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  • By On July 29, 2019 In Featured, Featured Issue, Featured Slide, Story in the Public Square Tags , ,

    The Power of Story with Danny Strong

    Air Dates: July 29-August 4, 2019 “Story in the Public Square” began as an annual, academic conference at Salve Regina University.  When we honored Danny Strong with the 2014 Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square, his acceptance speech was so moving, so incisive, and so eloquent about the power of story that a public television executive in the audience asked if she could broadcast it.  She did, … Read More

  • Gary Glassman on Story in the Public Square
    By On September 4, 2018 In Featured, Featured Issue, Featured Slide, Issues, Pell Center, Public Policy, Story in the Public Square Tags , , ,

    A New Look at Native America with Gary Glassman

    Air Dates: September 8-10, 2018 One of America’s persistent myths is that the first European migrants to the so-called “new world,” found a largely uninhabited continent. In a new documentary, Gary Glassman brings alive the thriving cities, social networks, art, and science of Native America. Gary Glassman is a producer and director whose documentaries aired on NOVA/PBS, The History Channel, the BBC, National Geographic and The Discovery Channel, among other … Read More