For Your Ears Only - July 27, 2014

Podcast: 

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I. BILLBOARD

II. PUTIN’S POST-PLANE GAMEPLAN
Dr. Nina Khrushcheva, professor of International Affairs, New School University, NYC; great-grand-daughter of the late Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, author of “The Lost Khrushchev: A Journey Into the Gulag of the Russian Mind” (Tate, May 2014)

III. ISRAEL: FROM DAVID TO GOLIATH?
Dasee Berkowitz, American Jewish educator and program director, recently relocated to Jerusalem with her husband, Rabbi Leon Morris, and three young children

IV. OBAMACARE: CONTRADICTORY RULINGS
David Mark, editor-in-chief of Politix, former senior editor at Politico, author of “Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning” and co-author of Dog Whistles, Walk-Backs, and Washinghandshakes: Decoding the Jargon, Slang, and Bluster of American Political Speech” (UPNE, September 2014)

V. MOVIES: A FINE PHILIP FAREWELL
Ty Burr, Boston Globe critic, author of “Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame,” The Best Old Movies for Families,” and “Entertainment: The Best 100 Movies of All Time”

VI. FIRST CD, AT LONG LAST
George Ball, stage and screen veteran with first solo CD, “Think of Me” (LML Music), and his wife, singer/songwriter Amanda McBroom, performing together live Tuesday, July 29, at the Catalina Jazz Club, Sunset Blvd., Hollywood; October 8 and 15 at the 54 Below supper club, NYC.

VII. CREDITS/CLOSE

VIII. ARCHIVE: DOCTORS DIAGNOSE HEALTH COSTS—7/28/13
Ezekial J. Emanuel, MD, Ph.D, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania