WPRB News is going on summer vacation, but we still have a couple stories up our collective sleeve. Check back in the coming weeks for fresh content, including our take on Chatroulette (yes, we’re jumping on the bandwagon, albeit late) and a look at how one holocaust survivor became an advocate for immigrant detainees in New Jersey.
We interview former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer on the Obama administration’s new approach to policy making in the Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and the future of the two-state solution. Recorded January 26.
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We discuss with Princeton Professor Edward Felten the recent hacking of American companies from within China, cyberattacks more broadly, and the United States’s cybersecurity capability. Recorded March 4.
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This week, we talk with the commander of United States Central Command General David Petraeus about military issues in the Middle East, from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, to drones, to cybersecurity. Gen. Petraeus is the 2010 recipient of Princeton’s James Madison Medal, the highest honor conferred upon a Princeton graduate alumnus. Listen here.
We talk with Princeton Professor Bernard Haykel about radical Islam, democracy, and U.S. relations in the Middle East. Nick Tagher and Aaron Smargon are co-hosts. Executive producer is Nikki Leon. Andrew Saraf contributed research.
Taking On: Interview with Bernard Haykel
Recorded on December 8, 2009
This is the full installment of our interview with former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and current Princeton Professor Alan Blinder. We discuss with him important issues concerning the economy: unemployment, financial regulation, the deficit, national debt, the Federal Reserve, and interest rates. Nick Tagher and Aaron Smargon [...]
This week on Taking On, we sit down with Princeton Professor Alan Blinder to discuss the current economic turmoil, the reform of the financial system, and the role of the Federal Reserve. Part 1 airs on Sunday, November 15. Part 2 will air on Sunday, November 29. To listen to the interview in its entirety, [...]
Taking On is a new interview show, hosted by Aaron Smargon and Nick Tagher, with writing and research by Andrew Saraf. This week, their first guest, former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, shares his views on health care reform and gives a taste of his new memoir, A Heart to Serve.
Listen to the full program [...]
