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Guest host: Matthew Felling
Environmentalists & forward-thinking developers have long touted "Smart Growth" plans that link homes with offices and public transportation systems. Now, $4 gasoline may be kick-starting Smart Growth ideas out of the planning phase and into construction. We look at where these principles are being applied and what the region might look like in coming decades.
Roger K. Lewis, Architect; Columnist, "Shaping the City," Washington Post; and Professor Emeritus of Architecture, University of Maryland College Park
David Robertson, Executive Director, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Mike McKeever, Executive Director, Sacramento Area Council of Governments
Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth
Bob Youngentob, Principal, Eakin/Youngentob Associates, Inc.
Guest host: Matthew Felling
The Pentagon is funding academic research to better understand the attraction of terrorism and violent groups in the Middle East -- among other things. But some scholars are concerned the military is only interested in funding research that reinforces its world view. We discuss the complex relationship between the Pentagon and academia.
William S. Rees, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Laboratories and Basic Sciences
David Vine, Professor, American University
Patrick Cronin, Director, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Guest host: Matthew Felling
Napa and Sonoma are two famous-named wine regions -- but there are many wine regions across the US that may surprise you. States like Michigan and Arizona, are not traditionally associated with wine, are now home to budding vineyards. We'll take a virtual road trip and hear about the wineries worth a late-summer trek.
Michael Franz, Editor, Wine Review Online
Paul Lukacs, Wine columnist, The Washington Times and Wine Review Online; Author, "American Vintage" and "The Great Wines of America"
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