Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that global warming is real and caused by humans. Now the same panel is just out with an assessment of the impact on poor countries. We’ll look at the new findings. Plus: When the U.S. should engage with its stated enemies, which presidential campaigns our listeners are donating to, and what New York’s housing market tells us about immigration and race.
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See Brian's video picks on his blog The BL And End All
Where the Wind Blows
Roger Pulwarty, physical scientist in NOAA's Earth System Research and a lead author of the report and Andrew Revkin, New York Times environment reporter, talk about the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impact of global warming.
Moving In
Emily Rosenbaum, professor of sociology at Fordham University and Samantha Friedman, assistant professor of sociology at Northeastern University discuss their new book, The Housing Divide: How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York's Housing Market (NYU Press, 2007), which uses housing data to ...
Open Phones
Barack Obama has been raking it in with small internet donations. We hear from listeners who've pledged less than $100 to a presidential campaign.
Speaking with the Enemy
Daniel Serwer, vice president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, former executive director of the Iraq Study Group, and former diplomat, looks at the pros and cons of engaging with a countries' enemies
Moving In and Moving Up
Emily Rosenbaum, professor of sociology at Fordham University and co-author of "The Housing Divide: How Generations of Immigrants Fare in ...