Unraveling the Violence of Jim Crow South with Tananarive Due
Air Dates: November 13-19, 2023 The elements of a scary story might be exotic, super-natural, or even mundane. Tananarive Due weaves
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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.
Navigating the Future: The Global Landscape in 2076 with Thomas Barnett
Air Dates: Nov. 6-12, 2023 Globalization is often portrayed as the bogeyman in American politics. Thomas Barnett credits it with making the
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“Story in the Public Square” to Premiere 12th National Season in January 2024
October 31, 2023 NEWPORT, RI— “Story in the Public Square,” the six-time Telly Award-winning series from the Pell Center at
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Trauma and the Science of Resilience with Jonathan DePierro
Air Dates: Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2023 Everyone faces challenges in life, but when those challenges are born of trauma, the
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Navigating Identity and Race Childhood to Adulthood with Nyani Nkrumah
Air Dates: October 23-29, 2023 The transition from childhood to adulthood ushers in a wide variety of difficult questions like
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Exploring American History Through the Lens of its Indigenous Peoples with Ned Blackhawk
Air Dates: October 16-22, 2023 For too long, the history we’ve considered “America’s” has really just been the history of
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Creating Change for Girls Across the World with Dale Hanson Bourke
Air Dates: October 9-15, 2023 All over the world, girls face challenges—and outcomes—far worse than boys—a fact borne out by
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Exploring the Future Impacts of “Super Aging” with Bill Kole
Air Dates: October 2-8, 2023 One of humanity’s greatest wishes is for our loved ones to live long healthy lives.
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Langford Sonder Releases Parts I and II of the “Polarization Index: A Holistic Analysis of the State of U.S. Political Strife.”
September 25, 2023 NEWPORT RI–Pell Center Associate Director and Fellow Katie Langford Sonder released Parts I and II of the
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