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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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  • David Brown: Marketplace's Renaissance Man

    Fri, Nov 19, 2004
    David Brown discusses his experiences as a journalist, world economics, and the complexities of producing a business news magazine like Public Radio International's *Marketplace*. A true Renaissance man, *Marketplace* host David Brown is a motorcycle-loving, history-reading, Southern-born gentleman who believes that Alexis de Tocqueville's *Democracy in America* should be required reading for all citizens. An enigmatic and multifaceted individual, he would love to have had the opportunity to interview T.E. Lawrence, and believes that journalists have the honor and heavy responsibility of writing the first draft of history. Brown is also one of public radio's most highly respected and broadly experienced hosts and producers. He joined *Marketplace* in the fall of 2000 as senior producer.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • 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.
    Forum Network
    Civil Rights Movement Series
    Partner:
    PBA
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    Travis and Trinity Townsend: When The Cops Come Knockin’

    Mon, Mar 15, 2010
    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.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA
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    Kasim Reed: State of the City Breakfast, 2010

    Fri, Apr 16, 2010
    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).
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative

    Wed, Feb 24, 2010
    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.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Plan 2040: Atlanta Region's Plan for Sustainability - Cobb

    Thu, Jun 10, 2010
    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.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Mike Thomas: Busting Myths About the Creative World

    Thu, Dec 9, 2010
    Mike Thomas, Vice President of Production for Turner Original Productions offers advice on getting into the creative world and tells about his rules for getting and keeping a job. He says that it's important to make sure that you are having fun at what you do. He also explains that 'Nice Trumps Good' when it comes to success. People who get laid off first are the ones who can't get along with other people. Mike spends an hour with a group of students at Atlanta's Grady High School for Gradytalks.info.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Denis Brosnan: Models, Mentors, and Membership

    Thu, Feb 3, 2011
    Denis Brosnan, CEO of Prommis Solutions, talks to a group of high school students about necessary evils in life. He tells about three tools that can help propel you forward in life. Modeling your behavior after others can help you fit in and do what people do. We join groups to accomplish more than we can do on our own. We can get great guidance from mentors. Denis talks about the pitfalls of using the three tools. This talk is part of Liz Lieberman's Grady Talks program at Grady High School in Atlanta.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Lawrence Toner: Using Common Sense and Building Relationships

    Thu, Feb 17, 2011
    Lawrence Toner, VP at Turner Studios in Atlanta, talks about the TV business and how using common sense and building relationships is the key to job search. He tells a group of high school students at Atlanta's Grady High School to be fearless and stop expecting that life is about fairness. This talks is part of Liz Lieberman's Grady Talks series.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA

  • Jeff Reeves: The Art of Branding Yourself

    Wed, Feb 16, 2011
    Jeff Reeves, former Seattle Seahawks football player, business executive, and author of *The Art of Branding Yourself: How to Advance your Career Quickly* talks to a group of high school students about their future. Jeff tells the young people to not let other define who they are. He talks about responsibility, making good choices and building your brand.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    PBA
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