Podcasts by JFK Library Forums
Kennedy Library Forums are a series of public affairs programs offered by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to foster public discussion on a diverse range of historical, political, and cultural topics reflecting the legacy of President and Mrs. Kennedy's White House years.
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Civil Rights Issues: Then and Now from 2023-06-12T22:00
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An Unfinished Agenda: President Kennedy And Civil Rights, 60 Years Later from 2023-06-09T17:30
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Lincoln and the Fight for Peace from 2023-05-25T22:00
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PEN/Hemingway Award Celebration from 2023-04-02T18:00
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Dinner with the President from 2023-03-28T22:00
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The Press and the Presidency from 2023-03-22T22:30
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A Conversation with Micheál Martin T.D., Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence of Ireland from 2023-03-18T21:30
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Hemingway’s Widow: The Life and Legacy of Mary Welsh Hemingway from 2022-11-21T23:00
Timothy Christian, professor emeritus at the University of Alberta, discusses his new book "Hemingway’s Widow: The Life and Legacy of Mary Welsh Hemingway" with
Silent Spring Revolution from 2022-11-17T23:00
Douglas Brinkley discusses his forthcoming book "Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, and the Great Environmental Awakening," which...
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"Taken Hostage": Film Preview&Discussion from 2022-11-07T23:00
The Kennedy Library and GBH partnered for an exclusive preview* and discussion of the new PBS American Experience documentary "Taken Hostage," whi...
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Ted Kennedy: A Life from 2022-10-27T22:00
John A. Farrell, award-winning author and former Boston Globe correspondent, discusses his forthcoming book Ted Kennedy: A Life with David Nasaw Listen
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Lessons for Today, Session 2 from 2022-10-22T19:00
This special conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis will explore the Crisis and the lessons it still holds for us. Sessions will examine the historical context...
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The Cuban Missile Crisis: Lessons for Today, Session 1 from 2022-10-22T17:00
The Road Taken: A Memoir from 2022-10-02T18:00
Senator Patrick Leahy, president pro tempore of the Senate and the chamber’s current longest-serving member, discusses his new book "The Road Taken: A Memoir," which ex...
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The Midterm Elections: A Look Ahead from 2022-09-19T22:00
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Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency from 2022-05-24T22:00
Mark Updegrove, president and CEO of the Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation and presidential historian for ABC News, discusses his new book "Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency"...
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Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History from 2022-05-18T22:00
Jeff Nussbaum, political speechwriter, discusses his new book "Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History,"
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A Conversation with Ireland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Simon Coveney from 2022-04-29T22:00
Simon Coveney TD, Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense, discusses Ireland’s foreign policy, the Irish-US relationship and key global issues with Dr. Robert...
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46th Annual PEN/Hemingway Award Celebration from 2022-04-10T19:00
Seán Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s grandson, honors 2022 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel finalists and winner Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Bab...
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American Reboot: An Idealist’s Guide to Getting Big Things Done from 2022-04-07T22:00
Will Hurd, former Congressman, cybersecurity executive, and CIA officer, discusses his forthcoming book “American Reboot: An Idealist’s Guide to Getting Big Things Done” with
Crisis in Ukraine: Key Issues from 2022-03-21T22:00
Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University professor of history and international relations and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and To...
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Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer from 2022-03-16T22:00
Kate Clifford Larson, visiting scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center, discusses her new book "Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer" which dra...
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Rising Seas: Planning for the Future Video from 2022-03-09T23:00
Baylor Fox-Kemper, professor of...
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The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of An American Dynasty from 2022-03-02T23:00
Neal Thompson, journalist and author, discusses his forthcoming book "The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty," which draws on previously unreleased...
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The American Diplomat from 2022-02-11T00:00
The Kennedy Library and GBH partner for an exclusive preview and discussion of the new PBS American Experience documentary The American Diplom...
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Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us from 2022-02-07T23:00
Congressman Ro Khanna discusses his forthcoming book "Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us," which explores how the digital economy can create oppor...
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The Future of Cities from 2021-11-16T23:00
Dayna Cunningham, Dean of Tufts’ Tisch College of Civic Life, and Edward Glaeser, Harvard professor of economics and co-author of the forthcoming book "Survival...
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Intelligence and Espionage: What’s Next? from 2021-11-07T19:00
Mara Hvistendahl, investigative reporter and author of "The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage"; Dana Priest Listen
King Richard: Nixon and Watergate - An American Tragedy from 2021-11-01T22:00
Michael Dobbs, author and former longtime reporter for The Washington Post, discusses his new book "King Richard: Nixon and Watergate - An American Tragedy" wi...
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Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from Within on Modern Democracy from 2021-10-27T22:00
Tom Nichols, US Naval War College professor of National Security Affairs, columnist for USA Today, and contributing writer at The Atlantic, discusses his new b...
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Our Changing Electorate from 2021-10-20T22:00
Kendra Davenport Cotton, chief operating officer at the New Georgia Project; Robert Griffin, senior research advisor and research director for the Voter Study G...
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Fighting Hunger from 2021-10-04T22:00
José Andrés, chef and founder of World Central Kitchen, and David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, discuss current actions and responses...
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Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World from 2021-09-28T22:00
Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy and distinguished professor and chair at Texas Tech University, discusses her book "Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s...
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Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy’s America in Black and White from 2021-06-09T22:00
Patricia Sullivan, professor of history at the University of South Carolina, discusses her new book "Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy’s America in Black and White," which draws on...
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Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight from 2021-05-19T22:00
Julia Sweig, award-winning author and nonresident senior research fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin, discusses her new book Lady B...
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“America United”: Finding Common Ground from 2021-05-04T23:00
Peter Coleman, Columbia professor of psychology and education and author of the forthcoming "The Way Out: How To Overcome Toxic Polarization"; Archon Fung Listen
The Triumph of Nancy Reagan from 2021-04-28T22:00
Karen Tumulty, political columnist for The Washington Post, discusses her forthcoming book, "The Triumph of Nancy Reagan," which draws on archives, letters, me...
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Police and Justice Reform from 2021-04-21T22:00
Reginald Dwayne Betts, poet, memoirist and teacher; Tracie Keesee, co-founder, Center for Policing Equity; Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Harvard prof...
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US Immigration: Past Policy and New Directions from 2021-03-31T22:00
Theresa Cardinal Brown, Bipartisan Policy Center director of immigration and cross-border policy; Roberto Gonzales, Harvard professor of education and director ...
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Religion and Politics: Then and Now from 2021-03-22T22:00
Anthea Butler, professor of religious studies and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania; EJ Dionne, The Washington Post columnist and visi...
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The New Administration: Opportunities and Challenges from 2021-01-13T23:00
Panelists including Lisa Lerer, reporter at The New York Times<...
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Climate Change, Survival, and Deepening Our Humanity from 2020-11-17T23:00
Award-winning musician and Emerson College artist-in-residence Toshi Reagon and the Reverend Mariama White-Hammond, founding pastor of the New Roots AME Church ...
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Interpreting the 2020 Elections from 2020-11-05T23:00
Panelists including Dan Balz, chief correspondent at The Washin...
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Expanding Democracy: The 19th Amendment and Voting Rights Today - Keynote from 2020-10-28T19:30
In this culminating keynote session of the Kennedy Library's "Expanding Democracy" conference, Judge Nancy Gertner (ret.), senior lecturer on law at Harvard Law School, and form...
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Expanding Democracy: The 19th Amendment and Voting Rights Today from 2020-10-28T15:00
In commemoration of the centennial of the 19th Amendment, this conference will explore the history of the suffrage movement and how efforts to broaden voting rights have evolved over time. Sessi...
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Expanding Democracy: Congressional Leadership: Speaker of the House from 2020-10-27T22:30
Molly Ball, national political correspondent for TIME and author of the new book Pelosi, and Susan Page, USA Today’s Washington burea...
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Political Polling: History and Trends from 2020-10-21T22:00
Barbara Carvalho, director of the Marist Poll; Henry Fernandez, co-founder of the Africa...
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The Art of Political Cartooning from 2020-10-13T22:00
The New Yorker contributor Barry Blitt; cartoonist Pia Guerra; and Washington Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes explore t...
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Driving While Black from 2020-10-06T22:00
Gretchen Sorin, director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York and author of Driving While Black: African-American Travel and the Road to C...
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Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises&Other Writings 1918-1926 from 2020-09-30T22:00
Robert Trogdon, Kent State University professor of English and editor of the Library of America’s forthcoming “Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Ris...
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Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy from 2020-09-24T22:00
Award-winning journalist Larry Tye discusses his new book Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy with Pulitzer Prize-winning former Boston Glob...
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Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America from 2020-09-15T22:00
Senator Sherrod Brown discusses his new book, Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America, which explores the careers of senators who have also sat...
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JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 from 2020-09-09T22:00
Fredrik Logevall, Harvard University professor of history and international relations and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, discusses his forthcoming book JFK: Coming of Age...
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US Foreign Policy and Europe from 2020-09-03T22:00
Ambassador (Ret.) Nicholas Burns, Harvard professor of diplomacy and international relations; Robert MauroListen
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope from 2020-09-01T22:00
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham discusses his new book, “His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope” with Michelle Miller, co-host of CBS This Morning: Saturday and ...
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The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency from 2020-08-13T22:00
John Dickerson, correspondent for CBS’ 60 Minutes and contributing writer to The Atlantic, discusses his new book "The Hardest Job in the World: The American P...
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Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World from 2020-06-15T22:00
Chris Wallace, longtime journalist and anchor of Fox News Sunday, discusses his new book, "Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days T...
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US Foreign Policy and China from 2020-06-01T22:00
Lucy Hornby, a fellow at the Nieman Center for Journalism and former Beijing deputy bureau chief for the Financial Times, and Yasheng Huang, MIT profes...
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The Electoral College from 2020-05-27T22:00
Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College professor of law; Edward B. Foley, Ohio State University professor of constitutional law; and Jesse Wegman, a...
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Coronavirus and the 2020 Elections from 2020-05-19T22:00
EJ Dionne, Washington Post columnist and political commentator; Janet Hook, staff writer at The Los Angeles Times; and Ronald Brownste...
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The Constitution: Changes and Challenges in US History with Akhil Amar and Eric Foner from 2019-12-10T23:00
Akhil Amar, professor of law and political science at Yale University, and Eric Foner, professor emeritus of history at Columbia University and author of "The S...
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A Conversation with Stacey Abrams from 2019-12-03T23:30
Stacey Abrams, New York Times bestselling author, nonprofit CEO, former Georgia House Democratic Leader and 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, discusses h...
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Great Lives Worth Reliving with Mo Rocca from 2019-11-26T00:30
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Sweet World of White House Desserts with Roland Mesnier from 2019-11-20T23:00
Roland Mesnier, White House executive pastry chef from 1979 - 2004, discusses his distinguished career and new book, Creating the Sweet World of White House Desserts: A Past...
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A Conversation with Ash Carter from 2019-11-18T23:00
Ash Carter, former Secretary of Defense and director of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, discusses his distinguished career and new book, Insid...
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Everyday Decisions and Environmental Challenges with Tatiana Schlossberg from 2019-11-12T23:00
Tatiana Schlossberg, author of Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have, and Rachel Cleetus, climat...
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A Conversation with Barbara Lee from 2019-11-05T23:00
Congresswoman Barbara Lee discusses her distinguished career and contemporary civil rights issues. Kenneth Mack, professor of law and history at Harvard University, moderates.
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Bending Toward Justice with Sen. Doug Jones from 2019-11-03T19:00
Senator Doug Jones, author of Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights, and William Baxley, former...
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First: Sandra Day O'Connor with Evan Thomas from 2019-10-28T22:00
Award-winning author Evan Thomas and his wife Oscie Thomas, an attorney and frequent collaborator on his books, discuss his new book First: Sandra Day O’Con...
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Brexit: What's Next from 2019-09-10T22:00
Gerard Baker, editor at large at The Wall Street Journal, Ambassador (Ret.) Nicholas Burns, Harvard professor of diplomacy and international relations,...
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Former NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank from 2019-07-20T21:00
Former NASA astronaut Daniel Burbank, currently Senior Technical Fellow for Mission Systems at Collins Aerospace Systems, discussed his experience from more than two decades at ...
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Spacesuit Engineering with Su Curley from 2019-07-20T18:00
NASA Engineer Su Curley, who works on crew survival spacesuits and hardware for the Orion Program, including the journey to Mars, discussed current spacesuit technology and show...
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Imaginative Invention with Dr. Lonnie Johnson from 2019-07-20T16:00
Dr. Lonnie Johnson, founder of Johnson Research and Development Co., Inc, and holder of over 100 patents, discussed his career in invention – from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab to i...
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Welcome, ISS Greeting, and Dr. Franklin Chang Díaz from 2019-07-20T15:00
Alan Price, Director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum welcomed guests to JFK Space Fest 2019 and introduced a video greeting from NASA astronauts Nick Hagu...
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Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution from 2019-06-23T23:30
Todd S. Purdum, staff writer at The Atlantic, discusses his new book, Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution, with Don Aucoin Listen
NASA: From the Moon to Mars and Beyond from 2019-06-19T22:00
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, Apollo 11 Lunar Command Module pilot Michael Collins, former NASA administrator Charles Bolden, former dir...
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A Conversation with His Excellency Juan Manuel Santos from 2019-04-16T23:30
His Excellency Juan Manuel Santos, former President of Colombia, Nobel laureate, and Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, di...
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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race from 2019-04-04T23:30
Award-winning author and Rice University professor of history Douglas Brinkley discusses his new book, American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race, with...
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New Insights: Native Americans in the Colonial Period from 2019-03-27T23:30
Colin Calloway, Dartmouth professor of history and author of The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, The First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation Listen
President Carter: The White House Years from 2019-03-26T00:00
Stuart E. Eizenstat, former chief White House domestic policy adviser to Pres...
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Exploring Race Through Drama from 2019-03-19T23:30
Keith Hamilton Cobb, actor and author of American Moor, and David Howse, executive director of ArtsEmerson, examine the powerful role performance can p...
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Religion and Politics in America from 2018-11-30T00:30
E.J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist, political commentator, and visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School, examines the role of religion in American politics wit...
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The Midterm Elections: What They Might Mean? from 2018-11-10T00:30
Panelists including Mara Liasson, NPR national political correspondent, Mark Preston, CNN executive director of political programming and senior political analy...
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Leadership in Turbulent Times from 2018-11-08T00:30
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her new book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, which explores the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore ...
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US Foreign Policy in Russia from 2018-10-23T23:30
Panelists including Tom Nichols, professor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College, Alina Polyakova, David M. Rubenstein Fellow for foreign pol...
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Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow from 2018-10-09T23:30
The Kennedy Library and Discovery partner for an exclusive preview and discussion of Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow, a new documentary by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker...
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Robert F. Kennedy: Ripples of Hope from 2018-05-30T23:30
Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, and LaDonna Har...
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The Heart of America from 2018-05-29T23:30
James and Deborah Fallows, authors of Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey into the Heart of America, and Hillary Frey, executive editor of HuffPost Listen
US Foreign Policy in Asia from 2018-05-14T23:30
Wellesley professor of Asian studies and political science Katharine H.S. Moon and senior fellow for Japan studies at the Council on Foreign Relations Sheila A. Smith Listen
Leonard Bernstein and President John F. Kennedy from 2018-05-10T23:30
In honor of the Leonard Bernstein centennial, Harvard professor of music Thomas Forrest Kelly explored the impact of the relationship between Bernstein and the Kennedy Administr...
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A Conversation with Bob Schieffer and Jill Lepore from 2018-05-02T01:00
Former longtime CBS journalist Bob Schieffer discussed his new book, Overload: Finding the Truth in Today’s Deluge of News, with Harvard professor of history and author...
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A Conversation with John Lithgow from 2018-04-29T18:00
Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor, author, and musician John Lithgow discussed his distinguished career and the importance of the arts with Robin Young, co-host...
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2018 PEN Hemingway Awards from 2018-04-08T20:00
Seán Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s grandson, presents the 2018 PEN/Hemingway Award at this ceremony to Weike Wang for her novel Chemistry. Rica...
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Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World from 2018-04-03T23:30
Pulitzer Prize-winning former Boston Globe columnist Eileen McNamara discusses her new book, Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World, with award-winning jour...
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The First Amendment: What Are Its Limits? from 2018-03-27T23:30
Susan Benesch, director of the Dangerous Speech Project, Jennifer Peter, managing editor of The Boston Globe, and Carol Rose, executiv...
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Vietnam 1968: The War, the Turmoil, and the Presidential Election from 2018-03-20T23:30
Lawrence O’Donnell, author of Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics and host of MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Don...
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The Boston Globe Spotlight Team: Confronting Racism and Disparities, What's Next? from 2018-02-28T23:00
Join reporters and community and business leaders in a discussion of the recent series,"Boston. Racism. Image. Reality." As Boston builds out, how do we make sure there's a different blueprint f...
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Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson from 2018-02-21T03:00
In commemoration of Presidents’ Day, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood discusses his new book, Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Harvard professor of history Annett...
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Reality and Truth in Contemporary Journalism from 2017-12-12T03:00
Dan Balz, Chief Correspondent at The Washington Post, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania professor of communication, and Tom Ni...
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Criminalizing Poverty in America from 2017-11-28T23:00
Peter Edelman, Georgetown law professor and former advisor to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, discussed key challenges raised in his new book, Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Crimina...
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Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit from 2017-11-15T17:08
Chris Matthews, anchor of MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, discusses his new book, Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit, with Martin Nolan, for...
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Examining the Life of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. from 2017-10-26T22:00
Richard Aldous, professor of history at Bard College, discussed his book, Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian, a biography of Arthur Schlesinger Jr., special assistant ...
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A Conversation with Misty Copeland from 2017-08-28T22:00
Misty Copeland, a Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, discussed her distinguished career with Meghna Chakrabarti, the host of WBUR's Radio Bo...
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A Conversation with His Excellency Ban Ki-moon from 2017-06-28T22:00
His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations and Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, discussed key global issu...
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Space Exploration Discovery Day from 2017-05-28T16:00
Christopher Cassidy, Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office and NASA Spacesuit Engineer Su Curley highlight space exploration and equipment, including what it’s lik...
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"The American Spirit" with David McCullough from 2017-05-25T22:00
David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, discusses his new collection of speeches, The American Spirit: Who We ...
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The Road to Camelot: JFK's Five-Year Campaign from 2017-05-22T22:00
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Washington columnist for the Boston Globe, Tom Oliphant, and former Boston Globe reporter and professor of journa...
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Richard Nixon: The Life from 2017-05-16T22:00
Award-winning author and former Boston Globe correspondent John A. Farrell will discuss his new book, Richard Nixon: The Life with Brian McGrory Listen
JFK: A Vision for America from 2017-05-15T22:00
Stephen Kennedy Smith and Douglas Brinkley, co-editors of JFK: A Vision for America, discuss President Kennedy's legacy with Harvard University professor
Hemingway's Brain from 2017-04-20T22:00
Dr. Andrew Farah, Chief of Psychiatry, High Point Division, University of North Carolina Healthcare System, discussed his new book, Hemingway's Brain with Dr. Linda Mill...
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A Conversation on Healthcare from 2017-04-17T22:00
Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders and Dr. James O'Connell, President of Boston Health Care for the Homeless,discussed key hea...
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3.6 JFK and Ireland from 2017-04-14T16:00
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A Conversation with Ernest Moniz from 2017-04-13T22:00
Former US Secretary of Energy and MIT Professor of Physics Ernest J. Moniz discussed key issues related to climate, clean energy, and nuclear security with David Gergen<...
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JFK's Visit to Ireland from 2017-03-06T23:00
Acclaimed Irish broadcaster and Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy and Ireland's current laureate for children's literature, illustrator P.J. Lynch, discussed Pre...
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Towards a Safer Community from 2017-02-27T23:00
Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans, the Rev. Mark V. Scott, Associate Pastor at the Azusa Christian Community and member of the City of Boston's Street...
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy from 2017-01-24T23:00
Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith discussed her new book The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy with her son Stephen Smith. Pulitzer Prize-winning former Boston Globe c...
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Opportunities and Challenges for the New Administration from 2017-01-19T23:00
On the eve of the inauguration, Tom Ashbrook, host of WBUR’s On Point, moderated a discussion on opportunities and challenges for the Trump administration with ...
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Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History from 2016-12-08T03:00
John Dickerson, moderator of Face the Nation, Political Director of CBS News and Slate magazine columnist, discussed his new book Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories f...
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Pope Francis and the Papacy Today from 2016-12-02T03:00
Mark Shriver, author of Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis and president of the Save the Children Action Network, and J. Bryan Hehir, Prof...
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Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Ernest Hemingway's Masterpiece "The Sun Also Rises" from 2016-10-21T02:00
Lesley M. M. Blume discussed her new book, Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, with Susan Beegel, for...
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon from 2016-10-05T22:00
Award-winning journalist Larry Tye discussed his new book Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon. Pulitzer Prize-winning former Boston Globe columnist Eile...
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2016 PEN New England Song Lyrics Awards from 2016-09-19T18:00
Join Master of Ceremonies Elvis Costello to celebrate 2016 PEN Lyric honorees John Prine and Kathleen Brennan & Tom Waits.
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Why the Right Went Wrong from 2016-04-26T23:00
Washington Post columnist and political commentator E.J. Dionne Jr. discussed his new book, Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism from Goldwater to the Tea Party a...
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A Conversation with HUD Secretary Julian Castro from 2016-04-19T23:00
US Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro discussed social justice issues and current initiatives to expand opportunity for all Americans. R...
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40th Anniversary PEN Hemingway Awards from 2016-04-10T18:00
Patrick Hemingway bestowed the 2016 PEN Hemingway Award to Ottessa Moshfegh for her novel Eileen. James Wood, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of How Fiction Works, delivered the keynote a...
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The Highest Glass Ceiling from 2016-03-24T22:00
Historian Ellen Fitzpatrick discussed her new book, The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women’s Quest for the American Presidency, about the campaigns of Victoria Woodhull (1872), Margaret Chase Smith (1964...
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Building a Better World: Empowering Women and Girls from 2015-12-16T23:00
Melanne Verveer and Kim Azzarelli, co-authors of Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose, discussed ways that some of the world's most inspiring women are using economic power to crea...
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A Conversation with Maura Healey from 2015-11-23T17:00
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey discussed her first year in office and legal challenges facing the Commonwealth with Dean of Harvard Law School Martha Minow.
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Being Nixon from 2015-11-02T23:00
Evan Thomas discussed his new biography, Being Nixon: A Man Divided, with Tim Naftali, historian and former Director of the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
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A Conversation with Seth Moulton from 2015-10-30T23:30
Congressman Seth Moulton and presidential advisor David Gergen discussed issues related to the turmoil in the Middle East and the importance of national service.
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Showdown: Thurgood Marshall from 2015-10-28T23:30
Wil Haygood discussed his new book, Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America with civil rights leader Elaine Jones. Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack moder...
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A Conversation with Bob Schieffer from 2015-10-27T23:30
Bob Schieffer, veteran broadcast journalist, long-time anchor of Face the Nation, and current Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and P...
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The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin from 2015-10-19T00:00
On the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Ira Glass, the host of This American Life, interviewed the show's longtime producer Nancy Updike and her husban...
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