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MMP offers the following guests for live or taped interviews:

America and the World: New Relationships for a New Era

Karl Grossman, Professor of Journalism, State University of New York, Old Westbury, Author, The Wrong Stuff: Nukes in Space

Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

David Krieger, Founder & President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Michael Nacht, Dean and Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley

William Ury, Director, Project on Preventing War


Countering Terrorism: How Do We Fight an Elusive Enemy?

David Isenberg, Senior Analyst, British-American Security Information Council

Chalmers Johnson, President, Co-Founder, Japan Policy Research Institute, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley

David Little, Professor of the Practice in Religion, Ethnicity, and International Conflict, Harvard University, Director, Center for the Study of Values in Public Life

Stephen Zunes, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Editor, University of San Francisco


Civil Liberties: Will New Security Measures Erode Our Basic Rights?

Ronnie Dugger, Founder and First Co-Chair, Alliance for Democracy

Stephenie Foster, Director of Public Policy, People for the American Way

Morton Halperin, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

John Isaacs, Executive Director, Council for a Livable World

Florence Kimball, Legislative Education Secretary, Friends Committee on National Legislation


Cooperative Security: Can We Be Safe If Others Aren't?

Beverly Bell, Director, Center for Economic Justice

Michael Klare, Professor of Peace & World Security Studies, Hampshire College

David McReynolds, Former Staff Member, War Resisters League

Michael Renner, Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute

Jerry Sanders, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of California, Berkeley

John Tirman, Program Director of Global Security and Cooperation Program, Social Science Research Council

Joe Volk, Executive Secretary, Friends Committee on National Legislation


U.S. Intelligence: What Went Wrong? Can We Stop Attacks Without Abridging Rights?

Craig Eisendrath, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy

Kit Gage, President, National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom, Director, National Committee Against Repressive Legislation

Melvin Goodman, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy, Professor - International Security, National War College

Chris Hoofnagle, Legislative Counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Webmaster, Privacy.org


World Law: What Roles for the UN and International Criminal Court?

John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy

Merav Datan, Director, UN Office, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Richard Falk, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

William Pace, Executive Director, World Federalist Movement , Co-founder, Coalition for an International Criminal Court

Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights


Trading Securities: What Price Will We Pay for Renewed Prosperity?

John Cavanagh, Director, Institute for Policy Studies

Joel Friedman, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

James Galbraith, Professor of Public Affairs and Government - Inequality Project, University of Texas, Austin

Jeff Gates, President, The Shared Capitalism Institute

Peter Orszag, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, Brookings Institute

Vicki Robin, President, The New Road Map Foundation, Founding Board Member, Center for a New American Dream


Ground Zero: Understanding Cultures of Afghanistan and Pakistan

Rami Khouri, Editor, Daily Star, Co-owner and General Manager, Al Kutba Publishers, Jordan

Zia Mian, Physicist, Research Associate - Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton University


Chemical, Biological, Nuclear Weapons: How Serious Is The Threat?

Elisa Harris, Research Fellow - Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland

Paul Leventhal, President Emeritus and Founder, Nuclear Control Institute

Arjun Makhijani, President, Institute for Energy & Environmental Research


Race and Rage: How to Avoid Blaming Groups for Individual Crimes

Sam Keen, Author, Lecturer, Independent, Co-Producer, Faces of the Enemy

Hala Maksoud, Board Member and Past President, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Ibrahim Ramey, Director, Peace and Disarmament Program, Fellowship of Reconciliation

Afzal Rashid, Board Member, Afghan Development Association


Media: Are We Getting the Whole Picture?

Robert Jensen, Professor - School of Journalism, University of Texas, Austin

Mark Crispin Miller, Director, Professor of Media Ecology - Project on Media Ownership, New York University, Professor of Media Studies, New York University

Tara Sonenshine, Consultant, Internews Network


After the Tragedy: Trauma and Transformation

Larry Dieringer, Executive Director, Educators for Social Responsibility

Robert Fuller

Fran Korten, Executive Director, Positive Futures Network

Jack Levine, President, Center for Florida's Children, Director, Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, Northeastern University

Jack Saul, Director, International Trauma Studies Program, New York University

Margaret Wheatley, President, The Berkana Institute, Author, Leadership and the New Science; A Simpler Way (co-authored with Myron Kellner-Rogers)


Religious Response: Interfaith Perspectives

Michael Lerner, Rabbi, Beyt Tikkun Synagogue, Editor, TIKKUN magazine

Dave Robinson, National Coordinator, Pax Christi USA

John Wimberly, Pastor, Western Presbyterian Church


How Do We Counter Terrorism Without Harming Innocents?

John Parachini, Executive Director of CNS Office, Washington, D.C. , RAND


International Relations: Making the World Safe for Our Differences

Carl Conetta, Co-Director, Project on Defense Alternatives

James Clay Moltz, Associate Director and Research Professor - Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies


American Media: Are We Getting a Clear Picture?

Rick MacArthur, Publisher, Harper's magazine


Understanding, Managing, and Resolving Conflict

Susan Collin Marks, Executive Vice President, Search for Common Ground

John Marks, Founder, President, Search for Common Ground

Daniel Smith, Senior Fellow Military Policy, Friends Committee on National Legislation


Additional Guests

Sharif Abdullah, Director, Author, Commonway Institiute

Steve Aftergood, Director - Project on Government Secrecy, Federation of American Scientists, Senior Research Analyst

David Albright, President, Institute for Science and International Security

Keith Ashdown, Communications Director, Taxpayers for Common Sense

Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research

Johnathan Ban, Research Associate , Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute

Tom Barry, Co-Director - Foreign Policy In Focus project, Interhemispheric Resource Center

Van Blackwood, Federation of American Scientists, Chemical and Biological Arms Control Program

Patrice Brodeur, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Connecticut College

Bob Carty

Phil Clapp, President, National Environmental Trust

Joe Cook, Executive Director, Louisiana Branch, American Civil Liberties Union

Kevin Danaher, Co-Founder and Director of Public Education, Global Exchange

Louise Diamond

Steven Dolley, Research Director, Nuclear Control Institute

Bruce Gagnon, International Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

Mark Gerzon, President, Mediators Foundation

Natalie Goldring, Executive Director - Program on Global Security and Disarmament - Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland

Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute

Beau Grosscup

Will Harrell, Executive Director, Texas Branch, American Civil Liberties Union

Selig Harrison, Director, National Security Program, Center for International Policy, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Chris Hartman, Research Director, United for a Fair Economy

William Hartung, President's Fellow - New School, World Policy Institute

David Hoffman, President, Internews Network

Martha Honey, Director, Peace and Security Program, Institute for Policy Studies, Co-Director, Foreign Policy in Focus Project, Institute for Policy Studies

Rick Jahnkow

Muqtedar Khan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Adrian College

John Krull, Executive Director, ACLU of Indiana

Linda Lantieri, Founding Director - Resolving Conflict Creatively Program, Educators for Social Responsibility

Milton Leitenberg, Senior Fellow - Center for International and Security Studies, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland

Cheryl Loeb, Monterey Institute

Eugene Ludwig

Ed Lyman

Athan Manuel, Director, Arctic Wilderness Campaign, US PIRG

Kimberly McCloud, Research Associate, Monterey Istitute of Iternational Studies, Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Kary Moss, Executive Director, Michigan Branch, American Civil Liberties Union

John Moyers, Editor and Publisher, TomPaine.com, Executive Director, Florence Fund

Ralph Ness

Carah Ong

John Pike, Director, Global Security.org

Jelani Popal

Michael Powers, Research Associate, Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute

Penny Randall, Medical Director for Quality, U.S. Behavioral Health Plan

Steve Rendall, Senior Analyst, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Phyllis Rodriguez

Chuck Samuelson, Executive Director, Minnesota Branch, American Civil Liberties Union

Danny Schechter, Founder and Executive Editor, MediaChannel , Vice President/Executive Producer, Globalvision

Christopher Simpson, Associate Professor, American University, School of Communication

Daniel Smith, Senior Fellow Military Policy, Friends Committee on National Legislation

Ben Stone

Peter Storey, Professor of the Prcactice of Christian Ministry, Duke University Divinity School

Joe Stork, Washington Director - Middle East and North Africa division, Human Rights Watch

Amin Tarzi, Senior Research Associate for the Middle East- Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Ellen Taylor, Policy Analyst, OMB Watch

Jonathan Tucker, Director of the Chemical & Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program (CBWNP) - Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Mark Van Der Hout

Harvey Wasserman, Senior Editor, www.freepress.org, The Last Energy War

Susan Wright





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