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Alicia Silverstone: Sexiest Vegetarian Alive
Alicia Silverstone
October 24, 2009
00:39:30
Alicia Silverstone, perhaps best known for her generation-defining role in Clueless, is a dedicated advocate for the planet and its animals, and was voted "Sexiest Vegetarian Alive" in 2004.
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.
The Devil's Tickets
Gary Pomerantz
September 24, 2009
00:26:47
Gary Pomerantz discusses his narrative from the Roaring 20's, The Devil's Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand and a New American Age , about a bridge-table killing and murder trial in Kansas City, and the contract bridge card game craze that swept America.
Laughs with Planet Washington
Ken Rynne
September 23, 2009
The comedy duo Planet Washington opens Cambridge Forum's 2009 fall season with a benefit performance. Ken Rynne, an alum of the renowned Capitol Steps troupe, and his faithful piano accompanist, Sean Collins, are Planet Washington.
Jesse Sheidlower: The F-Word
Jesse Sheidlower
September 17, 2009
Oxford English Dictionary editor at large Jesse Sheidlower discusses his new, in-depth look at that most offensive, rhymes-with-pluck, four-letter English obscenity, The F-Word.
Julie & Julia
Judith Jones
July 14, 2009
00:30:49
Judith Jones, Julia Child’s longtime publisher and editor, discusses the new film Julie & Julia with Russ Morash, producer of Child's television show The French Chef, and chef Jasper White.
Historic Musical Instruments: Use vs. Preservation
Robert L. Barclay
June 8, 2009
01:09:16
Robert Barclay, conservation and restoration consultant, explores the aesthetic and psychological aspects of authenticity, and challenges the expectations of audiences when hearing historic instruments in concert.
Solving the Stradivarius Secret
William F. Fry
March 25, 2009
01:29:41
Physicist William F. "Jack" Fry and violinist Rose Mary Harbison rediscover the legendary sound of the Stradivarius violin. Since the early 1700s, "Golden Age" Italian violins have been revered for their superior tone.