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View the full archive of Massachusetts School of Law's Podcast Books of Our Time In this installment of Books of Our Time, host Lawrence R. Velvel discusses with author Elizabeth Warren her new book "The Two Income Trap."  The book is a revealing look at how overall wages have decreased for family earners despite women entering the workforce. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Books Of Our Time Dean Lawrence R. Velvel sits down with author Dan Oren to discuss his  book "Joining the Club."  The book details the extensive religiously based discrimination that took place at Yale University and other Ivy League institutions throughout the 21st century.Produced by the Massachusetts School of Law. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Private Lives and Public Consquences P. II William Chafe from Duke University sits down with Dean Lawrence R. Velvel from the Massachsuetts School of Law to discuss Chafe's new book "PRIVATE LIVES AND PUBLIC CONSQUENCES: PERSONALITY AND POLITICS IN MODERN AMERICA."  This is the second part of their two hour discussion on BOOKS OF OUR TIME. They discuss the personal lives of FDR, MLK, JFK and many more prominent public figures of the 20th century. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Books of Our Time: Interview with The Boston Globe's Charlie Savage Listen to this installment of âBooks of Our Timeâ (watch Part 1 or Part 2) as Dean Lawrence R. Velvel interviews Charlie Savage. Savage is a national reporter for the Boston Globe and recently won a Pulitzer prize for his articles about signing statements that were used by George W. Bush to negate legislation and extend presidential power. In this interview Savage will be discussing his new work, âTake Over â The Return of the Imperial Presidency in This inversion of American Democ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Books of Our Time: The 1950s Yankees Dynasty Dean Larry Velvel interviewes Tufts University Professor Sol Gittleman about his new book "Reynolds, Raschi, and Lopat: New York's Big Three and the Great Yankee Dynasty of 1949-1953". The interview orginally aired on Comcast CN8 television. Visit www.mslaw.edu for more information. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Legalized Gambling Legalized Gambling MSL Educational Forum host Lawrence Velvel and a panel of experts discuss the issues surrounding legalized gambling.  Who wants it?  How does it affect the public, the neighborhoods, society in general?  Is it just a cash cow for rich corporations, or a tax source for governments? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally exclu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Indefensible, One Lawyer's Journey into the Inferno of American Justice The Noted Authors series, - presented by the Massachusetts School of Law hosts writer and former Bronx public defender David Feige, author of "Indefensible, One Lawyer's Journey into the Inferno of American Justice."  Feige asserts that the criminal justice system has largely gone awry and preys on those least able to properly defend themselves.  He discusses the cases that are not significant enough to make the front pages, but cause huge problems for communities and th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Something in the Air MSL's Noted Authors series presents Marc Fisher, author of Something in the air.  Fisher, a Washington Post columnist and blogger, describes how radio and the rock/pop culture has shaped generations.  His book and discussion give fascinating insights into the history and possible future of radio, including comments on talk radio and how the corporatization of radio has altered the listening landscape.  The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Death Penalty The Death Penalty MSL Educational Forum host Constance Rudneck and guests discuss the changing role of the death penalty in criminal justice.  It may be observed that there are growing movements to abolish the death penalty completely.  Is this helpful?  What are the forces on both sides of this debate? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally e ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Protecting Securities Investments Protecting Securities Investments Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and her panel of guests discuss the Securities and Exchange Commission and the new laws designed to protect the investing public against debacles such as Enron and World Com.  Are these laws effective?  How can a novice investor know they are not being taken advantage of to their financial detriment? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal educatio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Aftermath of 9/11 continues Aftermath from 9/11 Question of Law host Michael Coyne and guests discuss the effects the tragedy of 9/11 has had on the nation in the ensueing 6 years.  They focus on issues such as immigration and civil rights.  How do we protect ourselves and remain the beacon of liberty our forefathers envisioned?  Can we have both security and freedom? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less priv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Women and Wall Street Women and Wall Street Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and guests discuss the book Tales from the Boom Boom room about sexual harrassment on Wall Street and how this affected and continues to affect the business carried on there.  Why was it so rampant?  Why was it considered "normal" and so difficult to redress the issue? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged per ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sexual Harrassment Sexual Harrassment Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and attorney guests discuss issues related to various forms of harrassment against women, and even men at times.  They explore street harrassment and sexual harrassment in other venues. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing hig ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Family Arrested Family Arrested Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and her guests discuss the impact on families when a member is jailed or imprisoned.  They examine the practical as well as the cultural aspects and look at effects not often considered to such families. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cohabitation Cohabitation Question of Law host Michael Coyne and guests discuss the legal issues surrounding cohabitation, or domestic partnerships where marrige is not sought or, in same gender cases, is not legal for most states.  They explore the legal and tax advantages of marriage and what the advantages or disadvantages may be for cohabitations and domestic partnerships. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education availabl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Imminent Threat Imminent threat Question of Law host Diane Sullivan and guests discuss the principle in international law called "anticipitory self defense."  Do nations present an imminent threat to us now, did North Korea or Iraq pose such a threat?  What kind of threat must be posed before anticipitory self defense may be used? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who ar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Military in Graduate Schools The Military in Grad Schools Question of Law host Constance Rudneck and guests discuss the Pentagon's forcing law and other graduate schools to accept military recruiters on campus or face the cutoff of any federal funding the institution receives.  Is this Constitutional?  Is it fair, or is it forcing schools whomight be against the military to allow their presence? The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments Question of Law host Constance Rudneck and journalist Lyle Denniston discuss the issues started and stemming from the Alabama case of the 10 Commandments monument that judge Roy Moore wanted to keep on display.  they bring into the discussion issues about religious freedom and religious expressions in public venues. The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mirror to America, part 2 of 2 Mirror to America, part 2 of 2 In this second of two parts, Books of Our Time host Lawrence R. Velvel talks with noted author and history professor Dr. John Hope Franklin about his autobiography, Mirror to America.  Dr. Franklin talks about the interdisciplinary center named after him and about his work in redefining understandings of the antebellum and reconstruction South.  In his autobiography, Dr. Franklin says he hopes to help people gaze into a mirror that will help us as Am ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mirror to America, 1 of 2 irror to America, part 1 of 2 Books of Our Time host Lawrence R. Velvel talks with noted author and history professor Dr. John Hope Franklin about his autobiography, Mirror to America.  Dr. Franklin talks about the interdisciplinary center named after him and about his work in redefining understandings of the antebellum and reconstruction South.  In his autobiography, Dr. Franklin says he hopes to help people gaze into a mirror that will help us as Americans understand and begin t ... 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