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Distinguished author and journalist Bruce Feiler discusses his book America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story.
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Insightful lecture by Audrey Friedman Marcus, widow of Fred Marcus who fled Germany and went to Shanghai to escape the Nazis.
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Prominent addiction and behavioral specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky and co-author Dr. S. Mark Young discuss their new book, The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism is Seducing America
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American Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman and renowned engineer Danny Hillis.
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Hear Jerry Robinson, creator of the enduring super-villain The Joker, discuss the Golden Age of Comic Books.
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Hear Arnie Reisman, co-writer and director of The Powder & the Glory, discuss this insightful documentary.
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Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison - pioneers of "Eco" art who have been leading voices for socially conscious creations - discuss their life's work
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Writers and directors Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs as they discuss their critically acclaimed new film, Humboldt County.
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Esteemed diplomat and scholar Dennis Ross discusses the current state of the Middle East peace process.
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Bestselling author Rabbi Harold S. Kushner shows us how to be our best selves even when things don't turn out as we had hoped.
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This panel discussion explores the changing roles of women as religious authority figures within Judaism, Islam, and Catholicism.
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Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Verhoeven discusses his film Black Book in this insightful discussion moderated by Scott Foundas of LA Weekly.
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Bill Condon discusses how the film Love Me or Leave Me inspired his art and influenced his career.
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Teri Garr discusses Speedbumps, an inspiring and laugh-out-loud chronicle of her life, her hard-won success, and her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis.
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Hear esteemed filmmaker John Singleton discuss the rarely-screened 1970s film The Landlord and how it influenced his art.
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Hear young Hollywood filmmaker Jason Reitman, director of the hit independent film Juno, discuss his body of work and the influence of Alexander Payne's hilarious comedy Election.
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Keret reads from his collection of short stories The Nimrod Flipout, named one of the top twenty-five works of fiction in 2006 by the Los Angeles Times.
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Hear filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) as he discusses his body of work and the influence of John Huston's film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre on his art.
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Hear this "American godfather of British folk rock" recount the musical adventures he experienced during the turbulent 1960s.
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Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, once a guard in the largest jail in the Middle East during the first Palestinian uprising, discusses his new memoir and the future of Israeli-Palestinian politics with Pulitzer Prize-winner Jack Miles.
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Director, actor, and visual artist Dennis Hopper discusses Luis Bunuel's film Viridiana.
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Actor and writer Chris Elliott - best known for his roles in Groundhog Day and other classic comedies - discusses the art of comedy writing with Alan Zweibel, award-winning writer for Saturday Night Live and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Award-winning journalist, novelist, and poet Gabriel Meyer discusses his landmark work War and Faith in Sudan, a stirring account of the tragic civil war in Sudan as endured by the Nuba people.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samantha Power discusses genocide in the 21st century, presented in association with the Skirball's exhibition Rwanda/After, Darfur/Now.
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Actor/director Alec Baldwin discusses the film Elephant and how it has influenced his way of thinking about life, youth culture, and the influence of contemporary media.
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Posted Grace Cohen Grossman, <em>From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America</em>
in PodcastsGrace Cohen Grossman reveals how the Library of Congress approached the opportunity to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the first Jews to settle permanently in America. -
In this moving talk, Paul Rusesabagina shares his wrenching story firsthand as chronicled in the critically acclaimed film Hotel Rwanda.
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The remarkable art and life of German painter Max Liebermann (1847--1935), his development as an artist, his rise to celebrity in the Berlin art world, and his legacy to German Jewry and traditional German culture.
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Distinguished author and journalist Bruce Feiler discusses his book America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story.
-
Insightful lecture by Audrey Friedman Marcus, widow of Fred Marcus who fled Germany and went to Shanghai to escape the Nazis.
-
Prominent addiction and behavioral specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky and co-author Dr. S. Mark Young discuss their new book, The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism is Seducing America
-
American Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman and renowned engineer Danny Hillis.
-
Hear Jerry Robinson, creator of the enduring super-villain The Joker, discuss the Golden Age of Comic Books.
-
Hear Arnie Reisman, co-writer and director of The Powder & the Glory, discuss this insightful documentary.
-
Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison - pioneers of "Eco" art who have been leading voices for socially conscious creations - discuss their life's work
-
Writers and directors Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs as they discuss their critically acclaimed new film, Humboldt County.
-
Esteemed diplomat and scholar Dennis Ross discusses the current state of the Middle East peace process.
-
Bestselling author Rabbi Harold S. Kushner shows us how to be our best selves even when things don't turn out as we had hoped.
