50 episodes
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
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Kennedy Library Forums are a series of public affairs programs offered by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to foster public discussion on a diverse range of historical, political and cultural topics reflecting the legacy of President and Mrs. Kennedy's White House years. They are conducted as conversations rather than lectures.
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A Tribute to Seamus Heaney
On the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's dedication of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College, the Kennedy Library hosted a tribute to the Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet who passed away on August 30. Speakers included his good friend and fellow poet Rose Styron, former poet laureate Robert Pinsky and Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen. This program was a collaboration with PEN New England.
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A Conversation with Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl shot by the Taliban last October because of her advocacy for children’s education, discusses her book, I am Malala, and her determination to continue her fight for universal education with WBUR’s Here & Now host, Robin Young.
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The Legacy of Joe Moakley
A discussion of the book, "Joe Moakley’s Journey: From South Boston to El Salvador" with author Mark Robert Schneider and Congressman Jim McGovern. Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporter Kevin Cullen moderates.
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JFK's Last Hundred Days
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the final months of JFK’s presidency, Thurston Clarke discusses his new book, JFK’s Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President, with historian Ted Widmer
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A Conversation with John Lewis
Congressman John Lewis commemorates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington with an in-depth discussion with veteran journalist Callie Crossley.
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The Life of Rose Kennedy
Barbara Perry discusses her biography of Rose Kennedy, The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch with Pulitzer Prize-winning former Boston Globe columnist Eileen McNamara.
Customer Reviews
Overall a stimulating podcast
ONE EXCEPTION, Allan Brinkley speaking on JFK was more than disappointing. I had the feeling I was being served up the equivalent of a middle school oral report during the interview portion. The Q and A revealed what an absolute fraud this alleged bit of scholarship must be. The shallow understanding of what led to the bay of pigs and naïveté of how that shaped his presidency moving forward was troubling. The worst was the unfounded assertion that JFK had no skills in dealing with congress. The adeptness Kennedy demonstrated when convincing and then mobilizing the American people to pressure the senate was masterful. The American University speech stands as the prime example of how well placed morality can shame the entrenched power structure ,if only for a moment. His political skills were ahead of his time. None saw it coming, that brief window of opportunity, but him. He seized it and because of his savvy we have the NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY.
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