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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Cosmic Conversation (Part 1)
March 15, 2010
Neil deGrasse Tyson director, American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium
Marc Kaufman space and science reporter, The Washington Post
Paula Apsell senior executive producer, NOVA
Kevin Harris vice president and television station manager, WETA
Paula Kerger president and chief executive officer, PBS

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium and charismatic host of the PBS series NOVA scienceNOW, addresses the controversy surrounding the institution's reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet. Tyson discusses the universe and the importance of curiosity in education and answers questions from an enthusiastic crowd at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium in this "Cosmic Conversation" with science reporter Marc Kaufman and NOVA producer Paula Apsell.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Cosmic Conversation (Part 2)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
00:40:20
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium and charismatic host of the PBS series NOVA scienceNOW, addresses the controversy surrounding the institution's reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet.
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Cynthia Lopez
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Caryl Rivers
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Tom Moon
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Alice Kim
01:19:53
Alice Kim, Barbara Becnel, Liliana Segura, and Cassandra West describe how media tools and technologies can be harnessed for social change. They also look at what can be learned from the recent US presidential campaign to reshape grassroots organizing.
Sebastian Junger: War in Afghanistan
Sebastian Junger
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Journalist and best-selling author Sebastian Junger discusses his book, War, an account of his time with a US Army platoon on the battlefields of Afghanistan.
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages
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