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It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/342303517/forum.php Heather Rae moderates a panel discussion about acting for independent films. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4128 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/321125002/forum.php Fernanda Rossi provides a "before and after" style case study of Del Guercio's documentary in order to illustrate what elements make for great story structure. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4100 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/321125003/forum.php Emmett Price III examines the connections between jazz, hip hop and other music forms. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4075 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220073/forum.php Martin Wood sketches Fowler's career from his early work to the last major country house he decorated, showing the development of his style and taste. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4028 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220074/forum.php Judith Jones, discusses French cooking, the joys of eating, and the indefatigable Julia Child with Sheryl Julian. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4079 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/335828318/forum.php Stephanie Schorow and the members of the Boston Fire Historical Society discuss the history of fire in Boston. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4014 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/321125004/forum.php Paul Holdengraber hosts an "Algonquin Roundtable" style discussion of war and place with Tom Brokaw and other thinkers of great merit aboard the Queen Mary 2. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4096 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220078/forum.php Robert Allison narrates a commemorative reading of the Boston Massacre Orations by local high school students on 283rd anniversary of the massacre. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4024 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220079/forum.php Charles Mann presents compelling evidence that the earliest Americans built and occupied cities that rivaled anything found in Europe at the time in "1941". http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4021 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220080/forum.php Ted Kennedy hosts a discussion about the challenges and solutions pertaining to the problem of crime in Massachusetts. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4048 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/342303519/forum.php Jose Masso and others discuss the opportunities and challenges that Boston arts organizations face in engaging with our diverse communities. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4129 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/321125005/forum.php Helen Thomas gives a keynote address at the 2008 Women, Action, and the Media conference sponsored by the Center for New Words. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4042 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220083/forum.php Paul and Stephen Kendrick present a unique picture of these two men who challenged each other to greatness and altered the course of the nation. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4030 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220084/forum.php Alan M. Dershowitz and others explore how the issues which were part of the 19th century French trial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus still reverberate today. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4084 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220085/forum.php Sharon Robinson and Scott Simon pay tribute to Jackie Robinson during this 60th anniversary year of his having broken the color barrier in Major League Baseball. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4078 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/335828320/forum.php Jessica Hoffmann Davis discusses a new kind of advocacy, that argues for the powerful lessons that the arts, like no other subjects, teach our children. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4069 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220088/forum.php Experts discuss the adolescent literacy crisis and new research about effective literacy instruction for students beyond the primary grades. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4066 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220089/forum.php This discussion with leading print columnists explores the public's view of American education, and how this perspective is shaped by the news media. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4065 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220090/forum.php This forum, held in conjunction with the HGSE Student Research Conference, lluminates the principles guiding institutional decisions about educational research. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4064 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220091/forum.php Parker Palmer addresses the challenges of retaining integrity and courage in one's professional and public life. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4076 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/326435718/forum.php Harvey Green explains how the Victorians focus on social and individual health led to the now familiar emphasis on physical fitness in sports and games. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3988 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220093/forum.php Dr. Haig discusses various genetic conflicts that transpire within the human womb and revisits the assumption that what's good for the mother is good for the fetus. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4103 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220094/forum.php Kathryn Lipson describes some of the newest diabetes research, including her own studies into the effects of cell stress on insulin regulation in diabetics. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3835 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220095/forum.php Howard Koh suggests many ways that society and individuals could take those first steps to quitting tobacco use. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3836 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220097/forum.php Dr. Andrew Cole illustrates current epilepsy treatments including drug therapeutics, imaging, and genetics. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3837 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/342303520/forum.php Mameve Medwed reads from her latest novel, an exploration of class difference, notions of men and women, and being a wife, a friend, and a nonjudgmental mother. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4122 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/342303521/forum.php Roger E. Stoddard discusses bibliography as the scaffolding of literature. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4056 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/342303522/forum.php Joshua Kendall tells the fascinating personal story of Peter Mark Roget, a man obsessed with categorizing all the words in the English language. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4055 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/335828321/forum.php Irish-born journalist and novelist Colm Toibin reads from his new collection of short stories, "Mothers and Sons". http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4057 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/335828322/forum.php Robert Pinsky and Charles Simic discuss poetry and read their favorite poems. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4086 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/342303525/forum.php Kevin Phillips argues that "bad money has driven out good," in "Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism". http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4053 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/342303526/forum.php Madeleine Kunin, David Yepsen, and Tom Oliphant share their insights about this unprecedented 2008 presidential campaign. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4087 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/335828323/forum.php Lakoff discusses his new book, "The Political Mind", and explores how the mind works, how society works, and how they work together. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4120 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/335828324/forum.php Neil Connolly, prepares favorite Kennedy family recipes and shares memories of his many years cooking for the family in Hyannis Port. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4090 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/326435721/forum.php David Cannadine explores the long and complex relationship between Winston Churchill and the United States. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4104 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220109/forum.php Arye Gross hosts an entertaining Passover holiday special celebrating the journey from slavery to freedom. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4063 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220110/forum.php Andrew Moore explores how Catholics came to terms with the dominant Protestant values in Alabama and Georgia after World War II. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3870 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/230829181/forum.php Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher examine the irony of the nation's second African-American Justice finding himself a pariah in most of the black community. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3917 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/230829159/forum.php Vincent Cornell lectures on the Middle East and the sociohistoric nature of Islamic socieites. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3903 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/218107755/forum.php Franz Wright explores the idea of language as sacrament in the Christian scriptures. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3738 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/342303527/forum.php Dr. Holmes discusses how the Student Partners Project impacts the science and Arctic communities, and tells of a gift of artwork by Siberian students. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4062 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/335828325/forum.php Dudley Herschbach gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4073 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/326435723/forum.php Katherine Burton Jones discusses how museums are serving and being shaped by new audiences, using Web 2.0 technologies. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4094 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/326435724/forum.php Scott Smyers covers the basic ecology of amphibians that congregate in vernal pools and the variability of amphibian communities across New England. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4059 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/321125007/forum.php Greg Graffin receives Harvard University's Humanist Chaplaincy's Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism and plays an acoustic set. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4095 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/321125006/forum.php Amy Dockser Marcus and Dr. Daniel Pipes focus on United States diplomacy in this conflict, debating whether it has been part of a peace process or a war process. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4041 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220104/forum.php Ted Kennedy hosts a panel discussion exploring national and local perspectives on various aspects the burgeoning home foreclosure crisis. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4109 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220086/forum.php Alan M. Dershowitz and others explore how the issues which were part of the 19th century French trial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus still reverberate today. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4025 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220075/forum.php James Lipscomb and others involved in the 1971 film "Blue Water, White Death" host an intimate discussion and about sharks over coffee. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3862 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220111/forum.php Joe Cavanaugh explains how citizen science divers can help us to protect our marine resources. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4058 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220099/forum.php Janice Erlbaum reads from her new memoir, the story of her attempts to rescue a brilliant, homeless, nineteen-year-old junkie who reminded her of herself. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4027 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220100/forum.php Amiri Baraka gives a talk as a part of the 2008 Roxbury Discussion Series. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4045 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220101/forum.php Robert Strassler explores the many facets of this dazzling new translation, as well as the life and work of the man Cicero called 'the father of history'. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4022 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220092/forum.php Parker Palmer addresses the challenges of retaining integrity and courage in one's professional and public life. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3938 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220102/forum.php Dorothy Prince brings leading African American poet and prolific novelist of the 19th century, Ellen Watkins Harper to life in this dramatic reading. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4039 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220103/forum.php Center for New Words celebrates Valentine's Day with E.J. Graff, Amy Hoffman, Marina Wolf Ahmad, Esther Cervantes and other local "sheroes". http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4015 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220112/forum.php Kellman describes how diseases such as smallpox, anthrax, or ebola might be used for hostile purposes. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3872 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220081/forum.php Lobsang Sanjay explores Tibet's situation in order to illuminate the shortcomings and strengths in international law and politics. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4020 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/230829182/forum.php Arnold Rampersad speaks about his new biography of Ralph Ellison, author of the acclaimed "Invisible Man". http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3930 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220105/forum.php Kevin Bales discusses his newest book, which lays out a detailed, comprehensive plan for ending slavery within a generation. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3989 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220106/forum.php Madeleine Albright discusses her new book, "Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership". http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4081 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220107/forum.php Danny Schechter explores the rapidly changing ways in which we receive our information. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4083 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220098/forum.php Georgia's Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle explores the outlook for Georgia's citizens and the health care they can expect. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3886 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/230829183/forum.php Lynn Gregory discusses how perceptions affect the media and how the media affect perceptions. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3904 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220076/forum.php Panelists discuss the producer's role in a successful narrative or documentary film and seminar participants ask a talented group of producers for advice. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3623 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220082/forum.php Quil Lawrence discusses the Iraq War's seldom-told success story, the rise of the Kurds of northern Iraq. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=4070 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220087/forum.php Dr. R. Roosevelt Thomas, discusses strategies for maximizing organizational and individual potential through diversity management. http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3851 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WgbhForumNetwork/~3/315220108/forum.php Don Cheadle and John Prendergast discuss their new book about Darfur, "Not On Our Watch". http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3824 en-us