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December
2002
Deborah
Blum, Love At Goon Park: Harry Harlow And The Science Of
Affection
  
In the 1950's and 60's, the scientific community discouraged
affection between parent and child. Psychologists believed
it would produce needy and demanding children. And doctors
insisted that coddling and touching infants would spread disease.
Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize winning author, discusses the
life and work of Harry Harlow.
Amy
Vedder, In the Kingdom of Gorillas
Wildlife conservationist Amy Vedder discusses her groundbreaking
work on the ecology of gorillas in her new book. She describes
her experiences in Rwanda with the people, the land and the
gorillas.
Ashutosh
Varshney, author, Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life: Hindus
and Muslims in India
From 1950 to 1995, approximately 7,000 people lost their lives
in violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India. Recent
clashes continue to claim lives. Yet what makes some cities
prone to violence while others remain relatively peaceful?
Ashutosh Varshney, Director of the Center for South Asian
Studies at the University of Michigan, embarked on nearly
10 years of research to answer that question.
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November
2002
Islamic
Radicalism in Nigeria
In recent years Nigeria has been struggling with what the New
York Times calls a 'stunning spread of hard-line Islamic law'.
We discuss Sharia Law, and human rights in Nigeria. Paul
Marshall, Senior Fellow at Freedom House's Center for Religious
Freedom.
The
First Year of Motherhood
It's said that your life will change when you become a mother.
But beyond the cliché are the experiences of real women that
have become mothers for the first time. First time mothers Tracy
Barron, Betsy Shepard and Beth Grotos talk about their very
real experiences and what every woman should know about becoming
a mother.
The
Kurds
Much of the rhetoric surrounding a possible war with Iraq
mentions that Saddam Hussein has used chemical weapons to
attack his own people. In 1988, the Kurdish people of Iraq
came to national attention when Iraqi jets dropped chemical
weapons on their homeland.
Mike Amitay, Executive Director of the Washington Kurdish
Institute.
Helping
Impoverished Orphans in Egypt
In 1988 Egyptian American Nermien Riad went to an orphanage
in Cairo, Egypt. Her encounters with impoverished children led
her to found Coptic Orphans, an organization helping over 4,000
children in Egypt. Nermien Riad, Founder and Executive
Director of Coptic Orphans.
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October
2002
Prison
Reform
Currently, there are nearly 2 million people behind bars in
America at the cost of some $40 billion dollars. Tougher laws
and stricter sentencing have put more people behind bars and
for longer periods. Yet crime rates continue to remain high.
Some have argued that the prison system is clearly not working.
Aida Hasaballa, Program Analyst at the Court Services
And Offenders Agency and former professor of criminal justice
at Fairmont State College.
Anoushka
Shankar, Internationally Acclaimed Sitarist
Anoushka Shankar, daughter of world-renowned Ravi Shankar,
began taking lessons from her father at the age of eight when
a special "baby" sitar was made especially for her. Now, she has become an internationally acclaimed sitarist
in her own right.
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