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Forum Network

Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideas

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Public Broadcasting Atlanta's (PBA) Forum Network is an online, on-demand archive of discussions given by some of the world's foremost scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policy-makers and community leaders. These discussion events are hosted by cultural and educational organizations in metro Atlanta and beyond. Through the Forum Network, people across the world can now listen and watch these events online. We encourage our audience to browse our featured, new, and popular lectures. Explore all lectures by Topics, Series, Partners, and Speakers. To provide our viewers with added information lectures are further augmented with speaker biographies, related lectures and books, captions and transcripts, and downloadable audio. **About Atlanta Public Broadcasting ** Great cities are known by their museums, theaters, symphonies and parks. But the greatest impact on a city's cultural life radiates invisibly through the air. For Atlanta, that cultural force is Public Broadcasting Atlanta. WABE 90.1 FM and PBA 30, brings NPR News, music, the arts and PBS programming to hundreds of thousands of listeners and viewers each year. Today, people turn to public broadcasting for their news, music, arts and entertainment. Yet, few people realize that public broadcasting began as "educational television" -- strictly a learning resource. As a broadcast service of Atlanta Public Schools in partnership with the Atlanta Educational Telecommunications Collaborative (AETC), PBA has never lost sight of its original mission. Education remains at the core of our operation at every level, from preschoolers to our elders.

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  • Atlanta mayoral candidates Lisa Borders, Mary Norwood, Kasim Reed, and Jesse Spikes outline their commitment to arts programs and how they would pay for them, if they win the November election. This forum is sponsored by the Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition, and hosted by the Woodruff Arts Center.
    Partner:
    PBA
  • National Public Radio (NPR) President and CEO Vivian Schiller, on a special visit to Public Broadcasting Atlanta's (PBA) studios, gives a sneak peek into her strategy for the future direction of the network. PBA President Milton Clipper and General Manager John Weatherford provide introductions.
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    PBA
  • In celebration of the 40th anniversary of [Sesame Street](http://www.sesamestreet.org/) (in 2009), Michael Davis takes us behind the scenes of the innovative and definitive children's TV show on PBS. Davis talks about his book, *Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street*, which chronicles fascinating stories of the well-known characters and many unsung heroes of the program. PBA (Atlanta) General Manager John Weatherford moderates. This event is hosted by the Atlanta Fulton County Library.
    Partner:
    PBA
  • Professor Goodman's research focuses on international technological development, technology diffusion, and related public policy issues. Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) and PBA present Dr. Goodman who is co-director of the Center for International Strategy, Technology & Policy (CISTP) and the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), as well as adjunct professor in the School of Public Policy. His current work is concentrated on the study of global diffusion of the internet and the security of large-scale national and international IT-based infrastructures. After earning his BS and MS Degrees from Columbia University, Dr. Goodman earned his PhD in Applied Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology.
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    PBA
  • Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and chief executive officer of PolicyLink, addresses the Atlanta Neighborhood Summit. The Neighborhood Summit is a new, day-long event aimed at bringing together neighbors from across the region to discuss issues of mutual interest. The theme for this first annual event, Neighborhood Connections, Regional Voices, expresses the importance of strengthening neighborhoods while building a collaborative regional voice.
    Partner:
    PBA
  • 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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    PBA
  • Travis and Trinity Townsend are brothers, attorneys, and authors of *When The Cops Come Knockin': An Illustrative Guide to Criminal Law*. They speak to a class of high school students about criminal law, offer teenage survival skills and deliver insightful information about commonly committed cybercrimes. They discuss how to assert and protect legal rights when confronted by police officers, prosecutors, and other representatives of the criminal justice system.
    Partner:
    PBA
  • Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed delivers the 2010 Mayor’s Annual State of the City Business Breakfast address, hosted by the Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP).
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    PBA
  • Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser, author of T*he Art of the Turnaround: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Arts Organizations*, speaks about current challenges and opportunities for arts organizations.
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    PBA
  • At this Cobb County neighborhood forum, Jane Hayes, Chief of Transportation Planning and Finance for the Atlanta Regional Commission, discusses the region's sustainability. This is the first of four planned neighborhood forums. She talks about air quality, water availability, transportation projects, and green space. She presents a vision for the growth of the region.
    Partner:
    PBA