Re-envisioning American Heroes with Candace Fleming
Air Dates: August 17-23, 2020 If you grew up in a household that prized reading, you probably recall a book
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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.
From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump: Exploring the Modern Presidency With Robert Dallek
Air Dates: August 10-16, 2020 The history of the American presidency is full of accomplishments and compromises, successes and failures.
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The Reign of Beauty Pageants in America With Hillary Levey Friedman
Air Dates: August 3-9, 2020 Whether you love them or hate them, beauty pageants continue to play a significant role
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Appreciating the Obituary with Mo Rocca
Air Dates: July 27-August 2, 2020 There are some really great dead people. Mo Rocca helps us remember them in
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Public Health and Native Populations with Donald Warne
Air Dates: July 20-26, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has affected some communities worse than others—drawing into specific relief decades of
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Capturing Images of the Era with Maddie McGarvey
Air Dates: July 13-19, 2020 A lot of Americans feel like the 2020s have already been a grueling decade—and we’re
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Race and the NFL with Ken Belson
Air Dates: July 6-12, 2020 Sports play a giant role in American public life—and their absence has been a much-discussed
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The Future of Defense and Technology with P. W. Singer and August Cole
Air Dates: June 29-July 5, 2020 A treatise on the future of technology and security usually is thick and often
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Modern Fables with Karey Kirkpatrick
Air Dates: June 22-28, 2020 Fables are ancient tools for delivering big lessons to human audiences. In his work, Karey
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