Examining the Internet’s Impact on our Lives with Pamela Paul
Air Dates: February 7-13, 2022 It’s not much of an exaggeration to say the internet changed all of us and
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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.
“All of The Marvels” with Douglas Wolk
Air Dates: January 31-February 6, 2022 Some of the most popular and profitable stories today are based on characters created
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Stories of Hope and Renewal in America’s Heartland with Art Cullen
Air Dates: January 24-30, 2022 The rise of instant updates from today’s online news sources have left many to regard
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Watching Darkness Fall: Roosevelt and The Rise of Hitler’s Germany with David McKean
Air Dates: January 17-23, 2022 In the 1930s, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt saw war coming with Hitler’s Germany even as
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Discussing the Legacy of Confederate Monuments in Richmond and Beyond with Michael Paul Williams
Air Dates: January 10-16, 2022 Most Americans want to believe that the United States of America as a bastion of
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Bringing the Story of America’s Opioid Crisis to the Screen with Danny Strong
Air Dates: January 3-9, 2022 According to the CDC, more than 588,000 Americans have died from opioid overdose since 1999.
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Immigration and America’s Dairy Farms with Julie Keller
Air Dates: June 10-16, 2019 Rebroadcast Dates: December 27, 2021-January 2, 2022 The super-heated rhetoric over immigration and border security
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Adapting to a Warmer Planet: “Fighting Climate Change after COVID-19” with Alice Hill
Air Dates: December 20-26, 2021 The planet is warming. This isn’t conjecture and it isn’t political: it’s the overwhelming conclusion
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The 2021 Story of the Year with Dr. Evelyn Farkas
Air Dates: December 13-19, 2021 2021 is the second year of the pandemic, and it began, almost immediately, with a
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