welcome. here we are, barely halfway through the summer, and barack obama and mitt romney have stepped up their cage match, each attacking the other, throwing insults and accusations back and forth like folding chairs hurled across the wrestling ring. governor romney pummels away at the economy. president obama pummels away at mr. romney when he was or wasn t at his company bain capital, his tax returns and his offshore accounts. all the while, as they bob and weave their way through this quadrennial competition, punching wildly, the real story of what s happening to ordinary people as capitalism runs amok is largely ignored by each of them. but not in this book days of destruction, days of revolt an unusual account of poverty and desolation across contemporary america. it s a collaboration between graphic artist and journalist joe sacco, about whom more later, and my guest on this week s broadcast, chris hedges. all of the true correctives to american democracy came th
welcome. here we are, barely halfway through the summer, and barack obama and mitt romney have stepped up their cage match, each attacking the other, throwing insults and accusations back and forth like folding chairs hurled across the wrestling ring. governor romney pummels away at the economy. president obama pummels away at mr. romney when he was or wasn t at his company bain capital, his tax returns and his offshore accounts. all the while, as they bob and weave their way through this quadrennial competition, punching wildly, the real story of what s happening to ordinary people as capitalism runs amok is largely ignored by each of them. but not in this book days of destruction, days of revolt an unusual account of poverty and desolation across contemporary america. it s a collaboration between graphic artist and journalist joe sacco, about whom more later, and my guest on this week s broadcast, chris hedges. all of the true correctives to american democracy came th
welcome. here we are, barely halfway through the summer, and barack obama and mitt romney have stepped up their cage match, each attacking the other, throwing insults and accusations back and forth like folding chairs hurled across the wrestling ring. governor romney pummels away at the economy. president obama pummels away at mr. romney when he was or wasn t at his company bain capital, his tax returns and his offshore accounts. all the while, as they bob and weave their way through this quadrennial competition, punching wildly, the real story of what s happening to ordinary people as capitalism runs amok is largely ignored by each of them. but not in this book days of destruction, days of revolt an unusual account of poverty and desolation across contemporary america. it s a collaboration between graphic artist and journalist joe sacco, about whom more later, and my guest on this week s broadcast, chris hedges. all of the true correctives to american democracy came th
good morning. thanks for coming. my name is marty kaplan, i m on the faculty of the adam burg school for communication and journalism at the university of southern california. i m also the founding director of something called the norman lear center whose mission is to study and the shape the impact of entertainment and media on society. if you re interested in the lear center s work, learcenter.org is the conclusion of my branding message. today is the second of a series of four events here at aha. it s the launch of a partnership whose members are the national history center of the aha and i want to thank roger lewis and jim grossman for being part of initiating this partnership. the lear center and also at usc the center for communication, leadership and policy which is headed up by my colleague jeffrey cowan. that partnership has a name. it s called historians, journalists and the challenges of getting it right. it starts with the premise that both those professions, hist
good morning. thanks for coming. my name is marty kaplan, i m on the faculty of the adam burg school for communication and journalism at the university of southern california. i m also the founding director of something called the norman lear center whose mission is to study and the shape the impact of entertainment and media on society. if you re interested in the lear center s work, learcenter.org is the conclusion of my branding message. today is the second of a series of four events here at aha. it s the launch of a partnership whose members are the national history center of the aha and i want to thank roger lewis and jim grossman for being part of initiating this partnership. the lear center and also at usc the center for communication, leadership and policy which is headed up by my colleague jeffrey cowan. that partnership has a name. it s called historians, journalists and the challenges of getting it right. it starts with the premise that both those professions, hist