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KBOO
Program::
Air date:
Mon, 02/22/2016 - 9:00am to 10:00am
Climate Change, Economics, African film, Woman filmmakers, Racism, Revolution, Primaries
Denise Morris hosts this Episode of the Old Mole which includes
- Bill Resnick talks with Frank Ackerman on the costs of curbing climate change to manageable levels v. the costs of continuing on the current path. Frank Ackerman is an economist who has written extensively about the economics of climate change, energy and other environmental problems. His book, “Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing,” is a critique of cost-benefit analysis and its abuse in US environmental policy. For a listing of his publications, see his website, http://frankackerman.com.
- Jan Haaken interviews Tracy Francis, Coordinator of the Cascade Festival of African Films (at PCC, free and open to the public). The festival runs through the first week of March. They discuss some of the history of the festival, upcoming films and events, and the contributions of African women filmmakers featured during the final week of the festival. https://www.africanfilmfestival.org
- Denise Morris considers the likely hood that Michelle Alexander, Professor of Law at Ohio State University and author of the New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the age of Colorblindness could be our next Supreme Court Justice.
- Jan Haaken and Denise Morris unpack the Beyonce controversy digging into the media and culture critic response to the Queen Bey’s new release “Formation”, the video, Superbowl performance and the politics of race in popular music.
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