Dialectica Radio: S2E6 - Water Policy in Texas

This week on Dialectica: Producer/Host Sachin Shah examines the role of state water policy in managing droughts and other water needs of Texans. Guests include Bob Joseph, Director of the U.S. Geological Survey Texas Water Science Center, Dr. Bill Hutchison, Director of the Groundwater Resources Division of the Texas Water Development Board.

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Dialectica Radio: S2E5 - Poverty in Austin

This week on Dialectica: Producer/Host Margarita Jimenez examines the effect of the economic downturn on those living in poverty in the Austin area. Interview subjects include: Karen Ranus, Director of Outreach Services at St. Austin Catholic Parish; Sharon Bieser, Executive Director of Vincare Services of Austin; and Lacey Strake, from the Austin chapter of Brake the Cycle of Poverty.

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Dialectica Radio: Sixty Years of NATO Part II

This week on Dialectica: Producer C. P. Smith and host Selina Smith present the second in a two-part series on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Part II reviews the changes in NATO since the demise of the Soviet Union as well as the challenges NATO must manage to remain a relevant international defense organization.

Special guests:
Colonel Ron Sullivan, USAF (Ret), Business Manager for SAIC
Professor Thomas Johnson, Research Professor, Naval Postgraduate School and Director of Culture and Conflict Studies, Department of National Security Affairs.

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Dialectica Radio: Sixty Years of NATO Part I

This week on Dialectica: Producer C. P. Smith and host Selina Smith present the first in a two-part series on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Part I reviews NATO's historical context as well as the challenges NATO is facing.

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Dialectica Radio: S2E2 - Playing the Odds, Part II

This week on Dialectica: Producer/Host James Tanner presents the second in a two-part series on the history and relevance of quantitative finance. Part II explores how attempts by quantitative experts to address key financial problems – random price movement and risk correlation – eventually led to the widespread adoption of the Gaussian Copula Formula in finance, which in turn contributed to the current economic crisis.

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Dialectica Radio: S2E1 - Playing the Odds, Part I

This week on Dialectica: Producer/Host James Tanner presents the first in a two-part series on the history and relevance of quantitative finance. Part I explores how statistical methods found their way from the halls of government to the casino and finally to Wall Street, culminating in the rise and fall of the massive hedge fund Long Term Capital Management.

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Dialectica Radio: Show 26 - Bicycles and Breakfast

Tonight on Dialectica: Producer/Host Jason Fialkoff and his gang of merry bicycle pranksters discuss their recent "breakfast-station-for-bike-communters" initiative and other Austin-area bicycling issues.

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