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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

Detente or Cold War?

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with Dean Rusk Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Dean Rusk Dean Rusk is a professor of International Law at the University of Georgia. He served as U. S. Secretary of…

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Ecological Justice

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with Russell Peterson Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Russell Peterson Russell Peterson is president of the National Audubon Society. Prior to this position, he served as governor of Delaware from…

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The Sedation of America

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with Barbara Gordon Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Barbara Gordon Barbara Gordon is an author and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her bestselling memoir, I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can,…

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The Student Athlete

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with Alan Page Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Alan Page Alan Page is a former professional football player and an attorney with the Minneapolis law firm of Lindquist & Vennum….

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The Crisis of Freedom

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with Rollo May Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Rollo May Rollo May is a psychoanalyst and a leader in the existential school of psychoanalysis. He is the author of numerous…

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Critical Disarmament Issues

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with Mark Hatfield Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Mark Hatfield Mark Hatfield has been the U.S. Senator from Oregon since 1967 and served as its governor from 1959 to 1967….

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Music International

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with Neville Marriner Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Neville Marriner Neville Marriner has been the music director of the Minnesota Orchestra since 1979. He is the founder of the Academy…

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The Need for a Moral Minority

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with Robert McAfee Brown Original Forum date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= About Robert McAfee Brown Robert McAfee Brown is professor of Theology and Ethics at the Graduate Theological Union’s Pacific School of Religion…

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