2019 Story of the Year: The Fracturing of America’s Public Narrative
Air Dates: December 16-22, 2019 Each year since 2013, the Pell Center has announced the public narrative that has had
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Bridging the Divide with Susan Rice
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Air Dates: December 9-15, 2019 Politics, it’s often said, is a tough game. But lost in the back and forth
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The Cost of Child Poverty with Lenette Azzi-Lessing
Air Dates: December 2-8, 2019 For generations, American politicians have promised reducing—or even eliminating—poverty as one of their goals. In
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Blood Libel in an American Town: Antisemitism in the United States with Edward Berenson
Air Dates: November 25-December 1, 2019 On September 22, 1928, a four-year-old girl named Barbara Griffiths disappeared in the woods
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A Tale of Four Worlds with Marina and David Ottaway
Air Dates: November 18-24, 2019 Almost a decade ago, protests swept across North Africa and the Middle East, toppling some
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Open Technological Innovation and Tomorrow’s Terrorists with Audrey Kurth Cronin
Air Dates: November 11-17, 2019 After Alfred Nobel developed dynamite, his invention reshaped the world—literally. From mining to infrastructure projects,
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“Story in the Public Square” will Debut Fourth National Season on Public Television January 6, 2020
Newport, R.I. – The two-time Telly Award-winning series Story in the Public Square will continue to be broadcast across the
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Pell Center Hosts Election Security Summit
Newport, R.I. – The Pell Center hosted the second election security summit for Rhode Island (RI) Secretary of the State Nellie
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Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World with Dr. John Halpern and David Blistein
Air Dates: November 4-10, 2019 In 2017, opioid addiction claimed nearly 50,000 American lives—that’s as many Americans as were lost
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