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Tyler Jacks: Genetics of Cancer
Tyler Jacks
May 1, 2009
00:53:08
Tyler Jacks, director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, talks about his research on cancer and his career in genetics.
One Giant Leap: Space Exploration and the New Pioneers
Ken Davidian
May 13, 2009
01:31:08
Spencer Reiss, contributing editor of Wired Magazine, leads a panel discussion on the present and future of space exploration.
Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich
October 5, 2009
01:21:50
Conservative historian Andrew Bacevich discusses his provocative book The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism. Bacevich joins Charles Sennott, founder of the on-line news service GlobalPost, to discuss the challenges the Obama administration faces in Afghanistan.
How Our Social Networks Shape Our Lives
How Our Social Networks Shape Our Lives
Nicholas Christakis
December 31, 1969
00:54:31
Harvard professor of sociology and health care policy Nicholas Christakis discusses Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives.
Mary Frances Berry: And Justice for All
Mary Frances Berry
February 19, 2009
00:56:34
Mary Frances Berry reads from her new book, And Justice for All: The United States Commission on Civil Rights and the Continuing Struggle for Freedom in America.
Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox
John Freeman
October 13, 2009
00:44:16
Two innovators talk about employing a variety of narrative strategies to tell a story. Tim Kring, developer and executive producer of the blockbuster NBC show Heroes, gives a visual presentation about his use of transmedia storytelling. Reif Larson, whose The Collected Works of T. S.

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