Experts on Indiana, Carly Fiorina, Iran, FCC, and The Daily Show
This week we feature experts on Indiana's new 'religious freedom' law, Carly Fiorina's announcement that she will most likely seek the Republican nomination, Iran nuclear negotiations, FCC investigation of inmate phone costs, and Trevor Noah's appointment as the new host of The Daily Show.
For interviews on Indiana and religious freedom law.
To discuss the implication of Indiana's recent religious freedom law that allows business to openly discriminate based on religious grounds, we SPOTLIGHT Angie Hicks, the Founder of Angie's List, which recently decided to halt its expansion in Indianapolis due to this law. Angie's List allows consumers to quickly find the service providers they need and serves more than 120 major cities across the U.S., more than 650,000 consumers. Ms. Hicks regularly contributes to "Today," CNN, the Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Redbook, Real Simple, USA Today, Parade, and the Wall Street Journal and has appeared on a variety of media outlets, such as Fox Brit Hume's Special Report.
On Sunday, Carly Fiorina announced that there is a ninety percent probability that she will seek the Republican nomination in 2016. To highlight this, we FEATURE Andrea Dew Steele, the Founder of Emerge America. Andrea advocates for electing more women to office at every level and believes that electing more women is critical to the progressive solution. Her media experience includes ABC News in San Francisco and Huffington Post.
As the Tuesday preliminary deadline nears for the Iran nuclear talks, we FEATURE Barbara Slavin. Slavin is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center and a Washington correspondent for Al-Monitor.com, a website devoted to news about the Middle East. Barbara has traveled to Iran nine times, primarily to report on the inauguration of Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani. In addition, she is the author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the US and the Twisted Path to Confrontation (2007). She is a regular commentator on US foreign policy and Iran on NPR, PBS, and C-SPAN and has also been featured on the Washington Post, C-SPAN, BBC and Al-Jazeera.
For interviews on FCC investigation into prison phone costs.
As the Federal Communication Commission begins to investigate the finances of prisons' phone systems, we FEATURE Deborah Jiang Stein. Deborah is the Founder of The unPrison Project, a nonprofit working to empower and inspire incarcerated women and girls with life skills and mentoring. In addition, she is the author of Women Behind Bars collected interviews, and the memoir, Prison Baby. Her media experience includes NPR, Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, American Public Radio.
For interviews on Trevor Noah - the new Daily Show host.
Following the announcement that Trevor Noah will be taking over as the new host of The Daily Show, we FEATURE Maysoon Zayid,an actress, professional standup comedian, and writer. She is the co-founder and co-executive producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival. Maysoon was a headliner on the Arabs Gone Wild Comedy Tour and The Muslims Are Coming Tour and has toured extensively at home and abroad. She has appeared on Comedy Central's The Watch List, PBS's America at a Crossroads: Muslim Comics Stand Up, CNN, HBO, As The World Turns, Law & Order, MTV, 20/20, BBC's The Doha Debates, and had a feature role in Adam Sandler's You Don't Mess With the Zohan.
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