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CambridgeForum is deeply committed to its civic engagement, and to fostering the principle that an informed public make wiser and more just decisions. In this way, the podcast strives to contribute to the vision of democracy as a viable, enduring entity.

Episodes

  1. Sep 25

    The California Gold Rush

    Historian Nathaniel Philbrick, famed American author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower, discusses his latest book THE RUSH, where he turns his storytelling lens West to follow the history of the gold rush, as it moves from riverbed to counting house to the halls of power. His book reveals how the pursuit of gold shaped the development of America from the Wild West to debates over slavery in the Western territories, to the resulting chaos caused in Washington. The scramble for wealth reshaped our ideas of freedom, labor and belonging and by enabling the rise of California, pushed a fractured nation toward Civil War. Ilyon Woo, the New York Times best-selling author of "Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom" moderates the conversation.

  2. Jun 4

    Crisis Of The Common Good

    Senator Chris Murphy - author and politician serving since 2013 as US senator from Connecticut - discusses his new book, Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America.with Heather Cox Richardson—professor of history at Boston College and bestselling author of Democracy Awakening.

  3. 12/05/2025

    RESISTING ERASURE: The role of Indigenous People in American Identity

    Even as Indigenous knowledge and ways of life have been borrowed and celebrated by mainstream culture, Native peoples have faced dispossession, exclusion and erasure. How, despite all efforts to eradicate them over the centuries, have Indigenous communities continued to survive and exercise their sovereignty and sacred cultural ways?Cambridge Forum

  4. 11/21/2025

    WHAT ARE WE UP TO IN SPACE?

    This episode will provide a reality check on our current role in space, to consider what is really motivating our actions, driving our expensive excursions to Mars, and shaping our international satellite placement industry. Have we really considered our role, responsibility, and stewardship in space alongside the potential profits to be made? We are joined by two astrophysicists: Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute and author of The Secret Life of the Universe; and Erika Nesvold, former researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and author of Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space.

  5. 11/27/2016

    Forever Young

    Music and memories from the early days of the Harvard Square folk scene to the current state of the Americana genre.Cambridge Forum

  6. 10/04/2010

    Phil Ochs Songs

    Sonny Ochs, sister of the songwriter Phil Ochs, brings together a group of musicians, including Fred Small, to perform her brother’s songs and keep his music alive today. Phil Ochs’ political songs helped shape the social consciousness of the protest movements of the 1960s. These performances are a vivid expression of the power of music to move us and change the world.

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CambridgeForum is deeply committed to its civic engagement, and to fostering the principle that an informed public make wiser and more just decisions. In this way, the podcast strives to contribute to the vision of democracy as a viable, enduring entity.

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  • Creator
    cambridgeforum
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © CF 2026
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