Lectures tagged "Non-Fiction"


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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Cosmic Conversation (Part 2)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
March 15, 2010
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.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Cosmic Conversation (Part 1)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
March 15, 2010
00:58:43
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.
The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World
Ted Conover
March 4, 2010
00:44:54
National Book Critics Circle Award-winning writer Ted Conover discusses the history, impact, and future of the global road system and his new book, The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today.
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Christopher Hedges
March 3, 2010
01:22:00
In Empire of Illusion, Chris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: one, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth.
Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy
Paula Butturini
March 2, 2010
00:59:57
Journalist Paula Butturini talks about her new memoir Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy. Paula and John met in Italy, fell in love, and four years later, married in Rome. But less than a month after the wedding, tragedy struck.
Wil Haygood: A Trilogy of Epic African American Lives
Wil Haygood
February 25, 2010
01:04:00
Journalist and biographer Wil Haygood discusses the fascinating lives of three African Americans--Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., and Sugar Ray Robinson--with radio host Callie Crossley.
Pinker and Goldstein: Science, Fiction, and God
Steven Pinker
February 17, 2010
01:23:00
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, philosopher and author of the new novel 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, discusses mind-body problems with her husband, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker.
Steve Almond 101
Steve Almond
February 16, 2010
01:16:00
Author Steve Almond reads from his new book, This Won't Take but a Minute, Honey, and discusses his unique take on the art and craft of creative writing. This lecture is particularly geared towards creative writing students and beginning writers.