What will result from Obama's call to reverse economic "inequality"?

What will result from Obama's call to reverse economic "inequality"?

Guest:

David Cay Johnston @DavidCayJ 
Al Jazeera America opinion writer and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

Dan Mitchell @DanielJMitchell 
Senior fellow at The Cato Institute.

Read more about Obama's Wednesday speech on the economy, via Al Jazeera America.

Should a chimpanzee be recognized as a "legal person"?

Guest:

Steven Wise
President of the Nonhuman Rights Project (@NonhumanRights). This animal rights group filed a writ of habeas corpus this week to have a captive chimpanzee in New York State be recognized as a legal person.

Read more about the case, via The New York Times.

Why is Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the US find Osama bin Laden, now in prison on murder charges?

Guest:

Matthieu Aikins
Investigative reporter, who will join us from Karachi, Pakistan.

Read more about Afridi and his murder charges, via Reuters. 

Yahoo! releases "Year In Review" trends of 2013

Guests:

Breanne Heldman @BreanneNYC
Entertainment Editor at Yahoo!

Prof. Robert Thompson
Director at Syracuse University's Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture

View Yahoo's "2013 Year in Review" website.

Deadspin buys a ballot to vote for the 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame

Guest:

Dave Zirin @EdgeOfSports
Sports editor at The Nation, host of Edge of Sports Radio

Zirin will discuss Deadspin's process to have its readers take part in the Baseball Hall of Fame vote and recent violence at sporting events.

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