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With two hundred miles of track serving commuters in two different metropolitan areas, the MARC train route includes the oldest rail passenger route in the US. Serving riders in both Baltimore and Washington DC, the the Maryland Transit Authority created goals nine months ago to help improve service. Join Kojo to find out how they're doing, and what progress is yet to come.
Paul Wiedefeld, Administrator, Maryland Transit Administration
Simon Taylor, Assistant Deputy Administrator of Operations, Maryland Transit Administration
Surveillance cameras can play an important role in protecting vulnerable landmarks and deterring crimes in local neighborhoods. But recent moves by D.C. Mayor Adrien Fenty to consolidate and monitor thousands of pre-existing security cameras dispersed across the District have run into major opposition from local leaders and civil libertarians. Kojo gets an update on the political debate over public safety and civil liberties.
Gary Emerling, Reporter, Washington Times
Phil Mendelson, D.C. Councilmember (D-At Large); Chair of the Public Safety and Judiciary Committee
Large-scale farming is a big part of modern agriculture. Many of the meats we buy come from factory-style farms. But recent research indicates those facilities may pose environmental and health hazards, and that they aren't necessary to satisfy global food demands. We discuss these findings and examine the future of farming.
Robert Martin, Executive Director, Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production
Kay Johnson Smith, Executive Vice President, Animal Agriculture Alliance
Most in American and England have never heard his name. But in China, every child knows the name Joseph Needham -- a British scientist who wrote the West's definitive encyclopedia on China. Beginning in 1943, Needham criss-crossed China researching the country's science and technological history. Award-winning author Simon Winchester joins Kojo with the story of the man who helped shape Western perceptions of China.
Simon Winchester, author of The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom" (Harper Collins)
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