Iraqi Prisoner Abuse: Who is Accountable in an Era of Privatized Military Firms?; Identity in a Globalized World; Adam’s Curse: The Disappearance of the Male Gene
Iraqi Prisoner Abuse: Who is Accountable in an Era of Privatized Military Firms?
The specter of Iraqis prisoners being abused at the hands of Americans soldiers is horrifying and for the perpetrators there will clearly be repercussions. But complicating this tragedy is the fact that private contractors hired as interrogators may have been involved in promoting the abusive behavior. Are these contractors accountable to the uniform code of military justice? Larry Mantle talks with David Isenberg, Senior Analyst with the British American Security Information Council on the subject of private military contracting about the issues of accountability raised by this incident.
Identity in a Globalized World
Producer, author and journalist John Phillip Santos joins Larry to talk about the destiny of identity in an era of globalization.
Adam’s Curse: The Disappearance of the Male Gene
In his new book Adam’s Curse: A Future Without Men (W.W. Norton), geneticist Bryan Sykes posits that human males are in the process of going extinct. He writes that the Y-chromosome lies in “genetic ruin,” unable to adapt with far fewer genes than most other chromosomes. Sykes gives the Y-Chromosome about 125,000 years until extinction, and says that it bears responsibility for some very bad behavior, like greed, war and aggression. Bryan Sykes joins Host Larry Mantle to discuss his theory.