http://www.businessweek.com Each week, experts do battle on BusinessWeek.com's new feature, the Debate Room. Topics range from nuclear reactors to Wal-Mart. Readers' comments have been passionate. Now, the Debate Room podcast offers you a chance to hear how the experts react to you Find Out What Fellow Readers Think BusinessWeek reader comment, current affairs, debate, commentary, businessweek, podcast, magazine, readers, technology, information, communications no Every week, two industry experts engage in a war of written words on BusinessWeek's new feature, the Debate Room. The topics range from whether the U.S. should ban nuclear reactors to whether Wal-Mart is underpaying its sales associates. The only place on the site where the public can leave comments of unlimited length, the Debate Room has turned into an impassioned forum for readers from the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Now, the Debate Room podcast offers these readers a chance to hear how the experts react to their comments. And for listeners who missed the original online feature, we offer a recap of the debate topic before diving into the virtual mailbag en-us Copyright 2008, by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. Jaime Beauchamp#bw_online_media@businessweek.com Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:41:28 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss bwwebmaster@businessweek.com 1000 http://images.businessweek.com/icons/bw_podcast_88x31.jpghttp://www.businessweek.com8831 Is what flows free from the faucet safe? BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_09_05_08.htm In a follow-up to their written debate, Joseph Doss of the International Bottled Water Assn. and Eric Yaverbaum of Tappening answer reader comments about the need for bottled water. Is it a healthful alternative to soft drinks or a waste of money? Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:43:30 -0400 16:46 Bottled water, tap water, spring water, water contamination, bottled beverages http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_09_05_08.mp3 An environmentalist and an oilman spar BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_08_22_08.htm Oil-industry veteran Bill Bartmann and the Natural Resources Defense Council's Wesley Warren discuss who's to blame for the U.S. oil shortage and high gas prices Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:27:03 -0400 15:05 oil, oil shortage, environmentalism, drilling, ANWR, Bakken Oil Fields http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_08_26_08.mp3 Time to restore taxes on the wealthy? BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_07_02_08.htm It's been five years since President Bush cut capital gains and income taxes. Byron Schlomach, chief economist with the Goldwater Institute, and BusinessWeek's David Kiley debate whether such trickle-down initiatives really help the economy. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:46:14 -0400 14:02 Tax cuts, capital gains tax, income tax, federal deficit, Goldwater Institute http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_07_02_08.mp3 It's limited U.S. trade since JFK's time BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_06_09_08.htm A lively audio debate pairs Jose Azel, a professor who left Cuba in 1961 at age 13 and hasn't seen his parents since, and Roger Johnson, the Agriculture Commissioner for North Dakota. Will ending trade restrictions promote good business or aid tyranny? Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:41:58 -0400 29:34 Cuba, trade embargo, embargo against Cuba, trade restrictions, North Dakota, agriculture, pulse crops, U.S.-Cuban relations, global, communism, Fidel Castro, http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_06_02_08.mp3 Should smokes cost $6 a pack? Eric Lindblom & Gary Nolan http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_04_04_08.htm It's a war of spoken words as the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Eric Lindblom and the Smokers Club's Gary Nolan debate whether cigarette taxes mean better health for everyone--or are simply a financial assault on low-income smokers Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:49:00 -0400 23:43 Cigarette tax, cigarettes, smoking, tobacco, second-hand smoke http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_04_04_08.mp3 Can a car merit a $1-million outlay? Matt Vella & Stuart Schwartzapfel http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_03_26_08.htm At the Classic Car Club of Manhattan, car columnist Stuart Schwartzapfel and BusinessWeek.com's Matt Vella respond to reader comments about where supercars' assets really lie Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:43:44 -0400 9:24 Bugatti, Veyron, supercars, automobiles, autos, sportscars, Classic Car Club http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_03_26_08.m4v The debate on genetically modified seeds Gillian Madill & Jim Greenwood http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_01_31_08.htm Biotech advocates call genetically modified crops an answer to world hunger. Opponents consider them a Pandora.s box. Friends of the Earth's Gillian Madill and BIO's Jim Greenwood weigh in Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:00:00 -0500 36:18 GMO, GMOs, genetically modified crops, agriculture, biotechnology, Friends of Earth, famine, Monsanto http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_01_28_08.mp3 Is online poker a right or road to ruin? Martin Owens & Guy Clark http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_09_20_07.htm Lawyer Martin Owens and antigaming campaigner Guy Clark debate the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act--its implications for the U.S., the WTO, and everyday Americans. Is playing blackjack at home an inalienable right? Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:00:00 -0400 15:24 UIGEA, UIGEA, online gaming, Internet poker, Poker Players Alliance, WTO, NCALG http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_10_18_07.mp3 Universal Health Care: Justice for All? Katherine Swartz & Onkar Ghate http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_09_13_07.htm Philosophies clash when Harvard School of Public Health professor Katherine Swartz and Ayn Rand Institute senior fellow Onkar Ghate react to reader comments about their recent health-care debate Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:00:00 -0400 26:11 Health care, medical insurance, health insurance, universal health care, socialized medicine, hospitalization http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_09_13_07.mp3 Does the search engine make it so easy to get data that users forgo deeper study? David Alan Grier & Jakob Nielsen http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_06_21_07.htm Sure, Google can deliver facts and figures at lightning speed. But is it turning users away from other avenues of learning such as books, scholarly magazines, lectures, and classes? Experts Jakob Nielsen and David Alan Grier sound off Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:00:00 -0400 15:59 Google, Internet, learning, search engines, Nielsen, Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman, IT, information technology http://www.businessweek.com/mediacenter/qt/podcasts/debateroom/debateroom_07_19_07.mp3