APM: Word for WordAmerican Public Media's Word for Word is a one-hour weekly program featuring the very best of the nation's recent speeches. Speakers address current events and issues and are drawn from the National Press Club, the Chautauqua Institution, the Aspen Institute and other notable institutions. It's updated every Friday.Jun. 27, 2008: Word for Word: Paul Roberts- June 27, 2008 Bestselling author Paul Roberts argues in his new book "The End of Food," that our global food economy is careening toward disaster. In a June 18th speech at the Commonwealth Club of California, Roberts discussed his book and how problems like food scarcity, food borne illness, obesity and malnutrition are all rooted in the industrial mass-production of food.http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/wordforword/2008/06/27/wordforword_64.mp3 Jun. 20, 2008: Word for Word: Tim Weiner- June 20, 2008 Weiner's latest book, "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA," draws on hundreds of interviews and archival documents, revealing decades of blunders that have compromised the country's national security. During a recent speech at the Minneapolis Public Library, Tim Weiner discussed how the CIA evolved over the past six decades, and where it went wrong.http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/wordforword/2008/06/20/wordforword_64.mp3 Jun. 13, 2008: Word for Word: Mary Tillman- June 13, 2008 In 2004, NFL football star-turned-Army Ranger Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan. While the Pentagon initially said Pat Tillman died heroically in an enemy ambush, the military later disclosed what it knew all along: Pat Tillman was shot and killed by his fellow soldiers. Today, his mother Mary says she still doesn't have the full story of how her son died. She's written a new book about her search for answers, "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman," which she recently...http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/wordforword/2008/06/13/wordforword_64.mp3 Jun. 6, 2008: Word for Word: Barack Obama and John McCain- June 6, 2008 After a prolonged primary season, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are now their parties' presumptive nominees for president. This week, Word for Word spotlights the speeches they made at the close of the primary season when Sen. McCain re-launched his campaign and Sen. Obama laid claim to his party's nomination in St. Paul.http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/wordforword/2008/06/06/wordforword_64.mp3 |