It’s been three years since George Bush announced that the United States does not engage in torture. Since then, a continuous stream of information has indicated that, although Jack Bauer–style brutality is officially prohibited, the U.S. officially sanctions and regularly employs interrogation tactics that push legal and moral boundaries. In today’s episode, Jessica Wolfendale sits [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Jessica Wolfendale’
September 14, 2008
Schedule Change
Due to some technical problems, we’re making a small change to the schedule of upcoming episodes. We’re swapping Leif Wenar and Jessica Wolfendale. This means that the Wolfendale episode on torture lite is coming out tomorrow, 9/15, and Wenar’s on 10/6. Sorry to all you Leif Wenar fans out there, but I promise you won’t [...]
August 23, 2008
Upcoming Episodes
To whet your appetite, here’s the release schedule for our next few episodes. 9/15: Leif Wenar (Kings College London) on the Resource Curse 10/6: Jessica Wolfendale (University of Melbourne) on Torture Lite 10/27: Larry Temkin (Rutgers) on Extending Human Lifespans We’ve got lots more in the works, and we’ll let you know about those as [...]
