Inside Thirteen blogger: Bob Morris, Producer
Our president, Neal Shapiro, calls Thirteen.org “a house of ideas.” It’s a very apt phrase...
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July 18th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
The 29th Annual Emmy Awards for News & Documentary were announced July 15, 2008. Among the nominees, many productions from WNET/Thirteen and PBS. Watch some of the nominees online.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Running up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics (August 8-24), Thirteen will be airing a number of documentaries about contemporary China (and a few about the Olympics). Some of them are also watchable online. See the listings and links here.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Mayor Bloomberg’s administration came forth this week to open discussions that may make it possible for more then 181 venues (the number currently licensed under the current cabaret …
July 17th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Earlier this week, President Bush held a press conference about the global energy crisis. He said, “To help address the pressure on gasoline prices, my administration took action this week to clear the way for off shore exploration on the outer continental shelf.”
July 16th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
WIDE ANGLE explores the often misunderstood role of midwives in the U.S. We learn about who they are, what they do and where they practice. While midwives attend births in most of the world, physician-attended births are the norm in the U.S. Watch story…
July 16th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
In the July 21 issue of The New Yorker, a cover illustration of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama and his wife satirizes some of the rumors that have …
July 16th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Thirteen/WNET president Neal Shapiro interviews Glenn D. Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, about MoMA’s growing permanent collection, the expansion and renovation by architect Yoshio Taniguchi, and the transformation of a former warehouse in Long Island City, Queens, into a state-of-the-art study and storage center. Watch the interview.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
A young girl from Oregon finds a curious, yellowed circus program in her school’s drama closet that reads “Official Program of Cobina Wright’s Society Circus for the benefit of the …
July 15th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Conservatives Mickey Edwards and Ross Douthat discuss why they believe their movement has gone off track during the last eight years and what it means for the Republican Party. Watch episode (originally aired Friday July 11) online.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:58 am
For Catholics, it’s the most popular pilgrimage site in the world, after the Holy Land. Sick people go to Lourdes hoping for miraculous cures. But the attraction goes beyond physical healing. All those we talked with — the sick and the well — said they had a profound spiritual experience. Watch story…
The Waterfalls and New York City
Home Delivery: The Cases of Japan and Scandinavia
The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, surveys the past, present and future of the...
Randi Weingarten Elected AFT President
Randi Weingarten was elected president of the American Federation of Teachers in Chicago on July 14, 2008. The following is...
