Caucuses 101; Campaign Giuliani; Texas Monopolizes Executions; Important Humanitarian Stories Of 2007
Caucuses 101
Guest host Jon Beaupre is joined by NPR senior Washington editor Ron Elving to provide a primer on the Iowa Caucuses. Jon then opens the phones to take listener calls.
Campaign Giuliani
Guest Host Jon Beaupre talks with Katie Levinson, Communication Director for Rudy Giuliani's Presidential Campaign about Rudy Giuliani's bid to be the next President of the United States.
Texas Monopolizes Executions
Over 60% of all executions in the U.S. took place in Texas this year. Even death penalty supporters admit that national support for executions has waned so considerably that Texas may be the only state left with the political and judicial will to carry them out. University of Houston law professor David R. Dow talks with guest host Jon Beaupre about the deepening national ambivalence toward the death penalty and how Texas may end up monopolizing execution in the United States.
Important Humanitarian Stories Of 2007
Guest host John Beaupre speaks with Nicolas de Torrente, executive director of Doctors Without Borders in the USA about their list of the most important humanitarian stories of 2007.