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(Governor Ryan at a press conference (Deadline))
Our continuing series, Underreported, focuses challenges facing the geopolitically strategic Southern Caucasus. We’ll discuss how new oil and gas pipelines, combined with unresolved conflicts and political and economic instability, are affecting the region and attracting international attention. Then filmmakers Kate Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson follow Illinois Governor George Ryan’s efforts to empty the state’s Death Row of 171 inmates in their new documentary, Deadline. And Fred Goodman exhumes the forgotten history of Woodlawn Cemetery in The Secret City. And speechwriter John Pollack describes his adventures fashioning a boat out of 165,321 corks and 15,000 rubber bands.
Underreported: Svante E. Cornell, Cassandra Cavanaugh, and John Boit
Svante E. Cornell, Cassandra Cavanaugh, and John Boit on the challenges facing the Southern Caucasus. Svante E. Cornell is editor of the Central Asia Caucasus Analyst. Cassandra Cavanaugh is with the Central Eurasia Project of the Open Society Institute. And John Boit is Regional Director of the Southern Caucasus for ...
Kate Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson
Kate Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson discuss Deadline.
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Events: Deadline will air on Friday, July 30 at 8 PM on Dateline NBC
Music: Soundtrack to Let Him Have It. Music by Michael Kamen. "Let Him Have ...
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Events: Deadline will air on Friday, July 30 at 8 PM on Dateline NBC
Music: Soundtrack to Let Him Have It. Music by Michael Kamen. "Let Him Have ...
Fred Goodman
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John Pollack
John Pollock on his book Cork Boat.
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Music: Soundtrack to Oscar and Lucinda. Music by Thomas Newman. "Prince Rupert’s Drop."
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Music: Soundtrack to Oscar and Lucinda. Music by Thomas Newman. "Prince Rupert’s Drop."
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