Anatoly Kurmanaev on the Latest Developments in the War in Ukraine
Air Dates: February 3-9, 2025 Most Western consumers of news depend on a small group of international correspondents to understand
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Story in the Public Square
“Story in the Public Square” is a year-round initiative to study and celebrate public storytelling. It features an annual conference, lectures, awards and student contests, as well as original scholarship about public storytelling and how those stories can affect the public debate.
Story in the Public Square is directed by Ocean State Stories Director G. Wayne Miller with Pell Center Executive Director Jim Ludes.
An Immigration Story in the Midst of a Changing World with Padma Venkatraman
Children’s and young-adult authors often explore the pain and loneliness of growing up. Padma Venkatraman does it in an elegantly told story
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A Look at Trump’s Political Traction and What’s Ahead with Molly Ball
Air Dates: January 21-26, 2025 The results of the 2024 American election caught some Americans by surprise, but as campaigning
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Hahrie Han Explores The Work of Racial Justice in an American Evangelical Community
Air Dates: January 13-19, 2025 Race, politics, and religion are three of the most challenging issues to discuss in contemporary
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Richard J. Evans Offers Lessons for Today from His Study of the Third Reich
Air Dates: January 6-12, 2025 The world will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II later
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Exploring the Questions of Space, Time and Our Universe and with Sean Carroll
Air Dates December 30, 2024-January 5, 2025 So many of us are curious about the stuff of space and time
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The Contemporary Implications of Europe’s History with Timothy Snyder
Air Dates: April 15-21, 2024 Rebroadcast Dates: December 23-29, 2024 The history of 20th century autocracy seemed to race into
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Examining The Deadly Impacts of Rising Temperatures on Everyday Life with Jeff Goodell
Air Dates: December 16-22, 2024 Climate change has been part of the public lexicon for decades, now. But what once
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Geopolitics, Climate Change, and the Olympics: The 2024 Story of the Year with Evelyn Farkas
Air Dates: December 9-15, 2024 From the joyous streets of Paris and the opening of the Olympic Games to the
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