2010s
2012
Nov. 1 Nitin Nohria and Tom Peters with Donna Carpenter (video at YouTube) Business Ethics and Other Oxymorons Oct. 30 Joseph Fewsmith with Ronald Suleski FLASH FORUM: Big Trouble in Communist China Oct. 25 Paula Lyons, Joyce Kulhawik, Lauren Beckham Falcone, and Jan Saragoni with Margery Eagan (video at YouTube) The Politics of Handsome Oct. 13 Yaron Brook and Deborah Kincade Rambo, LICSW, with Jeff Jacoby (video at YouTube) Reaping Is a Virtue Oct. 4 Maggie Anderson and Thomas Shapiro with Candelaria Silva (video at YouTube) Black Economy, White Privilege Sept. 27 Taylor Twellman and Christopher Nowinski with Bob Lobel (video at YouTube) Gray Matters: Brain Injury in Sports Sept. 13 Charles Laquidara, Billy Costa, Julie Kramer, and Henry Santoro with John Laurenti (video at YouTube) Radio Silence May 10 John Linehan, Paul Tormey, and Saul Wisnia with Peter Meade (video on YouTube) Beantown Centennials May 3 Barney Frank with Callie Crossley (video on YouTube) Dysfunctional Democracy Apr. 26 Lou Jones, Nick Dynan, and Nichole Sobecki with Helen Rees (video on YouTube) Worth a Thousand Words Apr. 19 Lee Carl Bromberg and Dr. Robert Klitzman with Dominick Ianno (video on YouTube) Brand-Name Genes Apr. 12 Rev. Dr. William Schulz and Dr. John Cerone with Jasmine Waddell (video on YouTube) The State of Human Rights Mar. 27 James Downey with Bill Murray Strategery: SNL’s Remarkable Influence Over Politics Through Satire (2012 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award)
2011
Nov. 10 Dr. John C. Green, Dr. Karl Giberson, and Dr. Randall Stephens with Eric Convey (video on YouTube) Evangelicals in the Electorate Oct. 27 Gilad Sharon with Wendy Ballinger (video on YouTube) The Life of a Leader Oct. 13 Carmen Ortiz, David M. Kennedy, and Rev. Dr. Emmet Price with Donald Tye (video on YouTube) The New Boston Miracle Sept. 29 Dr. Yaron Brook and Dr. David Callahan with Dominick Ianno From the Government and Here to Help Sept. 22 Stacy Palmer, Len Schlesinger, and Jim Koch with George Donnelly (video on YouTube) Cutting-Edge Corporate Giving Sept. 15 Harper Barnes, Jan Freeman, Laura Shapiro, Paul Solman, and Mark Zanger with Monica Collins (video on YouTube) The Real Paper: Journalism Then and Now May 19 Vincent A. “Buddy” Cianci with Dominick Ianno Politics and Pasta Apr. 28 Rodney North and Dr. David Tuerck with Jeff Jacoby (video on YouTube) Trade-Offs: Can Free Be Fair? Apr. 21 Anthony Lewis with Floyd Abrams The 2011 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award Apr. 14 John Seager and Dr. Michael Fossel Never Say Die: Immortality vs. Overpopulation Apr. 8 Ashley Judd with Candelaria Silva (video on YouTube) Bittersweet Humanitarianism Apr. 7 Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld, Carl Ferenbach, and Harold Noughton with Jack Wrobel (video on YouTube) The Weather at War Mar. 31 Ronald Bernard and Angela Bruce-Raeburn with William Dorcena (video on YouTube) Haiti and Aid Effectiveness Mar. 24 Herbert Snorrason with Wendy Ballinger (video on YouTube) WikiLeaks, OpenLeaks, and Our Right to Know
2010
Nov. 8 Lou Gossett, Jr. with Phyllis Karas An Actor and a Gentleman Nov. 4 Dr. Maria Idali Torres, Dr. Paul Watanabe, and Marvin Venay with Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry (video at WGBH) Election 2010 and Communities of Color Oct. 7 Dr. Dong-Chul Seo, Dr. Marlene Schwartz, Karen Voci, and Dr. Frank Robinson with Dr. Christina Economos (video at WGBH) Who Is Winning the Childhood Obesity Battle? Sept. 30 Kevin Cranston, Dazon Dixon Diallo, Julie Davids, and Guillermo Chacon with Rebecca Haag (video at WGBH) AIDS, Social Justice, and the Politics of Transformation Sept. 16 Dr. Nick Trout, John Ensminger, and Dr. Joann Lindenmayer with Monica Collins (video at WGBH) Extreme Dog: What Right Do Our Pets Have to Be Saved? June 3 Robert Kuttner with Wendy Ballinger (video at WGBH) A Presidency in Peril May 20 Yaron Brook and Peter Kadzis with Dominick Ianno (video at WGBH) Lessons from the Financial Crisis: More Government or Less? May 6 Chris Csikszentmihalyi, Nigel Jacob, and Joseph Porcelli with Callie Crossley (video at WGBH) The Emerging “Fifth Estate”: Can the Likes of Twitter, YouTube, and Other Social Networks Help Solve Real Government Problems? Apr. 29 Jody Adams and Donald Wiest with Annie B. Copps video at YouTube) Food, Inc. Apr. 22 Zuhdi Jasser and Bilal Kaleem with James Carroll (video at WGBH) Modern Islam: Engaging Questions of Faith, Fanatics, and Reform Apr. 15 Joseph M. Cronin, George Greenidge, Claudio Martinez, and Jean McGuire with Tessil Collins (video at WGBH) Reforming Boston Schools: Race, History, and the Future of Our Public School System Apr. 8 Mitt Romney with Jeff Jacoby (video at WGBH) No Apology: The Case for American Greatness Mar. 18 Greg Lukianoff, Steven Pinker, and Harvey Silverglate (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education – FIRE) with Judge Nancy Gertner (video at WGBH) 2010 Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award
