Sports & Recreation


Sub Topics:
The Good Citizen / Freedom vs. Fit
Michael Sandel
November 15, 2009
Lecture Nineteen: "The Good Citizen" Aristotle's theory of justice leads to a contemporary debate about golf, specifically "the purpose" of golf. Students debate whether the PGA was wrong in not allowing a disabled golfer, Casey Martin, to use a golf cart during professional tournaments.
Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Michael Sandel
November 8, 2009
00:55:00
Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action" Students discuss the issue of affirmative action and college admissions. Is it "just" for schools to consider race and ethnicity as a factor in admissions? Does it violate individual rights?
Falcons Football 2009 - 2010
Arthur Blank
October 8, 2009
00:37:45
Arthur Blank, most notable for co-founding Atlanta-based Home Depot, reviews the Atlanta Falcons football season and takes questions on the economy at the Atlanta Press Club.
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Public History in a Postindustrial City
Cathy Stanton
June 8, 2009
00:37:10
Cathy Stanton, a cultural anthropologist who studies heritage sites, tourism, museums, and various kinds of historians at work, delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Energy and Social Change Conference for Massachusetts History Organizations.
Take Me Out to the Ballgame!
Doris Kearns Goodwin
April 10, 2009
01:27:00
Ken Burns, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Peter Gammons come together to talk about baseball for the 15th year anniversary of Burns' Baseball documentary series.
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Postcards from China
James Fallows
January 25, 2009
01:27:47
James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, who has been living in China for the last two years, discusses his book, Postcards from Tomorrow Square: Reports from China, with the founder of Harvard University's Global Equity Initiative, Dr. Lincoln Chen.
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Ted Turner at The Atlanta Press Club
Ted Turner
November 14, 2008
00:43:10
Ted Turner unleashes his opinions, as he does in his latest book, Call Me Ted.
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Fate of the Olympics
Charles H. Battle
August 28, 2008
00:52:52
Charles H. Battle, former managing director of international relations on the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, brings a unique perspective on several past and future Olympic plans.