The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

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Sunday, December 18, 2005
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin will explain how the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rose from obscurity to become one of the most significant presidents in this nation’s history. Scott Simon will moderate. Scott Simon, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, will moderate.

Recovering from 9/11

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Friday, September 10, 2004
Senator Edward Kennedy will introduce Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, who will discuss efforts to compensate the victims’ families of the 2001 terrorist attacks with Jack Rosenthal, President of The New York Times Company Foundation and creator of the 9/11 Neediest Fund.

Welfare Reform: Did it Work?

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September 20, 2004
Jason DeParle, New York Times senior writer and author of American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation’s Drive to End Welfare; David Ellwood, Dean of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government; and Ron Haskins, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, will examine our nation’s policies regarding poor people. William Julius Wilson of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government will moderate.

A Conversation with I.M. Pei

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Sunday, September 26, 2004
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Kennedy Library, I.M. Pei will discuss the evolution and implementation of his design for the Library and Museum with Boston Globe Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic Robert Campbell.

Presidents at War

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Monday, October 4, 2004
Former JFK advisor and historian Arthur Schlesinger, journalist Tom Wicker, and veteran political analyst Kevin Phillips will explore the varying legacies of our wartime presidents. David Gergen of the Kennedy School of Government will moderate.

A Conversation with Robert C. Byrd

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Tuesday, October 12, 2004

The Economy in the 2004 Campaign

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Monday, October 18, 2004
MacArthur Fellow and Senior Economic Advisor at the Brookings Institute, Alice Rivlin; former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton and Professor of Social and Economic Policy at Brandeis University, Robert Reich; and Professor of Economics at Boston University, Glenn Loury, will discuss the state of the economy with Boston Globe Pulitzer Prize winning correspondent Tom Oliphant.

A Conversation with Maureen Dowd

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Tuesday, October 26, 2004
New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Maureen Dowd will discuss her new book, “Bushworld,” and offer her observations on the Presidential race with Dick Gordon, host of WBUR’s The Connection.

Life with the Hemingways

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Monday, November 8, 2004
Valerie Hemingway, the confidante of Ernest, will share stories of her years living and traveling with Ernest and Mary Hemingway. Her new book is “Running with the Bulls.” The Kennedy Library is the major repository of Ernest Hemingway’s works.

What’s Happened to the News?

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Monday, December 6, 2004
Ben Bradlee, long-time Washington Post executive editor, and Don Hewitt, creator of 60 Minutes and Executive Producer, CBS News, will talk about how print and broadcast news have changed over the last 40 years. Meredith White, Executive Producer of ABC News and former Senior Editor at Newsweek, will moderate.

The Crisis in Darfur

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Thursday, December 9, 2004
Jennifer Leaning of Harvard School of Public Health, Eric Reeves of Smith College, Alex de Waal of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard, and William Schulz of Amnesty International will discuss the crisis in Darfur. Gail Harris, a NPR/PBS journalist, will moderate.