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Bodies on the Line: Michael Fitzpatrick and Rabbi Irwin Kula

Bodies on the Line: Michael Fitzpatrick and Rabbi Irwin Kula

Musician Michael Fitzpatrick calls out for compassion and world peace with his cello. He shares his music and discusses the power of good vibrations with Rabbi Irwin Kula.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2010 | Comments: 0
Bodies on the Line: Claudia Bernardi and Mark Danner

Bodies on the Line: Claudia Bernardi and Mark Danner

Claudia Bernardi, artist, printmaker and human rights activist presents samples of her work and has a conversation with award winning journalist and author, Mark Danner as part of Anna Deavere Smith’s colloquium on borders, Bodies on the Line.
Posted: Dec 6th, 2010 | Comments: 0
Women in Charge: The Evolving Role of Women in Politics

Women in Charge: The Evolving Role of Women in Politics

For the first time in over 200 years, a woman serves as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. This year, we witnessed the historic campaign of the country's ...
Posted: Jul 28th, 2010 | Comments: 2
Understanding the Enemy: Counterterrorism and al Qaeda

Understanding the Enemy: Counterterrorism and al Qaeda

THIRTEEN presents the third lecture in The National September 11 Memorial & Museum's series, "9/11, Today and Tomorrow." As the FBI program manager and instructor ...
Posted: May 26th, 2010 | Comments: 1
Worse than War

Worse than War

THIRTEEN presents a lecture by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, author of "Worse than War" and writer of the upcoming PBS series of the same ...
Posted: Mar 30th, 2010 | Comments: 8
Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal

Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal

Journalist and business writer Kirstin Downey celebrates her latest book, a portrait of this devoted public servant, a woman who changed the landscape of American ...
Posted: Mar 17th, 2010 | Comments: 1
How Do Our Brains Cope with Long-term Stress?

How Do Our Brains Cope with Long-term Stress?

Arjia Rinpoche + Bruce S. McEwen A survivor of the Chinese Cultural Revolution talks to the Rockefeller University neuroendocrinologist about how stress hormones act on the ...
Posted: Mar 10th, 2010 | Comments: 0
The Story of India

The Story of India

For  "The Story of India," Worldfocus news anchor Daljit Dhaliwal interviews three prominent South Asians from the New York community. Issues range from the ...
Posted: Mar 3rd, 2010 | Comments: 0
What to Eat: Diet, Nutrition, and Food Politics – An Evening with Marion Nestle

What to Eat: Diet, Nutrition, and Food Politics – An Evening with Marion Nestle

Marion Nestle contends that the modern grocery store is a place where the giants of agribusiness compete for your purchases with profits—not health ...
Posted: Feb 17th, 2010 | Comments: 0
The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China

Hannah Pakula presents her work The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China, which tells the epic story of ...
Posted: Feb 3rd, 2010 | Comments: 0
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