ARCHIVED BROADCASTS
June 29, 2001 The subject of this webcast is: an examination of the strange paradox of print journalism: it is one of the most profitable industries in this economy with profit margins of 20 to 30 percent on gross revenues; at the same time, it is serving a shrinking market through a more and more heavily concentrated network of giant chains.
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June 13, 2001 The subject of this webcast Republic.com -- is the Internet good for street-corner democracy? by David McCullough
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May 30, 2001 The subject of this webcast is "John Adams" by David McCullough
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May 24, 2001 Our 10th webcast - a milestone of sorts. With Katie Hafner, author of "The Well: A Story of Love, Death, and Real Life in the Seminal Online Community".
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May 17, 2001 The subject: A war that gave birth to a philosophy...With Louis Menand, Author of "The Metaphysical Club"
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May 10, 2001 The guest of this webcast was: Duke Ellington biographer, A.H. Lawrence
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May 01, 2001 The subject of this webcast is: Julie Salamon's "Facing the Wind: A True Story of Tragedy and Reconciliation".
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April 24, 2001 The subject of this webcast is: Dietrich Bonhoeffer German Protestant theologian and widely known as "one of the few Christian martyrs in a history otherwise stained by Christian complicity with Nazism"
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April 19, 2001 The Pulitzer Prize composer John Corigliano was the guest star of our fifth webcast.
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April 11, 2001 The guest was author Ann Wroe who discussed her book "Pontius Pilate: The Biography of an Invented Man"
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April 4, 2001 Ralph Nader was the guest, discussing his Green Party candidacy and the press coverage of his campaign. Also joining us was Anthony Lewis of the New York Times; Lance Morrow, of Time Magazine; and Tom Edsell, political correspondent for The Washington Post.
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March 27, 2001 Chris Lydon and guests discussed the case before the Supreme Court that pits freelance journalists against big media on the issue of digital rights. We rounded up a few good guests for you. Joining us were: Laurence Tribe, who argued for the publishers before the Supreme Court. Kenneth Starr, who also represents the publishers Jonathan Tasini, the president of the National Writers Union. Wendy Kaminer, lawyer, social critic, and contributing editor of The Atlantic Monthly, John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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March 20, 2001 Topic: Tip O'Neill. Guest: John Aloysius Farrell, author "Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century"
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