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Westminster Town Hall Forum — 319 episodes
Continuing the Conversation: AMPERS & Community Media
Paul Neimann: The Origins of the Forum
Keyu Jin: China Beyond Socialism and Capitalism
Kara Swisher: Tech and the Truth
Michele Norris: Our Hidden Conversations
Raquel Willis: On Life and Liberation
Nancy Giles: Humor and Storytelling in the American Experience
Steve Inskeep: Differ We Must
Emily Hanford: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
Forum at the Fair: Samuel Freedman on Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights
Marie Yovanovitch: Lessons from the Edge
Cornel West & Ifeoma Ike: The Arc Toward Justice 2023
Dr. Pooja Lakshmin: Mental Health Lessons from Around the World
Elliot Ackerman: America's End in Afghanistan
Ari Shapiro: The Best Strangers in the World
Parker Palmer and Sondra Samuels - We the People: A Time to Act - 11/16/19
André Thomas - The Meaning and Impact of African American Spirituals - 11/12/19
Jim Sciutto - Inside Russia's and China's Secret Operations - 10/22/19
Kathleen Belew - White Power and Paramilitary America - 9/24/19
Barbara Brown Taylor - Finding God in the Faith of Others - 4/30/19
Jonathan Capehart - A Bold Look at Today's Headlines - 04/09/19
David Hogg - Putting the USA Over the NRA - 03/19/19
Art Cullen - Change, Resilience and Hope in Rural America - 2-12-19
Michael Beschloss - Presidents of War: 1807 to Modern Times - 11-13-2018
Mona Hanna-Attisha - What We Can Learn From Flint, Michigan
Clint Watts - Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News - 9/25/18
Richard Stengel - Mandela's Way: Lessons for an Uncertain Age - 5/22/18
Honey Thaljieh - Global Sports: Inclusion, Equity, and Human Rights - 5/17/18
Steve Schmidt - A Candid Look at Today's Headlines - 05/01/2018
Nadine Burke Harris - Healing the Effects of Childhood Adversity and Trauma - 4/10/18
Suzy Hansen - An American Abroad in a Post-American World - 3/22/18
James Forman Jr - Crime and Punishment in Black America - 11/28/17
Ari Melber - The Mueller Report - 10/24/2017
Carl Pope - Can We Save the Planet? - 09/19/2017
RICHARD HAASS - Shaping a New Foreign Policy - 05/04/2017
OTIS MOSS III - Building the Beloved Community - 04/11/2017
Frank Bruni - Media in the Age of Misinformation - 03/21/17
Irshad Manji - From Polarization to Conversation - 02/14/2017
Thomas Friedman - Thriving In An Age Of Accelerations - 12/13/16
Timothy Naftali - We Have a New President: Now What? - 11/17/2016
Gene Robinson - Choice And The End Of Life - 10/25/16
Glennon Doyle Melton - Broken Lives, Courageous Living - 10/18/16
Rodian Shchedrin - 10/31/91
Michael Dorris - 12/03/92
Julian Bond - 01/01/91
Jessie Allen - 04/02/93
Faith Daniels - 07/11/92
Eddie Glaude Jr. - Racism and the Soul of America - 09/13/16
Kathleen Hall Jamieson - Campaign - Speak What The Candidates Are Really Saying - 06/23/16
Jacob Hacker - The Forgotten Roots Of American Prosperity - 04/14/2016
E.J. Dionne - The Politics Of Conservatism- From Goldwater To The Tea Party And Beyond - 03/22/16
Timothy Wirth - Critical Environmeanl Challenges Facing The U.S. - 03/18/91
Studs Terkel - America's Two Faces: Green In America - 04/13/89
Russell Peterson - Ecological Justice - 05/13/82
Ralph Mero & Joseph R. Stanton - Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides - 09/21/89
Lynn Yeakel - Women As Leaders - 09/30/93
Lisbeth Schorr - Fighting Poverty: Early Interventions That Work - 10/05/89
Leonard Silk - The American Establishment And How It Views The World - 11/26/86
Joseph Rossillon - National Water Crisis: How It Affects The Individual - 08/23/87
Elie Wiesel - Why Hate - 11/17/83
Dr Martin E. Marty - The Larger Vision In American Religion - 05/29/82
Betty Rollin - My Mother's Last Wish - 10/14/93
Arthur Schlesinger - The Dynamics Of World Power - 04/17/86
Amy Tan - The Many Voices Of America - 09/22/94
William Proxmire - Ethics And Government - 12/07/89
Seyyed Hossein Nasr - Understanding Islam In The Modern World - 04/30/92
John Najarian - Critical Issues In Medical Ethics - 02/19/81
Dr Martin E. Marty - The Larger Vision In American Religion - 05/29/82
David Rockefeller - Alaska Preserving Our Last Frontier - 11/10/94
Daniel Schorr - America After Reagan, The End Of An Era - 04/14/88
Attallah Shabazz - Malcom X, The Man, The Purpose And The Destiny - 09/24/92
Arthur Miller - The Media Vs Privacy - 09/24/87
Vladimir Zvyagin - The U.S. And The U.S.S.R.- Between The Two Summits - 02/22/90
Samuel Thier - Universal Access To Basic Health Care, Whose Responsibility - 11/01/90
Rodian Schedrin - Freedom, Democracy And The Soviet People - 10/31/91
Robert White - The Sources Of Crisis In Latin America - 10/27/83
Pedro Zamora - Light Choices, Heavy . . . - 09/23/93
Olara Otunnu - Africa: Between Uncertainties And Hope - 04/19/90
Neville Mariner - Music International - 09/24/81
Lord Harold Wilson - The View From No. 10 Downing Street - 09/26/85
Leon Martel - The Future: Promise Or Peril - 02/21/85
Kurt Waldheim - Maintaining Peace And International Security - 04/02/84
John Roach - The Mission Of The Church And The Temporal Order - 01/17/85
J. Michael Quinlan - Corrections: What Should Society Expect - 11/03/88
Isaac Bashevis Singer - Stories Of Isaac Singer - 11/21/85
Eugenia Zukerman - The Power Of Music And The Music Of Power - 02/17/1983
Edson Spencer - Ethical Considerations In Managing A Business - 04/30/81
Ron Markman - Understanding Violence And Violent Crimes - 11/12/92
Donna Shalala - A Conversation With Secretary Donna Shalala - 04/27/95
Deborah Prathrow - Stith Teenage Violence: There Is An Answer - 04/05/94
Dean Rusk - Detente Or Cold War - 09/16/82
Curtis Sliwa - Crime: A Citizen's Response - 02/20/86
Cornel West - The Politics Of Race In America - 10/13/94
Christine Vladimiroff - Hunger In The Land Of Plenty: A Paradox - 02/25/93
Wilma Mankiller - A Native American Tribal Perspective On Life In America - 09/12/91
Alan Page - The Student Athlete - 02/25/82
Ashley Montagu - To Die Young - As Late As Possible - 03/24/88
Sanford Ungar - The United States And South Africa - 06/12/86
Dr Martin E. Marty - The Larger Vision In American Religion - 05/29/82
Abraham Verghese - Communities Respond To The AIDS Crisis - 05/11/95
Jim Wallis - America's Original Sin: Racism and White Privilege - 02/04/16
Andrew Bacevich - The Indispensable Nation? America's Role On The World Stage - 11/19/15
Jennifer Lawless - Running from Office: Why Young Americans Are Turned Off to Politics - 10/29/15
Patrick Kennedy - The Pain Of Mental Illness And Addiction- A Personal Journey - 10/13/15
Dan Buettner - Blue Zones City- Living Like The World's Healthiest People - 10/02/15
Tavis Smiley - No One Left Out: Creating Communities Of Justice - 10/01/15
Pete Docter - Inside The Creative Community: The Power And Process Of Animated Film - 09/28/14
Pavel Litvinov - The Human Rights Movement In The Soviet Union- Its Sense And Its Meaning - 04/23/83
C.Everett Koop - Confronting Major Health Issues - 10/05/88
Jean Kilborne - How Freed Is Our Press? The Truth About Censorship - 12/07/95
Greg Keilburger - An Uprising By Children Against Child Labor - 11/12/98
Harold Kushner - The Challenge Of Being Human - 11/12/87
Bob Keeshan - Growing Up In America - 10/24/85
Garrison Keillor - Changing The Lightbulb: Can We Meet The Comedic Needs Of The 80's? - 03/15/84
Clay Jenkinson - Renewing Our Community Values - A Conversation With Thomas Jefferson - 09/27/90
Eskil Hemberg And Philip Brunelle - Music And Government - 04/28/88
Kathleen Hall Jamieson - Media- Information Or Manipulation - 03/12/92
Harold Howe, II - Strategic New Thinking For Children, Youth, And Families - 03/15/90
Joseph Stanton, Ralph Nero & Walter Benjamin - Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides - 09/21/89
Barbara Gordon - The Sedation Of America - 03/25/82
Sol Gordon - AIDS, Sex Education, And Community Responsibility - 11/16/89
Lawrence Graham - How To Be A Winner In Education - 12/06/84
Ellen Goodman - Goodman At - Large - 10/25/84
Lani Guinier - Unfinished Agenda Of The Civil Rights Movement - 05/26/94
Claire Gaudiani - In Pursuit Of A Civil Society - 09/14/95
Rajmohan Gandhi - Today's Lost Certainties - 10/05/95
Roger Fisher - Iran- What Next? - TBA
Douglas Edwards - A Veteran Correspondent Looks At America - 11/15/84
Michael DeBakey - Ethical Issues In Cardiovascular Disease - 03/26/87
Michael Doris - Rewriting American History - 12/03/92
Faith Daniels - Violence Against Women - 07/11/91
Frederick Buechner - - 05/18/88
Emilio Castro - The Unknown Christ - 04/10/97
Jesse Allen - Women On The Front Lines- Meeting The Challenge Of An Aging America - 04/26/93
Jonathan Kozol - At The Mercy Of America- The Homeless And Their Children - 11/30/01
Ernest Boyer - Education - A New Look For The Nineties - 11/14/91
Helen Caldicott - The Medical Consequences Of Nuclear War - 11/18/82
Isabel Allende - Latin America- Romance And Reality - 03/03/94
James Comer - High Achievement For Children At Risk- A Model That Works - 02/21/91
Jill Conway - Affirming American Ideals In The 21st Century - 09/29/98
Joyce Brothers - Love, Intimacy, And The Family - 10/22/87
Maya Angelou - An Afternoon With Maya Angelou - 09/20/84
Philip Boffey - Hunger And Famine- Is It A Way Of Life? - 04/25/85
Ramon Cortines - The Challenges Of Urban Education - 04/06/95
Reeve Lindbergh Brown - The Lindbergh Heritage, What Do We Do With It Now? - 05/22/85
Robert Ballard - The Titanic To Telepresence - Living The Dream - 05/12/94
Robert Coles - The Moral Life Of Children - 01/09/84
Robert McAfee Brown - The Need For A Moral Minority - 03/19/81
Rollo May - The Crisis Of Freedom - 11/19/81
Shirley Chisholm - Civil And Human Rights In The U.S. And Third World - 03/13/86
William Blair Jr - The Global Environment And The Extinction Crisis - 02/25/88
William Colby - Is The CIA Above The Law? - 02/19/1987
Clive Barnes - A Critic's Opinion And Moral Responsibility - 10/30/1986
Christine Cassel - Successful Aging - 09/19/00
Archibald Cox - Government And Politics - 09/18/80
Anne Cohn - The Changing Face Of Child Abuse - 12/06/90
Alberta Arthurs - The Liberal Arts In Changing Times - 02/16/1984
David Brooks - The Role Of Character In Creating An Excellent Life - 05/14/15
Carl Bernstein - Can The System Work? Politics, Government, And Media - 04/16/15
Amy - Jill Levine - Who Did They Say He Was? Jesus In Text And Context -03/31/15
Andrew Zimmern - Around the Table: Food, Culture, and Community - 03/12/15
Frances Moore Lappe - Rebuilding Our Nation, Remaking Our Lives - 02/23/95
John O'Sullivan - A Conservative Worldview And American Politics - 11/07/96
Gordon Parks - Gordon Parks- A Life Of Art - 10/10/96
Georgie Ann Geyer - Citizenship In A Fragmented America - 09/26/96
David McCullough - American Society- Civil And Uncivil - 05/30/96
Juan Williams - Eyes On The Prize Today - 04/25/96
Iris Chang - The Silence Of Nanking- Human Rights And World Ethics - 10/10/98
Betty Williams - Safe Havens - 11/04/99
Carolyn Jefferson - Jenkins - Really Talk To Each Other? - 05/04/99
Joseph Stanton, Ralph Nero & Walter Benjamin - Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides - 09/21/89
E.J. Dionne - Why Americans Hate Politics - 02/22/96
Harold Hodgkinson - The Future Of The Twin Cities Is Already Here - 12/11/97
Gustav Niebuhr - Facing The New Millennium- Year 2000 - 09/25/97
Andrei Codrescu - Life, With Wit And Humor - 04/03/97
Michael Lerner - Transcending Racism And Hate - 03/13/97
Jeremy Rifkin - Putting Our Culture In Focus- Labor, Technology, Spirit - 02/27/97
Joycelyn Elders - Why Drug Policy Is A Health Care Issue - 09/24/98
Crystal Kuykendall - Strategies For Reclaiming Black And Hispanic Students - 04/16/98
Rita Dove - The Poet's Voice - 02/12/98
Ruby Bridges - Children, Race, And Reconciliation - 05/05/98
Robin Karr - Morse - Tracing The Roots Of Violence - 11/18/99
James Garbarino - Lost Boys- Why Our Sons Turn Violent - 10/21/99
Desmond Tutu - Truth And Reconciliation - 02/08/99
Bryan Stevenson - Just Mercy: Reforming the Criminal Justice System - 11/25/14
Simone Campbell - Nuns On The Bus: The Call To Compassion -11/13/14
Bob Herbert - Losing Our Way: Can We Restore the American Dream? - 10/16/2014
John Radsan - Religious Extremists and Terrorism: How Should We Respond? - 09/23/14
Reza Aslan - In Search Of Jesus - 04/10/14
David Gergen - Eyewitness To Power - 11/09/00
Morris Dees - Responding To Hate: Voices Of Hope And Tolerance - 02/28/01
Sylvia Earle - Sustainable Seas: The Vision, The Reality - 03/30/00
Tom Diaz - Making A Killing: The Gun Industry And Violence In America - 11/15/01
Millard Fuller - Habitat For Humanity: Safe, Affordable Housing - 05/17/01
Daniel Kemmis - The Good City And The Good Citizen - 04/26/01
Philip Landrigan - A Clear And Present Danger - 10/05/00
Parker Palmer - The Company Of Strangers - 11/21/02
George McGovern - Ending Hunger In Our Time - 10/17/02
Steve McCormick - The Map Of Hope: Conservation For The Real World - 04/25/02
John DeGraaf - Affluenza: The All - Consuming Epidemic - 02/28/02
Joe Dowling - The Conscience Of The King - 11/20/03
Pedro Jose Greer - The Least Of These - 10/16/03
William George - Business Ethics - 02/13/03
Kathy Halbreich - Expanding The Picture: The Missing Pieces In Arts And Culture Reporting - 11/18/04
James Fallows - Journalism And Democracy - 10/21/04
Paul Starr - The Creation Of The Media - 09/16/04
Gary Gilson - Whose News - 09/30/04
Theodore Roosevelt, IV - Land Ethics - 02/12/04
Salman Rushdie - A Conversation On Literature - 11/10/05
Peter Wallensteen - Peacemaking: Lessons From Dag Hammarskjold - 10/27/05
Edward Albee - The Arts, Creativity And The Common Good - 10/06/05
Robert Putnam - Community Engagement In A Changing America - 05/05/05
David Hemmingway - Private Guns, Public Health - 05/19/05
Jim Wallis - Faith And Politics In America - 04/07/05
Julian Bond - Civil Rights Then And Now: The Quest For Meaningful Equality - 03/10/05
Jacob Needleman - Rediscovering The American Soul - 03/23/06
Mary Pipher - The Middle Of Everywhere- The World's Refugees Come To Our Town - 02/17/05
Marian Wright Edelman - Liberty And Justice For All - 02/16/06
David Halberstam - America Then And Now - 04/27/06
Chris Hedges - Was Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning - 10/02/03
Bernice Johnson Reagon - The Arts, Creativity & The Common Good - 10/20/05
Amy Chua - World on Fire - 03/04/04
Michael Brune - Protecting the Wild Places - 03/20/14
Sue Monk Kidd - Life Is A Story - 02/11/14
Eben Alexander - The Nature of Consciousness - 11/21/13
Howard G. Buffet - Finding Hope in a Hungry World - 11/07/13
Wolf Blitzer - Palestine and the Arab/Israeli Conflict: A Dialogue - 10/22/92
Nien Chenh - Life and Death in Shanghai - 02/23/89
Kofi Annan - An Afternoon at Macalester College - 05/21/09
Elliot Richardson - The UN: After 50 Years, What Have We Learned? - 11/09/95
Nina Totenberg - Perspectives on the Supreme Court - 05/13/93
Barry Commoner - The Environment and the Economy: What Works - 10/22/92
Sylvia Ann Hewitt - When the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Neglecting Our Children - 05/28/92
Harrison Salisbury - From Pearl Harbor to the New World Order - 12/05/91
Thomas Friedman - The Middle East Today - 05/29/91
Robert Shaw - Music and Worship: A Tribute to Bach on His Birthday - 3/21/85
Martha Raddatz - A View from the White House - 10/05/06
Michael Mandelbaum - How America Acts as the World's Government - 10/19/06
William Schulz - Defending Human Rights - 11/16/2006
John Shelby Spong - Jesus for the Non-Religious - 04/19/07
John Dominic Crossan - God and Empire Then and Now - 04/26/07
Michael Oppenheimer - The Effects of Global Climate Change - 05/10/07
Elaine Pagels - Ancient Teachings, Modern Times - 09/27/07
Valerie Plame - Security, Surveillance, and Privacy - 10/15/13
Kofi Annan - An Afternoon at Macalester College - 05/21/09
Keith Ellison - The Generosity of Inclusion: Everybody Counts, Everybody Matters - 02/24/11
Gordon Parks - Gordon Parks: A Life of Art - 10/10/96
Nien Cheng - Life and Death in Shanghai - 02/23/89
Donna Brazile - The Election's Over: Now What? - 11/29/12
Joan Chittister - The New Violence and Its Unexpected Victims - 11/01/12
Michael Feinstein - The Gershwins: Preserving an American Cultural Legacy - 10/25/12
Davar Ardalan - Beloved Homelands: Iran and America - 03/01/07
Randall Balmer - God in the White House: How Faith Shapes the Presidency - 02/28/08
Kerry Kennedy - Speaking Truth to Power: Heroes in Our Midst - 10/11/07
Larkin McPhee - The Documentary Filmmaker: In Search of Truth - 03/10/11
Gene Robinson - God Believes in Love - 06/27/13
Mark McKinnon - Stop Fighting, Start Fixing: Making Government Work - 09/26/13
Os Guinness - The Case for Civility: Living Up to Our American Ideals - 04/10/08
Elliot Richardson - The UN: After 50 Years, What Have We Learned? - 11/09/95
Robin Wright - The New Middle East: Building a Culture of Change - 10/16/08
William George - Filling the Leadership Vacuum - 03/15/07
William McKibben - A Durable Future: Local Enterprise and the Environment - 03/29/07
Johan von Schreeb - Doctors without Borders: Bringing Hope to Haiti - 06/24/10
Jonathan Alter - Obama: Year One - 06/23/10
Nancy Aossey - Hope in the Midst of Devastation - 09/11/08
Lizz Winstead - What's Happened to the News? - 06/25/10
Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer - Building a Movement to Rescue a Nation and Save the Earth - 09/25/08
Jim Wallis - Rediscovering Values: A Moral Compass for the New Economy - 02/11/10
Jan Egeland - From the Frontlines of Humanity: Global Crises and Conflicts - 03/13/08
Hector Tobar - Latinos in America: Reinventing the American Dream - 10/30/08
Harvey Cox - The Future of Faith - 11/05/09
Hanan Ashrawi - Peace in the Middle East: A Palestinian Perspective - 05/6/10
Gwen Ifill - Politics and Race in the Age of Obama - 04/16/09
Gregory Boyle - Planning Futures, Not Funerals - 10/25/07
Eboo Patel - The Struggle for the Soul of a Generation - 05/07/09
David Lampton - The Three Faces of Chinese Power - 03/25/10
David Brooks - The Historic Election of Barack Obama - 11/13/08
Nina Totenberg - Perspectives on the Supreme Court - 05/13/93
Thomas Friedman - The Middle East Today - 05/29/91
Sylvia Ann Hewitt - When the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Neglecting Our Children - 05/28/92
Studs Terkel - America's Two Faces: Issues of Greed in America - 04/20/89
Robert Shaw - Music and Worship: A Tribute to Bach on His Birthday - 03/21/85
Harrison Salisbury - From Pearl Harbor to the New World Order - 12/05/91
Brian McLaren - A New Kind of Christianity - 04/15/10
Branford Marsalis - Down the Mississippi to New Orleans - 11/15/07
Barry Commoner - The Environment and the Economy: What Works - 10/22/92
Michael Duffy - The Presidents Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity - 09/27/12
Parker Palmer - Healing the Heart of Democracy - 04/19/12
Rachel Simmons - The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls - 03/08/12
Rick Steves - Travel as a Political Act - 02/23/12
Mark Tercek - Why Saving Nature Is the Smartest Investment We Can Make - 04/18/13
Tom Brokaw - The Time of Our Lives: Past, Present, Promise - 11/08/11
Jeffrey Sachs - Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity - 10/20/11
Norm Ornstein - Broken Government: Where Do We Go from Here? - 09/15/11
Krista Tippett - Spiritual Genius: Lessons for Living - 06/24/11
Patrick McGrann - Playing for Peace in Gaza - 05/03/12
E. J. Dionne - Our Divided Political Heart - 06/15/12
Walter Mondale - A Life in Politics - 10/14/10
The Historic Election of Barack Obama 2008-11-13
Mary McDonagh Murphy - The Legacy of Scout, Atticus, and Boo - 09/30/10
Candy Crowley - The Midterm Elections: What They Mean for America - 11/04/10
David Eisenhower - Dwight David Eisenhower: Going Home to Glory - 11/18/10
David Brooks - The Social Animal: Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement - 03/31/11
Frederic Luskin - The Power of Forgiveness - 05/05/11
Chris Matthews - Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero - 12/08/11
Hanan Ashrawi - Peace in the Middle East: A Palestinian Perspective - 05/06/10
Cory Booker - Reclaiming and Empowering At-Risk Youth - 03/02/10
Brian McLaren - A New Kind of Christianity - 04/15/10
Jim Wallis - Rediscovering Values: A Moral Compass for the New Economy - 02/21/08
David Lampton - The Three Faces of Chinese Power - 03/25/10
Ali Velshi - Beating the Financial Crisis - 09/17/09
Nicholas Kristof - Women Worldwide: From Oppression to Opportunity - 10/08/09
Sarah Chayes - Inside Afghanistan - 11/19/09
Barbara Brown Taylor - Learning to Live with Purpose - 03/05/09
Tom Gjelten - National Security Challenges Facing the Obama Administration - 03/19/09
Marcus Borg - Speaking Christian - 04/14/11
Anna Lappe´ - Building Real Food Communities - 03/14/13
Libby Larsen - A Composer on Composing - 02/21/13
Al Gore - Six Drivers of Global Change - 02/07/13