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Tuesday September 26, 2006
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Guest host: Corey Flintoff
Do you think of robots as helpful or scary? We look at the latest advances in robotics, and why Americans and Japanese appear to have such different cultural attitudes toward robots.
Timothy Hornyak, freelance journalist based in Tokyo; and author of "Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots" (Kodansha International)
Daniel H. Wilson, Contributing Editor, Popular Mechanics; Author, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising" (Bloomsbury)
Kenneth Berry, Assistant Professor of Technology Education at California State University; Founder, RoboEducators; and Columnist, Robot Magazine
Guest host: Corey Flintoff
Life behind Maryland's prison walls has taken a starkly violent turn this year, with increasing attacks on prisoners and corrections officers. We look at the problems plaguing the prisons and what's being done at the political level to confront them.
Alan Friedman, Director of Legislative Relations, Ehrlich administration
Greg Garland, Reporter, "The Baltimore Sun"
Melton Williams, Ex-offender, Maryland correctional system; Author of the forthcoming book "Melancholy: Reflections of Joy and Pain"
Guest host: Corey Flintoff
Do you believe all human life is intrinsically valuable? And that each of us has an inalienable personal responsibility to identify and realize value in our own life? If yes, then one preeminent political philosopher says we can eliminate the Red/Blue Republican/Democrat clashes that characterize the US today. But watch out; few things are ever that simple.
Ronald Dworkin, Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law, New York University; and Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London; and author, "Is Democracy Possible Here: Principles for a New Political Debate" (Princeton Univ. Press)
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