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Climate Change – Why are U.S. cities warming at a faster rate than the planet overall? And what effect is that having on our health and our native flora and fauna? Brian Stone, Associate Professor of the City and Regional Planning Program at Georgia Tech joins us to share the answers and some possible solutions.
Is Technology Helping or Hurting Our Kids? – Today’s kids are technically savvy and have access to huge amounts of information, but how many are using it and is it making them smarter or better-educated? EmoryUniversity English Professor, Mark Bauerlein would answer: not many and no. He has written a new book: The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30) and he joins us to explain his findings.
Next week on Georgia Weekly – Louis Sullivan: A Conversation – the former Secretary of Health and Human Services and President Emeritus of Morehouse School of Medicine will join Susan Hoffman for an inspiring and intimate discussion of his life, influences and career.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 9:00am
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 3:00pm
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