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Alan Meyers - Fast Food/Fat Nation: America's Growing Obesity Epidemic

Alan Meyers - Fast Food/Fat Nation: America's Growing Obesity Epidemic

Pediatrician Dr. Alan Meyers and a panel of experts discuss the link between the nation's eating habits and obesity. What impact will obesity-related diseases have on the quality of life of the next generation? What stresses will our fast food lifestyle place on our health care system and health care costs? Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Audio|Wed, 4 Mar 2009
|physical activityfound at5:13, 28:36

“…calories that are burned up by metabolic daily metabolic process he's in physical activity. . We're gonna focus on the intake side of that equation because the data are really pretty strong that the intake side. Is …”

“…twenty times the total budget for the CDC's division of nutrition and physical activity that's just McDonald's. And I can tell you that there is a wealth of evidence. How there in the marketing in the …”

Edward O. Wilson - The Superorganism

Edward O. Wilson - The Superorganism

Coming eighteen years after the publication of The Ants, The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies expands our knowledge of the social insects (among them, ants, bees, wasps, and termites) and is based on remarkable research conducted mostly within the last two decades. These superorganisms - a tightly knit colony of individuals, formed by altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and division of labor - represent one of the basic stages of biological organization, midway between the organism and the entire species. The study of the superorganism, as the book demonstrates, has led to important advances in our understanding of how the transitions between such levels have occurred in evolution and how life as a whole has progressed from simple to complex forms. Ultimately,The Superorganism provides a deep look into a part of the living world hitherto glimpsed by only a very few. Edward O. Wilson, a Harvard professor for nearly five decades, is the author of more than twenty books and the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Medal of Science. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Audio|Thu, 19 Feb 2009
|new bookfound at0:12, 2:15

“…for me to be able to introduce. Edward -- Wilson. And his new book. . Coauthored. With -- Entitled the super organism the beauty. Elegance and strange use insect societies. And afterwards it will be of course …”

“…book of course is is the basis in many ways. Four this new book that he's going to talk to us about. This evening. Professor Wilson was Baird professor of science. Beginning in 1976. And then …”

Mulatu Astatke - Ethiopian Contributions to World Music Instruments

Mulatu Astatke - Ethiopian Contributions to World Music Instruments

Mulatu is one of Ethiopia's major musicians. A multi-instrumentalist, mastering vibraphone, keyboards, organ, and percussion, Mulatu is credited with adding instruments associated with Latin styles such as bongos and congas to Ethiopian music. In New York City he founded the Ethiopian Quintet (comprised mostly of Puerto Ricans), recorded his first album in 1966 before returning to Addis Adaba at the end of the decade, where he blended Ethiopian traditional music with Latin jazz to create a unique hybrid he called "Ethio-jazz." Recently, Mulatu has been the center of renewed interest in the West through a compilation on the Parisian series "Ethiopiques" (Buda Musique) and a 10" 4-track compilation on the Soundway label of Brighton England. Most notably, a number of Mulatu's compositions were featured in director Jim Jarmush's 2005 independent film Broken Flowers, starring Bill Murray and Julie Delpy. While he remains a ubiquitous presence in the Ethiopian music scene, as club owner, music school founder, radio DJ, composer, arranger and instrumentalist, Mulatu frequently collaborates with the Massachusetts-based Either/Orchestra, one of jazz's longest running and most important large ensembles. Mulatu just completed a 2007-08 Radcliffe Institute Fellowship at Harvard University, where his goals were to research how to develop the krarr, a traditional Ethiopian five-string instrument, with electronic music specialists; write an opera based on Ethiopian Coptic Church music written around AD 380, which will be conducted using the mekwamia, an ancient conducting stick; and write a book on the historical context of instruments used in the Ethiopian Coptic Church and their contribution to the development of world music. The first section of Mulatu's "The Yared Opera," which blends old and new was premiered at Harvard's Sanders Theater in April 2008. Mulatu hopes future performances of the opera which is based in part on the chant of St. Yared, the founder of Ethiopian church music, will feature live musicians in concert with the electronic version, and staged at the rock churches of Lalibela, a holy city in northern Ethiopia. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Audio|Thu, 5 Feb 2009
|New Yorkfound at2:56, 3:59

“…musical vocabulary came when he moved to Boston. And studied at the Berklee College of Music into done the becoming the first African instant. -- to study composition and also the harmonies of the justice and while he was out prickly. Now while -- Ethiopian roots not. Remain the foundation of his musical background as I mentioned he was encountered all of these new instruments and all this new genres that began to combine. And integrate in his mind synergies that would propel him to the sixties when he developed -- group the Ethiopian quintet. And he moved to New York and found this group which released a handful of albums and thus was born in -- jazz tradition. He sometimes also referred …”

“…as he told media earlier this week Atlantis. He played a jazz club in New -- one night and the next night perform at a Puerto Rican wedding just north of the Big Apple. So …”

Amy Dockser Marcus - Arab-Israeli Conflict: Peace Process or War Process

Amy Dockser Marcus - Arab-Israeli Conflict: Peace Process or War Process

The Arab-Israeli conflict is a century old and still not resolved. The dispute between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs over the same land is bitter and deep, despite the fact that the disputed territory contains holy sites for the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. What is the nature of current tensions? What are their implications for US policy? Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Amy Dockser Marcus and Dr. Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum and columnist for the New York Times Syndicate, focus on United States diplomacy in this conflict, debating whether it has been part of a peace process or a war process. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Audio|Thu, 22 Jan 2009
|new bookfound at2:10, 0:16

“…physical monetary. And emotional. She was based in Israel with the -- Middle East correspondent 1991 to 1998. And she is the author of two books related to the region. Her first was the view from need votes don't archaeology at the holy land. Her new book is Jerusalem 1913. The origin of the year it's really. Daniel pipes is one of the nation's best known analysts of Islam in the Middle East. . He's the proprietor of the influential website Daniel -- or. Which for many people interested in these subjects is a must read. He is the publisher of the Middle East quarterly. Syndicated columnist and author of twelve books. Including militant Islam preaches America. And a collection of essays many stores. His reputation like -- this complexity is not limited to the United States or even to the west. In 2006. Of video released well why al-Qaeda. Mention him by name and invited him to repent …”

“…Just -- word of introduction when it comes to the Middle East when it comes specifically to the Arab Israeli conflict there may be no more overworked. -- Peace process. It's invoked routinely by …”

Marian Wright Edelman - JFK, MLK and RFK: 1960-1968 Part II

Marian Wright Edelman - JFK, MLK and RFK: 1960-1968 Part II

This forum focuses on civil rights though the eyes of those on the front lines of the movement. The second session features Marian Wright Edelman, founder and chairman of the Children's Defense Fund and an organizer of Dr. King's Poor People's March; Peter Edelman, aide to Robert F. Kennedy; and Elaine Jones, former President of the NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund. This session examines the period between 1963-1968 and the continuing relationship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy concerning civil rights and their growing opposition to the Viet Nam War. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Audio|Thu, 15 Jan 2009
|Martin Luther King Jrfound at6:01, 7:02

“…panel. About the personalities. Involved. Robert F Kennedy John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. . This is a period 63 through 68. It really speak features so much in the way of turmoil. And if you think …”

“…beginning with Marian Wright gentleman. To tell me a little bit about. Martin Luther King Jr. . is someone that you knew personally worked with personally. I would you describe came to these are people that are. …”

Douglas Feith - Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism

Douglas Feith - Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism

The following warnings appeared in a 2002 Bush administration memorandum: "US could fail to find WMD on the ground in Iraq." "Post-Saddam stabilization and reconstruction efforts by the United States could take not two to four years, but eight to ten years." "Iraq could experience ethnic strife among Kurds, Sunnis, and Shia." The author of the memo was Donald Rumsfeld, former United States Secretary of Defense, and it included a powerful analysis of the downsides of going to war in Iraq. Why then, did one of the decade's most important foreign policy decisions go the other way? Douglas J. Feith, former United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (2001 through 2005) discusses the dynamics of the first Bush term, and describes how we make foreign policy decisions. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Audio|Thu, 8 Jan 2009
|United Nations Security Councilfound at17:46, 6:06

“…you know as everybody recalls there was a there was -- A United Nations Security Council strategy of containment that'd been put in place after the the gulf war. And that a number of elements the economic sanctions weapons inspections. There were no fly zones over northern and southern rock. And throughout the ninety's. Saddam Hussein. . Systematically challenged. In all elements of that containment strategy. And there were sixteen Security Council resolutions that is that were adopted it …”

“…astonishing phenomenon and that it holds and we've all heard this that Saddam Hussein posed no threat. That George Bush is a greater criminal than Saddam Hussein or Osama bin -- you don't have to divert part to -- these views. Vice memoir war and decision inside the Pentagon …”

Shubha Mudgal - Shubha Mudgal: Gender and Art in South Asia

Shubha Mudgal - Shubha Mudgal: Gender and Art in South Asia

Musician Shubha Mudgal explores how gender and art interact and intersect in South Asia. From a living tradition extending back thousands of years, Shubha Mudgal's richly textured voice takes the listener on a musical journey that draws inspiration from medieval Sufi poetry, romantic love, and the paradoxes of modern life. Esteemed for her singing in the North Indian Hindustani classical tradition, she also composes music for dance, film, television, and collaborates across cultural traditions. Apart from her work as a performer and composer, Shubha Mudgal has also been actively engaged in projects that aim at promoting the cause of music. Greatly concerned with the issues of performers' rights and intellectual property rights, she is constantly engaged in projects that aim at creating awareness of these issues among Indian artists. Shubha has also been actively involved with several organizations in India that are devoted to promoting communal harmony. In her capacity as a performer, she has done hundreds of shows to raise funds for victims of communal violence. Her work with Breakthrough, an organization that works for Human Rights includes two albums, one on the theme of women's rights titled Mann Ke Manjeere, and the other issue with diversity, equality and communal harmony titled Haman Hain Ishq. This event is copresented by the Women's Studies Research Center, the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life at Brandeis University, and MusicUnitesUS. Learn more about MusicUnitesUS. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Audio|Wed, 17 Dec 2008
|musical selectionfound at2:18, 15:18

“…for concerts and India and a ground. So we'll start with the musical selection and that that provide inspiration for the discussion cost. …”

“…beauty hasn't gender education health and by. She is well for the United Nations world food programming. And also -- government nonprofit and agencies. -- you see it and me and getting schooled in economics in …”

Carol Rose - Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Dissent

Carol Rose - Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Dissent

Boston's battles in the 1920's over free speech were similarly waged nationally and ushered in new interpretations of freedom of expression. What are our modern battles in the post 9/11 era? What does dissent mean in the 21st century? Moderated by State Representative Byron Rushing, historian Jonathan Vogels and Carol Rose, Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts look at the complex history and present state of the First Amendment. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Audio|Thu, 11 Dec 2008
|national security lettersfound at40:20, 0:42

“…For government surveillance. Our government now is she's an estimated 30000. Secret national security letters every year under section 55 the Patriot Act. Demanding records from libraries. Internet service providers and other businesses. Requiring that they secretly. Turn it over to the government information about what you mean what we writes what we watch. And what we thought. Some librarians. And Internet service providers to challenge the use of national security letters in ACLU cases that we were required. To conduct in secret. In order not to trigger -- provisions of the USA Patriot …”

“…turn it over now to use our moderator for this evening's state representative Byron rushing is going to talk more matters speakers and programs and thank you for -- …”

Barbara Delorey - Mercy Otis Warren: Muse of the Revolution

Barbara Delorey - Mercy Otis Warren: Muse of the Revolution

Mercy Otis Warren may not be as well known as her brother, James Otis, or her friends John and Abigail Adams, but she was just as much a patriot as her famous contemporaries. She was also a poet, playwright, scholar, and historian. Truly a woman ahead of her time, Warren is brought to life here by Barbara Delorey and Patrice Hatcher, who portray Warren at different points in time. In addition, Nancy Rubin Stewart, author of Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation, presents her research on this very remarkable woman. 'The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation.' -Mercy Otis Warren This lecture is funded by a gift to continue the legacy of the New England Women's Club. The Club was founded in 1868 by a group of Boston women, including Julia Ward Howe. The fund, a gift to The Bostonian Society, provides support for women's history programs. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Audio|Thu, 4 Dec 2008
|parish Churchfound at28:51, 32:44

“…by their uncle who happen to DD minister of on the west parish Church that Church so or meeting house really it's did for both were still stands today it's one of the oldest meeting house …”

“…Anyway he was congenial. Brilliant Harvard educated gentleman farmer high sheriff. Plymouth County after his father died. And that this painting also is at the at Boston museum the financially probably -- you know on …”

Lisa Miller - Science and Faith: Complementary or Contradictory?

Lisa Miller - Science and Faith: Complementary or Contradictory?

NOVA and the Interfaith Center of New York co-host a special advance preview and panel discussion of NOVA's landmark two-hour film, The Bible's Buried Secrets, an archeological detective story that explores the origins of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, and the birth of monotheism. Moderated by Newsweek Religion Editor, Lisa Miller, a panel of top scientists, theologians, and filmmakers preview selections of the film's groundbreaking scholarship and engage in a spirited discussion on how archeology, biblical scholarship, and faith intersect and sometimes collide. This landmark NOVA documentary, The Bible's Buried Secrets, takes viewers on a fascinating scientific journey that began 3,000 years ago and continues today. Presenting more than a century of literary detective work and decades of archeological excavation from the Holy Land, the film explores the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Bible. This archeological detective story tackles some of the biggest questions in biblical studies. Where did the ancient Israelites come from? Who wrote the Bible, when and why? How did the worship of one God, the foundation of modern Judaism, Christianity and Islam, emerge? At the intersection of science, scholarship, and scripture, The Bible's Buried Secrets provides unique insight into the deeper meaning of these biblical texts and their continuing resonance through the centuries. NOVA's The Bible's Buried Secrets premieres on PBS on Tuesday, November 18th at 8pm and is streamed in full on the NOVA website at: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bible/program.html Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.

Audio|Wed, 26 Nov 2008
|Saudi Arabiafound at41:02, 24:48

“…and I have recently been taking part with that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia of all people king Abdul -- Saudi Arabia. . Who is seemingly. Very sincere in issuing the ways of militants -- and saying we have to learn to talk to one …”

“…That makes that book. A little bit more of that and the best seller the -- that had interest stories about best first thing second thing is. For whatever reason. The book minutes system I -- …”