Robert Kenner

Robert Kenner appears in the following:

Leonard Lopate Weekend: A Nuclear Disaster, Mara Wilson, Maureen Dowd

Friday, September 16, 2016

Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser discuss their documentary. Mara Wilson on her new collection of personal essays. Maureen Dowd on her latest book and the 2016 presidential election.
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How the U.S. Narrowly Avoided Nuclear Disaster at an Arkansas Missile Complex

Monday, September 12, 2016

In “Command and Control,” director Robert Kenner and writer Eric Schlosser present minute-by-minute accounts of the deadly accident. 

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Selling Climate Change Doubt

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

The new documentary "Merchants of Doubt" explores the world of "pundits for hire" - supposed scientific experts who sow doubt in the public on topics like climate change or tobacco.

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The Big Business of Buying Scientists

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

The new documentary, "Merchants of Doubt," looks at the so-called scientists working for big corporations to sway our opinions on their products and national policy. 

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Posing as Scientific Authorities, Planted to Spread Confusion

Tuesday, March 03, 2015

The secretive world of the charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who present themselves as scientific authorities – while spreading confusion about public health threats.

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Loving Online

Monday, February 14, 2011

Food, Inc. director Robert Kenner's latest documentary "When Strangers Click: Five Stories from the Internet," takes a look at relationships in the digital age. He joins us along with Marc Weiss, the film's producer, to talk about the documentary (which premiers tonight on HBO), and to take your calls about love and dating online.

Are you in a relationship with someone you've never met? Tell us about it. Leave your story below!

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Food Inc.

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Food writer Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food, and Robert Kenner, the director of the new documentary Food INC., discuss the upcoming film. Food INC. opens this Friday at Film Forum.

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