“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.
Air Dates: November 4-November 10, 2024 Shakespeare called death “the undiscovered country.” Luke Lorentzen documents the work of spiritual guides,
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Air Dates: October 28 – November 3, 2024 The most 2024 story would have to involve the Olympics, presidential politics,
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Air Dates: October 21-27, 2024 Since 2016, the presence of foreign disinformation in American politics—and especially on our social media
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Air Dates: October 14-20, 2024 The data tells us that every minute of every day, 20 people are physically abused
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Air Dates: October 7–October 13, 2024 Lies and disinformation are as old as humanity itself. But Steven Brill argues that
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Air dates: September 30–October 6, 2024 It may be a scarcity mindset that views plenty as better than a world
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Rebroadcast: September 23-29, 2024 Air Dates: April 1-7, 2024 We take for granted that the “immigrant experience” is part of
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Air Dates: September 16-22, 2024 The shear amount of media generated and consumed in the United States every day is
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Air Dates: September 9-15, 2024 The impact of climate change on the world around us is there for everyone to
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