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Forum Archives

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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A Life of Breaking Barriers

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with Buffy Sainte-Marie Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie is a singer, composer, visual artist, educator, and social activist. She was born on a Cree reservation in…

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Life, with Wit and Humor

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with Andrei Codrescu Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Andrei Codrescu Andrei Codrescu is a professor of English at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, a commentator on National Public Radio’s…

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Transcending Racism and Hate

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with Michael Lerner Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Michael Lerner Michael Lerner is a political activist, rabbi, and editor of Tikkun, a progressive Jewish interfaith magazine. He is recognized as…

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A Life of Art

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with Gordon Parks Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Gordon Parks Gordon Parks is a photographer, writer, poet, filmmaker, and composer. In 1949, he joined the staff of Life magazine where…

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Citizenship in a Fragmented America

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with Georgie Ann Geyer Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Georgie Ann Geyer Georgie Anne Geyer is a syndicated columnist who writes on foreign policy and international affairs for 120 American…

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American Society: Civil and Uncivil

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with David McCullough Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About David McCullough David McCullough is a historian, lecturer, and teacher. He is the author of six books, including Mornings on Horseback, which…

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