Jerome McDonnell is an excellent radio interviewer on Chicago Public Radio. Without pushing any agenda, and with style, he allows people to tell a story - and lets the radio audience judge the content. Mr. McDonnell gives the interviewee plenty of time and space to share an agenda, and pulls the audience along to make the judgment McDonnell is looking for.
Listen to this interview from February 21. He interviews Steve Featherstone about the Pentagon, war and robots. Mr. Featherstone has an article in the current Harpers entitled: The Coming Robot Army. He is a free lance writer and has commented on NPR several times. There is a "gee whiz this is nifty stuff" quality about Mr. Featherstone's interview. You can tell from his voice and views he is enthusiastic about the robotic killers and secondarily mentions ethics. I don't think Mr. Featherstone has ever served in the Army, though he's delighted with winning wars as you will hear in the interview. You might think he is talking about a game he's playing. Therein lies the problem.
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