Wed, 26 December 2007 Food Politics Books of Our Time host, Kurt Olsen and author Marion Nestle discuss the politics of the food industry, how these politics affect what foods we choose and which foods we have the options to choose. Dr. Nestle posits that the politics of the food industry and its relationship to government needs to be understood so we can make more reasoned and beneficial choices. 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.
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Wed, 19 December 2007 Ahead of the Curve Books of Our Time host Lawrence R. Velvel and author Shane Crotty discuss his book about David Baltimore's career in the biological sciences. Baltimore, a Nobel Prize winning molecular biologist has contributed greatly in many fields including cancer and virus research. His career has not been without controversy and that enters into this discussion. 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.
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Wed, 12 December 2007 Making the Most of College Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel and Harvard Professor Richard Light discuss the author's work over decades to analyze and document what can be done to improve the college experience for students and all involved. He explores teaching, student affairs, student life and other issues critical to the success of all involved. 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.
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Wed, 5 December 2007 Public Intellectuals, a Story of Decline Books of Our Time host, Lawrence R. Velvel and author Richard A. Posner, a Federal Court of Appeals judge from Chicago discuss the interesting decline of the number and possibly quality of "public intellectuals." Judge Posner defines these as prominant people in a culture whose ideas and writings are spread beyond academic circles. He believes that there is a trend for intellectualism to now be centralized in the academic settings and not generally as available to the public as were those of noted thinkers and philosophers of previous times. 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. Visit the Books of our Time homepage at www.booksofourtime.com
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