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Our archive preserves the wisdom, insights, and ideas of more than 250 leading thinkers, analysts, innovators, artists, and activists sharing ideas on the issues that shape our world. 

Here you’ll find audio recordings for most presentations and video for presentations for lectures after 2004.

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Journalism and Democracy

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with James Fallows Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About James Fallows James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. His recent work includes a cover story on post-war Iraq,…

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Whose News?

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with Gary Gilson Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Gary Gilson Gary Gilson has been a journalist for more than 30 years, working for the Minneapolis Star, Twin Cities Public Television,…

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The Creation of the Media

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with Paul Starr Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Paul Starr Paul Starr is a professor of sociology at Princeton University, co-editor of The American Prospect, a magazine he founded with…

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The Conscience of the King

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with Joe Dowling Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Joe Dowling Joe Dowling is the artistic director of the Guthrie Theater. Before coming to Minneapolis in 1995, he was the artistic…

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The Least of These

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with Pedro Jose Greer Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Pedro Jose Greer Pedro José Greer practices medicine at Mercy Hospital in Miami in the field of gastroenterology, and he is…

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Becoming a Catalyst for Change

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with Erin Gruwell Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Erin Gruwell Erin Gruwell is a two-time recipient of California’s Teacher of the Year. Her work with disenfranchised high school students received…

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