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Radio Show Recorded live at AS220 on October 28th 2009 1951 - The Rise of Levittown Can the suburbs be fixed? What does sustainability look like in a land of three car garages, shopping malls, single use zoning and houses on...

Radio Show Recorded live at AS220 on October 21st 2009 at AS220 1972 - Nixon visits People's Republic of China What began as a Ping Pong match is now a game of 'Chicken'...the US and China; partners or enablers? The relationship...

Radio Show Recorded live at AS220 on October 14th 2009 at AS220 1932 -The Highlander Center opens its doors First door-to-door, now e-mail-to-email, will community organizing have the same power in a virtual community? How will we organize for change in...

Radio Show Recorded live at AS220 on October 7th 2009 1993 - The creation of Hillary Clinton's Taskforce on Healthcare Is the patient stable, improving, or failing? What are the chances of survival for a nation divided on health reform? As...

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Radio Show Recorded live at AS220 on May 13th 2009 1937 - The Flint, Michigan United Auto Workers Sit-In Banks, Auto and Insurance Companies bailed out, lay-offs abound and yet...Where's the anger of the past? The Auto Industry, unions and the...

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Radio Show Recorded live at AS220 on April 29th 2009 1933 - The Creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps Did building dams, planting trees and taking the boys from the city help end a depression or were we then, as now,...

What Now? With our country mired in its worst economic collapse since the great depression, history can be a guide for what actions our nation should or shouldn't take to provide for its citizens and whether or not it is time to...