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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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  • Kevin Klose: Next Generation of NPR

    Tue, Sep 9, 2008
    National Public Radio President Kevin Klose speaks to a group of supporters at Public Broadcasting Atlanta studios. He talks about NPR's achievements and goals, and also describes some of its challenges, like harnessing new technology in broadcasting, podcasting, and the Web. He also discusses the state of the media today and NPR's commitment to serious, fact-based journalism. **Kevin Klose** is a former editor, and national and foreign correspondent with *The Washington Post*. He also served as director of US international broadcasting, overseeing the United States' global radio and television news services from 1997-98.
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  • Two Tuskegee Airmen Remember

    Tue, Sep 23, 2008
    Lt. Col. Lee Archer and Lt. Col. Hiram Mann, two of the WWII Tuskegee Airmen, share their stories. Under pressure in 1941, the Army set up an all-black pursuit squadron to train for combat duty. The Red-Tail Angels (named for the markings on their aircraft) were born. The Tuskegee Airmen are known for never having lost a bomber to enemy aircraft. According to US Army Col. Nathan Thomas (ret.), the Tuskegee Airmen paved the way for full integration of the US military. *This event is sponsored by the Invest Financial Corp. and hosted by the Downwind Restaurant in Atlanta.
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  • Cokie Roberts: Ladies of Liberty

    Mon, May 12, 2008
    Cokie Roberts reveals the stories of determined and passionate women, including Rebecca Gratz, Dolley Madison, Theodosia Burr, and Sacajawea. In her previous book, *Founding Mothers*, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the women who helped establish our nation. In this latest book, *Ladies of Liberty*, she continues the story of more remarkable women and their achievements in moving the fledgling US forward, from the election of John Adams in 1796 to the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828. This event was hosted by the Barnes & Noble at Georgia Tech.
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  • Future US Foreign Policy

    Tue, May 13, 2008
    President and founder of The Southern Center for International Studies Peter White delivers remarks on suggested next steps for the new White House administration in 2009.
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  • The European Union as a Rising Superpower

    Tue, Oct 21, 2008
    Danish Ambassador to the US Friis Arne Petersen discusses the reality of a more potent European Union. This event is hosted and cosponsored by Emory University and the Trade Commission of Denmark.
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    Love Is a Mix Tape

    Wed, Jan 23, 2008
    *Rolling Stone* writer Rob Sheffield discusses his book *Love Is a Mix Tape*, which examines life, love, and death in terms of music, specifically a set of mixtapes from throughout his relationship with Renee, the spunky punk rocker he married and eventually lost to a pulmonary embolism. After the reading, local band The Swear takes the bookstore stage and plays some rock.
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    Pop Culture
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  • 46 Years of Desegregation at the University of Georgia

    Wed, Jan 9, 2008
    Michael Thurmond delivers the Holmes-Hunter Lecture, which honors Charlayne Hunter-Gault and the late Hamilton Holmes, the first African American students to enroll at UGA. Lecture speakers focus on race relations, black history or aspects of higher education with implications for race relations.
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    Civil Rights Movement Series
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  • Keeping It Wild

    Sat, Nov 3, 2007
    Majora Carter, executive director of Sustainable South Bronx, delivers the keynote address for the 2007 Keeping it Wild (KIW) gala. KIW is a program of The Wilderness Society, a national member group of Earth Share. Keeping it Wild connects people to the land and to each other in order to protect and conserve wildlands. The annual Keeping it Wild Gala, presented by Southern Company, celebrates the diversity of the environment and the people who nurture it. The 2007 theme is *Protecting Your Environment: The Power of One*. Majora Carter connects poverty alleviation and the environment in ways that benefit both concerns, demonstrating Clean-Tech solutions for the most persistent urban public health and global climate concerns. Majora Carter was born, raised, and continues to live and work in the south Bronx, an environmentally challenged community. She founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001 to fight for environmental justice through innovative, economically sustainable projects that are informed by community needs. She earned a 2005 MacArthur fellowship for her vision, drive, and tenacity as an urban revitalization strategist.
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    Guantanamo: Legal, Practical, and Moral Issues

    Thu, Apr 24, 2008
    John Chandler, his spouse Beth Tanis, and his colleagues at the Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan law firm represent seven men from Yemen who have been detained by the US government at Guantánamo, some for five years now. The Sutherland group has visited Guantánamo a dozen times, has traveled to Yemen to meet the families of these men and has filed habeas petitions in the US district court for the District of Columbia. During this luncheon presentation, Chandler talks about one such case. He is recognized in the *International Who's Who for Lawyers*, a Top 100 super lawyer by *Atlanta Magazine* and has been named to *Georgia Trend Magazine's* Legal Elite since its inception. This event is hosted by the Atlanta Council on International Relations.
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  • Gene Baur: Farm Sanctuary

    Mon, Apr 21, 2008
    In *Farm Sanctuary*, Gene Baur provides an investigation of the ethical questions involved in the production of beef, poultry, pork, milk, and eggs -- and what each of us can do to stop the mistreatment of farm animals and promote compassion. He details the triumphs and the disappointments of more than twenty years on the front lines of the animal protection movement. Gene Baur is the president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, the first animal rescue organization dedicated to farmed animals. He has been at the forefront of animal rights since he began the sanctuary in 1986. Borders Books in Buckhead hosted this event.
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