Environment
Ralph Nader
This week Dennis Wholey speaks with consumer advocate and activist, Ralph Nader. Mr. Nader discusses the ways in which America is malfunctioning and the action needed to improve the country, as well as his new book, The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas for Our American Future.
Lessons From The World
This week’s program explores the important lessons that we learned throughout 2012 by visiting a variety of interviews from the past year. Past guests from Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and the United States all explain interesting aspects of their respective cultures and weigh in on the most crucial concerns of the day. Guests include Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan; Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong; Former Ambassador to the United States from Kazakhstan and current Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, Erlan Idrissov; Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and many more.
Pres. Lester Brown (Earth Policy Institute)
This week Dennis Wholey speaks with author and President of Earth Policy Institute, Lester Brown. President Brown explains the grim facts about the health of our planet and the ways in which we can make a change. President Brown has recently published two books on such topics, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity and World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse.
2012 Nuclear Security Summit
This week Dennis Wholey discusses the importance of the recent 2012 Nuclear Security Summit which took place in Seoul, South Korea. Guests include Laura Holgate, Senior Director of WMD Terrorism & Threat Reduction from the National Security Council as well as Anne Harrington, Deputy Administrator of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, at the National Nuclear Security Administration.
South Korea: Green Korea
THIS IS AMERICA visits the city of Seoul, South Korea to learn more about the country’s inspiring commitment and dedication to Green Growth and Eco tourism. A featured interview is the Minister of The Environment Lee Maan-ee.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Join host Dennis Wholey as THIS IS AMERICA begins its new season with an exclusive interview with United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. In this rare interview Dennis and the Secretary General discuss the volatile nature of the world and how the Secretary General compassionately attempts to resolve complex issues such as poverty, terrorism and violence against women.
United Nations Roundtable Part I
Join host Dennis Wholey as he speaks with six high profile international guests to discuss the United Nation’s goals of eradicating poverty, improving maternal and child health, gender equality, and climate change. Guests include the UN Foundation’s Reid Detchon, Vice President for Energy and Climate, the World Health Organization’s Flavia Bustreo M.D., Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Gitahi Kiama Ph.D, of the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies at the University of Nairobi, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Thomas Stelzer, Johnson & Johnson’s Vice President of Corporate Contributions, Sharon D’Agostino, and the United Nations Development Program’s Director of Poverty Reduction Group, Selim Jahan.
United Nations Roundtable Part II
Join host Dennis Wholey as he concludes his conversation with six high profile international guests regarding the United Nations goals of eradicating poverty, improving maternal and child health, gender equality, and climate change. Guests include the UN Foundation’s Reid Detchon, Vice President for Energy and Climate, the World Health Organization’s Flavia Bustreo M.D., Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Gitahi Kiama Ph.D, of the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies at the University of Nairobi, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Thomas Stelzer, Johnson & Johnson’s Vice President of Corporate Contributions, Sharon D’Agostino, and the United Nations Development Program’s Director of Poverty Reduction Group, Selim Jahan.
THIS IS AMERICA VISITS SINGAPORE Pt. III
This week Dennis Wholey learns about what it is like to live in Singapore. The program explores Singapore’s creative ways of addressing education, public housing and the unique struggles that such a country faces. Interviews include, Minister of Education, Heng Swee Keat, CEO of the Housing Development Board, Dr Cheong Koon Hean, and the Chief Executive of Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, Khoo Teng Chye.