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FAQs about Thirteen Forum (audio) | THIRTEEN:How many episodes does Thirteen Forum (audio) | THIRTEEN have?The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.
May 26, 2010Understanding the Enemy: Counterterrorism and al QaedaAs the FBI program manager and instructor at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center, Bill Braniff conducts cutting-edge research in counterterrorism and trains law enforcement on how to "understand the enemy." Braniff's expertise helps officials to battle terrorism with a fresh perspective and greater understanding of Islamic ideology....more1h 1minPlay
May 19, 2010Paul and Me: 53 Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal, Paul NewmanPaul and Me is an intimate account by the bestselling author A. E. Hotchner of his remarkable, enduring, fifty-three year friendship with Hollywood legend Paul Newman. Hotchner shares their adventures: From travels across the globe to jointly owning fishing boats to coping with the loss of Newman's son, Scott, to starting their food company, Newman's Own, as a prank which has given all of its $300 million of profits to charities....more55minPlay
May 12, 2010Mind Over MoneyIn the aftermath of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, NOVA presents "Mind Over Money," an entertaining and penetrating exploration of why mainstream economists failed to predict the Crash of 2008 and why we so often make irrational financial decisions. It's a show that reveals hidden money drives in us all and explores controversial new arguments about the world of finance....more54minPlay
May 05, 20109/11 and Trials of TerrorA panel offers a dialogue with multiple perspectives on a complex subject - trying terror suspects in civilian courts and military tribunals, with a discussion regarding the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial. Panelists include Karen Greenberg, the executive director New York University's Center on Law and Security, and Dennis Farrell, a nationally recognized security expert with more than three decades in law enforcement, and New York State Supreme Court Judge Edward McCarty, an expert in military tribunals....more1h 2minPlay
April 21, 2010What Makes the Mindset of a Radical?Writer Stephen Batchelor + neurophilosopher Owen Flanagan: The author of Confession of a Buddhist Atheist argues that the Buddha was a radical innovator. What is it in our brains that makes some of us upend tradition and most of us follow the herd?...more1h 23minPlay
April 07, 2010Sharing Our Humanity through 9/11 RemembrancesStoryCorps founder Dave Isay shares remembrances by family members of 9/11 victims at The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum preview site....more45minPlay
March 31, 2010Worse than WarDaniel Jonah Goldhagen, author of "Worse than War" and writer of the upcoming PBS series of the same name, presents to members of the U.N. his controversial call for a fast-acting, military-empowered response to threats of genocide and other forms of "eliminationism."...more44minPlay
March 24, 2010Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New DealJournalist and business writer Kirstin Downey celebrates her latest book, a portrait of this devoted public servant, a woman who changed the landscape of American business and society. Frances Perkins was this country's first female cabinet secretary, and her work and actions greatly affected the New Deal and the whole of American politics at the time....more1h 7minPlay
March 16, 2010How Do Our Brains Cope with Long-term Stress?Arjia Rinpoche + Bruce S. McEwen. A survivor of the Chinese Cultural Revolution talks to the Rockefeller University neuroendocrinologist about how stress hormones act on the brain and if Buddhist practice has anything to teach us about how we can control stress levels....more1h 23minPlay
March 08, 2010The Story of IndiaFor "The Story of India," Worldfocus news anchor Daljit Dhaliwal interviews three prominent South Asians from the New York community. Issues range from the birth of feminism in India to the importance of the arts during Akbar's rule to the country's growth as a technological and economic power. Here are the three interviews, in their entirety, with educator and activist Shamita Das Dasgupta; the Executive Director of EnGendered Myna Mukherjee, and Dean of Student Affairs at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism Sree Sreenivasan....more35minPlay
FAQs about Thirteen Forum (audio) | THIRTEEN:How many episodes does Thirteen Forum (audio) | THIRTEEN have?The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.