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Behind the Unrest
East Timor is currently embroiled in the worst violence it’s experienced since it gained independence from Indonesia four years ago. We’ll get an update on the conflict in this week’s Underreported. Then, we’ll hear about a new documentary about three famous human behavior studies. And a former tutor describes his novel about helping well-off children prepare for the SATs. Plus, Ian McDiarmid describes his role in the Broadway hit Faith Healer.And a biography of the family behind Seagram.
Underreported: Unrest in East Timor
East Timor is the world’s youngest country. Now, it's experiencing an upsurge in violence--the worst since it gained its independence from Indonesia four years ago, on May 20th, 2002. Charles Scheiner, co-founder of the East Timor Action Network/U.S. (or ETAN/U.S.), just returned from East Timor last weekend. We’ll ask him what's behind the fighting.
Human Behavior Experiments
Director Alex Gibney tells us about his disturbing new documentary, “The Human Behavior Experiments.”
Tales from a Tutor
Former SAT tutor and Harvard grad Eliot Schrefer shares his new novel, Glamorous Disasters. The book explores the lengths one well-heeled mother is willing to go to in order to make sure her children get into good colleges.
Events: Eliot Schrefer will be reading and signing books
Thursday, June 1 at 7 pm
Astor Place Barnes & Noble
The Family Behind Seagram
Seagram was once the largest distiller of alcoholic beverages in the world. In The Bronfmans, Nicholas Faith reveals how one Canadian family made whiskey drinking respectable in the United States, and big business around the globe.
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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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Congress is getting ready to a vote on whether to make tobacco subject to FDA regulation. You can listen to a segment we did in May about the bill and what it would mean for the cigarette companies.
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Barack Obama, Circa 2004
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Listen to President-Elect Barack Obama on the Leonard Lopate Show in November 2004. He had recently won a seat in the U.S. Senate, and only a few months before, his rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him into the national spotlight.
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