September 20 – Greece Will Default and Soon; The Battle Inside Yemen’s Elite; Mike Farrell on the Death Penalty

Full Program LISTEN TO FULL PROGRAM   Part 1 We begin and go to Greece to talk with Dimitri Papadimitriou who is the President of the Levy Economics Institute and professor of Economics at Bard College. With Greece on the precipice of a default that could unravel the Eurozone, we get an update on how soon the crunch will come and how the chips will fall. Part 2 Then we speak with an expert on Yemen, Charles Schmitz, who is president of the American Institute of Yemeni Studies. Following recent mass shootings of street protesters, we examine the possibility of a civil war as the sons of the ailing dictator cling to power fighting the regime's former enforcer turned leader of the revolution. Part 3 Then finally on the eve of the execution of a man who many consider innocent, we examine the case of Troy Davis, whose execution tomorrow at 4 PM local time seems all but inevitable following the denial of clemency by the Georgia Pardons Board. Actor and activist Mike Farrell joins us. He is the president of Death Penalty Focus.   bard college capital punishment Charles Schmitz death penalty dimitri papadimitriou Economy euro crisis eurocrisis georgia Greece levy economics institute mike farrel troy davis Yemen More posts