Movies
Guests: Sonia Saraiya, Steven Hyden We continue our “Best of 2016” series by talking about the year-in-televi ...
Air Date: December 28, 2016
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Actor Dev Patel on his new film “Lion”
Guest: Dev Patel The new film Lion is based on the heart-wrenching true story of a young Indian boy, Sar ...
Air Date: December 23, 2016
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“Hidden Figures” and supporting women of color in STEM fields
Guests: Margot Lee Shetterly, Yvonne Darlene Cagle During World War II, NASA hired black female mathematicians to ...
Air Date: December 22, 2016
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Actor Dev Patel: from “Slumdog” to “Lion”
Guest: Dev Patel The new film Lion is based on the heart-wrenching true story of a young Indian boy, Saroo Brierl ...
Air Date: November 18, 2016
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Radio Times in Review: memoirist edition
Guests: William Giraldi, Richard Blanco, Bobby Rydell Coming up on today’s edition of Radio Times in Review, we ...
Air Date: November 18, 2016
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Now for our feature presentation: we’re going to explore the science of movie magic as seen on the big screen and behind the scenes ...
Air Date: October 14, 2016
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Fact or cartoon fiction: Can the ‘double conk’ cure amnesia?
Mary Spiers runs the website neuropsyfi.com, which is devoted to how brain science is depicted i ...
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‘The Birth of a Nation’ & Nat Turner
The film “The Birth of a Nation” directed, written and produced by Nate Parker tells the story of Nat Turner—a Virginia-bor ...
Air Date: October 12, 2016
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Parents, researchers fight to stamp out smoking on the big screen
Some kid movies are kicking the smoking habit. When a movie hero strikes a match and lights a cigarette, it means something. ...
8 years ago
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Human voice is key to unlocking movie magic for the blind
There’s a movement underway to make movies Oscar-worthy for people who can’t see. I met up with Sarita Kimble in the l ...
8 years ago
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Digital demands paradigm shift in film archiving
At the Library of Congress Packard Campus of Audio-Visual Conservation, vaults burrow into Mount Pony on a 45-acre campus surrounded by b ...
8 years ago
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Documentary explores the open secret that is Kenn Kweder
Rock musician Kenn Kweder has been a Philadelphia phenomenon for more than four decades, winning generations of fans. But national fame continues to elude him.
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Two decades ago, Tom Hanks and ‘Philadelphia’ prompted changing attitudes toward HIV-AIDS
An in-depth look at the making of the film, its impact, and the distance traveled in fighting HIV and AIDS. Twenty years ago this ...
11 years ago
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