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Bodies on the Line:...
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06:00:00 12/20/10

Columbia School of Arts Dean Carol Becker speaking with visual artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat about her work, specifically her recent film "Women Without Men."

Bodies on the Line: Shirin Neshat and Carol Becker

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Bodies on the Line: Shirin Neshat and Carol Becker

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Columbia School of Arts Dean Carol Becker speaking with visual artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat about her work, specifically her recent film "Women Without Men."

9/11 and the Spirit...
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06:00:00 12/17/10

A three-person panel discusses how 9/11 sparked a greater movement of volunteerism across the United States and led to President Obama's declaration of Sept. 11 as...

9/11 and the Spirit of Volunteerism

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9/11 and the Spirit of Volunteerism

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A three-person panel discusses how 9/11 sparked a greater movement of volunteerism across the United States and led to President Obama's declaration of Sept. 11 as a National Day of Service.

Bodies on the Line:...
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06:00:00 12/15/10

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 Irw...

Bodies on the Line: Michael Fitzpatrick and Rabbi Irwin Kula

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Bodies on the Line: Michael Fitzpatrick and Rabbi Irwin Kula

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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.

Bodies on the Line:...
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06:00:00 12/06/10

Claudia Bernardi, artist, printmaker and human rights activist presents samples of her work and has a conversation with award winning journalist and author, Mark D...

Bodies on the Line: Claudia Bernardi and Mark Danner

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Bodies on the Line: Claudia Bernardi and Mark Danner

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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.

Realizing the 9/11 ...
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06:00:00 10/25/10

9/11 Memorial architect Michael Arad details what inspired him to design a national tribute to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the World Trade Center terror atta...

Realizing the 9/11 Memorial

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Realizing the 9/11 Memorial

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9/11 Memorial architect Michael Arad details what inspired him to design a national tribute to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the World Trade Center terror attacks.

Peter Balakian: Zig...
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06:00:00 10/25/10

New York Times best-selling author Peter Balakian reads a powerful selection of 9/11-themed poems.

Peter Balakian: Ziggurat

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Peter Balakian: Ziggurat

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New York Times best-selling author Peter Balakian reads a powerful selection of 9/11-themed poems.

Pop-Up Particle Phy...
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06:00:00 07/07/10

Alan Alda moderates as leading physicists Lisa Randall (Harvard) and Michael Tuts (Columbia), join CERN's Emma Sanders to explain new science coming from the Large...

Pop-Up Particle Physics from the Large Hadron Collider

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Pop-Up Particle Physics from the Large Hadron Collider

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Alan Alda moderates as leading physicists Lisa Randall (Harvard) and Michael Tuts (Columbia), join CERN's Emma Sanders to explain new science coming from the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland. In particular, they share details of the ATLAS Experiment.

Escaping the Taliban
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06:00:00 06/30/10

David Rohde, a two-time Pulitzer prize winning reporter for The New York Times, has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, and other countries. For seven ...

Escaping the Taliban

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Escaping the Taliban

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David Rohde, a two-time Pulitzer prize winning reporter for The New York Times, has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, and other countries. For seven months he was held captive by the Taliban before escaping.

Globish: How the En...
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06:00:00 06/16/10

Vice Present of Content for WNET.org Stephen Segaller speaks with author and associate editor of Britain's Observor, Robert McCrum. McCrum's new book traces the sp...

Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language

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Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language

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Vice Present of Content for WNET.org Stephen Segaller speaks with author and associate editor of Britain's Observor, Robert McCrum. McCrum's new book traces the spread of English as the language of global capitalism.

Where Does Life Begin?
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06:00:00 06/10/10

Together artist Michael Joaquin Grey and astrobiologist Chris Impey construct an organism and a conversation using ZOOB, a building toy designed by Grey and inspir...

Where Does Life Begin?

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Where Does Life Begin?

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Together artist Michael Joaquin Grey and astrobiologist Chris Impey construct an organism and a conversation using ZOOB, a building toy designed by Grey and inspired by biological and social networks.

Understanding the E...
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06:00:00 05/26/10

As the FBI program manager and instructor at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center, Bill Braniff conducts cutting-edge research in counterterrorism and trains la...

Understanding the Enemy: Counterterrorism and al Qaeda

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Understanding the Enemy: Counterterrorism and al Qaeda

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As the FBI program manager and instructor at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center, Bill Braniff conducts cutting-edge research in counterterrorism and trains law enforcement on how to "understand the enemy." Braniff's expertise helps officials to battle terrorism with a fresh perspective and greater understanding of Islamic ideology.

Paul and Me: 53 Yea...
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06:00:00 05/19/10

Paul and Me is an intimate account by the bestselling author A. E. Hotchner of his remarkable, enduring, fifty-three year friendship with Hollywood legend Paul New...

Paul and Me: 53 Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My ...

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Paul and Me: 53 Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal, Paul Newman

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Paul and Me is an intimate account by the bestselling author A. E. Hotchner of his remarkable, enduring, fifty-three year friendship with Hollywood legend Paul Newman. Hotchner shares their adventures: From travels across the globe to jointly owning fishing boats to coping with the loss of Newman's son, Scott, to starting their food company, Newman's Own, as a prank which has given all of its $300 million of profits to charities.

Mind Over Money
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06:00:00 05/12/10

In the aftermath of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, NOVA presents "Mind Over Money," an entertaining and penetrating exploration of why main...

Mind Over Money

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Mind Over Money

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In the aftermath of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, NOVA presents "Mind Over Money," an entertaining and penetrating exploration of why mainstream economists failed to predict the Crash of 2008 and why we so often make irrational financial decisions. It's a show that reveals hidden money drives in us all and explores controversial new arguments about the world of finance.

9/11 and Trials of ...
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06:00:00 05/05/10

A panel offers a dialogue with multiple perspectives on a complex subject - trying terror suspects in civilian courts and military tribunals, with a discussion reg...

9/11 and Trials of Terror

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9/11 and Trials of Terror

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A panel offers a dialogue with multiple perspectives on a complex subject - trying terror suspects in civilian courts and military tribunals, with a discussion regarding the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial. Panelists include Karen Greenberg, the executive director New York University's Center on Law and Security, and Dennis Farrell, a nationally recognized security expert with more than three decades in law enforcement, and New York State Supreme Court Judge Edward McCarty, an expert in military tribunals.

The Lady and the Sh...
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06:00:00 04/28/10

At the third event in the Science & the City Girls Night Out series, world-renowned ichthyologist Eugenie Clark, founding director and senior research scientist at...

The Lady and the Sharks: An Evening with Eugenie Clark

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The Lady and the Sharks: An Evening with Eugenie Clark

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At the third event in the Science & the City Girls Night Out series, world-renowned ichthyologist Eugenie Clark, founding director and senior research scientist at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, describes her fantastic and distinguished 60-year career studying deep sea sharks and tropical fish.

What Makes the Mind...
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06:00:00 04/21/10

Writer Stephen Batchelor + neurophilosopher Owen Flanagan: The author of Confession of a Buddhist Atheist argues that the Buddha was a radical innovator. What is i...

What Makes the Mindset of a Radical?

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What Makes the Mindset of a Radical?

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Writer Stephen Batchelor + neurophilosopher Owen Flanagan: The author of Confession of a Buddhist Atheist argues that the Buddha was a radical innovator. What is it in our brains that makes some of us upend tradition and most of us follow the herd?

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Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal

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Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal
03/24/10

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 business and society. Frances Perkins was this country's first female cabinet secretary, and her work and actions greatly affected the New Deal and the whole of American politics at the time.