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David Grewal sits down for an in-depth conversation about his new book Network Power. The book analyzes the social dynamics of the often controversial area of globalization. Grewal is seeking a new understanding of globalization and discusses his findings in this conversation.

Amity Shales discusses her bestselling book on the history of The Great Depression The Forgotten Man . Shlaes is a syndicated columnist and a Senior Fellow at The Council on Foreign Relations. In this discussion she helps put our current global economic crisis in perspective by providing a new context on what worked and what didn t work to fix The Great Depression of the 1930 s.

Renowned economic and financial strategist David Smick sits down for an informative discussion of his new book The World Is Curved . Smick gives a highly informative and thoughtful explanation on how we got into the present global economic crisis, and how we and hopefully the new President Barack Obama and other world leaders can pull us out of this dire situation.

Great conversation with Rich Lowry, author, syndicated columnist and editor of National Review , the leading conservative magazine founded in 1955 by the late William F. Buckley Jr. Lowry talks about the magazine, the recent political season (including Barack Obama, John McCain, and Sarah Palin), the conservative response to the global economic crisis and the serious challenges the Republican Party faces in the years ahead

Fascinating conversation with renowned music journalist, cultural critic and author Greil Marcus on his new book The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice . He has authored many previous books including Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock n Roll Music and Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century . In this conversation, Greil discusses The Shape of Things to Come and its kaleidoscopic investigation of American identity he ruminates as only he can about what America actually is an idea and how this has impacted the country and its idea of itself since its founding to today. An extraordinary discussion with a master writer and storyteller on how he sees America and how America sees itself.

Inspiring interview with Ethan Nichtern, Founder and Director of The Interdependence Project (The ID Project) in New York City and author of the new book "One City: A Declaration of Interdependence". This is a fascinating and personal discussion of Nichtern's key idea of interdependence as well as an enlightening conversation about Eastern ideas in general, such as Buddhism and meditation. Nichtern talks about how there is a strong current desire worldwide for a new social consciousness that properly balances inner peace and illumination with informed social engagement and responsibility.

Inspiring interview with Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder of Teach for America. This unique organization recruits recent college graduates in a wide variety of fields for two years to have them teach in some of America s neediest schools and areas. The results have been powerful: incredible improvements in the education, inspiration and academic performance of the students in these schools while at the same time providing an incomparable opportunity for training and shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

lluminating interview in New York on The Alcove with Mark Molaro with producer/director Mohammed Naqvi on his extraordinary documentary on the internationally celebrated Pakistani women's rights activist Mukhtaran Mai. The film explores the remarkable courage of Mukhtaran Mai after she is gang-raped in her small Pakistani village. Rather than give in to the traditional shame such a tragic event normally instills, she decides to confront her attackers and in doing so finds not only her true strength but a way of helping teach and inspire people in Pakistan and around the world. Mukhtaran Mai has won awards and honors all over the world for her efforts, including being named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People. In this interview filmmaker Mohammed Naqvi reveals his process of making the film and his thoughts on this extraordinary story that has played at festivals around the world, including the Toronto International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival.

Revealing New York interview with documentary filmmaker Vanessa Roth on her film "The Third Monday in October". The film, set against the backdrop of what has been called the most important American election in modern times in 2004, is an intimate chronicle of twelve 12 year-olds running for their middle school student councils in four diverse schools across the United States. The documentary is a fascinating and raw slice of American politics - through the eyes and emotions of these extraordinary young students and the parents and teachers around them. In this conversation Vanessa Roth discusses the making of the film as well as her own reflections on its impact and insight.

Revealing New York feature interview on The Alcove with Mark Molaro with Oscar-nominated filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady on their hit documentary "Jesus Camp".They discuss their provocative and widely acclaimed film that provides a unique window into an intense training ground for evangelical born-again children. In this in-depth interview the filmmakers discuss all aspects of their creative process in making "Jesus Camp" as well as touching on their critically acclaimed previous documentary "The Boys of Baraka".

The Alcove with Mark Molaro: Laura Poitras discusses the Oscar-nominated Iraqi documentary "My Country, My Country" in New York with Mark Molaro. This extraordinary film tells the tragic story of one Iraqi man struggling with the devastating contradictions of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Praised by the New York Times, Village Voice and innumerable media, the making of this film is discussed in an in-depth and authentic manner in this revealing interview.

Rita Cosby, the award-winning host and special correspondent for MSNBC sits down for a fascinating feature interview in New York City with Mark Molaro. She discusses her extraordinary career, thoughts on the cable news business and the challenges of being a female journalist. Includes clips of her featured interview work with Mexican President Vicente Fox, Howard Stern, Pete Rose, Jon Bon Jovi and many others.