Fordham Conversations

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  • Unconfessed
    A few years ago, Yvette Christianse was doing archival research in
    South
    Africa, when she came across a slave woman's story. The story haunted
    Christianse, and the book she wrote about, Unconfessed, has just been
    named a finalist for the prestigious Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award.
    30 min
  • Lying in Lit
    In literature, what does it really mean to tell the truth? We explore
    that question with authors Mary Karr--she's the author of the hugely
    successful memoir "The Liar's Club"; and Heidi Julavits, whose novel
    "The Uses of Enchantment" explores the idea of how truth changes when
    different interests get involved.
    30 min
  • Looking for Jimmy: The Irish in America
    On an early-St. Patrick's Day Fordham Conversations, we talk with author
    Peter Quinn, about Politics, Jimmy Cagney, and the Irish-American
    sense of History (or lack thereof.) Also, one Irish-American daughter's
    memories of her father's favorite drinking song.

    30 min
  • Civil Rights above the Mason-Dixon Line
    When most of us think of the Civil Rights movement, we think of iconic
    figures like Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks...southern figures.
    But there was much more going on in the north than we seem to recall.
    We talk to Fordham African-American Studies professor Brian Purnell,
    about the civil rights movement in Brooklyn, and why we should remember
    it.
    30 min
  • Aw, sugar...
    You might be cursing sugar right now for your winter weight gain. But
    back in the 17th century, sugar was a luxury item that people couldn't
    stop talking about...and it had a much bigger effect on the development
    of the modern world than you might think. We talk to Fordham professor
    Kim Hall about what sugar means to us today, and what it meant back then.
    30 min
  • The Celestial Jukebox
    Who really owns the music you buy online? A
    Conversation with Fordham Professor Tom McCourt, co-author of "Digital Music Wars: Ownership and Control of the Celestial Jukebox."
    30 min
  • The Booker Prize

    People place bets on it;

    nominees are covered in the tabloids; and the award is given out at a black-tie
    gala that's broadcast nationally on TV.  Is it the oscars?  No! It's
    the Booker Prize. We talk with Fordham professor Nicola Pitchford about the
    literary prize, and why it's so important to the British.

    30 min
  • Telenovelas

    Hugo Benavides grew up watching Latin American soap operas -telenovelas-on TV in New

    York and Equador. But he never thought that when he
    grew up, he'd be studying them. We talk to Benavides about telenovelas, and about the US-Mexico border melodramas called  "Narcodramas".

    30 min
  • Women in Prison

    What image comes into your mind when you think of someone in

    prison? Chances are it's not an image of a woman. But there are about 200,000
    women incarcerated in the United States, and
    they have health needs that the prison system, which was designed for violent
    male offenders, isn't prepared to face. We talk to Fordham Professor Jeanne
    Flavin about her reseach and work with women prisoners.

    30 min
  • Domestic Violence in the Military
    Abu Ghraib and other incidents abroad have brought misbehavior in the
    US Military into sharp relief...but what about at home? We'll talk to
    Fordham Professor Mary Ann Forgey about a project she's working on with
    the Army, to improve social workers' ability to deal with reports of
    domestic violence. --Aired 12/9/2006
    30 min

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An exploration of the worlds of literature, science, politics, and the arts with faculty, visiting scholars and outside guests