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What Americans Don’t Get About Afghanistan

Jul 29, 2012
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Ed Girardet has been reporting from Afghanistan for 30 years and he predicts things will fall apart. Also: new infections of HIV among young, gay black men up by 48 percent; one of the architects of financial deregulation wants a do-over; and sportswriter Mark Heisler goes out on a limb looking for answers.
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What Americans Don’t Get About Afghanistan

Jul 29, 2012
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Ed Girardet has been reporting from Afghanistan for 30 years and he predicts things will fall apart Also: new infections of HIV among young, gay black men up by 48 percent; one of the architects of financial deregulation wants a do-over; and sportswriter Mark Heisler goes out on a limb looking for answerscom/avbooth/category/truthdig_radio/" title="Truthdig Radio">Truthdig Radio: Ed Girardet has been reporting from Afghanistan for 30 years; new infections of HIV among young, gay black men up by 48 percent; a financial deregulation do-over, and Penn State.

Joe Pa’s Shame

Jul 13, 2012
Penn State's Board of Trustees commissioned former FBI Director Louis Freeh to investigate how child molester Jerry Sandusky -- for years one of Joe Paterno's most trusted and loyal assistants -- could have committed his awful crimes under the noses of university officials. The answer is simple and shocking: Those officials simply looked the other way.

Four Reasons to Watch the Super Bowl

Feb 2, 2012
You might think that celebrating the holiest day of violence, consumerism and class warfare on your couch is a betrayal of your values or a waste of time Not this Sunday This election season, watch the game to understand how jobs, religion, leadership and health care dominate every American contest.