2000s
2009
Nov. 19 Sydney Finkelstein with Sally Jackson Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happening to You Oct. 29 Susan M. Wilczynski and Brenda Smith Myles with James T. Brett Autism: Looking Beyond Cause and Cure Oct. 15 David Ferry, Suji Kwock Kim, Jill McDonough, Ifeayani Menkiti, and Lloyd Schwartz with Christopher Lydon Massachusetts Poetry in Hard Times Oct. 1 Paul Starr, Martin Baron, and Dan Kennedy with Alasdair Roberts Public Accountability After the Age of Newspapers Sept. 24 Paul Polak with Jasmine Waddell Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail Sept. 17 Wendy Kaminer with Peter Kadzis Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail May 07 Najim Adzadzoi, Paul Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gould, and Nick Mills with Alan Berger Afghanistan’s Untold Story and the Road Ahead Apr. 30 Nicholas Daniloff with Charles Sennott Of Spies and Spokesmen: A Cold War Correspondent Looks at Russia Today Apr. 23 Phillip Longman The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity And What To Do About It Apr. 16 Juan Enriquez Financial Crises, Technology, and Why Boston Might Just be the Center of the Universe (at least for now) Apr. 02 Charles Burnett, Frank Christopher, and Kenneth S. Greenberg Nat Turner: Troublesome Property Mar. 26 Karl Case and William Apgar with Lisa Lynch The End (or a New Beginning?) for the American Dream: Credit, Debt, and the U.S. Economy Mar. 19 Richard Stallman Copyright vs. Community Mar. 05 Gwen Ifill with Callie Crossley The 2009 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award
2008
Nov. 13 Barney Frank with Emily Rooney
(video at FORA.tv and WGBH)Election 2008: Review and Forecast Nov. 06 Gary Hirshberg with Nancy F. Koehn
(video at WGBH)Stirring it Up: How to Make Money and Save the World Oct. 30 James Carroll Constantine’s Sword Oct. 23 Douglas Feith with Jules Crittenden
(video at FORA.tv and WGBH)War and Decision Oct. 05 Jon Keller with Jeff Jacoby
(video at WGBH)The Bluest State Sep. 25 Laurence H. Tribe
(video at FORA.tv and WGBH)The Invisible Constitution Sep. 18 Thomas S. Blanton with Alasdair Roberts Secrecy in the United States: Priorities for the next President Sep. 11 Jimmy Wales with Christopher Lydon
(video at FORA.tv and WGBH)Free Speech, Free Minds, Free Markets Jun. 05 George Lakoff
(audio at WGBH)The Political Mind May 29 Cecile Richards
(audio at WGBH)Banned in Boston: The Silent Speech of Margaret Sanger May 08 Yaron Brook
(audio at WGBH)Woodstock’s Legacy: The Rise of Environmentalism and the Religious Right Apr. 17 Danny Schechter
(video at FORA.tv and WGBH)News Dissecting: Boston and Beyond Apr. 13 Herman Badillo
(audio at WGBH)One Nation, One Standard Apr. 03 Strobe Talbott
(audio at WGBH)The Great Experiment Mar. 27 Daniel Pipes & Amy Dockser Marcus
(video at WGBH)The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Peace Process or War Process? Mar. 20 Anita F. Hill
(video at WGBH)The 2008 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award
2007
2006
2005
Dec. 6 Nam Pham, Paul Ton That, and Trinh Nguyen
(audio at WGBH)Finding a Voice in a New Homeland Nov. 17 Gloria White-Hammond, Liz Walker, and Linda Mason
(audio at WGBH)Women to Women: A Journey to Darfur Nov. 3 Barbara Anderson and Jim Braude Rebels With a Cause: Proposition 2 Jan. 2 Twenty-five Years Later Oct. 24 Kip Tiernan, Betty Burkes, Renee Loth, and Thomas Menino
(audio at WGBH)Peaceable Women: The Power of 1,000, The Power of One Oct. 2 Eli Pariser
(audio at WGBH)Reclaiming Democracy Sep. 21 Dan Kennedy and Jay Rosen
(audio at WGBH)Who’s Talking Jun. 21 Howie Carr
(video at WGBH)Both Sides of the Street May 3 Barbara Olshansky, Steve Oleskey, and Erick Saar with Joshua Rubinstein Torture and Detention: Is the The American Way? Apr. 20 Sarah Vowell Assassination Vacation Apr. 12 Martha Burk
(audio at WGBH)Cult of Power: Sex Discriminations in America and What Can Be Done About It Apr. 4 Mike Hoffman, Paul Rieckhoff, Scott Allen Miller and Jay Harris
(video at WGBH)Breaking Ranks Mar. 9 Richard Bradley
(video at WGBH)Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World’s Most Powerful University
2004
Nov. 29 Cokie Roberts
(audio at WGBH)Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raise Our Nation Nov. 16 Alfred DeMaria, Jr., M.D., Leonard C. Marcus, V.M.D., M.D. and Thomas L. Treadwell, M.D. Disease Du Jour: What Might Be Next? Nov. 3 Peter Blute and Barney Frank One Day Later: Insights on the 2004 Presidential Race Oct. 27 Tina Santi Flaherty What Jackie Taught Us: Lessons for the Remarkable Life of Jackie Kennedy Onassis Oct. 25 Seymore Hersh and Jay Harris Chain of Command: The Road from Sep. 11 to Abu Ghraib Oct. 19 Derrick Ashong, Kiki Breevlife, Scherazade King, and Geoff Ward Hip-Hop Politics Oct. 7 Ron Ferguson, Ellen Guiney, Ted Landsmark, and Robert B. Schwartz 30 Years After School Busing: Where Do We Go Next Sep. 29 Jerry Burke, Sean Flynn, and Rod Fritz Policing Baghdad Sep. 22 Howard Bryant, Anita Diamant, Susan Orlean, and Paul Grogan The Good City: Writers Explore 21st Century Boston Jun. 15 Marie St. Fleur, Regine O. Jackson, and Marc Prou The Haitian Diaspora in Boston May 18 Diane Ravitch The Language Police May 11 Lucian Leape, M.D., Connie Crowley Ganser, Linda Kenney, and John A. Fromson, M.D. Medical Errors and Patient Safety Mar. 30 Scott Ritter and Listo Fisher Frontier Justice Mar. 16 Ellen Band, Wendy Kaminer, Victor H. Kazanjian, Jr., and Dan Kennedy Prayer in Public Feb. 10 Richard J. McNally Remembering Trauma Jan. 28 Dr. Jean Flatley McGuire and Harold Cox The Politics of Sex, Drugs, and HIV/AIDS Jan. 22 Orlando Bagwell Citizen Kin
2003
Dec. 3 Darrel Crate, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, and Dominick Ianno The Elephant in the State House: Republican Success in Democratic Massachusetts Nov. 17 Juiliette Kayyem Give Me Liberty or Give Me Safety: Balancing Civil Rights and National Security Oct. 21 Peter Steinfels A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America Oct. 20 Meredith Bergmann, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Andrea Moore Kerr, and Celeste Walker Remembering the Ladies: Boston Celebrates a New Women’s Memorial Oct. 09 Brian MacQuarrie Up Close and Personal: Embedded Reporter Gets Inside the War In Iraq Oct. 01 Mickey Edwards, Elaine Hagopian, and Jeffrey Taliaferro What in the World Should We Do?: U.S. Foreign Policy Today and Tomorrow Jun. 04 Madge Kaplan and Physicians of the Massachusetts Medical Society See You in Court: Medical Malpractice and Health Care in Massachusetts May 13 Darren G. Brookes Innocence Lost: Child Abuse, Pornography, and the Internet Apr. 06 Leonard Peikoff American Versus Americans Mar. 11 Giovanna Negretti and
Joseph TovaresLos Trabajadores: A Film Screening and Discussion About Immigrant Labor in the U.S. Jan. 28 Justice Albie Sachs, Margaret Burnham, and Paul Tucker After Apartheid: Symbols of Progress and Challenges Yet to be Faced in the New South Africa Jan. 25 Reverand John S. Sexton Religion in Education
2002
Nov. 19 Congressman Barney Frank The 2002 Election Results: What Do They Mean? Nov. 7 Paul Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gould, Bob Zelnick, and Christopher Lydon Afghanistan and Freedom of the Press in the United States Oct. 24 The Rev. Anne C. Fowler, Nicki Nichols Gamble, Frances X. Hogan, Melissa Kogut, Madeline McComish, Barbara Thorp, and Laura Chasin Fundamental Difference/ Constructive Relationships Oct. 10 Glenn Loury and James Hirsh Debating Reparations for Slavery Oct. 8 Julie and Hillary Goodridge, Gina Smith and Heidi Norton, Ed Balmelli and Michael J. Horgan, and Mary Bonauto What’s at the Heart of Marriage? Same-Sex Couples and Legal Rights Sep. 26 Paul Solman Ethically Challenged: Can Capitalism Survive Its Own Excesses? May 14 Jeff Jacoby The Case for Capital Punishment May 2 Patricia McGovern Is Massachusetts State Government Broken? Apr. 23 Noam Chomsky The Emerging Framework of World Power Apr. 10 James Peyser and Ted Sizer Putting Students and Schools to the Test: The Pros and Cons of MCAS Mar. 6 Jarrett Barrios, Rita Uong, and Dianne Wilkerson The Emerging Majority Feb. 12 Alan Dershowitz and Harvey Silvergate Debating Civil Liberties Post Sep. 11
2001
Dec. 10 Stephen Jay Gould Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life Nov. 29 Peter Schumann What the World Needs Now: A Manifesto for the Slow World (A Fiddle Sermon) Nov. 15 Michael Greco and Niki Tsongas The Creative Economy Initiative: The Role of the Arts and Culture in New England’s Economic Competitiveness Nov. 6 Andrea Ayvazian and Beverly Daniel Tatum Navigating Friendships Across Racial Divides Nov. 1 Patricia Smith Word Unleashed: Performance Poetry and the New Freedom of Expression Oct. 11 Daniel Robb and Roderick L. Ireland Trapped by Trouble: Violent Teens, Juvenile Justice, and Rehabilitation Sep. 29 Carol Bellamy, Felton Earls, Rodrigo Guerrero, Jane Schaller, and Deborah Prothrow-Stith Children’s Right to Non-Violence: Commemorating the United Nations’ Decade for a Culture of Peace Jun. 5 Chip Berlet Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort May 8 Facilitated by Steve Johnson Boston Chefs and Local Farmers: A Conversation Apr. 29 Leonard Peikoff The One in the Many: How to Create It and Why Apr. 26 James K. Glassman Is Government Strangling the New Economy? Apr. 11 Barbara Neely Blanche Strikes a Chord: Challenging Stereotypes and Promoting the Concerns of Working Class People Mar. 22 Peter Neufeld Actual Innocence: When Justice Goes Wrong and How to Make it Right Mar. 7 Charlene Gilbert Homecoming: The Story of African-American Farmers Feb. 13 Robert B. Reich The Future of Success
2000
Dec. 13 Jane Holtz Kay Boston: Lost and Living in the Auto Age Nov. 29 Willaim Shutkin The Land That Could Be: Environmentalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century Nov. 15 Congressman Barney Frank Election 2000: A Review and Forecast Oct. 4 Lillian Glickman and Joyce Williams The Aging Odyssey: Elders in the New Millennium Sep. 26 Dr. Jean Hardisty Kitchen Table Backlash: The Anti-Feminist Women’s Movement Jun. 13 Tina Packer and John Whitney Power Plays: Shakespeare’s Lessons in Leadership and Management May 23 Jean Kilbourne Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising Apr. 25 Panel of Teenage Representatives from “End School Violence Now” Organization End School Violence Now Mar. 28 Robert F. Duvall The Campaign for Economic Literacy Mar. 16 Gordon Fellman Rambo and the Dalai Lama: The Compulsion to Win and Its Threat to Human Survival Feb. 16 James W. Loewen Lies Across American: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong Feb. 3 George McCully Philanthropy in America: Does it Matter?
