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Music

Beats of Optimism

Nicole Penn
Beats of Optimism

Tribute to Dorothy Fields

Francis Fukuyama
Tribute to Dorothy Fields

An Ode to the Outlaws

James Barnett
An Ode to the Outlaws

Richard Aldous

Host of "Bookstack," a weekly podcast of books and ideas.

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Anne-Marie Slaughter on American renewal

Anne-Marie Slaughter on American renewal

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"A Conversation" with Thomas Chatterton Williams moderated by Richard Aldous

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“We’re not going to fix the problem of elitism by doing away with standards.”

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
“We’re not going to fix the problem of elitism by doing away with standards.”

Blaming Big Oil: Righteous and Wrong

Scott L. Montgomery
Blaming Big Oil: Righteous and Wrong

Finding the Lives beneath the Ground

Carolyn Stewart
Finding the Lives beneath the Ground

Upcoming Events

October 21, 2021: "Reaching toward the Sublime in Music." Robert Shafer discusses the music of Duruflé and Boulanger

October 22, 2021: George Will discusses his new book, "American Happiness and Discontents." Co-sponsored with the Hertog Foundation.

October 22, 2021: Sebastian Payne on "Seismic Shifts in British Politics"

October 25, 2021: Katherine Zimmerman on "Finished with the Greater Middle East? Not so fast."

October 25, 2021: Harold James discusses his book, "The War of Words: A Glossary of Globalization." Moderated by Kate Epstein

November 9, 2021: Mary Sarotte discusses her new book, "Not One Inch"