These clips feature CU-Boulder experts commenting on top news stories.
Audio files are in MP3 format; scripts are Microsoft Word files.
![Skiers](downloads/2008/nov2008/images/skiers.jpg) |
A New CU-Boulder Study Shows Global Warming, Rising Temperatures Spell Trouble For Ski Areas In The United States • Mark WIlliams
A future of warmer temperatures,
less snow and higher snow lines
are in store for ski areas across
the United States, according
to a new study published by CU-Boulder
geography professor and global
warming expert Mark Williams.
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Colorado
To Join Nation In Recession In
2009, CU-Boulder Economic Forecast
Predicts • Richard Wobbekind
Colorado will join the rest
of the nation in recession in
2009, losing jobs for the third
time this decade, and for only
the seventh time since records
have been kept beginning in 1939,
according to national economist
Richard Wobbekind of the University
of Colorado at Boulder’s
Leeds School of Business. But
even with a national recession
in full force, Wobbekind says
the recession may not be as bad
in Colorado as it will be for
the rest of the country.
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Winter Sports
Fitness Tips • James Hardy
The snow is starting to fly
in the Colorado high country
so it’s time to tune up
your body for winter sport activities.
The first thing to do is to
get you body in motion, says
James Hardy, assistant trainer
with the University of Colorado
at Boulder athletics department.
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CU-Boulder
Study Discovers People Have Diverse
Hand Bacteria • Noah Fierer
A new University of Colorado
at Boulder study indicates that
not only do human hands harbor
far higher numbers of bacteria
species than previously believed,
women have a significantly greater
diversity of microbes on their
palms than men.
Listen to says
CU-Boulder Assistant Professor
Noah Fierer, lead study author,
talk about the study.
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Vice Presidential
Candidates • Ken Bickers
While many people are wondering
who Barack Obama and John McCain
will pick as their vice presidential
candidates, Professor Ken Bickers,
chair of the political science
department at CU-Boulder, will
wonder why they picked who they
picked.
Listen to Bickers explain
why the choice of the vice president
tells him more about what the
nominee thinks they need to do
to overcome their own weaknesses.
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Presidential
Candidates, Party Platforms and
Issues • Ken Bickers
Over the course of the next
several months, presidential
candidates John McCain and Barack
Obama will try to convince voters
that their ideas and policies
are best for the United States. And
according to Professor Ken Bickers,
chair of the political science
department at CU-Boulder, voters
will not have any trouble distinguishing
differences between the two political
rivals.
Listen to Bickers talk about
the presidential candidates,
their party platforms and the
core issues at the heart of the
presidential race.
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Strengths and Weaknesses of the Presidential Candidates • Ken Bickers
With under four months before
the general election, pollsters,
voters and the press are speculating
on who is the stronger presidential
candidate: Barack Obama or John
McCain? But according to
Professor Ken Bickers, chair
of the political science department
at CU-Boulder,, the odd thing
about both men is that neither
one is very strong even within
their own party.
Listen to Bickers talk about
the strengths and weaknesses
of the 2008 presidential candidates.
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Slow But
Positive Colorado Job Growth Expected
In Second Half Of 2008, CU Prof
Says • Richard Wobbekind
Colorado’s economy will
slow down in the second half
of 2008, but overall job growth
will still remain positive for
the year, says Richard Wobbekind,
an economist with the University
of Colorado at Boulder’s
Leeds School of Business.
While several factors trouble
him, such as high energy prices,
inflation and continued credit
trouble from the national housing
bust, Wobbekind says he remains
optimistic about the Colorado
economy for the second half of
the year.
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![Sex Appeal](downloads/2008/june2008/images/Sex_Appeal.jpg) |
Seven Days
To Sex Appeal • Stan Jones
While it may seem that some
people just “have it” when
it comes to sex appeal, according
to a University of Colorado at
Boulder communication expert,
sex appeal is not an inherent
trait but something anyone can
learn.
Listen to this podcast featuring
Stan Jones, professor emeritus
of communication at CU-Boulder
and an internationally recognized
expert on body language, talk
about his new book called “Seven
Days To Sex Appeal.” Jones
explains the importance of “gender
signals” and how any woman
can learn them to create more
confidence and sex appeal.
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![Heyden Valley](downloads/2008/june2008/images/HeydenValley.jpg) |
Climate
Change, Natural Resources And The
Changing American West • Mark
Squillace
Climate change, severe drought,
rapid population growth, an increase
demand for natural resources
-- these are just a few of the
pressures facing the American
West today, says CU-Boulder natural
resources expert Mark Squillace,
and they are pressures that he
says demand our immediate attention. He
says the question is whether
our current political and legal
institutions are capable of adopting
quickly enough to meet the challenge.
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Iraq - Five
Years Later • Michael Kanner
March 19 marks the fifth anniversary
of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Michael Kanner, an instructor
in the political science department
at the University of Colorado
at Boulder, is a retired U.S.
Army intelligence officer and
counter-terrorism expert. In
this featured podcast, listen
to Kanner talk about current
security issues and the state
of the insurgency in Iraq.
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CU Faculty
Examine, Analyze the 2008 Presidential
Campaign
Several CU-Boulder faculty members
offer their analysis of the 2008
presidential race as the field
of candidates continues to narrow. Professor Kenneth
Bickers, chair of the
political science department,
is examining the campaign’s
issues and tactics and what polls
tell us. Political science
instructor Michael Kanner studies
the effect that “issues
framing” has on decision
making and examines political
rhetoric and the presidency. Assistant
professor of journalism Elizabeth
Skewes, author of “Message
Control: How News Is Made on
the Presidential Campaign Trail,” examines
factors that influence news coverage
of presidential candidates during
the campaign and trends in political
news coverage. Following
are recent interviews with these
campaign watchers.
Script
Kenneth Bickers
Professor Kenneth Bickers discusses
several issues related to “Super
Tuesday” including the
importance of Feb. 5 as the largest “Super
Tuesday” in the American
election process, whether voters
have had enough primaries and
caucuses before hand to gather
the information they need to
know the candidates, whether “Super
Tuesday” could produce
a “nightmare scenario” for
one or both of the parties and
a look at why this election might
create voter dissatisfaction
with the American electoral process.
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Elizabeth Skewes
Assistant Professor Elizabeth
Skewes will discuss how long
message control has been a part
of presidential campaigns, how
candidates control the message
of their campaigns, who of the
remaining candidates is the best
at message control and what is
driving the news coverage for
the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Michael Kanner
Political science instructor
Michael Kanner will explain how
political framing of an issue
works, how a candidate might “frame” the
immigration issue, for example,
and the importance of “defining
and framing” the argument
first, before others do.
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An Anthology
Of Stories, Essays And Poems Illustrates
People’s Intrigue With America’s
Largest Cat • Marc Bekoff
A new book, co-edited by Marc
Bekoff, professor emeritus of
ecology and evolutionary biology
at the University of Colorado
at Boulder, blends stories, scientific
reports, personal essays and
even poems to illustrate the
intrigue many people have with
America’s largest cat,
the cougar.
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Colorado
Economy To Grow Slighly In 2008
CU-Boulder Forecast Predicts • Richard
Wobbekind
Colorado’s economy will
experience modest growth in 2008,
and should outpace the national
economy, according to economist
Richard Wobbekind, of the University
of Colorado at Boulder’s
Leeds School of Business. Wobbekind’s
announcement was part of the 43rd
annual Business Economic Outlook
Forum hosted Dec. 10 by CU-Boulder’s
Leeds School of Business and
Compass Bank. Listen to Wobbekind
as he talks about the economic outlook
for key sectors and regions of Colorado.
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Winter Sport
Fitness Tips • James Hardy
With the snow starting to fly
in the Colorado high country
not only is it time to sharpen
the skis and dust off the snowshoes,
but it’s also time to tune
up your body so you can enjoy
your favorite winter sport. Here
are a few winter fitness tips
to get into shape for your favorite
winter sport from James Hardy,
CU-Boulder assistant trainer
with the athletics department.
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CU-Boulder
Weather Expert Predicts Dry Conditions
To Continue For Colorado This Winter • Klaus
Wolter
While all Americans will feel
the effects of climate change,
a new CU-Boulder report says
American Indian tribes will be
disproportionately impacted.
Titled "Native Communities
and Climate Change: Protecting
Tribal Resources as Part of National
Climate Policy," the report
evaluates a number of devastating
consequences facing native tribes
due to global warming.
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Native Communities
and Climate Change • Mark
Squillace
While all Americans will feel
the effects of climate change,
a new CU-Boulder report says American
Indian tribes will be disproportionately
impacted. Titled "Native Communities
and Climate Change: Protecting
Tribal Resources as Part of National
Climate Policy," the report
evaluates a number of devastating
consequences facing native tribes
due to global warming.
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![Allen Ginsberg](downloads/2007/sept07/images/paul-alan-small.jpg) |
Remastered
Documentary On Life Of Poet
Allen Ginsberg Garners National
Attention For CU-Boulder Film Instructor
A new version of “The Life
and Times of Allen Ginsberg,” a
film by University of Colorado
at Boulder film instructor Jerry
Aronson that chronicles the life
of the iconoclastic American Beat
Generation poet, is gaining positive
reviews in national publications.
Aronson digitally remastered the
documentary, creating a two-part
DVD set that contains the feature-length
film plus over six hours of interviews
with contemporary artists who knew
Ginsberg including Joan Baez, Beck,
Bono, Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono,
Johnny Depp, Andy Warhol, Patti
Smith, Norman Mailer, Ken Kesey,
William Burroughs, Stan Brakhage,
Hunter S. Thompson, Sonic Youth
and Timothy Leary.
Listen to what Paul McCartney,
Johnny Depp and Bono have to say
about Ginsberg.
Paul
McCartney Johnny
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Impact of
FCC Changes to Wireless Rules • Phil
Weiser
New rules adopted by the Federal
Communications Commission will
change the way we communicate
in a wireless world. The FCC
changed its rules as part of
an upcoming auction of valuable
UHF spectrum once used for analogue
television broadcasting. Phil
Weiser, director of the Silicon
Flatirons Telecommunications
Program and a professor of telecommunications
law in the University of Colorado
at Boulder law school, talks
about why this spectrum is so
valuable and the impact the new
wireless rules will have on the
industry.
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Continued Economic Growth for Colorado • Richard Wobbekind
Colorado's economy and population will continue to grow during the second half of 2007, says Richard Wobbekind, an economist with the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business. To find out more listen to Wobbekind as he talks about Colorado's economic strengths.
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Stuttering
Therapy • Peter Ramig
It is a frustrating and emotionally
draining affliction – one
that is difficult to live with
and difficult to treat --but now
some of the world’s top
speech therapists, including Professor
Peter Ramig from CU-Boulder, have
put together a DVD to help people
who stutter.
Funded by The Stuttering
Foundation of America, the DVD
is designed to help therapists
learn the skills needed to more
effectively treat those who stutter.
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More Vacations,
Less Stuff Is Key To Happiness • Leaf
Van Boven
Does the price of gasoline have
you down? Thinking about buying
a new flat-screen high-definition
television to cheer you up? Forget
the TV, says a University of Colorado
at Boulder psychologist who studies
happiness, you’ll get more
happiness from a vacation.
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Hale Irwin's
Spring 2007 Commencement Address
Professional golf great Hale
Irwin, a 1967 University of Colorado
at Boulder graduate, delivered
the address during CU-Boulder’s
spring commencement on Friday,
May 11.
While at CU-Boulder, Irwin
was a two-time All-Big Eight defensive
back, as well as Big Eight Conference
golf champion in 1966-67 and the
individual NCAA Division I men’s
golf champion in 1967. He is a
member of the CU Athletic Hall
of Fame and is one of only 114
golfers to ever be inducted into
the World Golf Hall of Fame.
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New Addition
To University Of Colorado Glenn
Miller Collection • Alan Cass
One of the most prestigious
collections of 1930s and 1940s
big band era great, Glenn Miller,
just got better. The University
of Colorado at Boulder has received
a major collection of Glenn Miller memorabilia from
the English estate of the late Richard C. March who
died in 2005.
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Animal Joy,
Sorrow And Empathy, And Why They
Matter • Marc Bekoff
A new book by University of
Colorado at Boulder biologist
and animal behaviorist, Marc
Bekoff, explores the rich, emotional
lives of animals as well as the
evolution of animal emotions.
Bekoff says his book, “The
Emotional Lives of Animals,” is
based on scientific data and
his years of studying the complex
patterns of social communication
by animals.
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United States
Presidential Candidate
Senator Joseph Biden Speaks At
The Conference on World Affairs
Conference on World Affairs
participant and presidential
candidate Senator Joseph Biden
of Delaware spoke Friday at the
University of Colorado at Boulder
on the topic "America’s
Interest, Iraq’s Future." Sen.
Biden's talk from 1 p.m. to 2
p.m. today in Macky Auditorium
on the CU-Boulder campus focused
on his plan to withdraw American
troops from Iraq and to help
stabilize the Iraqi government.
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Former Ambassador
Joseph Wilson
Speaks At The Conference on World
Affairs
Conference on World Affairs
Speaker Joseph Wilson spoke Thursday
morning at the University of
Colorado at Boulder on the topic "The
Politics of Truth." Wilson's
talk focused on the controversy
surrounding his wife, retired CIA
Operative Valerie Plame-Wilson,
who is at the center of a Justice
Department investigation to determine
who was involved in disclosing
her identity to reporters in the
spring of 2003.
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![Rachel Maddow](downloads/2007/april2007/images/maddow.jpg) |
Rachel Maddow
Speaks At The Conference
on World Affairs
Conference on World Affairs
Speaker Rachel Maddow discusses "Can
America Take a Punch: Reactions
and Overreactions to Terrorism." Maddow
hosts "The Rachel Maddow
Show" on Air America Radio
and is a frequent contributor
to CNN and MSNBC.
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CU News
Conference Announces Jeff Bzdelik's
Hiring As Colorado Men's Head Basketball
Coach
Jeff Bzdelik, a man synonymous
with success on both the professional
and college levels in the state
of Colorado, has been named the
17th men's basketball head coach
for the CU men's basketball program,
athletic director Mike Bohn announced
Wednesday morning. Bzdelik comes
to Colorado from the United States
Air Force Academy, where he guided
the Falcons to a 50-16 record
(a 75.8 winning percentage) in
two seasons from 2005-07.
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Comparing
Battle for Baghdad to Korean War • Michael
Kanner
American military history is
on the verge of repeating itself
in Baghdad in the coming months,
according to Michael Kanner,
a University of Colorado at Boulder
political science instructor
and counterterrorism expert.
Kanner, a retired U.S. Army officer
who ran counter terrorism operations
in Latin America, says the security
campaign underway in Baghdad
can be compared to the risky
but decisive invasion and battle
at Inchon during the Korean War.
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Relationships
and Communication • Cindy
White
For many people, Valentine’s
Day is a time for candy, flowers
and for couples to reflect on
their relationship. But while
flowers and gifts may be a way
to express feelings for a loved
one, Cindy White, an associate
professor in the University of
Colorado at Boulder’s communication
department, says clear communication
is the key to a better relationship.
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Earliest
Modern Human • John
Hoffecker
Buried under a thin layer of
ancient volcanic ash in Russia
are clues to the earliest modern
humans to have settled in Europe.
According to CU-Boulder scientist
John Hoffecker, pieces of stone,
bones and ivory tools tell a
story about people like us who
once thrived on the cold steppes
of Eastern Europe 45,000 years
ago.
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