http://forum-network.org (c) 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation NPR API RSS Generator 0.93 en-us Experts discuss art, history, politics, religion, science, and more. WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Lectures,Boston,Massachusetts Forum Network forumnetwork@wgbh.org Forum Network no http://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/thumbnail/icon_510007.jpg http://forum-network.org Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:57:50 -0500 Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Global Climate Crisis. In his follow-up to the best selling An Inconvenient Truth, the Nobel Peace Prize—winning former vice president outlines a comprehensive strategy for combating the impending global climate crisis, while at the same time addressing long-standing issues of global poverty and inequality.]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:57:50 -0500 http://forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510007/120551293/WGBH_120551293.mp3 Harvard Book Store,Health Science,Media Technology,Politics Public Affairs,World,21st Century,Activism,Authors,Energy Conservation,Biology,Environment,Laureates,WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Lectures,Boston,Massachusetts 67:40 no Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. Americans have a singular capacity for glossing over hardships with exhortations to "look on the bright side." The oft-prescribed power of positive thinking is certainly capable of altering our outlooks, but as Ehrenreich argues in her new book, this is not entirely for the better. In fact, it can lead to individual self-blame and institutional disregard for possible negative outcomes (like a national housing crisis). This is Ehrenreich at her provocative best—poking holes in conventional wisdom and faux science, and ending with a call for existential clarity and courage.]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:14:43 -0500 http://forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510007/120333678/WGBH_120333678.mp3 Harvard Book Store,Business Economics,Culture Identity,History,Literature Philosophy,People Places,Politics Public Affairs,North America,21st Century,Activism,WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Lectures,Boston,Massachusetts 38:32 no Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:52:35 -0400 http://forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510007/113391217/WGBH_113391217.mp3 WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Lectures,Boston,Massachusetts 83:19 no Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:08:53 -0400 http://forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510007/113359413/WGBH_113359413.mp3 WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Lectures,Boston,Massachusetts 83:19 no s a structural engineer and an historian at MIT, whose work won him a 2008 MacArthur "Genius" Award.]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:46:15 -0400 http://forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510007/112701979/WGBH_112701979.mp3 WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Lectures,Boston,Massachusetts 60:44 no