Dialectica Radio: Show Sixteen - Austin Bicycling Roundtable

This week on Dialectica: Host/Co-Producer Jason Fialkoff provides updates on Austin's bicycling issues aided by a round table representing the City, industry, local nonprofits, and academia. Does the Yellow Bike Project have a new home? Will the City build a new bicycle boulevard? What's UT planning for Speedway? Tune in this week as City Engineer and local volunteer Nathan Wilkes, former Kittelson Associates Planner Erin Ferguson, and UT Engineer Matt Jordan (formerly of Portland) chime in on Austin's bicycling issues.

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Dialectica Radio: Show Fifteen: The Life and Legacy of Barbara Jordan

This week on Dialectica: Host/Co-Producer Nadia Bobb and Co-Producer Desiree Ledet reflect on the life and legacy of Barbara Jordan and preview the upcoming 13th Annual Barbara Jordan Forum on Public Policy. Some of Prof. Jordan's finest and most powerful oratorical moments are presented, including portions of her famous keynote speeches at the 1976 and 1992 Democratic National Conventions, as well as her statements at the Nixon impeachment and Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination hearings.

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Dialectica Radio: Show Fourteen - Stimulus and the War of Ideas

This week on Dialectica: Host/Producer James Tanner investigates the clash of economic theories underlying the politics of the fiscal stimulus package in Washington. Excerpts of audio commentary from Milton Friedman, Paul Krugman, and Peter Schiff are featured.

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Dialectica Radio: Show Thirteen - Closing Guantanamo

This week on Dialectica: Host/Co-Producer Sanjeet Deka and Co-Producer C. P. Smith examine the ramifications of the closing of the detention facilities at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. Interview subjects include Prof. Bobby Chesney, expert in national security law and a visiting professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and the show also features audio clips of several other expert views.

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