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Slavoj Zizek: The Monstrosity of Christ
Slavoj Zizek: The Monstrosity of Christ
Slavoj Zizek
April 20, 2009
01:23:04
Philosopher and sociologist Slavoj Zizek discusses his new book, The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic?, and explains how the Christian concept of the "toxic neighbor" impacts political, economic, sexual, and cultural thought.
The First 100 Days
Jonathan Alter
April 13, 2009
01:27:09
Jonathan Alter, senior editor and columnist for Newsweek and author of The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope, and Richard Parker, lecturer in public policy and senior fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, offer observations regarding
Joss Whedon: Cultural Humanist
Joss Whedon: Cultural Humanist
Joss Whedon
April 10, 2009
01:30:48
Television writer and director Joss Whedon receives the third annual 2009 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism.
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Charles Burnett
April 2, 2009
00:46:24
The creators of the 2003 documentary Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property discuss their film, which analyzes Nat Turner's slave rebellion of 1831 and its aftermath in American memory.
Black Women's Resistance in the US South and South Africa
Pamela Brooks
April 2, 2009
01:15:47
Pamela Brooks shares from her new book Boycotts, Buses, and Passes: Black Women's Resistance in the US South and South Africa.
Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times I
Amy Goodman
April 2, 2009
00:56:51
Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! and an award winning journalist, discusses her new book, Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times.
Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times II
Amy Goodman
April 2, 2009
00:35:00
Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! and an award winning journalist, discusses her new book, Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times, and takes que
Public Address by Gerry Adams
Gerry Adams
March 18, 2009
01:07:59
Gerry Adams speaks about the American foreign policy during the Clinton Administration, and shares his hope that the Obama administration will follow in the same footsteps.