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The Jimmy Carter Library presents Heralding Freedom, a discussion of the gulag, the American civil rights movement, and human rights. The Soviet gulag prison system imprisoned ... Discussion
Daughter of legendary oil magnate H.L. Hunt, Swanee Hunt grew up in a household dominated by an arch-conservative patriarch who spawned a brood of colorful offspring. Her fami ... Discussion
Michael E. Shapiro, the High's Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director, discusses The Infanta Margarita by Diego Velasquez. This 30-minute presentation features slides and p ... Discussion
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, Sulli ... Discussion
Dr. Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook, author of Mr. and Mrs. Prince How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend, tells the remarkable true sto ... Discussion
Whether you're passionate about baseball statistics or simply get a thrill from the sound of a ball leaving the park, don't miss this chance to hear from two of baseball's pre ... Discussion
Independent filmmakers Tom Gustafson (director of Were The World Mine);Stewart Wade (director of Tru Loved); Antonio Brown (producer of and actor in Tru Loved); and Charlie Da ... Discussion
Smart policies, American ingenuity and technologies available today can make the United States a leader in addressing global warming. The key is for Congress to pass national ... Discussion
Katie Fawcett speaks about the current conservation status of gorillas and the Karisoke Center, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year and is one of the longest runni ... Discussion
The Boston Center for Adult Education hosts a preview screening and panel discussion of FRONTLINE: Living Old a new PBS documentary examining America's looming health care cri ... Discussion
Certain that physical fitness produced citizens better prepared for the managerial revolution in America business, the Victorians promoted revitalization through sports. Harve ... Discussion
If you feel that your documentary project is almost there but don't know what would make it great, watch documentary story consultant Fernanda Rossi analyze Gino Del Guercio's ... Discussion
Musician and educator Emmett Price III examines the connections between jazz, hip hop and other music forms. Price discusses the importance of music as a means of communicatio ... Discussion
The Atlanta History Center presents John Ferling as he discusses this chronicle of America's struggle for independence, an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, ... Discussion
China Galland author of Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves, reads from her work, the story of a Texas town's reconciliation with its slave-owning past. Chin ... Discussion
The English country house style was largely created and promulgated by interior decorator John Fowler and his later partner Nancy Lancaster. During the course of his career, F ... Discussion
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 A ... Discussion
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 ... Discussion
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 recogni ... Discussion
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 ... Discussion
