Former National Security Council staffer, Charles Kupchan, claims the European Union and the emergence of a strengthened Asia pose a serious threat to America’s political standing. He discusses his new book, The End of the American Era. Word-maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes listeners calls about language and grammar. Holly George-Warren traces the history of the Western film genre from its beginnings in the late 1800s to the work of Clint Eastwood, Cowboy. And a conversation with Italian winemaker and owner of the 120-year-old Pio Cesare winery, Pio Boffa.
Patricia T. O’Conner
Word-maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes listeners calls about language and grammar.
Charles Kupchan
Former National Security Council staffer, Charles Kupchan, claims the European Union and the emergence of a strengthened Asia pose a serious threat to America’s political standing. He discusses his new book, The End of the American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century.
Music: Deep Impact ...
Music: Deep Impact ...
Holly George-Warren
Holly George-Warren traces the history of the Western film genre from its beginnings in the late 1800s to the work of Clint Eastwood, Cowboy: How Hollywood Invented the Wild West.
Music: Don't Fence Me In Roy Rogers
My Rifle, My Pony and Me Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson
Music: Don't Fence Me In Roy Rogers
My Rifle, My Pony and Me Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson
Pio Boffa
A conversation with Pio Boffa, Italian winemaker and owner of the 120-year-old Pio Cesare winery.
Music:The Winged Lion The Palladian Ensemble track #4
Music:The Winged Lion The Palladian Ensemble track #4
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