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VideoCoincidence, Music, Memory, and Meaning
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Trimpin and Paul DeMarinis share their experiences of living as experimental artists and how that has influenced their lives over many years. (May 5, 2011)
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6/1/2011
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VideoMingus, Music, and the Struggle for Civil Rights
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Sue Mingus, wife of the late jazz musician Charles Mingus, discusses her experiences living in the jazz culture and also what she has done to continue the tradition since the death of her husband. (February 1, 2011)
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3/31/2011
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VideoArt Censorship Issues: A Screening of David Wojnarowicz's "Fire In My Belly" and Panel Discussion
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(January 12, 2011) In response to the recent censorship issues in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, Stanford University gathered an incredibly experienced panel to discuss the issues presented in the censored film "Fire In My Belly."
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3/31/2011
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VideoA Conversation with Rennie Harris on Hip Hop Choreography
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Pioneering hip-hop choreographer Rennie Harris sits down with Harry Elam to talk about his career and the the things that have affected his personal style. They talk about how his career has changed over time. (January 20, 2011)
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3/31/2011
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VideoCreative Collaboration
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From his early taped speech pieces It's Gonna Rain (1965) and Come Out (1966), to his and video artist Beryl Korot's digital video opera Three Tales (2002), composer Steve Reich's path has embraced many aspects of Western classical music. (January 7, 2010)
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2/24/2010
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VideoThe Artist as Researcher: An Evening with Ralph Lemon
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Ralph Lemon, choreographer and cross-disciplinary performer and artist, inaugurates the Art+Invention Speaker Series, which engages iconic artists in thought-provoking conversations about creativity, innovation and discovery. (December 3, 2009)
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2/24/2010
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VideoRFK: The Journey to Justice
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RFK: The Journey to Justice, a new play co-commissioned by Stanford Lively Arts for the acclaimed radio theater company, L.A. Theatre Works, chronicles the transformation of Robert F. Kennedy. (January 26, 2010)
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2/24/2010
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What Matters: Documentary Photography and Social Change
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David Elliot Cohen, Michael Watts, and Ed Kashi talk about the book What Matters, a photo-essay collection, along with facets of photography tied together with social activism and the feeling elicited by moving photos. (July 9, 2009)
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8/7/2009
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Gratitude and Poetry for Water
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The purpose of this talk is to bring poetic and scientific sensibilities to bear on life-sustaining elements that we often take for granted, especially water. (May 21, 2009)
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8/7/2009
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Tibet: Where Continents and Cultures Collide
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Panelists discuss the physical geography of Tibet and assess the impact of development projects and efforts to protect and restore an ecological system that is crucial for much of the planet. (February 19, 2009)
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6/3/2009
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Parker Palmer and the Courage to Teach
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Independent scholar, author, and educator Parker Palmer discusses his book "The Courage to Teach" and shares his insights on the state of education today and what it takes to be an effective teacher. (February 21, 2009)
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5/4/2009
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Creative Couples Series: Irvin and Marilyn Yalom
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Our conversation begins with the Yaloms’ poignant explorations of human finitude and then turns to the story of their time together as a dual-career academic couple. (January 29, 2009)
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2/24/2009
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VideoEducation for Citizenship Series: Consuming Culture and Greed (Video)
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This installment in our Education for Citizenship series on virtues and vices examines greed, a selfish and excessive desire for more than is needed. (December 3, 2008)
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2/4/2009
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Education for Citizenship Series: Consuming Culture and Greed (Audio)
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This installment in our Education for Citizenship series on virtues and vices examines greed, a selfish and excessive desire for more than is needed. (December 3, 2008)
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2/4/2009
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An Evening with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Henry Louis Skip Gates Jr., the Director of the W.E.B. De Bois Institute for African and African American Research and the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University, speaks with Claude Steele, Stanford Professor. (October 23, 2008)
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12/19/2008
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Only Connect: Reinvigorating American Education
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Speakers Rudy Crew, former Chancellor of the New York City public school district, and Dr. Madeline Levine, a psychologist from Marin County, speak about many contemporary issues educators face. (November 15, 2008)
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12/19/2008
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Disaster Capitalism and the Rise of Democratic Reconstruction
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Naomi Klein exposes the underpinnings of the current financial crisis and presents a new paradigm for understanding globalization and celebrates those who continue to work for justice against great odds. (October 16, 2008)
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10/28/2008
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VideoCitizens, Neighbors, Strangers, Friends: What is Citizenship in the 21st Century?
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Danielle Allen discusses the sacrifices citizens make to keep democracy working in spite of the vices that often get in the way. (October 2, 2008)
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10/22/2008
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Global Solidarity, Human Rights, and the End of Poverty
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To commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968), the Aurora Forum joins with Stanford’s King Institute to host a day-long conference on the struggle for economic justice. (April 5, 2008)
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5/27/2008
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On the Pursuit of Happiness: An Evening with Robert Thurman and Pico Iyer
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Novelist and travel writer Pico Iyer joins Robert Thurman, Columbia University professor and founder of Tibet House in New York City, for a conversation on the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, education, and life on the road. (April 24, 2008)
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5/1/2008
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Against Ignorance: Science Education in the 21st Century
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The rise of religiously motivated threats to scientific practice and instruction in American schools has motivated biologist Richard Dawkins and physicist Lawrence Krauss to engage in a public dialogue on strategies for science education. (March 9, 2008)
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4/21/2008
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The Beatles on the Brain
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Forty years have passed since the Beatles released The White Album, introducing "Blackbird," "Rocky Raccoon," "Sexy Sadie," "Helter Skelter" and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" into the cultural lexicon. Please join us for this conversation. (February 11, 2008)
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3/18/2008
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What Would Martin Say? An Evening with Clarence B. Jones
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Join us for an in-depth conversation with Clarence B. Jones, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s counsel and draft speechwriter who is completing a memoir while in residence at Stanford’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. (January 17, 2008)
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2/20/2008
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Esalen: Education for Life on the Edge
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The brainchild of two Stanford graduates, Michael Murphy and Richard Price, Esalen Institute on the Big Sur coast has had a profound influence on American religious history over the last half-century. (December 6, 2007)
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12/17/2007
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IRAQ: REFRAME First of Five-Part Series with Montalvo Arts Center
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In this first conversation, journalist Marjorie Miller of the Los Angeles Times interviews Washington Post reporter Anthony Shadid on the effects of the war on Iraqi institutions and civilians. (November 12, 2007)
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12/10/2007
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An Evening with Leonard Cohen and Philip Glass
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In anticipation of Stanford Lively Arts’ West Coast premiere of Book of Longing, the Aurora Forum and Lively Arts present Philip Glass and Leonard Cohen together in conversation about their lives, works, and this unique collaboration. (October 8, 2007)
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10/15/2007
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Clean, Secure, and Efficient Energy: Can We Have It All?
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The race is on for commercialization of domestic fuels that shrink our carbon footprint, and change is in the wind: solar and wind power, biofuels, fuel cells, nuclear power, natural gas and "clean" coal are considered. (September 5, 2007)
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9/10/2007
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Title IX at 35: A Conversation with Billie Jean King
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“Title IX was passed in 1972 to provide equal rights for young men and women. Why are we still battling for this now?” Join Billie Jean King and LaDoris Cordell for a conversation that explores this and other questions. (April 28, 2007)
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5/21/2007
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From Sharecropper’s Daughter to Surgeon General
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Former superior court judge LaDoris Cordell will interviews Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Surgeon General of the United States, about her personal journey and remarkable life of public service.
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3/30/2007
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Your Body on the Line?
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Writer, activist and founder of the Circle of Life Foundation, Julia Butterfly Hill talks about the limits that humans may reach in order to protect and celebrate the wild world that is our home.
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3/30/2007
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True Colors: Myth, Magic, and the American Flag
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Carolyn Marvin, Yates Professor in communications at the University of Pennsylvania , reflects on her decade of research into the history, myth and magic of our nation's flag. With Hans Ulrich Gumbrect, professor of literature at Stanford.
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3/30/2007
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Onward! A Post-Election Town Hall Meeting
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This post-election Town Hall Meeting begins with forty-five minutes of conversation between Democracy Now host Amy Goodman; Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution; David Dill, Stanford professor of computer science; and John McManus.
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3/30/2007
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Talking Right and Left: The Language of American Politics
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Two linguists, Deborah Tannen of Georgetown University and Geoffrey Nunberg of Stanford, assess the state of political language and ask where it is headed.
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3/30/2007
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The American Presidency: Character and Crisis
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Michael Beschloss, historian of the Presidency, and David Kennedy, professor of history at Stanford and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, discuss the topic of character and its role in the American presidency. Michael Krasy, of KQED's Forum, moderates.
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3/30/2007
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Arbitrary Convictions Capital Punishment in the United States
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As of October 2004, 117 wrongfully convicted persons from twenty-five states have been released from America's death rows, and the number continues to grow. How do such serious mistakes occur in what some call the best court system in the world?
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3/30/2007
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Restorative Justice: Reducing Crime by Reforming Prisoner Experience
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Michael Hennessey, sheriff of San Francisco city and county and Cathrine Sneed, founder and executive director of The Garden Project, discuss the current state of affairs in the US prison system, as well as some practical and proven approaches to change.
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3/30/2007
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Is News Journalism Under Siege?: A Conversation with the Editors of Newsweek and Time
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A conversation with Jim Kelly, managing editor of Time, and Mark Whitaker, editor at Newsweek, about democratic ideals in the age of consolidated corporate media. ASME Editors' Hall of Fame inductee, Richard Stolley, moderates.
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3/30/2007
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American Media and the Culture of Fear
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James Bettinger, journalism and communications professor at Stanford, Barry Glassner, professor of sociology at the University of Southern California, and Jay Harris, CEO of the Foundation for National Progress, discuss mainstream news media.
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3/30/2007
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An Evening with the Kitchen Sisters
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The Kitchen Sisters—Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva—have been producing radio programs since 1979. With Jay Allison, they are the creators of two Peabody Award-winning series on National Public Radio: Lost & Found Sound and The Sonic Memorial Project.
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3/30/2007
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Public Life in a Wired World
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Stanford law professor, Lawrence Lessig and UC Berkeley law professor Pamela Samuelson, discuss the role the Internet is playing in governing the way the public receive their current events and ideals.
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3/30/2007
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An Evening with Calvin Trillin
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Famous as America's "deadline poet," Calvin Trillin has been a gadfly in verse for The Nation since 1990, delighting readers with his rhyming observations on the news of the day.
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3/30/2007
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Democracy and Dissent
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Harper's Magazine editor Lewis Lapham discusses his urgent new polemic about the stifling of the American public's capacity for meaningful dissent at the hands of a government and media increasingly beholden to our country's wealthy few.
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3/30/2007
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National Pride, National Shame
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Internationally known human rights advocate, Angela Davis, Stanford comparative literature professor Richard Rorty, and Pulitzer Prize winner Gordon Wood tackle the issue of pride and shame that comes with an acute national identity.
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3/30/2007
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Simply Delicious
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Join Alice Waters, pioneer of "California Cuisine", and Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet, for a conversation on food and social change as they discuss the ongoing "Delicious Revolution" they helped launch.
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3/30/2007
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Why Read Books?
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At a time when people express concern about the fate of the book, we join three virtuoso scholars—Seth Lerer, Leah Price, and Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht—who are intimately familiar with the life of the mind nurtured by the bound printed word.
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3/30/2007
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An Evening with Thomas Jefferson
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National Humanities medalist, Clay S. Jenkinson presents a peak into the life and times of Thomas Jefferson. With Stanford history professor, Jack Rakove.
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3/30/2007
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Democracy Matters
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Cornel West, the Class of 1943 university professor of religion at Princeton University, discusses themes and ideas from his latest book, Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism.
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3/30/2007
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Doing Good Work
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Joanne Ciulla, author of The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work, and Richard Rodriguez, award-winning PBS television essayist, discuss the American approach to work and its impact on our lives, idealogies and families.
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3/30/2007
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My Education in the Path of Nonviolence
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Arun Gandhi, author and grandson of India's late spiritual leader discusses ways and means to improve our prospects for a less threatening future at home and abroad. Mark Gonnerman, director of the Auurora Forum, moderates.
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3/30/2007
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The American Soul: Founding Ideals and the American Dream
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Jacob Needleman, professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University urges attention to iconic figures such as Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman, who remind us of founding ideals.
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3/30/2007
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The Heart of Nonviolence: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama
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May we join with the Dalai Lama, understanding that wisdom and compassion together cultivate a peace that brings forth a more just and sustainable world.
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3/30/2007
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America’s Jesus
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Religious studies professors Thomas Sheehan (Stanford) and Stephen Prothero (Boston University) join historian Richard Fox, professor of history at the University of Southern California, for a lively conversation on the role of Jesus in the American culture.
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3/30/2007
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Spirituality and Social Change: An Interfaith Roundtable
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To celebrate the January 2007 publication of Advocate of the Social Gospel, volume VI of The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., and probe the meaning of Dr. King's preaching, we present an interfaith roundtable that focuses on Spirituality and Social Change.
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3/30/2007
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Conversations from the Edge: Vanishing Cultures and the Ethnosphere Project
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National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence Wade Davis, photographer Chris Rainier, and Aurora Forum director Mark Gonnerman discuss challenges posed to traditional cultures.
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3/30/2007
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Celebrating South African Freedom A Symposium on the International Campaign to End Apartheid
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The Aurora Forum, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, and the Stanford Institute for International Studies are proud to sponsor a one-day symposium on the history and legacy of international campaigns to end Apartheid in South Africa.
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3/30/2007
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Democracy and the Middle East: Prospects and Problems
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Professor Diamond discusses prospects and problems in the Middle East with Dr. Abbas Milani, co-director of the Hoover Institution's Iran Democracy Project and director of Stanford's new Iranian Studies Program.
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3/30/2007
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Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear
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Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet discusses ways and means to improve our prospects for a less threatening future at home and abroad. Mark Gonnerman, director of the Auurora Forum, moderates.
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3/30/2007
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Preconditions for a Peaceful World
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James Gilligan, director for the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Pennsylvania discusses ways and means to improve our prospects for a less threatening future at home and abroad.
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3/30/2007
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The Truth of War
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What are immediate and long-term effects of experiencing combat firsthand? In a conversation moderated by Stanford School of Medicine Professor David Spiegel, we probe this question with Chris Hedges, a veteran war correspondent, and Anthony Swofford.
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3/30/2007
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Nature’s Economy: Population, Consumption, and Sustainability
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Stanford conservation biologists Paul and Anne Ehrlich discuss three challenging global trends: increasing population, rising consumption, and growing political and economic inequalities. With Stanford biology professor and ecologist Gretchen Daily.
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3/29/2007
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