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Disappearing Dead: Economic Optimism about Immortality

Posted on July 10, 2012 by kwc

PBS NewsHour Will we one day be able to live forever? What is the goal of economics if not the greatest good for the greatest number of people? Substitute “happy, healthy, never-ending life” for “greatest good” and you can see … Continue reading →

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The OxyContin Express

Posted on June 7, 2012 by kwc

Awesome House Media vimeo.com In this Peabody Award-winning edition of Vanguard, correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to South Florida–the “Colombia of prescription drugs”–to expose a bustling pill pipeline that stretches from the beaches of Ft. Lauderdale to the rolling hills … Continue reading →

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The Rageh Omaar report – The Secret Life of Radovan Karadzic

Posted on February 22, 2012 by kwc

Rageh Omaar Report Al Jazeera The Rageh Omaar Report is a new series of one-hour, monthly investigative documentaries in which award-winning correspondent Rageh Omaar reports on the world’s most important current affairs stories. The first edition of the programme, The … Continue reading →

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Amid the Murdoch scandal, there is the acrid smell of business as usual

Posted on February 18, 2012 by kwc

Source: John Pilger In Scoop, Evelyn Waugh’s brilliant satire on the press, there is the moment when Lord Copper, owner of the Daily Beast, meets his new special war correspondent, William Boot, in truth an authority on wild flowers and … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Chris Hedges- Media Roots TV

Posted on January 29, 2012 by kwc

Source: Media Roots Media Roots sits down for a short conversation with Chris Hedges, an American journalist, author, and war correspondent. Hedges gives Media Roots a sobering take on American culture, relaying a grim yet powerful perspective on the current … Continue reading →

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Chris Hedges “Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying!”

Posted on January 4, 2012 by kwc

Source: C-SPAN Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges talked about his life and work and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. A foreign correspondent with a master’s degree from Harvard Divinity School, he discussed topics such as terrorism, … Continue reading →

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