//podcastplus.net/feed/podcast~39775325c7cb1d958e26c3d6827296d0bb403708ac2edb98d576d6b1fa28c3e0 An in depth review the truly big issues. Great Speeches and Interviews explores economics, climate change and war. Broadcast at KUBU 96.5 FM and at Access Sacramento from 6-8pm Sundays (http://www.live365.com/stations/accesssacramento?site=pro) Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:57:16 +0000 https://archive.org/download/AmericanSniperReviews_201509/American_Sniper_Part_1.mp3 Since American Sniper is about a real person in a recent war, I find it to be an interesting commentary on Americans. For me, American Sniper shows how an American can seamlessly morph from a cowboy to a government trained mass murderer. Mass murder occurs on the average every two weeks in the U.S. according to the FBI statistics, which makes it rather ordinary despite being a heinous crime. Mass murder as defined by the FBI is single incident where four or more people are killed. When ordinary people are sent to other countries by the government to kill, movies can make them into heroes. In the movie Chris Kyle was cool and efficient mass murderer for the U.S. government. I consider any movie that applauds mass murder to be an evil movie. Despite the apparent coolness and efficiency of the Chris Kyles in the U.S. military, the U.S. lost an unnecessary war in Iraq. Most Americans would like to forget the disaster and the loses that was the Iraq war and ignore the current disaster that is the war o... Sat, 05 Sep 2015 19:29:00 +0000 https://archive.org/download/AmericanSniperReviews_201509/American_Sniper_Part_1.mp3 https://archive.org/download/AmericanSniperReviews_201509/American_Sniper_Part_1.mp3 Since American Sniper is about a real person in a recent war, I find it to be an interesting commentary on Americans. For me, American Sniper shows how an American can seamlessly morph from a cowboy to a government trained mass murderer. Mass murder occurs on the average every two weeks in the U.S. according to the FBI statistics, which makes it rather ordinary despite being a heinous crime. Mass murder as defined by the FBI is single incident where four or more people are killed. When ordinary people are sent to other countries by the government to kill, movies can make them into heroes. In the movie Chris Kyle was cool and efficient mass murderer for the U.S. government. I consider any movie that applauds mass murder to be an evil movie. Despite the apparent coolness and efficiency of the Chris Kyles in the U.S. military, the U.S. lost an unnecessary war in Iraq. Most Americans would like to forget the disaster and the loses that was the Iraq war and ignore the current disaster that is the war o... Sat, 05 Sep 2015 19:29:00 +0000 https://archive.org/download/AmericanSniperReviews_201509/American_Sniper_Part_1.mp3 https://archive.org/download/PayingForEndlessWars/Paying_For_Endless_Wars_Part_1.mp3 James Risen Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere. James Risen reveals the shocking corruption, waste and abuse of our metastasizing Homeland Security Industrial complex. From the bankrupting of the American taxpayer to the moral bankruptcy of the state, James details the price Americans are paying for the war on terror. He is interviewed by Francesca Rheannon. Power corrupts, but it is endless wars that corrupt absolutely. James Risen has worked for The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author or co-author of two books about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a book about the American public debate about abortion. Risen is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. Read more at Alternet Greed, Power, and Endless War -- James Risen Tears the Lid off America's Dirty Wars George Marshall Why Our Brains Ignore Climate Change Most of us recognize that climate change is real, and yet we do no... Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:53:00 +0000 https://archive.org/download/PayingForEndlessWars/Paying_For_Endless_Wars_Part_1.mp3 https://archive.org/download/PayingForEndlessWars/Paying_For_Endless_Wars_Part_1.mp3 James Risen Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere. James Risen reveals the shocking corruption, waste and abuse of our metastasizing Homeland Security Industrial complex. From the bankrupting of the American taxpayer to the moral bankruptcy of the state, James details the price Americans are paying for the war on terror. He is interviewed by Francesca Rheannon. Power corrupts, but it is endless wars that corrupt absolutely. James Risen has worked for The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author or co-author of two books about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a book about the American public debate about abortion. Risen is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. Read more at Alternet Greed, Power, and Endless War -- James Risen Tears the Lid off America's Dirty Wars George Marshall Why Our Brains Ignore Climate Change Most of us recognize that climate change is real, and yet we do no... Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:53:00 +0000 https://archive.org/download/PayingForEndlessWars/Paying_For_Endless_Wars_Part_1.mp3 https://archive.org/download/GenocideGuatemala/Genocide_Guatemala_Part_1.mp3 Oscar Castaneda, a survivor of the slaughter of Dos Erres that occurred during the civil war in Guatemala. In 1982, the Guatemalan military massacred the villagers of Dos Erres, killing more than 200 people. This is the true story of Oscar Alfredo Ramírez Castañeda and genocide in Guatemala. Guatemala is a mainly mountainous country in Central America. After a religious ceremony, a procession of nearby residents carried the urns with the remains of the victims of the massacre at Dos Erres to the cemetery of a nearby village to bury them in a collective grave. (Silvana Turner/EAAF) Civil war existed in Guatemala since the early 1960s due in part to inequalities existing in the economic and political life. In the 1970s, the Mayans began participating in protests against the repressive government, demanding greater equality and inclusion of the Mayan language and culture. In 1980, the Guatemalan army instituted Operation Sofia , which aimed at ending insurgent guer... Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:50:00 +0000 https://archive.org/download/GenocideGuatemala/Genocide_Guatemala_Part_1.mp3 https://archive.org/download/GenocideGuatemala/Genocide_Guatemala_Part_1.mp3 Oscar Castaneda, a survivor of the slaughter of Dos Erres that occurred during the civil war in Guatemala. In 1982, the Guatemalan military massacred the villagers of Dos Erres, killing more than 200 people. This is the true story of Oscar Alfredo Ramírez Castañeda and genocide in Guatemala. Guatemala is a mainly mountainous country in Central America. After a religious ceremony, a procession of nearby residents carried the urns with the remains of the victims of the massacre at Dos Erres to the cemetery of a nearby village to bury them in a collective grave. (Silvana Turner/EAAF) Civil war existed in Guatemala since the early 1960s due in part to inequalities existing in the economic and political life. In the 1970s, the Mayans began participating in protests against the repressive government, demanding greater equality and inclusion of the Mayan language and culture. In 1980, the Guatemalan army instituted Operation Sofia , which aimed at ending insurgent guer... Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:50:00 +0000 https://archive.org/download/GenocideGuatemala/Genocide_Guatemala_Part_1.mp3 https://archive.org/download/CostOfCarbonEmissions/Cost_of_Carbon_Part_1.mp3 With potentially staggering costs involved, are efforts to make major reductions in carbon emissions even worth it? Would the money be better spent elsewhere? Or, does the amount of money involved become less important when considering the possible consequences of climate change? One of the most concerning aspects of climate change is the potential for catastrophic damages. Catastrophic damages are characterized as low probability-high damage events. For the motion, Major Reductions in Carbon Emissions are Not Worth the Money: Peter Huber , Partner of the Washington, D.C. Law Firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, and Figel, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a Columnist for Forbes Bjorn Lomborg , Author of the Bestsellers Cool It and The Skeptical Environmentalist Philip Stott , Emeritus Professor and Biogeographer from the University of London, UK 5 Ways to Pay Against the motion, Major Reductions in Carbon Emissions are Not Worth the... Fri, 19 Jun 2015 23:09:00 +0000 https://archive.org/download/CostOfCarbonEmissions/Cost_of_Carbon_Part_1.mp3 https://archive.org/download/CostOfCarbonEmissions/Cost_of_Carbon_Part_1.mp3 With potentially staggering costs involved, are efforts to make major reductions in carbon emissions even worth it? Would the money be better spent elsewhere? Or, does the amount of money involved become less important when considering the possible consequences of climate change? One of the most concerning aspects of climate change is the potential for catastrophic damages. Catastrophic damages are characterized as low probability-high damage events. For the motion, Major Reductions in Carbon Emissions are Not Worth the Money: Peter Huber , Partner of the Washington, D.C. Law Firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans, and Figel, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a Columnist for Forbes Bjorn Lomborg , Author of the Bestsellers Cool It and The Skeptical Environmentalist Philip Stott , Emeritus Professor and Biogeographer from the University of London, UK 5 Ways to Pay Against the motion, Major Reductions in Carbon Emissions are Not Worth the... Fri, 19 Jun 2015 23:09:00 +0000 https://archive.org/download/CostOfCarbonEmissions/Cost_of_Carbon_Part_1.mp3 https://archive.org/download/AmericanExceptionalism_201506/American_Exceptionalism_Part_1.mp3 Andrew Bacevich discusses the diminishing returns of America's long-held foreign policy of expansionism, the dangers of rampant consumerism at home and a imperial executive president. Debt And The New American Exceptionalism "As America’s efforts to “degrade and ultimately destroy” Islamic State militants extent into Syria, Iraq War III has seamlessly morphed into Greater Middle East Battlefield XIV. That is, Syria has become at least the 14th country in the Islamic world that U.S. forces have invaded or occupied or bombed, and in which American soldiers have killed or been killed. And that’s just since 1980. Let’s tick them off: Iran (1980, 1987-1988), Libya (1981, 1986, 1989, 2011), Lebanon (1983), Kuwait (1991), Iraq (1991-2011, 2014-), Somalia (1992-1993, 2007-), Bosnia (1995), Saudi Arabia (1991, 1996), Afghanistan (1998, 2001-), Sudan (1998), Kosovo (1999), Yemen (2000, 2002-), Pakistan (2004-) and now Syria. Whew." ~ Andrew J. Bacevich, Washington Post ... Fri, 12 Jun 2015 19:54:00 +0000 https://archive.org/download/AmericanExceptionalism_201506/American_Exceptionalism_Part_1.mp3 https://archive.org/download/AmericanExceptionalism_201506/American_Exceptionalism_Part_1.mp3 Andrew Bacevich discusses the diminishing returns of America's long-held foreign policy of expansionism, the dangers of rampant consumerism at home and a imperial executive president. Debt And The New American Exceptionalism "As America’s efforts to “degrade and ultimately destroy” Islamic State militants extent into Syria, Iraq War III has seamlessly morphed into Greater Middle East Battlefield XIV. That is, Syria has become at least the 14th country in the Islamic world that U.S. forces have invaded or occupied or bombed, and in which American soldiers have killed or been killed. And that’s just since 1980. Let’s tick them off: Iran (1980, 1987-1988), Libya (1981, 1986, 1989, 2011), Lebanon (1983), Kuwait (1991), Iraq (1991-2011, 2014-), Somalia (1992-1993, 2007-), Bosnia (1995), Saudi Arabia (1991, 1996), Afghanistan (1998, 2001-), Sudan (1998), Kosovo (1999), Yemen (2000, 2002-), Pakistan (2004-) and now Syria. Whew." ~ Andrew J. Bacevich, Washington Post ... Fri, 12 Jun 2015 19:54:00 +0000 https://archive.org/download/AmericanExceptionalism_201506/American_Exceptionalism_Part_1.mp3