2013 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry Michael Levitt talks about biological structures, the future of molecular modeling and why it helps the research when scientists are kind and good. Join Steve Scher for this wide ranging conversation with a remarkable scientist.
The Picture That Emerges is Incredibly Creepy- Marc Rotenberg on Civil Liberties in the Information Age
Turns out on-call car service Uber compiles a lot of data about its customers. They can get a pretty good idea of what you are up to just by the way you use their service. Are you surprised? How much privacy is there in the age of the internet?
Marc Rotenberg is a lawyer specializing in privacy and civil rights. He is president of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a public interest research group involved in privacy litigation and public policy. He also teaches about these issues at Georgetown University Law School in Washington D.C.
Rotenberg says he doesn't use the word fear when discussing civil liberties in the information age. It is disempowering, he feels. Rather, there are challenges to be met, problems to solve. Rotenberg sat down with Steve Scher in late November, 2014, to discuss those challenges.
Dolores Huerta, Still Fighting For Human Rights
Dolores Huerta still fights for farmworker families. Well into her 8th decade, she is training the next generation of leaders to carry the cause forward. The former teacher and long time community organizer was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor awarded in the United States, by another community organizer, President Obama.
Huerta and Cesar Chavez were co-founders of the United Farm Workers. Dolores Huerta has pushed and prodded mayors, governors, senators, even presidents for new laws, but her focus remains on the grassroots. She is re- energized each time she can get new street lights for a neighborhood, more people registered to vote, better representation on schools boards.
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Olympia Snowe is Seeking a Consensus Congress
Former Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe says procedural reforms restore respect for elected officials. She has written "Fighting For Common Ground: How We Can Fix The Stalemate In Congress."
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Garth Stein
Garth Stein had a runaway hit with "The Art of Racing in the Rain." His new novel is a "A Sudden Light." It is a character about a young boy, his father and a wooden house in the Northwest that is haunted by the spirits of the forest and the people who cut it down.