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Ukraine: Peril and Opportunity
Dr. Paula J. Dobriansky is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s JFK Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Chair of the National Board of Directors of the World Affairs Councils of America. From 2010-2012, she was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Thomson Reuters. In this position, she was responsible for designing and implementing corporate strategy in Washington, DC and other key capitals around the globe. During this time, she also held the Distinguished National Security Chair at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Shared Waters: Conflict, Cooperation, and Transformation
Aaron Wolf is a professor of geography in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. He has an M.S. in water resources management (1988, emphasizing hydrogeology) and a Ph.D. in environmental policy analysis (1992, emphasizing dispute resolution) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research focuses on issues relating transboundary water resources to political conflict and cooperation, where his training combining environmental science with dispute resolution theory and practice have been particularly appropriate.
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Minimum Wage Initiative Debate
Alaska voters have the opportunity to say 'yay' or 'nay' on a higher minimum wage. Ballot Measure 3 would raise the state's minimum wage from $7.75 per hour to $9.75 over the next two years, and then adjust the minimum wage for inflation each year after 2016. What are the potential effects to Alaska's economy? Is this a win for businesses and for workers, or does one side benefit at the other's expense? Hear the minimum wage initiative debated at a public forum hosted by Alaska Common Ground.
KSKA: Tuesday, August 5, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
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Forum On the Oil Tax Referendum
Taxes from oil production pay for a hefty chunk of Alaska's state government. Last year the Legislature narrowly passed Senate Bill 21, which offers tax cuts to encourage more drilling in the wake of declining oil production statewide. On August 19, voters will have the chance to repeal those cuts. Alaska Common Ground brings panelists from both sides of the debate to hash out the details of the oil tax referendum on the table.
KSKA: Tuesday, July 29, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
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Legalizing Marijuana
Alaska could follow in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington if voters choose to legalize marijuana in November. Ballot Measure 2 would tax and regulate the production, sale and use of marijuana in Alaska. Hear Kristina Woolston and Taylor Bickford debate what that means for the state in a debate hosted by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.
KSKA: Tuesday, July 22, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
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A Forum with Alaska’s Candidates for Lieutenant Governor
This week on Addressing Alaskans, Alaska lieutenant gubernatorial candidates Hollis French, Lesil McGuire, Dan Sullivan, and Bob Williams field questions in a forum discussing each candidate's vision for the future of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, May 13, at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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Gubernatorial Candidates Debate Their Visions for Alaska
This week on Addressing Alaskans, Alaska gubernatorial candidates Byron Mallott, Bill Walker and current Governor Sean Parnell field questions in a forum discussing each candidate's vision for the future of Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday, May 6, at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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Generations At Risk: Zooming in on the Effects of Toxic Chemicals
This week on Addressing Alaskans, director of the University of California at San Francisco's Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Dr. Tracey Woodruff talks about toxic chemicals, exposure and the effects on our health.
KSKA: Tuesday, April 22, at 2:00 and 9:00 p.m.
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Violence Against Women Act and Recent Developments Over Tradition
This week on Addressing Alaskans, UAA Atwood Chair of Journalism Mark Trahant speaks as part of a series titled "Women and Agents of Violence."
KSKA: Tuesday, April 15, at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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Working Dogs – From Arctic Racing to Bomb Detecting in the Afghan Desert
This week on Addressing Alaskans, professor of veterinary sports medicine at Oklahoma State University, Dr. Michael Davis. Dr. Davis explains in detail what makes dogs such incredible athletes, outperforming other mammals in extremes of altitude and temperature.
KSKA: Tuesday, March 18, at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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Time to Legalize? A Panel on Marijuana Law and Policy
This week on Addressing Alaskans, five panelists offering varying perspectives on marijuana law and policy discuss the implications of marijuana reform in Alaska, as well as nationwide.
KSKA: Tuesday, 3/11, at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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Arabs & Muslims: What Alaskans Should Know
This week on Addressing Alaskans, award-winning Egyptian-American playwright Yussef El Guindi will discuss perceptions of Arabs and Muslims in the media as seen through the lens of an Arab-American.
KSKA: Tuesday, 3/4 at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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From A to Z: Archaeologists, Zooarchaeology, and the Tales Bones Tell
This week on Addressing Alaskans, Associate Professor in the UAA Department of Anthropology and former president of the Alaska Consortium of Zooarchaeologists, Diane Hanson. Dr. Hanson speaks candidly about her many interesting experiences doing archaeological work in Alaska.
KSKA: Tuesday 2/25 at 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
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The Dust Bowl: Reaping the Whirlwind
Conclusion. How many families sought refuge from the Great Plains in California; and how government-led conservation efforts worked in conjunction with a break in the drought in 1939 to stabilize the soil and inject new life into farms.
TV: Tuesday, April 30 @ 7:00 p.m.
Independent Lens: The Undocumented
Undocumented immigrants who died while crossing the border between Mexico and Arizona are the focus of this documentary, which features the Pima County, Ariz., medical examiners who work to identify their remains; and Border Patrol agents.
TV: Monday, April 29 @ 9:00 p.m.
Call The Midwife- Season 2- Episode 5
The community prepares for the annual summer fête, which is slated to feature a baby show with a celebrity judge. In other events, Jenny meets an impoverished mother of eight who fears that she may soon have another mouth to feed.
TV: Sunday, April 28 @ 7:00 p.m.
Still On The Road
Twelve actors with the Acting Company travel on a cramped bus to communities where theatre and theatre-arts education is limited or non-existent to perform classical productions. Included: remarks from Acting Company alums Kevin Kline, Rainn Wilson and Harriet Sansom Harris
TV: Saturday, April 27 @ 9:00 p.m.
Live From Lincoln Center: Rogers & Hammerstein’s Carousel
A production of the Rodgers-Hammerstein musical "Carousel," about an ill-fated romance between a millworker (Kelli O'Hara) and carousel barker (Nathan Gunn). Songs include "If I Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone."
TV: Friday, April 26 @ 9:30 p.m.
Service: When Women Come Marching Home
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A look at female military veterans as they struggle with PTSD, sexual assault and inadequate medical care. TV: Thursday, April 25 @ 8:00 p.m.NOVA- Australia’s First 4 Billion Years: Monsters
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Part 3 of 4. The creatures of the Mesozoic Era are recalled. Many were large. Fossil evidence, for instance, shows long-necked plesiosaurs snacked on shelled cephalopods that were the size of truck tires. There was also the Kronosaurus. TV: Wednesday, April 24 @ 8:00 p.m.