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This is the Wednesday/Thursday noon hour program schedule for August 2010

**Programs are subject to change**

Thursday July 29 -- Intelligence Squared US: "Obama's Foreign Policy Spells America's Decline"

Wednesday August 4 --
America Abroad: “Young & Restless - Youth Identity in the Arab World”
Thursday August 5 -- Humankind: During the first segment, with more than two-million Americans behind bars, this documentary asks: what happens to the children left behind? During the secod segment, a look at social and school programs that reach out to the children of incarcerated parents.

Wednesday August 11 -- State of the Re:Union: “New Orleans”
Thursday August 12 -- Alternative Radio: Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus at MIT, explains why “The Center Cannot Hold”

Wednesday August 18 --
American RadioWorks: “The Great Textbook War”
Thursday August 19 -- Humankind: During the first segment, Lesley University education professor Nancy Carlsson-Paige examines the impact on kids of media violence, overly structured school days, and a culture that preaches rampant consumerism. During the second segment, some of the lessons about the "inner work" of parenting shared by a married couple in Massachusetts.

Wednesday August 25 --
Intelligence Squared US: “Organic Food is Marketing Hype”
Thursday August 26 --
Alternative Radio: Michael Klare, professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Hampshire College, talks about “The Coming Conflict with China”


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