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'BackStory' - American Idle: A History of Leisure 8/2/08 - This week on 'BackStory with the American History Guys,' the history of time-off. When did leisure become something for the masses? What are the origins of the weekend? And why does relaxation involve so much work? Cindy Aron reveals the beginnings of the modern American vacation, and Tom Lutz provides a cultural history of slacking.
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With Good Reason: A Musical Bridge to China 8/2/08 - This week on Virginia's only statewide public radio program: What do you get when you combine 150 singers from American choral groups with an 55-piece Chinese orchestra and put them under Virginia Commonwealth University conductor John Guthmiller? Answer: a musical tribute to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Also: in light of the continuing controversy surrounding China |
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Reunions Weekend 2008: Larry Sabato 6/8/08 - This year's Reunions Weekend concluded with a look into Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball. Sabato (COLL '74) made predictions of this year's presidential and congressional races, and also talks about his more recent publication, A More Perfect Constitution: 23 Proposals to Revitalize Our Country and Make America a Fairer Country. |
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Around the World in 90 Minutes with Cavalier Travels6/7/08 - Cavalier Travels is the University's Travel Program for alumni, parents and friends. Recent travels have included a transit of the Panama Canal and a climb on China's Great Wall. In this podcast, Cavalier Travels Director Kevin Conley gives a history of the program, and three UVa professors talk about what they've seen. They are: Fred Diehl, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology; Tyler Jo Smith, Assistant Professor in the Art Department; Larry Goedde, Chair of the Art Department, Professor of Art History. |
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Reunions Weekend 2008: World Events Panel 6/6/08 - A panel of Virginia's most reknowned foreign policy experts talk about some of the world's most pressing issues. The conversation begins with a discussion of the role Iran is playing in the Middle East and the foreign policy of the United States. The panelists are Professor of Public Affairs Nathaniel Howell, John Norton Moore of the Center for National Security Law, Middle East expert R.K. Ramazani, and George Rodrigue of the Dallas Morning News. The moderator is U.Va History Professor Phyllis Leffler. |
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International Development Strategy: China's Embrace of Globalization 6/6/08 - Globalization refers to the rapid integration of low-income countries into the world economy, and the ever accelerating flow of goods and services, workers and investment across national boundaries. There's a great deal of debate over whether these contries benefit from globalization, or are injured by it. In this podcast from Reunions Weekend 2008, two of the University's top professors present their thoughts on the growing global economy. Economic professor Bruce Reynolds
will explore China's experience with globalization. Ray Blumberg, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology will discuss why women's economic empowerment may be the "magic potion" to achieving Millenium Development Goals.
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The Controlling Weight of Rhetoric in Presidential Elections 6/6/08 - American history turns on the good or woeful oral advocacy of presidential candidates.
Kennedy won, in large part, because he followed the teachings of rhetoric experts Aristotle and Cicero. Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry lost close elections because they did not. In this podcast, Law professor Robert Sayler uses media clips to demonstrate how recent presidential elections have been won and lost. Can the tenets of classical rhetoric (ethos, pathos, logos) be applied to this year |
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Miller Center Forum: Why Women Should Rule the World 5/5/08 - Dee Dee Myers was the first woman and youngest person ever to serve as White House Press Secretary. After leaving the Clinton White House, Myers became a consultant to the NBC series The West Wing. Before joining the Clinton campaign in 1991, she worked on local, state, and national campaigns, including Senator Dianne Feinstein, Governor Michael Dukakis, Vice President Walter Mondale, and Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. She is currently a Vanity Fair Contributing Editor, and is a frequent political commentator on NBC and MSNBC. Myers spent two years as the liberal co-host of the CNBC talk show Equal Time, discussing daily political developments with conservative co-hosts Mary Matalin and Bay Buchanan. |
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