Lectures tagged "politics"

Laughs with Planet Washington
Laughs with Planet Washington
Ken Rynne
September 23, 2009
The comedy duo Planet Washington opens Cambridge Forum's 2009 fall season with a benefit performance. Ken Rynne, an alum of the renowned Capitol Steps troupe, and his faithful piano accompanist, Frank Plumer, are Planet Washington.
Conscience of a Liberal
Paul Krugman
February 9, 2009
01:16:42
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman talks with David Gergen of the Harvard Kennedy School about the foundations of the liberal political and economic systems. In the current economic downturn, Krugman asks what we learn from past liberal successes and failures.
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Bob Schieffer's America
Bob Schieffer
September 29, 2008
01:04:25
CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer discusses his new book, Bob Schieffer's America, a collection of 168 essays on the hard issues of the day to the human stories that show who we are; from politic
Shirley Franklin on Women and the Political Process
Shirley Franklin
May 10, 2008
00:16:21
Atlanta's first woman mayor, Shirley Franklin, calls on the 2008 graduates of the all-woman college to get involved in the political process in order to effect social change.
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Role of the Media in Our Democracy: Political Reporting
Joe Lockhart
November 17, 2007
01:11:33
Columbia University Provost Alan Brinkley moderates a panel discussion on the responsibilities of the press when it comes to political reporting.
Shirley Franklin Discusses Challenges for Atlanta
Shirley Franklin
January 10, 2007
00:38:35
Mayor Franklin, Atlanta's first female mayor and the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major Southern city, is perhaps one of the most popular political leaders in the city's history
Interpreting the Mid-Term Elections
Robert Blendon
November 15, 2006
01:33:46
Robert Blendon, Director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program, and Andrew Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center, interpret the results of the November 7th elections.
Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era
Jeffrey Matthews
January 26, 2006
01:03:16
Jeffrey J. Matthews provides a clear and concise account of Alanson B. Houghton's diplomatic experience during the 1920s, and consequently, a fresh assessment of US foreign policy during a pivotal decade in world history.