WPKN Archives: 02.04.19: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump pulling out of the INF nuclear treaty with Russia; Public opinion shifts on climate change; Movement Revives Push for Equal Rights Amendment; Trump goes easy on corporate crime

Episode Info

Show:
Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, February 4th, 2019
8:10PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 54 minutes

Posted:
Monday, February 4th, 2019 8:05PM

Tags:
nuclear banks weapons russia prosecution constitution putin climatechange gop trump corporatecrime yale democrats coldwar greennewdeal inftreaty publicopinion era equalrightsamendment financialmeltdown fines


Listen

Sorry, the media you have requested has expired.

Episode: 02.04.19: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump pulling out of the INF nuclear treaty with Russia; Public opinion shifts on climate change; Movement Revives Push for Equal Rights Amendment; Trump goes easy on corporate crime

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Dr. Robert Rosner, chair of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board and William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics; Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago, assesses two major threats to humanity: nuclear weapons and climate change cited in making the decision to keep the BAS doomsday clock at "2 minutes to midnight."

2) Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D., Director of the Yale University Program on Climate Change Communication at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, discusses his program's recent "Climate Change in the American Mind" survey which found that 73% of Americans believe that climate change is occurring -- and the implications for the adoption of national policies to address climate change such as the proposed Green New Deal.

3) Bettina Hager, Washington director and chief operating officer of the ERA Coalition, and grassroots organizer and advocate for gender equality, talks about the renewed national campaign to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

4) Rick Claypool, Research Director with Public Citizen's President’s Office discusses your recent report titled, "Corporate Impunity Worsens Under Trump," with a focus on the corrupting influence of big money among members of the Trump administration's cabinet appointees.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

Show: Counterpoint

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming is at http://wpkn.org/ . Interview segment archives are at counterpointradio.org .

Episode Hosts