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February 6, 2018
February 6, 2018
The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures
Antonio Damasio
What moved humans to create cultures—intelligent systems including the arts, morality, science, government, and technology? The answer to this question…GalleryPodcast
January 23, 2018
January 23, 2018
Haiku in Zapotec: From Oaxaca to Japan and Back
Jane Hirshfield and Víctor Terán
Because of its similar celebration of the beauty of the natural world and focus on compactness, contemporary Zapotec-language poetry shares…GalleryPodcast
January 18, 2018
January 18, 2018
Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
Heather Ann Thompson
Winner of a 2017 Pulitzer Prize, historian Heather Ann Thompson sheds new light on the infamous 1971 Attica Prison riot…GalleryVideoPodcast
November 14, 2017
November 14, 2017
Oaxaca’s Third Gender: Man, Woman, Muxe
Víctor Cata, Bamby Salcedo, Maritza Sanchez
THIS PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH. Anthropologists have traced the Meso-American acceptance of people of mixed gender…GalleryVideoPodcast
October 21, 2017
October 21, 2017
Threat of Extinction: Language Activism and Preservation
Bob Holman, Vincent Medina, Odilia Romero Hernández, and Virginia Carmelo with linguist Leanne Hinton
The essence of who we are is wrapped up in our language. What human knowledge is lost when a language…GalleryVideoPodcast
December 7, 2017
December 7, 2017
An American Family: Being Muslim in the U.S. Military
Khizr Khan
Last fall’s presidential election brought a range of impassioned voices to the national stage, but one of the most captivating…GalleryPodcast
December 5, 2017
December 5, 2017
The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World
David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt
What lies at the heart of humanity’s ability―and drive―to create? New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman teams up with…GalleryVideoPodcast
September 19, 2017
September 19, 2017
Rebellion! Public Art and Political Dissent: Oaxaca and L.A.
Chaz Bojórquez and artist collective Tlacolulokos
With the likes of Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, Mexico has a long tradition of politically engaged public art…GalleryPodcast
November 29, 2017
November 29, 2017
Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
James Forman, Jr.
Why has our society become so punitive? In recent years, critics have assailed the rise of mass incarceration, emphasizing its…GalleryPodcast
November 16, 2017
November 16, 2017