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12:06Responding to Violence
Last week, a man was beaten on a busy street corner in DC. The beating was violent and caught on videotape. But most disturbing is that no bystander intervened or even called 9111 until 20 minutes later. We look at the community response, learn what social scientists know about the Bystander Effect, and explore accusations that disinterest is the result of neighborhood gentrification.
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Jim Graham, D.C. Councilmember (D-Ward 1)
Alfredo Enriquez-Morales, Executive Director, Neighbors Consejo , a social services agency serving drug addicts & the chronically homeless
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12:21Your Turn
Respond to this week's news. Whether it is the challenges faced by President Obama in naming his Cabinet, or the challenges faced by Michael Phelps after his marijuana smoking became public knowledge. It's your turn to set the agenda.
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13:06Darwin's birthday: The evolution of Evolution
This year marks two significant dates in scientific history: the 200th anniversary Charles Darwin's birth, and the 150th anniversary of Darwin's landmark work, "On the Origin of Species." We speak with scientists from a variety of scientific disciplines about what Darwin got right, what he got wrong, and how his work still guides cutting-edge research today.
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Nathaniel Comfort, Associate Professor, History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Cristian Castillo-Davis, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park
Hans-Dieter Sues, Associate Director for Research and Collections, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
Paul Roepe, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown Medical School
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