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Dr. Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook, author of Mr. and Mrs. Prince How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend, tells the remarkable true story of a pre-Civil War African-American family in New England. Mr. and Mrs. Prince uncovers the lives of those who could have been forgotten and brings to light a history that's intrigued but eluded many until now. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
Audio|Wed, 3 Sep 2008
|Wallingford Connecticutfound at6:12, 30:20
“…in Connecticut. He was born Wallingford Connecticut and who it was obviously. Slave territory as much New England wild with 176. Puts him. Pretty much contemporary with Benjamin Franklin …”
“…us one day in the coming. Researcher I was coming back from New York and they met at the Springfield mass train station spent the day. In the courthouse looking for some -- records and he …”
Whether you're passionate about baseball statistics or simply get a thrill from the sound of a ball leaving the park, don't miss this chance to hear from two of baseball's premier historians and analysts. By pioneering sabermetrics ("the search for objective knowledge about baseball"), legendary statistician and Red Sox executive Bill James has changed the way many of us watch and understand America's pastime. Rob Neyer, baseball columnist for ESPN.com and a James protege has championed sabermetrics since the 1980s and is considered among the cream of the new generation of sportswriters. Get the scoop on everything from what makes the legends great, to who's overrated and why, to which teams and players are the ones to watch in 2008 and beyond. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
Audio|Wed, 27 Aug 2008
|Dioner Navarrofound at8:33, 33:54
“…was a fight. Un team. It was it was good Tampa bay Dioner Navarro Navarro and once people got into a little couple and I would do radio show it would they would let you batting …”
“…I knew John Farrell as a a couple of minutes ago we have before the I. I liked it music basket the I mean this is …”
Independent filmmakers Tom Gustafson (director of Were The World Mine);Stewart Wade (director of Tru Loved); Antonio Brown (producer of and actor in Tru Loved); and Charlie David (producer of and actor in Mulligans) discuss their work with panel moderator Basil Tsiokos. The discussion focuses on what has changed recently in the distribution and reception of queer-themed films and what has changed in terms of how queer filmmakers approach their themes. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
Audio|Thu, 21 Aug 2008
|box officefound at9:44, 2:59
“…the biggest challenges for us I just so. An article in the New York Times yesterday or two days ago and it talked about the struggle for LG BT cinema at the box office. . Now there's something very different in creating a project where you you believe you have a home whether it's a broadcaster direct to dvd sales but. The problem with all. Not the problem the challenge for us. As smaller filmmakers as Independent filmmakers is being able to create that it's. To drive people to the box office and how do you do that I mean you know convince me it's always with the star name more stark director or …”
“…we have. Our parents. All have kids that are now going in high school. . So we money he. Explored -- old generation. We hadn't really seen talked -- only in movies. -- certainly indicated -- are …”
Smart policies, American ingenuity and technologies available today can make the United States a leader in addressing global warming. The key is for Congress to pass national legislation that puts a strict cap on emissions and uses a flexible market-based system to reduce emissions at lowest cost. Fred Krupp, a leading expert on the environment and on market solutions, discusses how to win the battle against global warming, and do so in a way that launches a booming new industry in clean technology. Global warming is no longer a vague problem of the future. It has already damaged our planet at an alarming pace. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that the evidence is "unequivocal" and concludes that human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels have almost certainly caused most of the warming of the past 50 years, bringing extreme weather, stronger storms, and more frequent droughts. Leading scientific organizations around the world, including the US National Academy of Sciences, agree that we must act now to slow, stop, and reverse the growth of greenhouse gas emissions or face irreversible consequences. Fred Krupp is President of Environmental Defense, the leading United States nonprofit group developing market-based environmental solutions. Founded in 1967, Environmental Defense has worked with major corporations to improve environmental performance, joining with McDonald's to reduce packaging waste and with FedEx to develop a hybrid electric delivery truck that goes 57% farther on each gallon of fuel. (Environmental Defense accepts no payments from its corporate partners.) The group's scientists, economists, and attorneys focus on climate, health, oceans, and wildlife. Krupp helped develop the 1990 U.S. acid rain reduction plan that The Economist called "the greatest green success story of the past decade", establishing a market-based method now being applied to global warming. In 2007 he helped launch the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), a coalition of major companies calling on Congress to enact a strict cap on global warming pollution. Krupp also helped broker the largest buyout in US history of the energy giant TXU, ensuring that the deal will substantially reduce greenhouse gas emission Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
Audio|Thu, 14 Aug 2008
|Gasoline taxfound at51:49, 6:30
“…can get a governor elect Schwarzenegger put into place day long term. Gasoline tax. . The depletion allowances is something and I think accounts will recognize as long as congress' allows them to. And we get absolutely should try to level the playing field for all different sources and energy actually that's what a cap on carbon. Would do in part. But there's many of its subsidies to as you point out. In terms -- a gasoline tax. . I would say this that we do need to get the prices right. A cap on carbon that crimes overtime. And makes …”
“…a mutual participants at a couple of British petroleum caterpillar to hop. General Motors G and others and finally most recently brokering the biggest -- in history. When the Texas utilities TX U. And its new …”
Katie Fawcett speaks about the current conservation status of gorillas and the Karisoke Center, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this year and is one of the longest running field research programs in the world. Dr. Fawcett received her PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she studied the behavior and ecology of chimpanzees living in the Budongo Forest, Uganda. Dr. Fawcett oversees various activities, including daily monitoring of and research on the three "Karisoke groups" of gorilla, which represent 1/3 of the remaining Virunga mountain gorilla population; research programs on the biodiversity of the Volcanos National Park and surrounding areas; education programs aimed at increasing the knowledge of park staff, university students and local communities about gorillas and biodiversity conservation; and the care of 10 confiscated orphaned gorillas. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
Audio|Thu, 7 Aug 2008
|demographyfound at14:43, 16:02
“…bases it understanding of it that behave in the ecology and the demography. . The man that's what we've been well -- that it. If we it's stopped at after the fifth ten yen. We found …”
“…organization. That is thinking -- different methods that she kidneys to study demography. . And we which is -- and that that than it. And it. We can you census this which means the total accountability. …”
The Boston Center for Adult Education hosts a preview screening and panel discussion of FRONTLINE: Living Old a new PBS documentary examining America's looming health care crisis. Produced by Miri Navasky and Karen O'Connor, Living Old explores how the nation's already overburdened geriatric health-care system is facing a possible meltdown, as Americans age 85 and over now represent the fastest-growing segment of the population at a time when there are fewer and fewer workers to care for them. Miri Navasky and Karen O'Connor discuss the film and answer audience questions, along with geriatrics experts and representatives from the Executive Office of Elder Affairs and the All Care Visiting Nurse Association. Mike Sullivan, FRONTLINE executive producer for special projects, moderates the discussion. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
Audio|Wed, 30 Jul 2008
|Alzheimer's diseasefound at9:09, 2:42
“…varieties. Of care that people need. Also recognizing the need for specialized mental health services. . For elders. For the specialized care that people afflicted with alzheimer's disease need. And so forth so those are the kinds of things that is really the thrust of our community first policy here …”
“…The top expertise. He is there is a nationally renowned expert in. Alzheimer's disease osteoporosis hypertension in the elderly. And and in the use of prescription drugs but it's -- subject. Patrick thank you. And next …”
Certain that physical fitness produced citizens better prepared for the managerial revolution in America business, the Victorians promoted revitalization through sports. Harvey Green explains how this focus on social and individual health led to the now familiar emphasis on physical fitness in sports and games. Harvey Green investigates the cultural history of the United States. He teaches courses on that general subject as well as courses in the history of sport, the material culture of the U.S., public history, and the history of western North America. He is currently working on a book on the development of popular historical consciousness in the U.S. between 1820 and 1920, emphasizing the intersection of popular historical fiction and domestic material culture. He has also published articles and essays on the history of photography, the history of health and fitness, the craft revival movements in the US in the 1930s, and everyday life in the U.S. between 1915 and 1945. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
Audio|Wed, 23 Jul 2008
|physical activityfound at22:36, 28:45
“…like that. So that's one of the other solutions. More calisthenics more physical activity there really is a kind of physical education revival. That's but it's not just to get healthy. -- to get healthy because …”
“…and body building becoming -- activities people think it's -- phenomenon of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the last weeks and years. But it's not true. …”
If you feel that your documentary project is almost there but don't know what would make it great, watch documentary story consultant Fernanda Rossi analyze Gino Del Guercio's work in progress Abandoned in the Attic. With this real life "before and after" example, Fernanda Rossi (known as "the Doc Doctor") will explain story structure models and what to look for to make your film excellent. This event is part of the 2008 Making Media Now conference, presented by the Filmmaker's Collaborative. More information about Fernanda Rossi, Story Consultant can be found at http://www.documentarydoctor.com Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
Audio|Wed, 16 Jul 2008
|military basefound at11:30, 19:26
“…450 miles from the from the poll. And right near the alerts military base witches. The joint American Canadian base that is designed to intercept missiles as they come from Russia. So we weren't allowed there. But are basically just that the story and wondered. Connect connect United States and wondered why has never why hasn't anyone ever heard it office really. He's the Shackleton United states of the United States what he did it is equivalent to what. Shackleton did in the south pole the only differences. That Shackleton got rescued and …”
“…that how many times and we get these people get. Autographs from. Frank Sinatra but the fact that. It's fantastic. Because. We'll be obvious -- And the -- and -- got so big athlete does it …”
Musician and educator Emmett Price III examines the connections between jazz, hip hop and other music forms. Price discusses the importance of music as a means of communication and its capacity to bridge generational and other interpersonal gaps. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
Audio|Wed, 9 Jul 2008
|John Coltranefound at18:31, 22:50
“…this including people who claim they have nobody. And is it what John Coltrane C but I really doubt it because the only thing and it was in new. And -- supreme. We'll move supreme unknown. …”
“…in the nineties and eat. And of course -- we say that Miles Davis is one of the leaders of the jazz rock fusion. Period without bitches brew this policy that legitimizes it. -- I mean …”
The Atlanta History Center presents John Ferling as he discusses this chronicle of America's struggle for independence, an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than is now usually remembered. General George Washington put it best when he said that the American victory was "little short of a standing miracle." John Ferling has appeared in four television documentaries devoted to the Revolution and the War of Independence and has written nine books including John Adams: A Life, The First of Men: A Life of George Washington, Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, and Jefferson and the American Revolution, and A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic. Visit us at www.wgbh.org/forum to explore our entire collection of lectures.
Audio|Wed, 2 Jul 2008
|best manfound at2:37, 9:59
“…Washington. And and a I included. Washington what's the best choice that best man or that position as commander in chief. Wrong and and America is fortunate to have him. As commander but also somewhat surprised …”
“…Relish were trapped in Boston could go anywhere. -- deservedly thank you American soldiers suffering through rose fare war. The British soldiers that first one under at a worse than the Americans they had very little …”