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Jessica Tuchman Mathews Discusses the Global Nature of Environmental Issues.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Vice President of the World Resources Institute, which she helped to found, discusses global environmental issues. Many environmental issues, like the greenhouse effect and air and water pollution, cross national borders and their solutions depend on international cooperation. Mathews is also a columnist for The Washington Post and was on the staff of the National Security Council during the Carter Administration.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 31, 1992: Interview with Jessica Tuchman Mathews; Interview with John Prine; Review of the film "Shining Through."
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A Preposterous War Romance.

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Shining Through," starring Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith as lovers who are also spies fighting the Nazis during World War Two.

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Former White House Russia expert Fiona Hill warns the U.S. is on a path to autocracy

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This fake 'Jury Duty' really put James Marsden's improv chops on trial

In the series Jury Duty, a solar contractor named Ronald Gladden has agreed to participate in what he believes is a documentary about the experience of being a juror--but what Ronald doesn't know is that the whole thing is fake.

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This Romanian film about immigration and vanishing jobs hits close to home

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