Lectures tagged "death"

William Pope.L: Friendliest Black Artist in America
William Pope.L: Friendliest Black Artist in America
William Pope.L
January 28, 2010
00:28:19
William Pope.L, the self-proclaimed "friendliest black artist in America" gives a special performance and talk during the opening reception for the 2010 DeCordova Biennial.
Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates
Thomas Cathcart
October 23, 2009
00:56:33
Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein discuss Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates: Using Philosophy (and Jokes!) to Explore Life, Death, the Afterlife, and Everything in Between.
Arthur: When a Child Knows Someone with Cancer
Paula Rauch
October 18, 2009
00:59:16
Experts in the field of pediatric health and education screen and discuss the Arthur episode “The Great MacGrady".
A Child Psychiatrist Explores Her Mother's Suicide
Nancy Rappaport
October 16, 2009
00:52:46
Psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport discusses In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide. In her new book In Her Wake, Nancy Rappaport looks inward to explore her mother's suicide, when Nancy was four years old.
Death and Rock'n'Roll
David Janssen
May 22, 2009
00:45:05
David Janssen, Edward Whitelock, and Josh Hunter discuss their books that link death and the musical genre that's still going strong- Rock'n'Roll. Janssen and Whitelock's book, Apocalypse Jukebox, leaps from David Koresh and Charles Manson through the music of Coltrane, Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
Jessica Handler: Invisible Sisters
Jessica Handler
April 30, 2009
00:38:07
Jessica Handler shares her deep, personal family story, as portrayed in her memoir, Invisible Sisters. The book tells about the immense emotional toll that two daughters' illnesses take on a family living in Atlanta.
Joss Whedon: Cultural Humanist
Joss Whedon: Cultural Humanist
Joss Whedon
April 10, 2009
01:30:48
Television writer and director Joss Whedon receives the third annual 2009 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism.
Lucille Clifton Reads "won't you celebrate with me"
Lucille Clifton
April 1, 2009
00:01:24
Contemporary poet Lucille Clifton explores themes of identity, race, and gender as she reads her poem, “won’t you celebrate with me.”