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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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Music and Government

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with Eskil Hemberg Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Eskil Hemberg Eskil Hemberg is Sweden’s premier choral director and composer. He was recently appointed the director of the Royal Swedish Opera…

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America After Reagan: End of an Era

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with Daniel Schorr Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Daniel Schorr Daniel Schorr is one of America’s most honored print and broadcast journalists. After a half-century of national and international reporting,…

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To Die Young as Late as Possible

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with Ashley Montagu Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Ashley Montagu Ashley Montagu is an anthropologist, social scientist, educator, and filmmaker. He is the author of more than sixty books, including…

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The Challenge of Being Human

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with Harold Kushner Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Harold Kushner Harold Kushner is the author of the bestselling book When Bad Things Happen to Good People. His current book, When…

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Love, Intimacy, and the Family

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with Joyce Brothers Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Joyce Brothers Joyce Brothers is a psychologist, columnist, and radio and TV personality. Widely-known for helping Americans understand how their emotions influence…

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The Media vs. Privacy

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with Arthur R. Miller Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Arthur R. Miller Arthur R. Miller is a professor at Harvard Law School where he earned his law degree. He is…

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Curing Explosive Disillusionments

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with Leon Sullivan Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Leon Sullivan Leon Sullivan is the pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia, a congregation that has grown from 600 members in…

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