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Thursday September 18, 2008

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10:00Ongoing Financial Meltdown

Guest host: Steve Roberts

The Federal Reserve's $85 billion bailout of insurance giant, AIG, does not seem to have calmed fears in the financial sector. Analysis of the widening crisis, its implications for the economy, and news calls for regulatory reform.

Guests

Michael Santoli, Associate Editor, Barron's Magazine

Robert Shapiro, Former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce, co-founder and chairman of Sonecon and author of Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work

Alex Pollock, American Enterprise Institute

11:00Christopher Lukas: "Blue Genes" (Doubleday)

The personal story of two brothers suffering from depression – one who survives and one who does not. A family’s legacy of self-destruction and suicide and the hope that allowed one sibling to escape its grasp.

Guests

Christopher Lukas, writer, actor, and Emmy award-winning television and film producer.

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