Iranian Weapons in Iraq; Ain't Misbehaving; Understanding the Shiites; Bill Moyers; Why is Software So Hard
Iranian Weapons in Iraq
The Bush administration is accusing Iran of supplying highly sophisticated weapons known as "explosively formed penetrators", or EFPs that have killed more than 170 troops from the U.S.-led coalition. AirTalk guest host, Ted Chen discusses the situation with Middle-East scholar George Perkovich, Vice-President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Ain't Misbehaving
The LAUSD is considering adopting a uniform discipline policy that would involve parents, teachers, community groups, and other students to decrease the number of detentions and suspensions given to misbehaving students. Ted Chen and his guests (Donnalyn Anton, Associate Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District; Rodney Wright, the coordinator of the Title 1 and BEST - Building Effective Schools Together - programs at Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood; Bill Ring, Chairman of the Parent Collaborative and Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Parent Engagement Policy Development) discuss the proposed policy.
Understanding the Shiites
Ted Chen talks with NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Mike Shuster about his new series: "The Partisans of Ali: A History of Shiite and Politics." The series, which airs on NPR's Morning Edition this week, examines the history and development of Shiism, from the split within Islam in the 7th century, to the recent rise of Shiite power and aspirations in the Middle East.
Bill Moyers
Journalist and social critic Bill Moyers joins Ted Chen about American democracy and the political establishment. Bill Moyers will be speaking at 7:00 pm tonight (Monday, Feb.12th) at Thorne Hall at Occidental College in Eagle Rock. The talk is free and open to the public.
Why is Software So Hard
Ted Chen talks with Salon.com co-founder Scott Rosenberg about his new book Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs and One Quest for Transcendent Software. (Crown), which explores the little-known art of creating software.