globalissues

high school class studying contemporary affairs, we are the authors of the podcast "The Global Issues Initiative"

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@acarvin you did a writeup on our podcast last year for PBSLearningNow. Our new season of interviews just started! http://tinyurl.com/cwaxhb

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Our first episode of the new season is up! Featuring Scot Herbst of Lunar Design discussing sustainable design http://tinyurl.com/cwaxhb

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after a long time away, we're uploading our first interview episode of the new season! stay tuned for a link....

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All the interviews are done, and almost all of the editing. We will be posting interviews starting in a few weeks.

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we've got two interviews down, and another one happening in 5 minutes. Web updates coming soon!

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we are working on writing a script for an upcoming youtube video which we will call "Dear President Obama" it's gonna be good!

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currently doing research to prepare for our interviews, which will be happening in a few weeks. Also trying to give more regular tweets

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We all wrote letters to the editor to @nytimes. Now it's time to wait and see if any of them get published...fingers crossed

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it's been a while since we updated, but Ignas just confirmed that he will be interviewing someone from San Francisco Recycling, Inc.

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Our plan for the next week is to write letters to the editors of major newspapers to get out there and shake it up.

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Scott looks to be following a cool lead about an engineer working on providing lighting in electricty-free areas

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unfortunately, no good news for Ivy...first request is too busy, so she's gotta keep looking

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First interview looks to be confirmed. Lisa will be interviewing doctors working on an inexpensive anti-malaria medicine

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looks like we could have an interesting interviews lined up if we hear back from our primary requests

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in the library researching people to interview for our podcast. any ideas of Bay Area experts who would speak with students?

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watching Jay-Z's diary in Africa, "Water For Life." moving, intense, worth watching http://tinyurl.com/3vtvo3

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@planetmoney laura, what do you mean near the bottom? the bottom for TODAY, or the bottom for this downward swing?

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deciding what our production value should be for this season's interviews, are we going to try to be "fancy" like This American Life or not

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@planetmoney with the bailout bill passed, why is the stock market still crashing? we are very confused

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so, who is going to update for us this weekend?