John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Forum series

Sep 07 2213 50 ep. 76 mins 489
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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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The Life of Rose Kennedy

Sep 07 2213 91 mins  
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.

A Tribute to Seamus Heaney

Oct 26 2013 71 mins  
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 w

A Conversation with Malala Yousafzai

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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.

The Legacy of Joe Moakley

Sep 24 2013 88 mins  
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.

JFK's Last Hundred Days

Sep 09 2013 71 mins  
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

A Conversation with John Lewis

Aug 18 2013 78 mins  
Congressman John Lewis commemorates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington with an in-depth discussion with veteran journalist Callie Crossley.

The Obama Presidency

Jun 10 2013 89 mins  
Jonathan Alter will discuss his second book about the Obama presidency, The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Tom Oliphant.

JFK's Quest for Peace

Jun 05 2013 101 mins  
Jeffrey Sachs will discuss his new book, To Move The World, about President Kennedy’s efforts to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and achieve world peace, with Boston radio host Christopher Lydon.

A Conversation with Justice John Paul Stevens

May 20 2013 51 mins  
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens discusses his long career on the bench and his views of American jurisprudence with Harvard Law professor (and former law clerk) David Barron.

2013 PEN Hemingway Awards

Mar 24 2013 66 mins  
Patrick Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway’s son, presents this year's PEN Hemingway Award to Kevin Powers for The Yellow Birds. Colm Toibin, author of Brooklyn and The Testament of Mary, delivers the keynote address.