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10:00Global Politics of Oil

Some energy analysts predict far reaching political and economic changes as oil rich developing countries gain global market leverage. We talk about possible shifts ahead and their political implications.

Guests

Chip Cummins, reporter, Wall Street Journal

Robert Lieber, professor of government and international affairs, Georgetown University; author, "The American Era: Power and Strategy for the 21st Century."

Charles Doran, professor of international relations and director of the Center for Canadian studies, The Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Henry Groppe, oil and gas industry consultant founder, Groppe, Long, & Littell

11:00Ivan Doig: "The Whistling Season" (Harcourt)

The Washington Post says, "Ivan Doig writes about a vanished way of life on the Western plains with the kind of irony-free nostalgia that seems downright courageous in these ironic times." He presents his latest novel about a remarkable year in the life of a widower and his three young sons.

Guests

Ivan Doig,

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