Exploring Hidden Networks Below the Forests with Suzanne Simard
Air Dates: November 1-7, 2021 Forests have long been celebrated in literature as a repository or life and solitude. But
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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 directed by Ocean State Stories Director G. Wayne Miller with Pell Center Executive Director Jim Ludes.
Studying the Classics in the American Judicial System Emily Allen-Hornblower and Nafeesah Goldsmith
Air Dates: October 25-31, 2021 The promise of a liberal arts education has always been the insight offered to us
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Investigating the Events of January 6, 2021 with Scott MacFarlane
Air Dates: October 18-24, 2021 On January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol seeking to disrupt the
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Unwinding Anxiety with Judson Brewer
Air Dates: October 11-17, 2021 Colleges and universities all over the United States are facing a wave of students suffering
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Season 8 of “Story in the Public Square” to Premier in January 2022
NEWPORT, RI – “Story in the Public Square,” the five-time Telly-Award winning series from the Pell Center at Salve Regina
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An Inside Look at Today’s China with Desmond Shum
Air Dates: October 4-10, 2021 There is a contradiction inherent in today’s China. The Chinese Communist Party wields total control
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Afghanistan Beyond the War with Adela Raz
Rebroadcast Dates: September 27-October 3, 2021 Original Air Dates: December 23-29, 2019 Afghanistan is known to most Americans as the
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Exploring Identity and Hope with Padma Venkatraman
Air Dates: September 20-26, 2021 The idea of “caste,” or a hereditary structure to society is foreign to many U.S.
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A Look Ahead at the COVID-19 Pandemic with Dr. Ashish Jha
Air Dates: September 13-19, 2021 When schools finished the academic year earlier this summer, they looked forward to the fall
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