Chicago Humanities Festival Podcast
By Chicago Humanities Festival
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Podcast Description
Since 1990, world-renowned authors, scholars, poets, policy-makers, artists, and performers have gathered each November at Chicago's many cultural institutions to celebrate the power of ideas in human culture. And each year, tens of thousands of enthusiastic audience participants rediscover the rich and vital role the humanities play in their daily lives. This podcast aims to highlight some of the best programs from the 20 year festival archives.
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Edward Albee: The Rise of the Inhumanities | In this CHF classic from 1996, playwright Edward Albee presents his thoughts on education, American culture and the rise of what he calls the “inhumanities.” | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naomi Klein: Shock Doctrine | Naomi Klein examines how global capitalism and free market ideology have spread and intensified in the wake of catastrophes. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Patrick E. Johnson: Sweet Tea | Patrick E. Johnson shares stories from his book Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cynthia Ozick: Hier to the Glimmering World | Author Cynthia Ozick focuses much of her fiction on Jewish-American life. Ozick’s latest novel, Heir to the Glimmering World, details the chaotic household affairs of a family of German Jewish immigrants in Depression-Era New York. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tom Wolfe : New Gilded Age | Tom Wolfe shares his research into the peculiarities of the billionaire class that profited before the Dotcom bubble and the Enron crash. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Galison on Frontiers in Technology's History | Harvard University professor Peter Galison has made his mark exploring rare moments of collision and convergence. This program is generously underwritten by Judy and Mickey Gaynor and Jerry Newton and David Weinberg. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Etgar Keret: A Conversation & Reading | Keret visits Chicago to celebrate the English translation of his sixth bestselling collection, Suddenly, a Knock on the Door. Novelist Nathan Englander, the collection's translator, joins Keret in conversation. | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Studs Terkel - CHF Classic | Studs Terkel, Chicago native and urban sage, speaks up. The street is his office and strangers are his coworkers. With a razor-sharp tongue, Studs gives us his take on "work and play," which was the theme for the 1997 festival. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Todd Kuiken: Life and Limb, Pioneering Prosthetics | Dr. Todd Kuiken is director of the Center for Bionic Medicine at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. He has pioneered a high-tech prosthetic arm wired to receive neural signals generated from the brain & will discusses his research & applications. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebecca Solnit: The Technological Wild West | Rebecca Solnit, author of River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West, offers insight into the complex and colorful Muybridge, now considered the godfather of cinema. | 4/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CSI Picasso | Francesca Casadio is a chemist and the senior conservation scientist at the Art Institute of Chicago. Casadio’s recalls the quest to solve the mystery of Picasso’s paint, something that has puzzled scholars for decades. | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shakespeare by the Numbers | Dr. Michael Witmore uses sophisticated software to reflect on the nature of language as seen in Shakespeare's writings as well as in other writings across genres. | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Book: Past, Present and Future | Anthony Grafton, Princeton University professor & leading historian of the book addresses the book’s future. Will we see a techno-utopia, the entire library of world culture at our fingertips, or the loss of the iconic artifact of learning? | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Facing up to the Uncanny Valley: Richard Gray Visual Art Series | Lawrence Weschler on the "uncanny valley". An exploration of the phenomenon wherein the more real a replication of a human face is, the more disturbing it becomes. Hear how current engineers and computer animators explore this strange terrane. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The City of the Future: Richard Gray Visual Art Series | Architect, futurist, and IIT faculty Marshall Brown converses with Georgeen Theodore and Stephanie Smith as they review urban design proposals from . These proposals envision the city of the future through a wide variety of imaginative designs. | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Virginia Eubanks: Deconstructing the Digital Divide | Virginia Eubanks is an anti-poverty activist & feminist who’s learned that those closest to social problems have the best information & understanding about them & are most invested in creating smart, efficient & sustainable solutions to those problems. | 3/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Walter Hood: Industrial Past, Green Tomorrow | UC–Berkeley professor Walter Hood focuses on the specific cultural and environmental complexities of urban landscapes. Hood articulates how the Bloomingdale Trail project will reclaim industrial era space for public use as green space. | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stefano Allesina: Tracking the Rise and Fall of Biodiversity | Stefano Allesina uses a mix of children’s games and complex computer science applications to understand and describe ecological trends over time. Stefano Allesina is an assistant professor at the University of Chicago. | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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James Gee: The Next Level—Gaming, Testing, & Education's Future | Presidential scholar professor of Arizona University, James Gee, explores the relationship between video games and learning. | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kate Gfeller: Lend Me Your (Bionic) Ears | Dr. Kate Gfeller discusses the technology & impact of the cochlear implant. She will specifically address the enjoyment and comprehension of music. Dr. Gfeller is principal investigator of the Music Perception Project for the Iowa Cochlear Implant Team. | 2/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Taussig: Beauty & the Beast: The Monstrous Side of Plastic Surgery | Columbia University Prof. Michael Taussig shares observations of aesthetics relating to plastic surgery and the development what he calls “cosmic surgery” to unravel one of the more puzzling phenomena in the world today. | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Electric Car & Beyond | Dwindling petroleum resources are causing a revolution of alternative fuel innovation. Jeff Chamberlain of Argonne's Energy Storage Initiative & Don Hillebrand of Argonne’s Center for Transportation Research discuss new & developing technology. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Shea: Stone Tools | Learn how the development of stone tools advanced human civilization from paleoanthropologist and skilled maker of stone tools Prof. John Shea. Listen as John makes stone tools live and discusses the techniques of this primitive yet powerful technology. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Staley: Tomorrow's History | Studying and accessing primary historical archives once geographically obscure and highly restricted is on the cusp of a revolutionary change. Modern technology promises the ability to data mine, allow students access to primary documents and much more. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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M. Cristina Negri: Nuclear Trees | Agronomist M. Cristina Negri discusses the cleaning, filtering and renewing power of plants that are being used as natural "green livers". The presentation ranges from radioactive cleanup to beautification. Negri is in conversation with Gabriel Spitzer. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anna Clyne: Composing Music in the Digital Age | Anna Clyne and Argeo Ascani perform Choke, an acoustic and electro-acoustic composition for baritone saxophone and tape. The two then discuss its creation, and reflect on the process of writing music in the digital age. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Encyclopedia Show: Robots | The Encyclopedia Show is a literary extravaganza that considers a different encyclopedia entry each month. Their credo: “It is our ongoing mission to chafe against logic and proof, find meaning in obfuscation, and wrest truth from fact once and for all. | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Katie Salen: Quest to Learn | Katie Salen is a game designer who helped launch Quest to Learn, a New York City school that uses the principles of games to create immersive, gamelike learning experiences. Salen discusses development and success of game based curriculum and schools. | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mansueto Library: A New Physical Library in the Digital Age | As university libraries everywhere digitize their collections and move their books to off-site storage, the University of Chicago is bucking the trend with the construction of the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library, which will house over 3.5 million volumes. | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rayvon Fouché: Game Changer, Technology in Sport | University of Illinois historian of technology Rayvon Fouché discusses his research on technology and athletics, and technology’s influence on the past, present, and future of sports. This program was recorded on November 5, 2011. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ilana Gershon: The Breakup 2.0 | In the following program Ilana Gershon, anthropologist and author of The Breakup 2.0, in conversation with Madeline Nusser of Time Out Chicago, takes a close look at the roles that the web, social networks, and mobile technology play in breakups. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Charles Bernstein: Attack of the Difficult Poems | Sit back and absorb the witty, profound, and thought-provoking poems of Charles Bernstein in this program recorded at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago. Discover that "Poetry," as Bernstein says, "is not about what it says, but what it does." | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pirate Radio: Making Waves | Adrian Johns, a historian at the University of Chicago, recounts this exciting period of British pirate radio in the 1960s, revealing how pirates changed not only British radio history but also all of broadcasting. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Amitav Ghosh: River of Smoke | In conversation with journalist Victoria Lautman, author Amitav Ghosh discusses his craft and reads from this page-turner three years in the making. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stephen Sondheim: 2011 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize Winner | The Chicago Tribune honors renowned lyricist Stephen Sondheim with the Chicago Tribune Literary Award. In a conversation with the Tribune's Theater Critic, Chris Jones, Sondheim talks about his ideas, his lyrics, and his life. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Noshir Contractor: Traces in a Tangled Web | Only a few years ago, social media opened the door for millions of people to meet and stay connected with one another. Over time, the web of social networks has evolved, expanded, and become more complex than most of us even realize. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Truth Machine: History of the Lie Detector | Historian Ken Alder explores the history of the lie detector from sororities, to Dick Tracy, to 1930s Chicago. During its hundred year history, the polygraph has captured our imagination. Does it say more about our society than the test taker's honesty? | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Don't Let Me Be Lonely: Reading With Claudia Rankine | Claudia Rankine, with her inimitable fusion of the autobiographical, lyrical, and visual, is a powerful, politically charged poet for our times. This program was recorded on October 16, 2011. | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Jeremy Marks: Making a Body From Scratch | The Chicago Humanities Festival strives to make the humanities a vital and vibrant part of daily life. | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Darnton: The Future of the American Newspaper | John Darnton has thought hard about the fate of the traditional ink-on-newsprint urban daily in today’s new era of blogs, tabloids, The Daily Show, and plummeting circulation. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How the Body Became a Museum Exhibit | Join Patricia Ward, MSI’s director of science and technology, and Tom Hennes, principal of New York–based Thinc Design, for an insider’s look at YOU! The Experience and the dynamic intersection of scientific research, design and creative interpretat | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alice Dreger: The Intersex Body | In this program, Alice Dreger addresses the human experience of being born with a body that does not fit the usual definitions of male or female. Now called persons with intersex, these people were once referred to as hermaphrodites. | 8/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insect Antics: A Louse-y Sense of Humor | May Berenbaum, a professor of entomology at the University of Illinois, and writer Amy Leach, a regular contributor to A Public Space, muse on the scientific and comic sides of insect life, as well as the intersection of the two. | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2011 Summer Institute for Teachers: James Gee | James Gee, Arizona State University professor of literacy studies, provides historical context—defining new media literacies and how and why they are on a continuum with traditional literacies. | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ars Antigua: Camerata on the Body | For this program, the Ars Antigua ensemble joins Robert J. Richards to reveal connections among three towering figures of the late 18th and early 19th century and their shared interest in and concepts of the body and science. | 7/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bicycling and the Body (Politic) | In bike-friendly cities across North America—despite their differences in geography, history, politics, weather, and infrastructure—similar organizations, discussions, and planning and design practices for bicycling have emerged. | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reformulating Food | Over the last decade, public health officials have shifted away from blaming individuals for poor habits to considering a community’s food environment and how it affects consumption and health. | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hollywood Images of Disability | A panel of activists, scholars, and performers discusses how film has shaped the social consciousness of disability. | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Go to 2040 Plan: Bold Innovations for a Better Chicago | Five urban planners discuss how metropolitan Chicago should look in 2040, with a focus on changes in transportation such as high speed rail. | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sue Miller: The Lakeshore Limited | In this program, CHF honors this bestselling fiction writer as the 2011 Doris Conant Lecturer. Miller discusses both her creative and community work in conversation with Victoria Lautman. | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Human Vulnerability - Human Rights | October 24, 2010: Michael Geyer, faculty director of the University of Chicago's Human Rights Program, and Susan Gzesh, executive director of the program, discuss new work in the field of human rights. | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Actor's Body: An Owner's Manual | November 13, 2010: Joseph Roach, Professor of Theater and English at Yale University, and Martha Lavey, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre, present historic and contemporary ideas of the actor's craft and how these ideas are based on the body. | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rhodessa Jones: The Medea Project | November 7, 2010: Rhodessa Jones, founder of the theatre company Cultural Odyssey and the acclaimed "Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Woman" talks about 25 years of working with women in the California prison system. | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Gray Visual Art Series: Antony Gormley | November 4, 2010: Internationally renowned London-based sculptor, Antony Gormley, provides an overview of the history of his artistic practice, focusing on the ways he has sought to evoke the human bodily presence. | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thomas Lynch: Bodies in Motion and at Rest | November 14, 2010: Thomas Lynch, author of three collections of poems and three books of essays, reads from his work and reflects on his unusual perspectives as poet and undertaker, and what this duality brings to his writing. Interviewed by John Barr. | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Art History of ScentL 1889 to 2011 | November 14, 2010: Chandler Burr, first-ever fragrance critic for The New York Times, shares an interactive experience of the art history of scent via the medium's greatest artistic works. | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Honeybees Can Teach Us About Human Nature | November 13, 2010: Leading entomologist and geneticist Gene Robinson shares his cutting edge research on honeybees and in the process offers surprising lessons on the behavioral genetics of bees and what they can teach us about genes and human behavior. | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Laura Kipnis: The Public Scandal | November 6, 2010: Laura Kipnis, cultural critic and professor at Northwestern University, dissects why people feel compelled to act out their tangled psychodramas on the national stage with her book "How To Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior." | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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History of the Condom | November 6, 2010: Paula Treichler is a cultural historian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her research on condoms grew out of her work on AIDS. In this podcast, she uses the condom as a prism to reconsider the history of sexuality. | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Doris Conant Lecture on Women and Culture: Judy Norsigian | November 12, 2010: Judy Norsigian, executive director and cofounder of Our Bodies Ourselves, discusses the pros and cons of selected technological breakthroughs in women's health. | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rebecca Goldstein: The Mind Body Problem | November 6, 2010: Philosopher, novelist, and MacArthur fellow, Rebecca Goldstein, considers the mind body dualism through her novel, "The Mind Body Problem." | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kenneth Roth- Human Rights Watch | November 7, 2010: Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, discusses torture and human rights, including the history of the US government's relationship to torture. | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Life in Two Genders | November 7, 2010: In this podcast, Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of bestselling book "She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders," talks about the changes as she transitioned from male to female. | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Victor Goines: History of "Body and Soul" | November 7, 2010: Saxophonist and clarinetist, Victor Goines, and his combo blend conversation and performance to unearth the reasons for Coleman Hawkin's "Body and Soul" through their improvisations and discussions of definitive versions. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Civility and the Body Politic | November 14, 2010: Jim Leach, current chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Morton Shapiro, president of Northwestern University, discuss the humanities' continuing relevance and critical role in our modern body politic. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Martha Nussbaum: From Disgust to Humanity | November 10, 2010: Martha Nussbaum, one of the foremost authorities on law, freedom, and morality, uses the arguments outlined in her book "From Disgust to Humanity" to discuss the fundamental motivations behind legal discrimination of LGBT citizens. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jane Austen and the Body | November 7, 2010: Dr. Cheryl Kinney, a gynecologist, and Elisabeth Lenckos, University of Chicago scholar of comparative literature and philosophy, delve into the many themes, undercurrents, and references to the body in Jane Austen's novels. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Edward Villella: An Intimate Evening | November 2, 2010: Edward Villella, artistic director and CEO of the Miami City Ballet, reflects on his history as a ballet dancer for choreographer George Balanchine, as well as on his own vision for dancers today. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Raynard Kington: Race and Health in The United States | November 7, 2010: Dr. Raynard Kington, former deputy director of the National Institutes of Health, discusses the role of socioeconomic factors as determinants of health and the struggle to address the changing health patterns of society. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Censored! The First Amendments, Sex, and Obscenity | November 13, 2010: A panel of the nation's leading scholars of the First Amendment, Geoffrey Stone, Martin Redish, and Amy Adler, examines the history of obscenity and its regulation as well as child pornography and other contemporary issues. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Must You Go? My Life With Harold Pinter | November 6, 2010: Lady Antonia Fraser, author of acclaimed historical works such as "Mary Queen of Scots," recounts the life she shared with HArold Pinter, internally renowned dramatist and Nobel Prize winner, in her newest book "Must You Go?" | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2010 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prizes: E.O. Wilson and Rebecca Skloot | November 13, 2010: The 2010 Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize recognizes the recently published works of E.O. Wilson and Rebecca Skloot, and in this podcast they discuss the importance of science writing as well as the influences upon their own novels. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Perfect Meal: A Journey with Chicago Tastemakers | November 14, 2010: Three Chicago tastemakers, Paul Kahan (Blackbird, avec, Publican, Big Star), Mindy Segal (HotChocolate), and Alpana Singh (WTTW's "Check Please") talk about what makes a perfect meal, from wine to entree to dessert. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Sherwin Nuland: Franke Lecture in Economics | November 5, 2010: Dr. Sherwin Nuland, clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, discusses the history of medical ethics from Hippocrates to the present, seeking to illuminate the ethical pressures exerted by technology and economics. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar: The Body At Its Finest | November 8, 2010: Kareem Abdul Jabbar, six time MVP and winner of six NBA Championships, inventor of the sky hook, and the reason why the dunk shot was banned in college basketball from 1967 to 1976, discusses the transcendence of sport and the body. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ourselves As Others See Us: International Journalists on Obama's America | November 6, 2010: Correspondents from China, Mexico, and Russia gather to recount their reporting about Obama's vision for America and the complex realities of today. Peter Slevin of The Washington Post moderates. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paul Bloom: How Pleasure Works | November 14, 2010: Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology at Yale University, presents evidence from his recent book "How Pleasure Works" to argue that our understanding and appreciation of art reflects universal aspects of human nature. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Evening With Sarah Jones | November 10, 2010: Tony-Award winning playwright and performer Sarah Jones returns to the Humanities Festival for another evening with her multi-character, one person act centered around this year's theme of the body. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Savage Love with Dan and Bill Savage | November 12, 2010: Dan Savage, popular sex columnist and author, and his brother Bill, senior lecturer in English at Northwestern University, discuss the changes in sex education over the decades and invite questions from the audience. | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sam Shepard: Chicago Tribune Literary Prize | November 13, 2010: Sam Shepard, American playwright, actor, and television and film director, receives the 2010 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize and reads selections from his works. Geruold Kern, the publisher of the Chicago Tribune, introduces. | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stephen Sondheim | November 12, 1995: Stephen Sondheim, the renowned composer and lyricist and the man who has defined musical theater in the last quarter of the twentieth century, joins a panel for a conversation about his music. | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hanna Gray: Machiavelli and the Body Politic | October 24, 2010: Hanna Gray, former president of the University of Chicago and noted history professor, delves into the legacy of Machiavelli’s revolutionary treatise The Prince and addresses its significance in modern political science. | 10/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Katie Watson: Gallows Humor - Medical Ethics and the Dark Side of Laughter | November 15, 2009: In this interdisciplinary program, medical ethicist Katie Watson draws from psychology, philosophy, literature, and law to consider backstage storytelling in medicine, and the ethics of humor as a coping mechanism in difficult jobs. | 10/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matti Bunzl's Picks | August 23, 2010: CHF's Associate Artistic Director Matti Bunzl tells us about three programs we shouldn't miss at the upcoming Fall Festival. | 8/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polytheism and Monotheism | November 3, 2008: Scholars of religion exchange views on the degree to which polytheism has contributed to the development of world religions, focusing on the ways in which polytheistic beliefs have affected past and current tolerance of other religions. | 8/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Francine Prose: Goldengrove | November 1, 2008: Francine Prose reads from her 2008 novel, Goldengrove. Goldengrove is an exploration of tragedy and redemption through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl who gets pitched headlong into adulthood during the course of one haunted summer. | 7/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wayne Koestenbaum: The Anatomy of Harpo Marx | November 14, 2009: Poet and cultural critic Wayne Koestenbaum shares his contagious enthusiasm for the silent hilarity of the mostly mute Marx brother in this one-of-a-kind lecture, which he describes as a "loving annotation, a midrash of Harpo." | 7/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jonathan Alter: The Promise | June 24, 2010: Join Newsweek columnist and author Jonathan Alter as he discusses his new book, The Promise: President Obama, Year One. Alter provides a fast-paced, inside account of Obama's first year in office. | 7/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Moshe Safdie: An Architecture of Peace | November 5, 2006: Architect Moshe Safdie explains the importance of a building's form bearing a close relationship to its ultimate purpose. | 6/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Houston A. Baker: Chicago, The Great Migration, and the Blues | November 11, 2001: Houston A. Baker constructs a montage of the history of the Blues. From its early beginnings in the south to its fruition on Chicago’s Southside, Baker takes us on a journey that begins with persecution and ends in musical liberation. | 6/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Geoffrey Stone: Perilious Times - Free Speech in Wartime | November 6, 2004: Geoffrey R. Stone, a foremost authority on the First Amendment, discusses his new history of U.S. government actions that have had the potential to endanger fundamental rights during periods of war. | 6/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Howard Gardner: From Multiple Intelligences to Good Work | November 9, 2002: Research psychologist Howard Garnder bridges the gap between his book Multiple Intelligences published in 1993 and his 2002 publication, Good Work: When Excellence Meets Ethics. | 6/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Louis Menand: Was Pragmatism a Chicago Invention? | November 1, 2001: Louis Menand recounts the early history of pragmatist philosophy, focusing on Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, moral philosopher William James, and scientist Charles Sanders Peirce. | 5/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Toni Morrison: On Love | Barbara Flynn Currie interview Toni Morrison about her 2003 novel, Love. They talk about racism, gender relations, the writing process, and the different ways in which they identify with characters. | 5/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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William Safire: The Ten Commandments of Language | November 14, 1993: The late political pundit and language maven William Safire sets forth the Ten Commandments of Language. Get out your tablets and chisels and work on that simple declarative sentence. It's going to be one witty ride. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dick Gregory: The Color of Funny (with Laura Washington) | November 8, 2009: Dick Gregory is a wry, political voice across a range of issues as varied as nutrition, social justice, and the environment. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington interviews the provocative and always unpredictable Gregory. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jonathan Kozol: The Shame of the Nation | November 6, 2005: Rhodes scholar and National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol speaks about the rapidly increasing segregation and the gross inequities of urban schools. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Hackett Fischer: Migrations and Dialects | November 6, 2006: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer explains factors that influence markers of culture. Using early American immigrants as a case study, he discusses the utility of speech patterns in charting migration patterns. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Darnton and Delavault: Street Songs as News in Enlightenment Paris | November 1, 2008: Historian Robert Darnton discusses the role of street songs in delivering news to the people of Enlightenment Paris. Mezzo Soprano Hélène Delavault demonstrates how popular songs were turned into musical satires of current affairs. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adam Bly: Our Renaissance | November 2, 2008: "Today," observes Adam Bly, editor-in-chief of Seed Magazine, "we are on the cusp of a brand-new scientific renaissance marked by accelerated advancement... and a culture war between science and religion." | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Margaret Atwood: Growing Up Female and Literate | November 3, 2002: Margaret Atwood explores the relationship between brains and beauty in expectations of her as a female Canadian writer. This program was recorded following the publication of Atwood’s book Negotiating the Dead: A Writer on Writing. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conversation: Samantha Power and General Wesley Clark | November 12, 2006: Journalist Samantha Power interviews General Wesley Clark as he speaks candidly on the repercussions of Vietnam, his patriotic allegiance to the military, and his opinions on Iraq and Darfur. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Art Spiegelman: Comix 9-11-101 | November 11, 2001: Just two months after September 11, 2001, Art Spiegelman explains how comics helped him cope with disaster while he was living in the first block uptown of the World Trade center that wasn’t evacuated after the terrorist attacks. | 5/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 103 Episodes |
