Dion's Bus Display
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Dion's Bus Display
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Clambake
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CLAMBAKE The year was 1984. A handful of entrepreneurial women innkeepers in Provincetown, Mass. gathered together with a mission: to figure out how they could entice summer guests back during the seaside town’s offseason. Without the luxury of social media, or even email, the women hand-wrote…
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I Stand Corrected
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A Documentary by Andrea Meyerson Watch Jennifer Leitham perform and it's instantly obvious the tall striking redhead is an original. This world-famous jazz bassist plays her instrument left handed (something virtually unheard of in the profession) and when she takes center stage standing to play…
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Responding to the New Atheists
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Primatologist Frans de Waal, historian David Hollinger and former Rabbi David Goldberg candidly share their views on the “New Atheist” movement, relating how best to achieve a constructive dialogue between the religious and the secular. Featured researchers: - Frans de Waal (1948-2024),…
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Probing the Political
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Five researchers candidly share their thoughts on the nature of politics and the academic discipline of political science. Featured researchers: - Mark Bevir, Professor Political Theory, UC Berkeley - John Dunn, Professor Political Theory, University of Cambridge - Martin Jay, Ehrman Professor…
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Physics Behind The Scenes
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Five top researchers take us behind the scenes to give us a picture of what life at the frontier of physics research is really like. Featured researchers: - Nima Arkani-Hamed, permanent faculty member, Institute for Advanced Study - Freeman Dyson (1923-2020), mathematical physicist, Institute for…
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The Science of Language
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Five celebrated scientists discuss groundbreaking experiments that are performed in language research and explore fascinating questions related to language, such as: What is a language and what isn’t? How does bilingualism affect the plasticity of our brain and ability to learn? What does it mean…
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The Problems with Popper
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Historian of science Michael Gordin highlights three often unappreciated problems associated with Karl Popper's "falsification criterion". Each one of his concerns is examined by theoretical physicists Nima Arkani-Hamed, Artur Ekert and Scott Tremaine. Featured researchers: -…
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The Historical Temperament
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Five historians demonstrate different aspects of the historical temperament and how historians interact with both the past and the present. Featured researchers: - David Armitage, the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Harvard University - John Elliott (1930-2022), Regius Professor of Modern…
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The Importance of Public Engagement
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Interdisciplinary, thoughtful perspectives from eight top researchers in different subject areas exploring the question of how to constructively involve the public in pressing societal issues. Featured researchers: - Mark Bevir, Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley - Frans de Waal (1948-2024),…
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The Impact of Missionaries
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Three diverse researchers describe the profound impact that missionaries have had on communities both in the USA and abroad. Featured researcers: - Nile Green, Professor in World History and an expert on Islamic History and religion in the world, UCLA - David Hollinger, Professor of Intellectual…
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Teaching Physics and Mathematics
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Eight renowned physicists and a mathematician share inspiring stories about influential high school teachers and how those teachers had a lasting impact on them while giving their candid views on how physics and mathematics teaching might be improved. Featured researchers: - Nima Arkani-Hamed,…
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