Listen Up: March 12 – 18
It's the last week before U of I's spring break, and there are speakers from BoingBoing, the Federal Reserve, and the Cleveland Model of cooperative ownership, among others.
It's the last week before U of I's spring break, and there are speakers from BoingBoing, the Federal Reserve, and the Cleveland Model of cooperative ownership, among others.
Programming letterpress software, water re-use, feminists questioning cosmetics manufacturers, psychiatry and sexuality, and Peruvian laborers in South Korea, all before spring break.
Salvadorean violence, Philadelphian poetry, midday literary eroticism, and everything in between.
God vs. gay, water usage in biofuel production, and the Brazilian landless workers' movement, among other things.
The week starts with some high-altitude hijinks and just gets better from there.
King Corn, Chernobyl as a tourist destination, Jews for a Just Peace, and preserving the free press, all this week.
Water quality, Indian history, Russian relations, and Greek literature all await you this week.
Do you love Middle East politics? Well, then this is the week for you!
Ongoing crisis in Pakistan, Holocaust in the Soviet Union, and early Islamic child marriage are among the uplifting speaker topics this week.
19th century paper mills, post-socialist European Roma, and Russian-style Orientalism take the stage this week.