Study Links CT Scans With Cancer
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Widespread overuse of CT scans are subjecting patients to high doses of radiation that will lead to tens of thousands of new cancer cases and deaths. We speak to Dr. Donald Frush, a radiologist at Duke University Medical Center.
The President’s Pay Czar
Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg, at Georgetown Law Center, Oct. 27, 2009. (AP)
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The banks that took federal bailout money are scrambling to repay those funds. Is it because the economy has improved or because they want to escape restrictions on executive pay? We’ll speak with Ken Feinberg. He’s been serving as President Obama’s pay czar.
Decision Coming on Whether Arctic Caribou will be on Endangered Species List
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Tomorrow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will decide whether it will put two types of Arctic caribou on the Endangered Species List. Our guest, Nathan Herschler, an attorney with the International Fund for Animal Welfare, says some reindeer populations have dropped so drastically over the last few decades that they face extinction. He tells us that habitat damage due to climate change is the main reason for the decline.
Tiger Attacks in India and Bangladesh
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The BBC’s Chris Morris reports on tiger attacks in the Sundarbans. Cyclones are destroying the tigers’ habitat — pushing them closer to people.
Golden Globe Nominations
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Director Jason Reitman’s new movie “Up in the Air” pulled in 6 nominations, and “the Hurt Locker” got a nod for best motion picture drama.
- Listen to our interview with Jason Reitman
- Listen to our interview Kathryn Bigelow, director of “the Hurt Locker”
- See complete list of Golden Globe Nominations
Pluto Planetary Kerfuffle
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We revisit a conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson. As the Frederick P. Rose director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, Tyson was at the center of the storm in 2001 when it was discovered that the planetarium had classified Pluto as an “icy object” instead of as a planet. Tyson was immediately labeled a Pluto hater and received a flood of critical letters and emails. His memories of that time, as well as a wealth of Pluto-related songs, cartoons, correspondence and facts are collected in the book “The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet” which has just been released in paperback.
Music from the show
- Kar-Kar Madison, “Boubacar Traore”
- Ahmad Jamal, “Patterns”
- Nathan Milstein, “Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin”
- Christian McBride, “Theme for Kareem”
- Charles Mingus, “Open Letter to Duke”
- Christine Lavin “Planet X”
- Jonathan Coulton “I’m Your Moon”
My math may be faulty, and I am sure Goldman Saks will find fault with my reasoning, but wouldn’t 23 billion provide 575 thousand $40,000 a year jobs?
Posted by Al Lauer, on December 15th, 2009 at 12:33 pmRobin,
Please, please do not refer to the North American species of the genus Rangifer as reindeer. North American members of that genus have always been called caribou. It hurts the ears to hear them called reindeer, which are the domesticated members of the genus found in Eurasia. Also, I am not a global warming skeptic, but I understand that artic species often have complex population dynamics with cycles of high and then low numbers in the population. This can be especially true in smaller geographic population groups. So to simply state that a decline in a population of this species is due totally to global warming makes me wonder if an issue of much complexity is being over simplified, and not dealt with in its true complexity. Also, the actual range of these caribou was never explained.
Posted by Michael Fager, on December 15th, 2009 at 12:55 pmThanks.
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Posted by wbur.org » News » Pay Czar: New Goldman Policies ‘Good Sign’ Of Wall Street Reform, on December 15th, 2009 at 2:07 pmHelllpppp- I was listening to a story about an Irish Poet who interviewed soldiers from wars then wrote the stories into poems which were read by the soldiers and were filmed for a documentary. I can’t find it and I want to listen to the whole piece.
Posted by Sue Wiseheart, on December 17th, 2009 at 9:13 pm