A Conversation with Tim Russert

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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Tim Russert, host of NBC’s Meet the Press, will share his insights from 20 years in broadcast journalism covering politics with NPR senior national correspondent Linda Wertheimer.

A Conversation with Senator John Kerry

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February 28, 2005
Senator Kerry, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States will receive the distinguished American Award from the Kennedy Library Foundation. He will share his thoughts on U.S. policies both home and abroad with Pulitzer Prize winning Boston Globe columnist Tom Oliphant.

Brokering Peace

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Thursday, March 3, 2005, 2005
Ambassador Dennis Ross, Middle East envoy and chief negotiator in the presidential administrations of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, will discuss the issues which are at the heart of the struggle for peace. Kevin Cullen of The Boston Globe will moderate. UPDATE: Senator George Mitchell regrets that he is unable to participate due to an injury.

John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life and Times

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Sunday, April 17, 2005
Richard Parker, author of John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics and Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton join John Kenneth Galbraith for a look back at his career. James Carroll of The Boston Globe will moderate.

Bob Herbert: The Life of a Columnist at the New York Times

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Monday, May 9, 2005
Bob Herbert, the award-winning New York Times op-ed columnist, will discuss his new book, Promises Betrayed, which probes the widening gap between American ideals and American realities. Dick Gordon, host of WBUR’s The Connection, will moderate.

JFK, MLK and RFK: 1960-1968

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Sunday, October 23, 2005, 2005
Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel to President Kennedy; Harris Wofford, President Kennedy’s chairman for the Subcabinet Group on Civil Rights; Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pillar of Fire; and Robert Moses, pivotal organizer for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and director of the Mississippi Project in the early 1960s look at the years 1960 to 1963 when Martin Luther King, Jr. engaged the President and the Attorney General in the battle to extend civil rights to all.

What’s Happened to the News Media?

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Monday, November 7, 2005
John Seigenthaler, award-winning journalist and former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; Ellen Hume, director of the Center on Media and Society at the University of Massachusetts Boston; and Garrett Graf, the first blogger admitted to a White House press briefing, will discuss the continuing controversies in print and broadcast journalism and how the internet is changing the face of the news media. Callie Crossley of WGBH’s Beat the Press, will moderate.

The Presidency of LBJ

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Sunday, November 20, 2005
Robert Caro, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of President Johnson, will deliver the keynote address in the Kennedy Library’s ongoing examination of 20th century presidents. He will join JackValenti, who served as Special Assistant to President Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times writer Anthony Lewis and Boston University historian Bruce Schulman to discuss LBJ’s legacy. Harvard University historian Lizabeth Cohen will moderate.

The Correspondence of Ernest Hemingway and A.E. Hotchner

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Monday, November 28, 2005
On the publication of Dear Papa, Dear Hotch: The Correspondence of Ernest Hemingway and A.E. Hotchner, the award-winning playwright, author, and good friend of Hemingway will share stories about the man. The Kennedy Library is the major repository of Ernest Hemingway’s works. Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Justin Kaplan will moderate.

A Tribute to Sargent Shriver

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Monday, December 12, 2005
Mark Shields, Rev. Bryan Hehir, Lewis Butler, Harris Wofford, Sargent Shriver’s biographer Scott Stossel, and Tim Shriver will discuss the many contributions Sargent Shriver has made to our country. Former Peace Corps volunteer and host of MSNBC’s HARDBALL, Chris Matthews, will moderate.