Cambridge Forum

Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain
Patrick J. Carr
October 14, 2009
01:22:13
Sociology professor Patrick J. Carr discusses Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What It Means For America.
Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich
October 5, 2009
01:21:50
Conservative historian Andrew Bacevich discusses his provocative book The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. Bacevich joins Charles Sennott, founder of the on-line news service GlobalPost, to discuss the challenges the Obama administration faces in Afghanistan.
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, Sean Collins, are Planet Washington.
Fairly Unbalanced: Writing Political Satire in the 21st Century
Jimmy Tingle
June 14, 2009
01:30:40
PEN New England and Cambridge Forum present a discussion of the power and the pitfalls of writing in the age of Jon Stewart and Al Franken.
Why We Can't Leave the Planet to the Environmentalists
Michael Shellenberger
May 6, 2009
01:27:13
Environmental provocateur Micheal Shellenberger asks whether American climate change policy is moving in the right direction.
The First Tycoon
T.J. Stiles
April 29, 2009
01:18:55
T.J. Stiles, author of The First Tycoon, discusses the life of 19th century railroad magnate, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Born humbly on Staten Island, an un-schooled fist fighter, he lived to earn the respect of New York's social elite and amassed one of the nation's first impossibly vast fortunes.
Susan Stewart: Poetry and Perception
Susan Stewart
April 16, 2009
00:49:26
Susan Stewart argues that poetry is a “slow” art form. What does she mean by this claim?
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.