: Agriculture • Consumer issues • Environment • Water resources
