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  Elie Wiesel: American Jewry at 350: A Vision for the Future

  Oct 14, 2004 | Views: 2

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  Elie Wiesel: Exile and Redemption

  Apr 1, 2004 | Views: 0

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  The Genius Podcast: Jodi Cobb on the Genius of Photography

  Feb 26, 2015 | Views: 17

  As part of our 7 Days of Genius, 92Y is launching the Genius podcast, conversations with a diverse group of thinkers on the topic of genius – what it is and how it shapes our world. In this episode, 92Y producer Julie Mashack speaks with National Geographic photographer Jodi Cobb who shares her thoughts on... More
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  Pigeons, Currents and Top-secret Papers: 3 Things You Didn’t Know About Nikola Tesla

  Feb 26, 2015 | Views: 14

  Erin McCarthy, managing editor of MentalFloss.com, shares 3 little-known facts about the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla. More
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  Bill Nye with Tom Foreman: 92Y Talks Episode 29

  Feb 26, 2015 | Plays: 26

  Bill Nye is a mechanical engineer, science educator and CEO of the Planetary Society, who hosted the Emmy award-winning show “Bill Nye the Science Guy.” After a widely viewed debate in Kentucky with an avowed Bible literalist, Nye has written a primer on the fundamentals of evolution. Emmy-award winning journalist Tom Foreman moderates the discussion... More
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  Hank Green on Niels Bohr

  Feb 25, 2015 | Views: 32

  Hank Green, host of Youtube’s SciShow & Crash Course, shares a lesson on genius physicist Niels Bohr. Find out how Bohr’s investigation into atomic structure are impacting our lives today and tomorrow. Watch Hank Green on Nikola Tesla. More
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  Richard Price Talks with David Simon About His New Novel “The Whites”

  Feb 23, 2015 | Views: 68

  Richard Price, one of America’s most gifted novelists, has always written brilliantly about cops, criminals and New York City. Now, writing as Harry Brandt, he is poised to win a huge following among all those who hunger for first-rate crime fiction. Join him and David Simon (“The Wire”) for a conversation about The Whites. More
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  75 at 75: Maxine Hong Kingston on Grace Paley

  Nov 29, 1971 | Views: 29

  What a jolt—suddenly to hear Grace’s voice, her cough, her footsteps. She’s alive. She’s funny, still making us laugh. But she doesn’t laugh. I hadn’t noticed until hearing this recording, she doesn’t laugh along with us. In fact, the first thing you hear, she’s complaining, “I’ve never not seen the people I’m reading to before.... More
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  Richard Ford and Lorrie Moore

  Feb 12, 2015 | Views: 45

  In his new collection of stories, Let Me Be Frank with You, Richard Ford reinvents his beloved character, Frank Bascombe, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. He has “forged a new way of writing fiction about, and out of, American life that is as revolutionary as Proust’s adventures in time travel,” wrote John Banville. Lorrie... More

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  Gene Wilder on Willy Wonka Remake, Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks, And More

  Jun 13, 2013 | Views: 1,177,828

  In this rare public appearance, Gene Wilder spoke with Robert Osborne about his disdain for the Willy Wonka remake, working with Richard Pryor and Mel Brooks, being married to Gilda Radner, the making of Young Frankenstein, and more. Read more about the evening on Gawker, Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch, and Moviefone. More
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  Christopher Hitchens and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Debate on God

  Jan 30, 2008 | Views: 1,010,520

  Christopher Hitchens (God Is Not Great and The Portable Atheist) and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (The Broken American Male: And How to Fix Him and Shalom in the Home) engage in a spirited and contentious talk about the existence of God. Neil Gillman, Jewish philosophy professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, was the moderator. Read a... More
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  Christopher Hitchens and Tariq Ramadan Debate: Is Islam a Religion of Peace?

  Oct 5, 2010 | Views: 457,845

  Noted atheist and prolific author Christopher Hitchens and accomplished scholar Tariq Ramadan debate one of the most controversial questions of our modern age. The conversation was moderated by Laurie Goodstein, national religion correspondent for The New York Times. More

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