California : Geography: coastline, mountain ranges and valleys
Fog-shrouded rocky coastlines, spectacular mountain peaks, rich agricultural valleys, vast barren deserts. California's astonishing physical geography is dominated by rugged north-south running mountains separated by hug..
California : Geography: deserts, rivers, earthquakes, and human geography
In this program, we will look at why California is an earthquake prone region, lay out its human geography, and explore its geographic regions - not formed by geologically recent tectonic activity - and their related eco..
California : History: the Wild West to the 21st century
Reaching statehood in 1850, over the next 160 years California's many peoples tell the story of the Wild West - building the Transcontinental Railroad, the founding of Hollywood and the state's famous wineries in Sonoma ..
California : History: the first inhabitants to the American Civil War
California is a state with a long and diverse history, a state of many peoples: From the first Paleolithic hunters settling its coasts 15,000 years ago, to the Spanish explorers and settlers of the 18th century, to the w..
California's climate change impacts
California's Climate Change Impacts looks at the direct impact climate change is having on California's water supply, the impact on California's unique ecosystems such as the redwood forests, and the impact that rising s..
Calling the Ghosts : A Story about Rape, War and Women
An extraordinarily powerful documentary, Calling the Ghosts is the first-person account of two women caught in a war where rape was as much an everyday weapon as bullets or bombs. Jadranka Cigelj and Nusreta Sivac, child..
Campaign Finance (Part One)
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker talks about campaign finance reform. Secretary Baker advocates raising the amount one can contribute to a federal race, because doing so would lessen the influence of "soft money"..
Campaign Finance (Part Two)
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker talks about the role money plays in campaigns. He says there's nothing wrong with candidates having to go out and raise money, arguing that if a candidate is unable to do so, he o..
Campaign Primaries
Talking about the arduous road to the White House, former Secretary of State James A. Baker suggests a system of regional primaries, "...so that the states don't keep jockeying to be the first...extending the process, ma..
Can Language Deprivation Be Made Up?
Linguist, author and university professor Noam Chomsky explores the question of what happens when a child is deprived of exposure to language. If such deprivation is part of a larger problem, such as lack of contact with..