"Tesla" premieres on October 18 at 9/8c on PBS.
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In Nikola Tesla's original contract with George Westinghouse, the inventor was promised a bonus of $2.50 for every horsepower of alternating current sold. But making Tesla's AC motor was expensive, and Westinghouse soon told Tesla he wouldn't be able to pay him what was originally promised.
"Tesla" premieres on October 18 at 9/8c on PBS.
"Tesla" premieres on October 18 at 9/8c on PBS.
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"Tesla" premieres on October 18 at 9/8c on PBS.
Popularly known as the “lie detector,” the device was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. Instead, the lie detector became an apparatus of fear and intimidation. THE LIE DETECTOR is a tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.
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00:00 Prologue
03:41 John Larson and College Hall
12:20 Marston and Frye
15:52 Marston and the Movies
21:00 Keeler in Chicago
26:40 The Interrogation
30:50 The Odd Couple
35:19 A New Kind Of War
39:35 The Wages of Deceit
42:19 Frankenstein’s Monster
49:01 Epilogue
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In this conversation, panelists will discuss how and why a campaign picks a certain candidate for the bottom slot on a presidential ticket. They will examine how the media and the general public can interpret these selections differently, asking whether a VP pick can be a decisive factor in an election. Finally, the panelists will take a closer look at how the campaign role of a vice presidential candidate can reveal their role in a potential administration.
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Michael Kazin is the author of seven books about US politics and social movements and the editor of The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History. He writes often for The New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, and other periodicals and newspapers and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His most recent book is What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party.
Christopher J. Devine is an associate professor of political science at the University of Dayton. His books include Do Running Mates Matter? The Influence of Vice Presidential Candidates in Presidential Elections (with Kyle C. Kopko) and News Media Coverage of the Vice-Presidential Selection Process: What's Wrong with the Veepstakes? He is also co-editor of the forthcoming book, Second in Command: Reevaluating the Role of Vice Presidents and Running Mates in Modern American Politics (with Karine Prémont).
The discussion will be moderated by Adriane Lentz-Smith. Adriane is an Associate Professor of History at Duke University, where she teaches courses on the Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives, Modern America, and History in Fact and Fiction. A scholar of African American history as well as the histories of the twentieth-century United States and the US & the World, Lentz Smith is the author of Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I (Harvard University Press, 2009), as well as numerous other scholarly articles and reviews.
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THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.
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00:47 The Most Pilloried Post (It's More Important Than You Think)
02:53 Nothing and Everything
11:14 The Afterthought and its Aftermath
21:14 Succession Crisis
25:16 We shall have a VP!
31:08: Spiro Who?
39:32: The Accidental President
46:15 The Executive VP
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On September 12, 1974, police were stationed outside Boston schools as Black and white students were bused for the first time to comply with a federal court desegregation order. Shocking violence, directed mostly at children, ensued. THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND illuminates the volatile effort to end school segregation, and the decades-long struggle for educational equity that preceded the crisis.
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THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.
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THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.
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THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.
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THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.
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THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.
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Discover how the vice presidency has evolved over time.
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THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.
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In this conversation, panelists will examine how politicians and the press compete for public attention, exploring how the battle for hearts and minds shapes the image of politicians and the coverage they receive. Panelists will also ask how citizens in democratic societies are affected when they're bombarded with multiple narratives. Finally, our experts will take a closer look at how competing political and institutional media goals can block or reframe information that is shared with the public, ultimately seeking to understand who decides what the public knows and why.
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Yu Ouyang is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University Northwest. His research focuses on the American presidency and how presidents leverage their institutional advantages and powers to impact public policies.
Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor in the University's Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Professor Suri is the author and editor of eleven books on politics and foreign policy, most recently: Civil War By Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy.
The conversation will be moderated by Kelly McBride, Senior Vice President at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
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THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken, then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.
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RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS reveals the fascinating and surprising story of this iconic American garment. At any given moment, half the people on the planet are wearing them. They have become a staple of clothing the world over, worn by everyone from presidents and supermodels to farmers and artists. More than just an item of apparel, America’s tangled past is woven into the indigo blue fabric.
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00:00 Prologue
2:49 Origins of Denim
4:39 Girl Botanist
9:33 Slave Cloth
12:27 Rivet Man
15:52 War of the “Waist-overalls”
20:11 Cowboy Craze
23:18 Dude Ranch Duds
27:30 Off-Duty/On-Duty Denim
30:27 “What’ve ya got?”
33:04 The Birth of Cool
34:31 Denim fights back
37:16 Rebels WITH a Cause
40:41 Hippie Chic
43:20 Disco and Designer Denim
46:40 Take it Back
50:02 Epilogue
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THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken and then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.
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The Third Olympiad saw the creation of many features of the modern Olympics plus some competitions that've fallen by the wayside.
Could you win gold in tug-of-war??
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When Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two well-educated college students from a wealthy suburb of Chicago, confessed to the brutal murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, the story made headlines across the country. The unlikely killers not only admitted their guilt, but also bragged that they had committed the crime simply for the thrill of it. As the sensational case unfolded during the summer of 1924, with famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow and Cook County Prosecutor Robert Crowe debating the death penalty and scores of commentators weighing in from the sidelines, the question of motive would be turned over and over again.
What first seemed like a simple matter of evil gradually would give way to a complex assessment of the murderers' minds and a searing indictment of the forces that had shaped them, and set off a national debate about morality and capital punishment.
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00:00 Prologue
04:28 Nabbing the Killers
09:38 The Confessions
14:41 Gods and Monsters
16:31 An Unholy Alliance
21:52 Enter Darrow
24:43 Preparing the Case
29:02 A Sensational Turnabout
31:15 The Hearing
39:02 Closing Arguments
44:53 The Decision
48:34 Epilogue
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In this conversation, panelists will examine the political motives behind competing at and hosting the Olympics. They will also question whether the Games themselves should be thought of as an event fostering peace or as a soft-power battleground for superpowers, examining the role of the United States in creating both of these perceptions. The conversation will seek to understand how the ambitions of individual athletes fit within a nation state's view of the Games as a means toward national glory, throughout history and today.
Panelists:
Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports for the Nation Magazine. He is their first sports writer in 150 years of existence. Winner of Sport in Society and Northeastern University School of Journalism's 'Excellence in Sports Journalism' Award, Zirin is also the host of Edge of Sports Television on The Real News Network and the Edge of Sports Podcast. He has been called “the best sportswriter in the United States,” by Robert Lipsyte. Dave Zirin is, in addition, a columnist for the Progressive.
Kendra Gage is an Assistant Professor in Teaching in History at the University of California, Riverside. She received her doctoral degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the department of History. Her research and teaching focus on 20th Century America, Sports and Olympics History, the American West, Black Feminist Thought and the Civil Rights Movement. She is currently reworking her manuscript for publication Creating the Black California Dream: Virna Canson and the Black Freedom Struggle in the Golden State's Capital, 1940-1988," which uses the life of Virna Canson as a lens for incorporating Sacramento's activities within the larger historical framework of the Civil Rights Movement.
The discussion will be moderated by Adriane Lentz-Smith. Adriane is an Associate Professor of History at Duke University, where she teaches courses on the Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives, Modern America, and History in Fact and Fiction. A scholar of African American history as well as the histories of the twentieth-century United States and the US & the World, Lentz Smith is the author of Freedom Struggles: African Americans and World War I (Harvard University Press, 2009), as well as numerous other scholarly articles and reviews.
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Learn the full story behind this case in THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND, now streaming on YouTube and the @PBS App.
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On September 12, 1974, police were stationed outside Boston schools as Black and white students were bused for the first time to comply with a federal court desegregation order. Shocking violence, directed mostly at children, ensued. THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND illuminates the volatile effort to end school segregation, and the decades-long struggle for educational equity that preceded the crisis.
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THE RIOT REPORT is now streaming online and in the free @PBS App → to.pbs.org/3xPckwN
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When Black neighborhoods in scores of cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders––informally known as the Kerner Commission––to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The bi-partisan commission’s final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations––a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson not only refused to acknowledge it publicly, but even to thank the commissioners for their service. THE RIOT REPORT explores this pivotal moment in the nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.
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Panelists will examine how American consumer culture acts in conjunction with corporate negligence and government laxity to expose the public to chemical hazards. They will also explore how wealth can determine one's level of exposure, and the government’s regulatory approach to consumer protection over time. They will look forward by asking what actions consumers can take to protect themselves.
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Dr. Jennifer Thomson is an associate professor of history at Bucknell University. Her current book project examines the effect of the Environmental Protection Agency's sewer grant construction program on racial residential segregation. Her first book, The Wild and the Toxic: American Environmentalism and the Politics of Health, explored the various discourses of health that environmentalists deployed in the late twentieth century.
Dr. Bhavna Shamasunder is an associate professor and Chair of the Department of Urban & Environmental Policy at Occidental College. She teaches and conducts research at the intersection of environmental health & justice, with a focus on inequalities in chemical exposures faced by low-income communities and communities of color who live and work in urban and/or industrial environments.
This conversation will be moderated by Tim Bartley. Tim teaches in the Department of Sociology and the Earth Commons Institute at Georgetown University. His work focuses on sustainability standards, environmental justice movements, and the regulation of global industries. More broadly, he is interested in political, organizational, and economic processes that shape environments, workplaces, and the expression of rights around the world.
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In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
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00:00 Prologue
03:24 Isaac Heading Home
11:53 Violence Against Veterans
16:23 Woodard Comes Forward
21:34 Lewisohn Benefit
26:53 Fighting For Justice
34:34 Trial Of Shull
41:36 The Warings
49:40 Truman’s Decision
57:14 The Warings and Civil Rights
01:01:07 Elmore V. Rice Trial
01:04:19 The Dixiecrat Revolt
01:10:43 The Warings’ New Friends
01:16:58 Summerton, South Carolina
01:21:25 Thurgood Marshall
01:24:12 The Trial
01:41:10 Waring Pens His Dissent
01:43:04 The Brown v. Board of Education Decision
01:48:04 Coda
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Learn about the commission that LBJ created—and ultimately rejected—to answer these questions in this extended preview of THE RIOT REPORT.
THE RIOT REPORT premieres Tue May 21 at 9/8c on @PBS and the free PBS App.
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When Black neighborhoods in scores of cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders––informally known as the Kerner Commission––to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The bi-partisan commission’s final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations––a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson not only refused to acknowledge it publicly, but even to thank the commissioners for their service. THE RIOT REPORT explores this pivotal moment in the nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.
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Learn how they came to their conclusion in THE RIOT REPORT, premiering Tuesday, May 21 at 9/8c on @PBS and the free PBS App → to.pbs.org/3xPckwN
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When Black neighborhoods in scores of cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders––informally known as the Kerner Commission––to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The bi-partisan commission’s final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations––a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson not only refused to acknowledge it publicly, but even to thank the commissioners for their service. THE RIOT REPORT explores this pivotal moment in the nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.
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When Black neighborhoods in scores of cities erupted in violence during the summer of 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders––informally known as the Kerner Commission––to answer three questions: What happened? Why did it happen? And what could be done to prevent it from happening again? The bi-partisan commission’s final report, issued in March of 1968, would offer a shockingly unvarnished assessment of American race relations––a verdict so politically explosive that Johnson not only refused to acknowledge it publicly, but even to thank the commissioners for their service. THE RIOT REPORT explores this pivotal moment in the nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.
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THE RIOT REPORT explores this pivotal moment in the nation’s history and the fraught social dynamics that simultaneously spurred the commission’s investigation and doomed its findings to political oblivion.
Directed by Michelle Ferrari, co-written by Ferrari and New Yorker journalist Jelani Cobb, and executive produced by Cameo George, THE RIOT REPORT premieres on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET.
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00:00 Prologue
04:47 Living in Love Canal
13:43 The Blizzard of ‘77
18:42 The history of Love Canal
29:00 Mothers of Love Canal
47:14 Griffon Manor
52:34 Uncovering the chemicals
01:07:37 Luella’s story
01:16:15 Protests grow
01:25:06 Developing the Superfund
01:37:50 Held hostage
01:44:58 Passing the Superfund
01:46:50 Conclusion
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In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
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Learn more about the very first Superfund site in POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL.
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In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
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In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
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After pushing Congress toward legislation that forced companies to help shoulder the burden of cleaning up the pollution they created—known as the Superfund Bill—Love Canal would become the first site identified for remediation.
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In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal, a working-class neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, discovered that their homes, schools and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump, which was now leaking toxic substances and wreaking havoc on their health. Through interviews with many of the extraordinary housewives turned activists, POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL shows how they effectively challenged those in power, forced America to reckon with the human cost of unregulated industry, and created a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
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POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL premieres April 22 at 9/8c on @PBS, YouTube and the PBS App → to.pbs.org/3TSse20
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Panelists will address the ways in which women's healthcare outcomes can be shaped by existing narratives focused on women's bodies. They will analyze the emotions of shame and concealment that have shrouded the female form, discussing how these perceptions can be informed by the race and class of the women involved. The panelists will also examine how stigma, ignorance, and bias can either prevent women from seeking proper care or keep them from receiving it if they do.
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Ameenah Shakir, Ph.D. is a 20th Century U.S. historian of race and medicine at the University of Houston. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and explores the intersection of race, medicine, and gender. She is currently working on a book titled Birthing Liberation, a biography of Dr. Helen O. Dickens, a Black physician activist who worked to desegregate medical education, developed cancer prevention programs, and fostered diasporic connections with women physicians and Black club women during the post-World War II era.
Cat Bohannon is a researcher and author with a PhD from Columbia University, where she studied narrative and cognition. Her first book, Eve: How the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution, is a New York Times bestseller, a Foyles 2023 Nonfiction Book of the Year, a finalist for the Women's Prize, and the source of most of the inappropriate dinner party conversations you might have had over the holidays. Her essays and poems have appeared in the Atlantic, Scientific American, Science Magazine, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and Poets Against the War.
This conversation will be moderated by Pam Belluck. Pam is a New York Times staff writer whose honors include a Pulitzer Prize and the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. She writes about a range of health and medical subjects and her work has been chosen for The Best American Science Writing. Her book, “Island Practice,” about an eccentric doctor on an island, is in development for a TV series.
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🔬 Discover how women fought back against their number one cancer killer in THE CANCER DETECTIVES, now streaming on YouTube and the free PBS App.
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POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL tells the dramatic and inspiring story of the ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families.
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But the test was just the beginning. Once the test proved effective, the campaign to make pap smears available to millions of women required nothing short of a total national mobilization.
THE CANCER DETECTIVES tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the people who fought tirelessly to save women from what was once their number one cancer killer.
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Find out how a Greek immigrant doctor—Dr. Pap—and his lab manager wife pioneered a life-saving test in our latest installment of WHAT THE HISTORY?!.
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This episode of WHAT THE HISTORY?! is inspired by the new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film THE CANCER DETECTIVES, premiering Tuesday, March 26th on PBS, YouTube and the free PBS App.
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But the test was just the beginning. Once the test proved effective, the campaign to make pap smears available to millions of women required nothing short of a total national mobilization. THE CANCER DETECTIVES tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the people who fought tirelessly to save women from what was once their number one cancer killer.
🔬 Watch an extended preview of THE CANCER DETECTIVES and don't miss the premiere on Tuesday, March 26th at 9/8c on @PBS, YouTube and the PBS App.
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Panelists will discuss the ways in which women are made to toe the line between authority and “femininity” in the ways they present themselves at work. They will also explore the historical origins of these pressures, and the different forms they take depending on the race and class of the women involved. The panel will look at the enduring impact social biases have on the opportunities available to working women, and will reflect on how female-led workplaces have challenged these norms, exploring the work that remains to be done going forward.
Panelists:
Allison Elias is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Professor Elias teaches courses about communication and negotiation, and her research investigates historical and contemporary issues of gender and diversity in occupations and organizations. She has provided commentary regarding gender issues at work to media outlets such as NPR’s Marketplace, and her research on women in business schools has been featured in Quartz.com and Poets & Quants.
Ann Hood is the author of over a dozen novels, including the bestsellers The Knitting Circle, The Obituary Writer, and Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine. She has also written several memoirs, including the bestsellers Fly Girl, about her experiences as a TWA flight attendant in the 1970s and 80s, and Comfort: A Journey Through Grief, which was named one of the top ten books of 2008 by Entertainment Weekly. Her latest novel, The Stolen Child, will be released on May 7th.
The conversation will be moderated by Monica Muñoz Martinez. Professor Martinez is an award-winning author, educator, public historian, and active participant in developing solutions that address racial injustice. A national authority on the history of race, Martinez is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research specializes in histories of racial violence, policing on the US-Mexico border, Latinx history, women and gender studies, public humanities, digital humanities, and restorative justice.
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