Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Anatol Lieven to discuss his new book "Pakistan: A Hard Country." Lieven emphasizes the important role of kinship in understanding Pakistan and discusses the military's unique position as the preeminent national institution and the sources of its power and prestige. Focusing on Pakistani national security thinking, he discusses India, the role of Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the importance of Kashmir. He also analyzes the complex relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan and discusses Pakistan's geographical location in the Indus valley and the implications of climate change for its future.

Author and journalist Christopher Hedges speaks of the despair, destruction, love and truth that he found during his long career of covering wars and social justice throughout the world. Hedges is interviewed by Dean Nelson as part of the 17th annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University. 

Mark Mann of Point Loma Nazarene University leads a panel of distinguished religious scholars in discussing how the various views of life, death, and the afterlife intersect with theological and ethical issues that lie at the heart of the Henrietta Lacks story. This lecture is part of the Henrietta Lacks series sponsored by the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology in San Diego.

Hosted by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, Robert Reich gives an empowering presentation on the state of the new year. Reich has served in three national administrations, most recently as Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton. He has written thirteen books.

Darrell Duffie, a professor of Finance at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, presents his solutions for addressing problems that nearly destroyed the American economy. Duffie is the author of "How Big Banks Fail -- and What To Do About it."

Linda Adams was appointed Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency in 2006. During her four years as Secretary, Adams served as lead negotiator on AB 32 - the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and is now working closely with states, provinces and countries to reduce the effects of global warming.

US Senator Dick Durbin (D- Ill.), Assistant Majority Leader of the US Senate, discusses is legislative goals for the remainder of 2012 then is joined in conversation with Peter Hart, lead pollster for the NBC/WSJ poll, to discuss major issues facing the nation and the Congress.

Stories from around California produced by graduate students at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.