Homeland Security: Inside & Out

How will the U.S. respond to a national cyberattack?

Tuesday, July 14

• 7 p.m. Central on KAMU 90.9 FM

Thursday, July 16

• Noon Eastern on WFED 1500 AM (with an encore at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, July 19)

Click here to listen to the podcast of the July 14/July 16 show.

Guests include:

• Tom Frank of USA Today on the grounding of the registered traveler program.
• Charlie Allen, former Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis and Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security.
• Jill Aitoro of NextGov.com on the Obama plan for responding to a national cyberattack.
• Bruce Perens of RAND on the threat of cyber attacks against U.S. cities.
• Shaun Waterman of United Press International on the U.S. response to cyber war.
• Jay Nunamaker of the National Center for Border Security and Immigration.
• Dee McCown of Corporate Risk International on business security in Mexico.
• Ashanti Corey of Texas A&M's School of Rural Public Health.

Can Twitter save lives during and after a disaster?

Tuesday, July 7

• 7 p.m. Central on KAMU 90.9 FM

Thursday, July 9

• Noon Eastern on WFED 1500 AM (with an encore at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, July 12)

Click here to listen to the podcast of the July 7/July 9 show.

Guests include:

• Andrew Thomas of FEMA on a long overdue program to repair fire hydrants damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
• Robin Kane of the Transportation Security Administration on TSA's testing facilities.
• Gene Aloise of the Government Accountability Office on progress in radiation detection.
• Michael Dumloao and John Shea of DHS on using social media during catastrophes.
• William Graham of the EMP Commission on assessing the threat from electromagnetic pulses.
• Neville Clarke, director of the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense.
• Rusty Cawley, a Texas A&M communications coordinator, on the Integrative Center for Homeland Security's social media program.

Is the GPS system on the brink of failure?

Tuesday, June 30

• 7 p.m. Central on KAMU 90.9 FM

Thursday, July 2

• Noon Eastern on WFED 1500 AM (with an encore at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, July 5)

Click here to listen to the podcast of the June 30/July 2 show.

Guests include:

• David Coursey of PC World on the potential failure of the GPS system.
• Reporter Matthew Harwood on the technology of drug smuggling.
• Bob Brewin of NextGov on a presidential network to survive nuclear attack.
• Joel Millman of the Wall Street Journal on doing business in a chaotic Mexico.
• John Hollywood of RTI International on the detection of terrorist activity.
• Shaun Kennedy, director of the National Center for Food Protection and Defense
• Neville P. Clarke, director the National Center for Foreing Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense
• Laura Spencer, deputy director of the Integrative Center for Homeland Security, on the  TSA's bomb-sniffing puppies program

How to persuade Americans to evacuate a danger zone

Tuesday, June 23

• 7 p.m. Central on KAMU 90.9 FM

Thursday, June 25

• Noon Eastern on WFED 1500 AM (with an encore at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, June 28)

Click here to listen to the podcast of the June 23/25 show.

Guests include:

• Journalist Amanda Ripley of Time magazine on the art of persuading Americans to evacuate.
• Emergency response trainer Brendan McCluskey on the principles of all-hazards  planning.
• Robert Bonvino, author of "Medical Disaster Response: A Survival Guide for Hospitals  in Mass Casualty Events."
• Hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach on his forecast for the 2009 storm season.
• Isaac Maya, interim director of the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of  Terrorism Events (CREATE).
• Barbara Quiram, director of the Office of Special Programs at the Texas A&M  Health Science Center's School of Rural Public Health.

The connection between climate change and hurricanes

Tuesday, June 16

• 7 p.m. Central on KAMU 90.9 FM

Thursday, June 18

• Noon Eastern on WFED 1500 AM (with an encore at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, June 21)

Click here to listen to the podcast of the June 16/19 show.

Guests include:

• Jeff Lee of the Vancouver Sun on the city's preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
• Rolf Mowatt-Larsen, former director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy, now a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard.
• Alex Kingsbury of U.S. News & World Report on immigration checks on criminals.
• Gary LaFree, director of National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), on the center's new database.
• Greg Peligrino of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu on the firm's recent report on cyber issues.
• Bill Smullen, director of the Maxwell School’s National Security Studies program.
• Jen Irish, Texas A&M assistant professor, on climate change and hurricanes.

The seven deadly myths about weapons of terror

Tuesday, June 9

• 7 p.m. Central on KAMU 90.9 FM

Thursday, June 11

• Noon Eastern on WFED 1500 AM (with an encore at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, June 14)

Click here to listen to the podcast of the June 9/11 show.

Guests include:

• Scott Thomas of the Transportation Security Administrations' canine program on raising puppies to become bomb-sniffing dogs.
• Janice Kephart of the Center for Immigration Studies on REAL ID vs. PASS ID.
• Terrorism analyst Farhana Ali on conflict in the Islamic world, with a focus on Pakistan.
• Agnes Schaefer of RAND on the implications of security in Mexico for U.S. policy.
• Sandra Erwin of National Defense magazine on the seven deadly myths about weapons of terror.
• Shannon Van Zandt of Texas A&M University's College of Architecture on assessing the damage in Galveston after Hurricane Ike.

Getting ready for the 2009 hurricane season

Tuesday, June 2

• 7 p.m. Central on KAMU 90.9 FM

Thursday, June 4

• Noon Eastern on WFED 1500 AM (with an encore at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, June 7)

Click here to listen to the podcast of the June 2/4 show.

Guests include:

• Max Mayfield, former director of the National Hurricane Center.
• Scott Wells, federal coordinating officer for FEMA.
• James Jay Carafano, senior fellow with the Heritage Foundation.
• Kathy Chu, finance reporter for USA Today.
• Eric Klinenberg, professor at New York University.
• Erin Streeter, acting director of the DHS Ready campaign.
• Bob McKee, director of Texas Task Force One.
• Brian Hilton, emergency management coordinator for the City of College Station, Texas.

This week's show: How to beat al Qaeda at its own game

Tuesday, May 26

• 7 p.m. Central on KAMU 90.9 FM

Thursday, May 28

• Noon Eastern on WFED 1500 AM (with an encore at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, June 1)

Click here to listen to the podcast of the May 26/28 show.

Guests include:

• Frank Cilluffo of the George Washington University on how to beat al Qaeda at its own game.
• Rebecca Katz of the George Washington University on approaching the recent H1N1 outbreak as a test case for global response.
• Ben Bain of Federal Computer Week on the hacking of an information-sharing platform.
• Matthew Harwood of ASIS International on his recent article, "Protecting Homo Sapiens."
• Gary Ackerman of START on the spreading threat of improvised explosive devices.
• Shane Harris of the National Journal on the perimeter of cyber defense.
• ICHS Fellow Ron Sievert on the legal issues surrounding a pandemic.

What is the states' role in homeland security? Plus radiation safety, prepareness in the Big Apple, violence in Mexico, and risk on campus

Tuesday, May 19

• 7 p.m. Central on KAMU 90.9 FM

Thursday, May 21

• Noon Eastern on WFED 1500 AM (with an encore at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, May 24)

Click here to listen to the podcast of the May 19/21 show.

Guests include:

• Radiation safety expert John Darrin about his web site, www.RadiationSafetyInfo.com.
• Clark Irvin, director of the Aspen Institute's Homeland Security Program, on his report: "New York City's Preparedness for Terrorism."
• Former FEMA official Dennis Schrader on the states' role in homeland security.
• Fred Burton of Stratfor on violence in Mexico.
• Anna Satterfield, associate director in human resources at Texas A&M University, on campus violence and risk assessment issues.

On tonight's radio show: Conclusion of three-part interview with former DHS. Sec. Chertoff

Airs Tuesday, May 12

• Noon Eastern on WFED 1500 AM (with an encore at 9 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, May 16)
• 7 p.m. Central on KAMU 90.9 FM

Click here to listen to the podcast of the May 12 show.

We conclude our three-part interview with former DHS Sec. Michael Chertoff.

Our other guests include:

• Chris Williams of the British newspaper The Register on training pro-West Islamic groups to use Google.
• Monica Schoch-Spana of the UPMC Center for Biosecuity on the stigma of swine flu.
• Tim Wilson of the web site Dark Reading on the shift of security emphasis from external hackers to internal cyber threats.
• Col. Lavern "Bullet" Young of U.S. Army North and Albie Lewis of FEMA on testing NORTHCOM's plans for hurricane response.
• Dave Bujak of Florida State University on the  Disaster Resilient Universities Repository.
• Stan Supinski of the Naval Postgraduate School on H1N1 flu.