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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.

Recent Forums

Latin America: Romance and Reality

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with Isabel Allende Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Isabel Allende Isabel Allende is one of Latin America’s most celebrated writers and the author of three international bestsellers, The House of…

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Ethics of the New World Order

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with Walter Russell Mead Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Walter Russell Mead Walter Russell Mead is a political economist studying the evolving global economic system and its implications for American…

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My Mother’s Last Wish

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with Betty Rollin Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Betty Rollin Betty Rollin is an NBC News correspondent and bestselling author. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, she has earned DuPont…

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Perspectives on the Supreme Court

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with Nina Totenberg Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Nina Totenberg Nina Totenberg began her journalism career at the Boston Record American, then moved to the Peabody Times in Massachusetts, Roll…

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Hunger in the Land of Plenty

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with Christine Vladimiroff Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Christine Vladimiroff Christine Vladimiroff is a sister in the Order of St. Benedict. In 1982, she chaired the committee that created the…

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Rewriting American History

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with Michael Dorris Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Michael Dorris Michael Dorris is a novelist and scholar who was the first chair of the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth College. His writings include the novel A…

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