Books of Our Time:In-Depth Interviews with Authors

Limbo, Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams

Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel and author Alfred Lubrano discuss Lubrano's book, Limbo, Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams.  Lubrano discusses "straddlers," people with blue collar origins but training and expertise to assume white collar positions.  Why do they face such intense scrutiny and seeming discrimination?  Does America have a def facto caste system that attempts to keep people "in their place?"

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

Humane Education

Books of our Time host, Kurt Olsen  and Human Education author Zoe Weil discuss educational forms that engender humane treatment of humans, animals, the environment...everything.  Weil asserts that respect and decency can be taught and can be brought to be a force for good in our society and on our planet.

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

Tommy the Cork

Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel and author David McKean discuss McKean's book about Tommy Corkran, one of the most influential people in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration involved with the "New Deal."  Corkran, a graduate of Brown University, influenced much in Washington for five decades.

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health

Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel discusses with author Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer
issues relating to the medical establishment and their, often incestuous, relationship with big businesses, particularly medical equipment and pharmaceutical companies.  Over $20 billion a year is spent by the medical industries on advertising, 90% of which is oriented to doctors.  Can a physician provide sound and objective care in the face of such an onslaught?

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

Age of Betrayal

Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel, and author Jack Beatty discuss his recently published book, Age of Betrayal, the Triumph of Money in america.  They discuss a time often called the "Gilded Age," but also an age when the working classes were often trodden upon as if they were insects and an age where the gains for African-Americans during and after the Civil War were largely reversed.  They discuss the rise of corporate America and how the late 19th century resembles today in many respects.

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.