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Politics, Poetry, and the Inner Life of Democracy Updated: 2010-02-03 22:37:32 Description: Howard Zinn and Mark Nepo discuss the American Dream at the beginning of the 21st century. They question how our experiment in democracy has stood the test of time and what Americans can do to ensure a healthy democratic future for their children. Hi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Debating Same-Sex Marriage / The Good Life Updated: 2010-01-28 09:35:20 Description: Lecture Twenty-Two: "Debating Same-Sex Marriage" If principles of justice depend on the moral or intrinsic worth of the ends that rights serve, how does society deal with the fact that people hold different ideas and conceptions of what is good? Usin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Claims of Community / Where Our Loyalty Lies Updated: 2010-01-20 22:54:47 Description: Lecture Twenty-One: "The Claims of Community" Professor Sandel presents Immanuel Kant's and John Rawl's objections to Aristotle who believe that individuals should be free and capable of choosing his or her ends. This leads to an introduction to the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Good Citizen / Freedom vs. Fit Updated: 2010-01-08 17:56:26 Description: Lecture Nineteen: "The Good Citizen" Aristotle's theory of justice leads to a contemporary debate about golf, specifically "the purpose" of golf. Students debate whether the PGA was wrong in not allowing a disabled golfer, Casey Martin, to use a gol...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Arguing Affirmative Action / What's the Purpose? Updated: 2009-12-31 09:07:12 Description: Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action" Students discuss the issue of affirmative action and college admissions. Is it "just" for schools to consider race and ethnicity as a factor in admissions? Does it violate individual rights? Or is it...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD This Land is My Land / Consenting Adults Updated: 2009-12-22 22:56:22 Description: Lecture Seven: "This Land is My Land" John Locke is both a supporter and detractor from the theory of Libertarianism. Locke argues that in the "state of nature," before any political structure has been established, every human has certain natural ri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What's a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve? Updated: 2009-12-17 22:45:59 Description: Lecture Fifteen: "What's a Fair Start?" John Rawls applied his "veil of ignorance" theory to social and economic equality issues, as well as fair governance. He asks, if every citizen had to weigh in on the issue of redistributive taxation — w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Lesson in Lying / A Deal Is A Deal Updated: 2009-12-15 00:11:48 Description: Lecture Thirteen: "A Lesson in Lying" Immanuel Kant's stringent theory of morality allows for no exceptions; he believed that telling a lie, even a white lie, is a violation of one's own dignity. His theory is put to the test with a hypothetical cas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hired Guns? / For Sale: Motherhood Updated: 2009-11-25 17:28:10 Description: Lecture Nine: "Hired Guns?" During the Civil War, men were conscripted to fight in the war — but draftees were allowed to pay hired substitutes to fight in their place. Professor Sandel asks students — was this policy an example of free-...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Free to Choose / Who Owns Me? Updated: 2009-11-19 00:29:10 Description: Lecture Five: "Free to Choose" Libertarians believe the ideal state is a society with minimal governmental interference. Sandel introduces Robert Nozick, a libertarian philosopher, who argues that individuals have the fundamental right to choose ho...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Putting a Price Tag on Life / How to Measure Pleasure Updated: 2009-11-12 01:41:29 Description: Lecture Three: "Putting a Price Tag on Life" Jeremy Bentham's late 18th century Utilitarian theory — summed up as "the greatest good for the greatest number" — is often used today under the name of "cost-benefit analysis." Sandel presen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Putting a Price Tag on Life / How to Measure Pleasure Updated: 2009-11-11 01:31:50 Description: Lecture Three: "Putting a Price Tag on Life" Jeremy Bentham's late 18th century Utilitarian theory — summed up as "the greatest good for the greatest number" — is often used today under the name of "cost-benefit analysis." Sandel presen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Irani and Sidhwa on the Song of Kahunsha Updated: 2009-05-07 04:23:19 Description: Bapsi Sidhwa and Anosh Irani, two of the most highly praised contemporary Indian authors, discuss their new work.Two of the most highly praised contemporary Indian authors discuss their work. Irani's new novel, The Song of Kahunsha, follows his accla...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Poetry at Noon: Susan Bullock Updated: 2009-05-15 21:33:31 Description: Susan Bullock reads from her poetry, which explores faith, hope, love, despair, and the lifeline of language, plunging into the depths of being and the complexities of life. Susan Bullock was born in Somerville, New Jersey, and attended Wellesley Col...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Centennial of Martha Gellhorn Updated: 2009-05-27 22:34:13 Description: Caroline Moorehead and war correspondent turned novelist Ward Just (2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist) pay tribute to the groundbreaking career of journalist and writer, Martha Gellhorn, with NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg. Gellhorn was the thir...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Centennial of Martha Gellhorn Updated: 2009-06-10 22:14:59 Description: Caroline Moorehead and war correspondent turned novelist Ward Just (2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist) pay tribute to the groundbreaking career of journalist and writer, Martha Gellhorn, with NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg. Gellhorn was the thir...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Montaigne and the Struggle for Writing Identity Updated: 2009-06-24 21:12:22 Description: Thomas Newkirk discusses Michel de Montaigne's creation of the essay form, a writing style that encourages self-discovery. Thomas Newkirk is a professor of English at the University of New Hampshire, the former director of its freshman English progra...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jill McDonough: Habeas Corpus Updated: 2009-07-08 19:24:00 Description: Jill McDonough reads from her first book, Habeas Corpus, which includes fifty sonnets, each about a historical execution, including those of Mary Dyer, Mary Surratt, and Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Jill McDonough has taught incarcerated col...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Antonio Lobo Antunes: What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire? Updated: 2009-07-20 20:06:15 Description: Antonio Lobo Antunes discusses the razor-thin line between reality and madness that is transgressed in his first novel to appear in English in five years. What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire?, is set in the steamy world of Lisbon's demimonde wher...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Frank McCourt: Act Two Updated: 2009-07-24 18:13:13 Description: Frank McCourt discusses his long-awaited book about how his 30-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surpris...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Julie & Julia Updated: 2009-08-07 16:34:07 Description: Judith Jones, Julia Child's longtime publisher and editor, discusses the new film Julie & Julia with Russ Morash, producer of Child's television show The French Chef, and chef Jasper White. Food writer Corby Kummer moderates this discussion of the fi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The First Tycoon Updated: 2009-09-02 21:39:31 Description: T.J. Stiles, author of The First Tycoon, discusses the life of 19th century railroad magnate, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Born humbly on Staten Island, an un-schooled fist fighter, he lived to earn the respect of New York's social elite and amassed one of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barnaby Evans - WaterFire and the Public Art of Barnaby Evans Updated: 2009-01-08 05:25:09 Description: Combining science and art, natural elements and soundscapes, Barnaby Evans is renowned for his category-defying multimedia public art installations. He created WaterFire, a sculpture/performance/social phenomenon that comprises one hundred bonfires b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Marian Wright Edelman - JFK, MLK and RFK: 1960-1968 Part II Updated: 2009-01-15 07:13:14 Description: This forum focuses on civil rights though the eyes of those on the front lines of the movement. The second session features Marian Wright Edelman, founder and chairman of the Children's Defense Fund and an organizer of Dr. King's Poor People's March;...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Amy Dockser Marcus - Arab-Israeli Conflict: Peace Process or War Process Updated: 2009-01-22 09:14:20 Description: The Arab-Israeli conflict is a century old and still not resolved. The dispute between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs over the same land is bitter and deep, despite the fact that the disputed territory contains holy sites for the three major mono...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yaron Brook -'Apollo and Dionysus' Revisted Updated: 2009-01-29 11:23:09 Description: In 1969, Ayn Rand's Ford Hall Forum talk, 'Apollo and Dionysus,' addressed the near simultaneous events of Woodstock and the first lunar landing. Employing Greek mythology's god of the sun and god of wine, she compared the awe-inspiring accomplishmen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mulatu Astatke - Ethiopian Contributions to World Music Instruments Updated: 2009-02-05 13:23:10 Description: Mulatu is one of Ethiopia's major musicians. A multi-instrumentalist, mastering vibraphone, keyboards, organ, and percussion, Mulatu is credited with adding instruments associated with Latin styles such as bongos and congas to Ethiopian music. In New...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mulatu Astatke - Ethiopian Contributions to World Music Instruments Updated: 2009-02-05 13:23:10 Description: Mulatu is one of Ethiopia's major musicians. A multi-instrumentalist, mastering vibraphone, keyboards, organ, and percussion, Mulatu is credited with adding instruments associated with Latin styles such as bongos and congas to Ethiopian music. In New...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yaron Brook -'Apollo and Dionysus' Revisted Updated: 2009-01-29 11:23:09 Description: In 1969, Ayn Rand's Ford Hall Forum talk, 'Apollo and Dionysus,' addressed the near simultaneous events of Woodstock and the first lunar landing. Employing Greek mythology's god of the sun and god of wine, she compared the awe-inspiring accomplishmen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Amy Dockser Marcus - Arab-Israeli Conflict: Peace Process or War Process Updated: 2009-01-22 09:14:20 Description: The Arab-Israeli conflict is a century old and still not resolved. The dispute between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs over the same land is bitter and deep, despite the fact that the disputed territory contains holy sites for the three major mono...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Marian Wright Edelman - JFK, MLK and RFK: 1960-1968 Part II Updated: 2009-01-15 07:13:14 Description: This forum focuses on civil rights though the eyes of those on the front lines of the movement. The second session features Marian Wright Edelman, founder and chairman of the Children's Defense Fund and an organizer of Dr. King's Poor People's March;...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Douglas Feith - Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism Updated: 2009-01-08 05:24:05 Description: The following warnings appeared in a 2002 Bush administration memorandum: "US could fail to find WMD on the ground in Iraq." "Post-Saddam stabilization and reconstruction efforts by the United States could take not two to four years, but eight to ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barbara Delorey - Mercy Otis Warren: Muse of the Revolution Updated: 2008-12-04 05:09:59 Description: Mercy Otis Warren may not be as well known as her brother, James Otis, or her friends John and Abigail Adams, but she was just as much a patriot as her famous contemporaries. She was also a poet, playwright, scholar, and historian. Truly a woman ahea...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sharon Robinson - Tribute to Jackie Robinson Updated: 2008-11-13 07:34:53 Description: Jackie Robinson's daughter, Sharon Robinson, Director of Educational Programming for Major League Baseball, and Scott Simon, author of Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, pay tribute to Robinson during this 60th anniversary year of his h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gary Glassman - NOVA: The Bible's Buried Secrets I Updated: 2008-11-20 09:33:40 Description: NOVA's The Bible's Buried Secrets is a landmark two-hour NOVA special taking viewers on a fascinating scientific journey that began 3,000 years ago and continues to this day. The film presents the latest archeological scholarship from the Holy Land t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lisa Miller - Science and Faith: Complementary or Contradictory? Updated: 2008-11-26 13:38:06 Description: NOVA and the Interfaith Center of New York co-host a special advance preview and panel discussion of NOVA's landmark two-hour film, The Bible's Buried Secrets, an archeological detective story that explores the origins of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Tes...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Benny Golson - Conversation with Benny Golson Updated: 2008-11-06 05:51:43 Description: For more than fifty years, Benny Golson has made scores of recordings and composed and arranged for such artists as Count Basie, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, and Dizzy Gillespie. A prolific and renowned composer, he has written such w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Madeleine Kunin - Electing a President Updated: 2008-10-30 03:03:27 Description: Madeleine Kunin, the first woman Governor of Vermont and the author of Pearls, Politics, and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead; David Yepsen, Political Columnist for The Des Moines Register; and former Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant share their ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anthony Lewis - Freedom for the Thoughts We Hate Updated: 2008-10-23 00:53:50 Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Lewis discusses his new book, Freedom for the Thoughts We Hate, with Harvard Law Professor Martha Minow. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kwaku Ohene-Frempong - Chasing the Crescent Moon: Sickle Cell Disease Updated: 2008-10-09 09:14:32 Description: A genetic disease mostly affecting those of African descent, sickle cell produces debilitating pain and a life sometimes cut short, especially for the undiagnosed. And as a burden largely borne by the underprivileged, sickle cell is not just a medica...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Calvin C. Johnson Jr. - DNA and the Exit to Freedom Updated: 2008-10-15 22:54:59 Description: In 1983, Calvin C. Johnson, Jr. stood in a courtroom and was sentenced to life in prison for a rape and burglary he said he did not commit. "With God as my witness, I have been falsely accused," Johnson told the judge, "I'm an innocent man." After 16...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kate Carney - In Her Own Words: Annie Sullivan Updated: 2008-09-11 01:35:43 Description: In a first-person performance, Kate Carney brings to life the acclaimed Miracle Worker Annie Sullivan, who taught Helen Keller to communicate. Nearly blind in her youth, Sullivan overcame adversity and pioneered education techniques to reach deaf and...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Desmond Tutu - Struggle for Freedom and Justice in South Africa Updated: 2008-06-12 07:33:34 Description: Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret Marshall who served as President of the National Union of South African Students from 1966-1968 and Justice Richard Goldstone, who served on...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Todd Gitlin - Election 2008: The Bulldozer and the Big Tent Updated: 2008-06-05 08:23:10 Description: Todd Gitlin, professor of sociology and journalism at Columbia University and one-time president of Student for a Democratic Party (SDS), brings his political insights to the 2008 presidential campaign on the eve of the February 5th super-primary. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Garver - China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-imperial World Updated: 2008-05-29 07:34:16 Description: John Garver breaks new ground on the relationship between the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran. In today's political climate, where China is recognized as a rising and increasingly influential global power and Iran as one o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Howard Koh - Smokeout: How Society Can Quit Smoking Updated: 2008-05-21 23:29:38 Description: As a former commissioner of public health for the commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dr. Howard Koh describes smoking as "an international public health catastrophe", and suggests many ways that society and individuals could take those first steps to qui...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Quil Lawrence - PRI's The World: Invisible Nation Updated: 2008-05-14 21:43:21 Description: At an informal WGBH lunch, Quil Lawrence discusses the Iraq War's seldom-told success story, the rise of the Kurds of northern Iraq. Quil has recently released a new book Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Mi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Amy Bower - Commotion in the Ocean Updated: 2008-05-08 07:59:33 Description: The oceans, which cover three-quarters of the Earth's surface, appear quiet and benign when viewed from space. In fact, they contain behemoth currents and swirling eddies that strongly impact Earth's climate. Physical oceanographer Dr. Amy Bower and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jack B. Copleland - Alan Turing's Contribution to World History Updated: 2008-05-01 09:03:29 Description: A Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Alan Turing's Seminal Paper "On Computable Numbers" featuring a debate on the limits of intelligent machines and a lecture on Turing's contributions. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire colle...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Owen Gingerich - Planetary Perils in Prague Updated: 2008-04-17 10:03:12 Description: Around 150 AD, a Greek mathematician and sky watcher imagined that Earth was the center of the Universe and that the five visible planets traveled about our world. Thirteen hundred years later, a Polish astronomer revised our understanding of the cos...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Susan Lindquist - Unexpected Interface: Proteins and Evolutionary Change Updated: 2008-04-23 20:03:12 Description: All proteins start out as long strings of amino acids. Before a protein can function, it must fold into an extremely precise, highly complex structure a difficult feat in the highly concentrated environment of the cell. Protein folding is facilitated...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD David Carroll - Two Palestines: Risk of a West Bank First Policy Updated: 2008-04-11 21:38:05 Description: The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library presents a discussion on the collapse of the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG), following the takeover of Gaza by Hamas, which left the Palestinian territories in crisis. The United States and larger in...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dan Reiter - Iraq: An Endgame Updated: 2008-04-03 14:48:31 Description: Dr. Reiter spells out the challenges and options in Iraq and places them in a broad framework to help others evaluate alternatives and arrive at their own answers. Reiter is a professor and chair of the Political Science Department at Emory Universit...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Charlayne Hunter Gault - A Conversation with Charlayne Hunter Gault Updated: 2008-03-20 11:24:21 Description: In 1962, Charlayne Hunter Gault became the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Georgia. After receiving her degree from the University of Georgia, Gault went on to become one of our country's leading journalists. Gault dis...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paula Johnson - Improving Women's Healthcare Updated: 2008-03-16 02:43:07 Description: Nationally recognized for her leadership in women's health, Johnson discusses policy, research and clinical care and how that tripartite mission can offer better access and quality of care for all women. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mende Nazer - An Agenda for 21st Century Women Updated: 2008-03-08 00:37:00 Description: Five distinguished women bring the theme Stand Up, Speak Up: an Agenda for 21st Century Women to life through dialogue rooted in their areas of expertise: the persistence of slavery, ensuring clean water, empowerment through the vote, women's roles i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Franklin Sirmans - Driskell Prize Lecture Updated: 2008-03-04 07:39:28 Description: The High Museum presents Franklin Sirmans, the 2007 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize. Named after the renowned African American artist and art scholar, the Driskell Prize recognizes a scholar or artist in the beginning or middle of his or her...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sam Taylor-Wood - New Media Art: Modern Photography and Film Updated: 2008-02-27 03:20:28 Description: The High Museum of Art presents Sam Taylor-Wood who was nominated for the prestigious Turner prize in England in 1998 and has gained acclaim across the globe through solo exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Anthony Sammarcora - Molasses: From the Slave Trade to the Great Floodd Updated: 2008-02-14 14:43:38 Description: While the holidays evoke the warm scent of gingerbread, the role of molasses in the eighteenth century world economy had a much larger impact than the kitchen. Historian Anthony Sammarco traces molasses from the slave trade to the abolitionist moveme...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lynn Gregory - Intercultural Communication and Media Updated: 2008-02-14 14:43:38 Description: Georgia Perimeter College presents Lynn Gregory who is a national expert on communication and media from the University of Vermont. She discusses how perceptions affect the media and how the media affect perceptions. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sunita Williams - Exploring the Space Frontier Updated: 2008-02-01 02:56:57 Description: On the 45th anniversary of President Kennedy's Rice University speech about going to the moon, NASA Astronaut and Needham, Massachusetts native, Sunita Williams shares her experience being a crew member of the International Space Station and the Spac...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Joseph Ellis - American Creation Updated: 2008-01-26 22:54:55 Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph Ellis tells six stories from the early years of the American Republic. He reflects on how the decisions made by the founders affected the shape of the young nation and on their creative achievements and failure...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eric Jackson - Duke Ellington Round Table Updated: 2008-01-20 02:10:46 Description: Eric Jackson discusses Duke Ellington's A Sacred Concert with a panel on Winthrop, MA community access television. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection lectures....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wes Anderson - On The Darjeeling Limited Updated: 2008-01-13 23:29:30 Description: When Wes Anderson set out to write The Darjeeling Limited, he was not at all interested in exploring other people's lives. He says, "I had decided that we should try to write the most personal story we possibly could: that we should be embarrassing o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jacqueline Tobin - The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad Updated: 2008-01-04 14:17:58 Description: Jacqueline Tobin offers a fresh perspective on the Underground Railroad as she traces the perilous journeys of fugitive ex-slaves from the United States to free black settlements in Canada. Evoking the turmoil and controversies of the time, Jacquelin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Earle Black - Divided America: Ferocious Power Struggle in US Politics Updated: 2008-01-02 14:34:38 Description: Earle (Rice University) and Merle (Emory University) are two of the most knowledgeable experts on Southern politics. They discuss growing political divisiveness in their revealing new book, Divided America: The Ferocious Power Struggle in American Po...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Amy Whorf McGuiggan - Christmas in New England Updated: 2007-12-25 05:10:36 Description: Christmas, as we celebrate it today, is a relatively recent invention. It was only in the 19th century that so many of the traditions we take for granted as Christmas established themselves. Author Amy Whorf McGuiggan traces New England holiday tradi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alfred W. Crosby - Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History Updated: 2007-12-14 13:39:47 Description: Professor Alfred W. Crosby is Professor Emeritus of History, Geography, and American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Considered a founding figure in the scholarly studies of environmental history and of global history, he is best known ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Panel - Celebration of Negro Spirituals Updated: 2007-12-06 14:44:20 Description: A symposium to celebrate negro spirituals, the roots of blues, jazz, gospel, and hip-hop music, and their impact on 21st century music. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection lectures....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Patrick Cox - PRI's The World Live Forum: Global Obesity Updated: 2007-11-29 14:41:31 Description: WGBH Radio's daily international news program, PRI's The World hosts a panel discussion on health and obesity in support of Patrick Cox's in-depth report on the global problem of obesity. The five-part series examines the problem in South Africa, Sin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Michael Brown - Pluto and the Outer Solar System Updated: 2007-11-24 12:42:36 Description: Even after Pluto was discovered in 1930, astronomers continued their search for an elusive tenth planet. Decades of exploration coupled with advances in technology led to the discovery of icy objects more distant and sometimes even larger than Pluto....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Richard Binzel - New Horizons Mission to Pluto Updated: 2007-11-21 15:38:56 Description: With the new millennium, robotic spacecraft had visited all of the planets, except for tiny Pluto. That is about to change! The New Horizons robotic spacecraft was launched in January 2006 and is on route to Pluto and the outer solar system. What do ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Les Blank - Long Form Documentary in the Age of Internet Video Updated: 2007-11-10 03:21:42 Description: The ecosystem that supports the funding, production, promotion, and distribution of long-form documentary film is changing in many ways. This panel discussion explores how the long form documentary will be influenced, challenged, and transformed by v...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Karen Elizabeth Chaney - True Crimes in New England: Lizzie Borden Updated: 2007-11-01 23:01:53 Description: On August 4, 1892, in Fall River, Massachusetts businessman Andrew Borden and his second wife Abby were found murdered in their home, apparently with an axe. Their daughter Lizzie was arrested and tried for the crime of murdering her father and stepm...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Greta Pratt - Nineteen Lincolns Updated: 2007-10-25 14:45:55 Description: In conjunction with the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, photographer Greta Pratt discusses her interest in historic iconography in America, in particular her monumental work Nineteen Lincolns, on view at the Contemporary. Nineteen Lincolns documents...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Susan Vogel - Does an Object Have a Life?: African Art in the World Updated: 2007-10-20 02:38:15 Description: America's ongoing battle with heart disease is the focus of a free screening and panel discussion sponsored by WGBH and the Dorchester and Roxbury YMCAs. The event features a screening of excerpts from the new PBS documentary The Hidden Epidemic: Hea...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Susan Vogel - Does an Object Have a Life?: African Art in the World Updated: 2007-10-15 14:35:36 Description: New York University professor Susan Vogel, a renowned museum founder and specialist in African art shares her eight-minute film Fang: An Epic Journey covers the adventures of an African sculpture as it moves from Cameroon in 1910 to America in the 19...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Panel - From Beethoven to Ballads: The Music of Landscape Updated: 2007-10-09 01:30:55 Description: Musicians and music experts explore the many connections between landscape and music, both historically and for present-day songwriters, composers and musicians. Featuring Scott Alarik of The Boston Globe, Celtic harpist Aine Minogue, jazz pianist an...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Murray Forman - Hip-Hop Culture, Politics, Identites Updated: 2007-10-09 01:30:55 Description: In its varied aspects, hip-hop embraces music, art, and dance. Emerging in the early 1970s from the African American and Latino communities of the Bronx, hip-hop culture has evolved into a creative force drawing an economically and culturally diverse...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ken Burns - THE WAR: Preview Screening and Discussion with Ken Burns Updated: 2007-10-09 01:30:55 Description: Ken Burns discusses the making of his PBS documentary, THE WAR, which premiers in the Fall of 2007. THE WAR, a seven-part series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jon Peede - Whose Death?: An Interview with Jon Peede Updated: 2007-10-09 01:30:52 Description: In support of PBS' national premier of Ken Burns' THE WAR, the WGBH Forum Network has produced a handful of short interviews that address the impact of wartime experiences on military service-people and their communities when they return home from ac...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Francis Murphy - Local War Stories Updated: 2007-10-09 01:30:52 Description: In support of PBS' national premier of Ken Burns' THE WAR, the WGBH Forum Network and WGBH Online have co-produced a handful of short interviews that capture the memories of local veterans of WWII. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entir...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD William Sargent - New Orleans: Global Warming Disaster Updated: 2007-08-30 23:42:11 Description: This lecture chronicles the unique history of this charming southern city while exploring the engineering mistakes made when building New Orleans. Sargent discusses the present state of New Orleans and what can be done to prevent future damage. He de...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Heather Eliassen - Weight Gain and Breast Cancer Risk Updated: 2007-08-23 21:43:17 Description: Dr. Heather Eliassen from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard Schools of Medicine and Public Health, talks about weight gain as a risk factor for breast cancer. She notes that while many risk factors for breast cancer have been identified, o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paul Hawken - Blessed Unrest: Grassroots Humanity Updated: 2007-08-15 16:30:41 Description: From billion-dollar nonprofits to single person causes, there is a growing worldwide movement of organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. This is a movement with no name, leader, or headquarters, but it can b...more... 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Big Oyster: History On The Half Shell Updated: 2007-03-15 04:00:55 Description: Kurlansky, the prize-winning author of Nonviolence; Salt: A World History; and The Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry, discusses his latest book, Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell. The book is described as a 'chatty, free-wheeling his...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Religion and Politics in America Updated: 2007-03-12 22:07:46 Description: Rev. Richard Cizik, Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals; retired Senator John Danforth, author of Faith and Politics; and Rev. Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jesper Juul - Half-Real: A Video Game In The Hands Of A Player Updated: 2007-01-04 00:00:00 Description: What happens when a player picks up video game, learns to play it, masters it, and leaves it? 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LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kenji Yoshino - Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights Updated: 2006-11-13 17:12:44 Description: Yale Law School professor Kenji Yoshino explores the pressure in American society to hide our authentic selves. What role does the legal system have in ensuring civil rights for those who do not fit in? How can we create an authentically diverse soci...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Steven Hill - An Owner's Manual for Democracy Updated: 2006-11-13 17:12:44 Description: Voting rights expert and activist Steven Hill argues that antiquated election methods and practices, from voting equipment to the electoral college, have failed to protect the Constitution's guarantee of the right to vote. His new book 10 Steps to Re...more... 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Seidman argues that how one does business or conducts oneself is one of the few remaining great opportunities for differentiation, competitive advantage and personal fulfillment. He cau...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD FRONTLINE - The Age of AIDS: Preview Screening & Public Discussion Updated: 2006-06-16 12:13:11 Description: The Age of AIDS: Preview Screening & Public Discussion Renata Simone, series producer, moderator Jim Yong Kim, former director, WHO, HIV/AIDS dept. David D. Ho, CEO, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center Cal Cohen, director, research, CRI Heidi Behforou...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Howard Zinn, James Green - Death in the Haymarket Updated: 2006-05-30 20:49:01 Description: Death in the Haymarket Howard Zinn, professor emeritus, political science, BU James Green, professor, history, UMASS Boston In May of 1886 Americans awoke to the news that a bomb had exploded a Chicago labor rally killing several policemen. Coming i...more... 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