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Thanksgiving – a time for eating and drinking. But professor Courtney Thomas says our food is not safe enough and professor Karen Piper says we are facing a water shortage. And Bill Press interviews Senator Patrick Leahy.

‘Tis the season to eat, drink, and be merry. But what is in our food? Who controls our water? This week, professor Courtney Thomas says our food safety system is woefully antiquated. Professor Karen Piper warns that the world is on the brink of water wars – and that can affect our food supply. And Bill Press talks with Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy about Republican obstruction on protecting Americans’ privacy.

Courtney Thomas

As we sit down to holiday meals, professor Courtney Thomas tells us about the corporate power and governmental inefficiency that has rendered our food safety programs a century behind the times.

Website: http://www.courtneyipthomas.com/

Karen Piper

Three quarters of the earth’s surface is water, but why are there shortages in the U.S. and around the world? Professor Karen Piper tells us – and describes  looming water wars and “the price of thirst.”

Website: https://english.missouri.edu/graduate-and-doctoral-faculty/131-karen-piper.html

Patrick Leahy

Bill Press and his guest, Senator Patrick Leahy on the Senate’s refusal to take up a bipartisan bill to protect against government snooping.

Jim Hightower

Wall Street speculators are walling off young farmers