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DECEMBER
December 27, 2005
Re-creating
Shakespeare
A report on the re-creation of London's historic Globe Theatre.
The report features a conversation with Mark Rylance, artistic director for
the theater, who recently announced he would step down from his post at the
end of the year.
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December 22, 2005
Merry
Little Christmas
Tis the season for endless Christmas songs, but for essayist
Roger Rosenblatt, it is all humbug.
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December 13, 2005
Looking
at "Lolita"
50 years after the book "Lolita" was banned
from most bookstore shelves, essayist Roger Rosenblatt reflects on Nabokov's
controversial work.
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December 6, 2005
Investigating Beethoven's Death
New research shows that Ludwig van Beethoven died of lead poisoning.
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December 6, 2005
Team
Colors
Essayist Clarence Page looks at the conflicting messages playing
out on sports fields across the nation.
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December 1, 2005
Is
it Art?
A growing number of museums are themselves becoming works of art.
Essayist Richard Rodriguez considers one.
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NOVEMBER
November 29, 2005
The Art of War
A report on the artwork of Steve Mumford, an artist who spent ten months in Iraq. The report explores Mumford's experience painting the war and the people of Iraq.
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November 22, 2005
Tell
Me a Story
Roger Rosenblatt dwells on the blurring line between fiction
and nonfiction.
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November 18, 2005
Banding Together
Musicians, scattered across the country by Hurricane Katrina, have begun to return to New Orleans, the city that helped give birth to jazz. But despite the efforts of many, the road back to a vibrant music scene remains long and uncertain. |
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November 17, 2005
Death's
Embrace
Joan Didion won the the National Book Award Wednesday night for "The
Year of Magical Thinking," a memoir about her husband's death. Anne Taylor Fleming
considers the work and its impact. |
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November 14, 2005
To
Lead
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, essayist Richard Rodriguez considers
the state of leadership in the United States. |
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November 2, 2005
Rosa
Parks
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt reflects on the dignity that marks the photos
of recently passed civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.
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OCTOBER
October 20, 2005
Capote
Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming reflects on a new movie about author Truman Capote.
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October 13, 2005
Literary Laureate
Following a background report, a theater critic discusses work of British playwright and poet Harold Pinter, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
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October 11, 2005
Gaming Boom
A report on recent successes and innovations of the video game industry. |
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October 10, 2005
Desert
Faith
Although often born from the same root, religions will develop their
own connections and deep divisions. Essayist Richard Rodriguez considers what
unites and divides some religions.
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October 10, 2005
Conversation: "1491"
Charles Mann discusses his new book "1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus."
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October 6, 2005
Good Night and Good Luck
Jeffrey Brown talks with actor and director George Clooney about his new movie that focuses on journalist Edward R. Murrow's pursuit of Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
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October 3, 2005
The Artful Storyteller
Following a background report, a look back at the
life of award-winning playwright August Wilson, with actor Anthony Chrisholm,
who performed in six of Wilson's plays, and Kenny Leon, who directed and acted
in several of Wilson's plays. Wilson died Sunday at age 60.
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SEPTEMBER
September 22, 2005
Left
Behind
The story of who escaped and who remained in New Orleans during the
great flood appeared to be one dipped in race and economics. Essayist Clarence
Page discusses. |
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September 9, 2005
The
Trial
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt considers what happens when a natural catastrophe
exposes a lack of real public policy. |
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September 6, 2005
The
Third World
Richard Rodriguez observes that the Third World is no longer
a distant idea from the developing world, but the state of Louisiana in the
wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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AUGUST
August 30, 2005
Politics
of Division
Essayist Clarence Page reflects of Republican Party chairman
Ken Mehlman's appeal to African-Americans for their support in future elections.
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August 24, 2005
Cellular
Society
Clarence Page looks at the increasing power of cellular phones on
modern American life.
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August 17, 2005
Eyes
Wide Open
Roger Rosenblatt mulls if more vigilance will truly make us safer
in an age of terrorism.
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August 15, 2005
Conversation: 'Three Billion New Capitalists'
Clyde Prestowitz, author of "Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East" discusses the emerging power of China and India in the world's market.
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August 10, 2005
Book Conversation: "Our Fathers' War"
A book conversation about fathers, sons and the shadows cast by war.
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August 9, 2005
In Memoriam: John Johnson
A tribute to publishing tycoon John H. Johnson, founder of Ebony and Jet magazines, who died of congestive heart failure in Chicago at 87 years old.
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August 8, 2005
Singer of Stories
Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died Saturday in Havana of multiple organ failure.
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August 3, 2005
Conversation: Oral Histories
Chicago authors Studs Terkel and Alex Kotlowitz talk about their interviews with Chicago residents.
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August 3, 2005
Faith
and Science
On the 80th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial, Roger Rosenblatt
weighs in on the ongoing clash between religion and science.
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JULY
July 27, 2005
Jobs
Nobody Wants
Essayist Clarence Page considers if there really are jobs no
one wants. |
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July 26, 2005
Pay for On-Air Play
Record company Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay $10 million in fines for bribing radio stations to give Sony artists more airplay. |
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July 22, 2005
North
American Neighbors
Richard Rodriguez ponders how free trade partners share
borders, but radically different social policies. |
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July 20, 2005
Beauty
on Ice
Essayist Ann Taylor Fleming discusses how one film, March of the Penguins,
is providing a welcome respite from the violence in many summer movies.
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July 19, 2005
Jazz Pianist
Acclaimed jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is slated to play his first solo concert in North America since 1995 at Carnegie Hall in September.
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July 18, 2005
Harry Potter Magic
The sixth installment of the J.K. Rowling's series about Harry Potter was released over the weekend and the book has reportedly sold over 9 million copies in its first day. |
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July 15, 2005
Nostalgia
Trip
Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming mulls that later this summer, the Rolling
Stones are starting their sweep through the country's arenas and amphitheaters,
aiming to tug hard at the nostalgia of aging baby boomers. |
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July 14, 2005
Sounds
of Silence
Roger Rosenblatt considers what the silent honor roll of soldiers
killed in Iraq and Afghanistan tells us about the ongoing war. |
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July 5, 2005
Women
and Work
Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming outlines the conflicting struggles
of women in the workforce.
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JUNE
June 29, 2005
Shelby Foote: War and Remembrance
Remembering historian and novelist Shelby Foote -- best known for his three-volume work on the Civil War -- who died Monday in Memphis at the age of 88. |
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June 21, 2005
Accidental
City
Essayist Richard Rodriguez reflects on the the film "Crash"
and what it says about the city of Angels. |
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June 21, 2005
CPB: Under Pressure
The House of Representatives is expected to vote by the end of the week on an appropriations bill recommended by its subcommittee to cut the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's federal funding by 45 percent in 2006.
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June 20, 2005
Teenage Gambling
Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on the rising number of teenage gambling addicts. |
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June 13, 2005
The
Rising
In the wake of the passing of Pope John Paul II, Roger Rosenblatt considers
the rising tide of faith in America. |
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June 9, 2005
A New Book About the Impact of Popular Culture
An author discusses his new book "Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter." |
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June 7, 2005
Who's
a Journalist?
Essayist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune considers who
is and who is not a journalist. |
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June 6, 2005
Encore: Doubt
A profile of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, 'Doubt,' which won four Tony awards including one for best play at the 59th Annual Tony Awards.
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June 3, 2005
A Life in Drama
Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown sits down with award-winning playwright Edward Albee on the eve of this year's Tony Awards.
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June 2, 2005
Surviving
Jonestown
"The People's Temple," a new play based on the Jonestown massacre,
reconsiders the group's origins in the social justice and civil rights movements.
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MAY
May 30, 2005
How
It's Done
Roger Rosenblatt discusses Karl Fleming's "Son of the Rough South,"
a book he calls an "uncivil memoir," and what it tells us about the civil rights
era. |
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May 25, 2005
Cowboys
and Indians
Essayist Richard Rodriguez that looks at the Arizona Minutemen
patrolling the Mexico-Arizona border. |
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May 5, 2005
Face
Painting
Clarence Page reflects on the works of Gilbert Stuart and Simmie
Knox, two tellers of visual stories.
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APRIL
April 25, 2005
My
Broken Heart
Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming finally admits that Los Angeles
may be breaking her heart. |
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April 20, 2005
Operation Homecoming
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Defense Department joined forces on a project in which soldiers and Marines publish their wartime stories.
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April 15, 2005
The New Lincoln Library
A tour of the new high-tech Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois dedicated to the life and presidency of the nation's 16th president.
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April 15, 2005
Lincoln's Legacy
A historian explains how the legacy of President Lincoln is portrayed in the new high-tech Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Illinois and why the nation's 16th president is still a compelling and intriguing figure. |
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April 13, 2005
Conversation: Saturday
Author Ian McEwan joins correspondent Jeffrey Brown to discuss his latest novel, "Saturday." |
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April 11, 2005
Hard
Rock
Clarence Page reflects on the troubled times in Rock and Roll and whether
it is, in fact, here to stay. |
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April 6, 2005
In Memoriam: Saul Bellow
Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Saul Bellow died Tuesday at the age of 89 at his home in Brookline, Mass. Jeffrey Brown remembers the acclaimed author.
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April 4, 2005
Conversation:
Pulitzer Winner
Ted Kooser, National Poet Laureate of the United States,
won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry Monday for his collection of work called "Delights
and Shadows."
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MARCH
March 30, 2005
A
Man of Our Time
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt has some words of appreciation for
Henry A. Grunwald, a Time magazine editor who changed the magazine world. |
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March 29, 2005
Hunter's
Way Out
Anne Taylor Fleming weighs in on the suicide of gonzo journalist Hunter
S. Thompson.
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March 23, 2005
Faces of the Fallen
Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown looks at a new exhibit paying tribute to U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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March 22, 2005
Apple's America
R.W. Apple, a New York Times travel writer, discusses about some of his favorite cities in the United States.
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March 21, 2005
Remembering Bobby Short
The NewsHour remembers the life of singer Bobby Short.
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March 14, 2005
Disney's Troubled Kingdom
After a tumultuous two-decade reign of the Walt Disney Company, Michael Eisner will be replaced this October by Disney President Robert Iger.
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March 10, 2005
Red
and Blue
Essayist Richard Rodriguez contends modern America is more complex
the simply red or blue states. |
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March 4, 2005
Be
a Man
Clarence Pages ponders what it is to be a man in an evolving world.
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FEBRUARY
February 25, 2005
Time
Out
Anne Taylor Fleming discusses taking time out to combat obesity and savor
life's smaller moments.
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February 23, 2005
Road to Freedom
Jeffrey Brown looks at the newly opened National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, which chronicles the struggle of slaves seeking freedom in pre Civil War America. |
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February 21, 2005
Out
in the Open
Essayist Richard Rodriguez discusses a new book the posits Abraham
Lincoln may have been homosexual.
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February 21, 2005
Remembering a Writer, an Actress and a Singer
The NewsHour remembers journalist and author Hunter Thompson, actress Sandra Dee and singer John Raitt.
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February 11, 2005
Death of a Playwright
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller died Thursday night at the age of 89.
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February 9, 2005
Conversation: The Case for Democracy
Ray Suarez speaks with Natan Sharansky, author of "The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror," about the influence his book seems to be having on the Bush administration.
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February 9, 2005
Picturing Iraq
Terence Smith looks at some prize-winning photos from the war in Iraq.
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February 4, 2005
In Memoriam
Legendary actor and civil rights advocate Ossie Davis died in a Miami hotel at the age of 87. A look back at the man who was a central figure among black performers for many decades.
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February 1, 2005
One
Weird Country
Anne Taylor Fleming considers the contradictions of a nation
of morals where pornography is so prevalent.
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JANUARY
January 28, 2005
Cautionary
Tale
Anne Taylor Fleming offers her thoughts about Elizabeth Edwards's and
her end-of-campaign diagnosis of breast cancer. |
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January 24, 2005
Remembrance:
Johnny Carson
Jeffrey Brown looks back on the career of late-night talk
show host Johnny Carson, who died over the weekend. Then, Jim Lehrer talks with
two entertainment experts about Carson's legacy. Then Jim Lehrer discusses Carson's
life and legacy with former talk show host and entertainer, writer Dick Cavett,
who's with us from Park City, Utah, and Robert Thompson, professor of television
and popular culture at Syracuse University.
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January 5, 2005
Do You Speak American?
Arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks with former NewsHour anchor Robert MacNeil about his new documentary, "Do You Speak American?" |
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