A Closer Look at Drugs and the FDA with Mikkael Sekeres
Air Dates: July 1-July 7, 2024 In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration held a hearing to review a drug
Read More
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.
Exploring American History Through the Lens of its Indigenous Peoples with Ned Blackhawk
Air Dates: October 16-22, 2023 Rebroadcast Dates: June 25-30, 2024 For too long, the history we’ve considered “America’s” has really
Read More
Dr. Elizabeth Comen on the Myths that Have Influenced Malpractice in Women’s Healthcare
Air Dates: June 17-23, 2024 For thousands of years, a mix of truth, lies, and down-right myths have shaped medicine’s
Read More
How a Brush with Death Changed One Man’s Perception of the Afterlife with Sebastian Junger
Air Dates: June 10-16, 2024 As a best-selling author, Sebastian Junger has taken us to sea with an ill-fated fishing
Read More
One Immigrant’s Journey from El Salvador to the United States with Javier Zamora
Air Dates: June 3-9, 2024 Immigration remains a hot-button in American politics, but Javier Zamora tells the story of his
Read More
Tricia Rose on Breaking Free from Systemic Racism
Air Dates: May 27-June 2, 2024 Racism is often described as an individual failing, but Dr. Tricia Rose explains that
Read More
“Story in the Public Square” to Premiere 13th National Season in July 2024
NEWPORT, RI, May 23, 2024— “Story in the Public Square will premiere its 13th national season on public television on
Read More
“Story in the Public Square” Honored with Two Wins in 45th-Annual Telly Awards
NEWPORT, RI, May 22, 2024 – For the eighth time in seven years, the The Pell Center at Salve Regina
Read More
Telling the Story of the World War II Ghost Army with Rick Beyer
Air Dates: May 20-26, 2024 At the height of World War II, American military commanders created a unit dedicated to
Read More