Reaching Americans in Turmoil with Cody Keenan
Air Dates: October 3-9, 2022 Rebroadcast Dates: March 27-April 2, 2023 Often, politics can feel like a thankless and often
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Story in the Public Square
“Story in the Public Square” is a year-round initiative to study and celebrate public storytelling. It features an annual conference, lectures, awards and student contests, as well as original scholarship about public storytelling and how those stories can affect the public debate.
Story in the Public Square is a partnership between the Pell Center and The Providence Journal, and is directed by visiting fellow G. Wayne Miller with Pell Center executive director Jim Ludes.
Documenting America’s History with Slavery with Clint Smith
Slavery has been called America’s original sin, yet its depiction in American history and schools remains surprisingly controversial. Clint Smith
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Karyl McBride on Healing from the Harmful Effects of Narcissism
Air Dates: March 13-19, 2023 Narcissism is difficult to confront whenever we meet it. It’s even more of a challenge
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Acclaimed Author Azar Nafisi to Receive Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square
NEWPORT, R.I.—Acclaimed author Azar Nafisi has been named the ninth recipient of the Pell Center Prize for Story in the
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Dissecting the New Wave of Hollywood Cinema with Pete Hammond
Air Dates: March 6-12, 2023 In the midst of a year that saw pandemic disease, social unrest, and bare-knuckled politics,
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Exploring our Hunger for Meaning and Experience with Tara Isabella Burton
Air Dates: February 27-March 5, 2023 In the flush of youth, some of us are prone to great bouts of
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Jeffrey Veidlinger on Anti-Semitism in 20th-Century Europe and Its Parallels Today
Air Dates: February 20-26, 2023 In the years after World War One, more than 100,000 Jews were murdered in pogroms
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Gary Hart on Preserving the American Republic
Air Dates: February 13-19, 2023 Authoritarian impulses are rising in the United States and around the world. Gary Hart argues
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Mike McIntire on the Effects of Open Carry Laws in the United States Today
Air Dates: February 6-12, 2023 The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to free speech. The
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