Lectures tagged "Profiles"


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Matters of Faith
Matters of Faith
Cornel West
October 24, 2009
00:44:30
Radio host Christopher Lydon hosts a discussion on faith with Princeton professor Cornel West, Harvard Divinity professor Harvey Cox, and novelist Mary Gordon. Image
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".
Future of Farming (Part 2)
Lydia Ratcliff
September 1, 2009
00:03:55
Lydia Ratcliff, owner of the last working farm in Andover, Vermont, talks about the future of farming with ThoughtCast's Jenny Attiyeh. Lydia Ratcliff is a survivor.
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Future of Farming (Part 1)
Lydia Ratcliff
September 1, 2009
00:09:08
Lydia Ratcliff, owner of the last working farm in Andover, Vermont, talks about the future of farming with ThoughtCast's Jenny Attiyeh. Lydia Ratcliff is a survivor.
Audio-only
Sam Richards' Civil War Diary
Wendy Hamand Venet
July 12, 2009
01:03:30
Georgia State University professor Wendy Hamand Venet discusses her book, Sam Richards's Civil War Diary: A Chronicle of the Atlanta Home Front. Richards' diary includes the period from October 1860 to August 1865.
Lillian Ross on Ernest Hemingway
Lillian Ross
June 9, 2009
01:03:52
New Yorker writer Lillian Ross reflects on her famous 1950 profile of Ernest Hemingway. In celebration of the 110th anniversary of the Hemingway’s birth, Ross shares what she has learned about writing and writers throughout her career.
Jerome I. Friedman: Particles, Protons, and Quarks
Jerome I. Friedman
May 1, 2008
01:04:25
Jerome I. Friedman gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival.
Rodger Kamenetz: History of Last Night's Dream
Rodger Kamenetz
November 28, 2007
00:59:27
In his new book The History of Last Night's Dream, Rodger Kamenetz searches for spiritual truth in dreams. How has the quest to interpret dreams shaped Western thought? How do dreams allow us to communicate with our unconscious selves?