WILL - Media Matters - July 25, 2010
Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century" - Lee Bollinger, President of Columbia University
Lee C. Bollinger became the nineteenth President of Columbia University on June 1, 2002. A prominent advocate of affirmative action, he played a leading role in the twin Supreme Court cases-Grutter v Bollinger and Gratz v Bollinger-that upheld and clarified the importance of diversity as a compelling justification for affirmative action in higher education. A leading First Amendment scholar, he is widely published on freedom of speech and press, and currently serves on the faculty of Columbia Law School. Bollinger and McChesney discuss Bollinger's new book, "Uninhibited, Robust and Wide-Open: A Free Press for a New Century" www.columbia.edu/cu/president/docs/bio
WILL - Media Matters - July 18, 2010
Call and comment. McChesney and Charlie Pierce familiar to NPR listeners from shows "Only a Game" and "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" discuss Pierce's new book called "Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free." Call 333-9455 to join the conversation Sunday.
WILL - Media Matters - July 11, 2010
Juliet Schor is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. Before joining Boston College, she taught at Harvard University for 17 years, in the Department of Economics and the Committee on Degrees in Women's Studies. A graduate of Wesleyan University, Schor received her Ph.D. in economics at the University of Massachusetts. Schor is currently working on issues of environmental sustainability and their relation to Americans' lifestyles and the economy and the emergence of a conscious consumption movement. She is a co-founder and co-chair of the Board of the Center for a New American Dream, a national sustainability organization. julietschor.org
WILL - Media Matters - July 04, 2010
Bob interviewed Howard Zinn in October 2008. Howard Zinn was the author of A People's History of the United States, among many works. Zinn was an acclaimed historian and political scientist, and was active in Civil Rights and anti-war movements in the United States for many years. Listen to this special encore show on Sunday, July 4th.
