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A majority of Americans think that the Republican Party is better than the Democratic Party at keeping the US safe. But Samantha Power discusses how Senator Barack Obama and his Democratic colleagues can convince voters that they're better on national security. Also, Bruce M. Beehler on his three decades of studying tropical rainforests. And how the American Mafia owned Cuba and then lost it to the revolution. Plus, a look at the science of fear.
Samantha Power on the Democrats & National Security
Since the Vietnam War, the Republican Party has developed a reputation for having a superior approach to national security. But Samantha Power believes that their policies have actually failed to keep us safe. In her recent article from the New York Review of Books, called "The Democrats & National Security", the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former foreign policy advisor to Senator Barack Obama discusses how Democrats can wrest ownership of this issue away from Republicans.
Adventures in the Tropical Rainforest
Few scientists have worked in as many rain forests across the world as Bruce M. Beehler. In Lost Worlds: Adventures in the Rainforest, he describes his three decades of studying the birds, tropical ecology, and indigenous peoples of the tropical forest.
When the Mob Owned Cuba
Decades before the 1959 revolution, the “Havana Mob” of American gangsters, led by financier Meyer Lansky, controlled Cuba. T.J. English writes of this bygone era in Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution.
The Science of Fear
Why are we sometimes afraid of things that we know we shouldn’t be? Using academic research and everyday experience, Daniel Gardner answers this question in The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn’t – and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger.
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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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