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Tuesday December 16, 2008
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Expanding high-speed Internet access is one part of President-elect Obama's plan to stimulate the economy. Hear about the 'strange bedfellows' hoping to help overhaul the nation's communications infrastructure -- and whether everyone from telecommunications businesses to labor unions to public interest groups can unite behind a nationwide broadband access strategy.
Ben Scott, Policy Director, Free Press
James W. Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President-External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T
Studies show one in three Americans are "pervasively dissatisfied with their lives." We look at how genes, commercial culture, and global hyper-competition are combining to lock millions of Americans into an unsatisfying race for success.
Jim Rubens, former New Hampshire State Senator; and author of "Over Success: Healing the American Obsession with Wealth, Fame, Power, and Perfection" (Greenleaf)
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