Adrian Benepe, the New York City Parks Commissioner, has plans to generate income from parts of the New York park system. Plus, ads on Twitter; how to cool the planet through geoengineering; and a close look at the evolution of U.S. nuclear policy.
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New Jersey Teachers
Barbara Keshishian, president of the New Jersey Education Association, on how budget cuts would affect teachers in New Jersey public schools.
Twitter Adds Ads
Twitter has started to roll out advertising in an attempt to monetize the wildly popular service. John Abell, New York Bureau chief for Wired Magazine, discusses the changes.
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Money for Parks
From NYC Parks and Recreation, Adrian Benepe, commissioner, and Betsy Smith, assistant commissioner of Revenue & Marketing talk about revenue generation and public parks.
Climate Fixes
Five years ago, geoengineering was considered to be "fringe." Jeff Goodell, author of How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth’s Climate, talks about how the controversial idea of adjusting the world's thermostat is starting to look sane.
Census: An 11th Question
The official 2010 Census form asks 10 questions and we've been asking listeners to send us what the 11th Question should be to learn even more about their neighbors.
Randy in Croton-on-Hudson suggests: Taking into account all information you know, what would be your most desirable place to live in the USA? So, let's answer his question -- where would you like to live? Let us know!
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