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Walt Disney: Triumph of the American Imagination
by Neal Gabler
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Neal Gabler reflects on the challenges that shaped Walt Disney's inner life and, by extension, America's popular consciousness.
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Tina Fey on Bossypants
by Tina Fey
Available on: Online Video
Tina Fey joins Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt for a fireside chat about her new book, Bossypants.
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Garrison Keillor on Life, Cheerfulness and Aging
by Garrison Keillor
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Garrison Keillor, author and creator of the weekly radio show A Prairie Home Companion, discusses life, cheerfulness and ambition in old age.
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An Hour Remembrance of Actor Jack Lemmon
by Jack Lemmon
Available on: Online Video
An hour remembrance of actor Jack Lemmon with rebroadcasts of conversations with him. Lemmon was a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute and the winner of five Golden Globe Awards, an Emmy and two Oscars.
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Television, Cinema, and American Values
by Sydney Pollack
Available on: Online Video
At the Aspen Ideas Festival Kurt Anderson moderates a panel featuring television producer Norman Lear, actor and filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and author and filmmaker Nora Ephron.
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David Blaine: How I Held My Breath for 17 Min.
by David Blaine
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes -- a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) -- and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this at home.
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The Life of P.T. Barnum
by Joel Benton
Available on: Audio Download
Phineas Taylor Barnum is best remembered for his entertaining acts and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
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The Miracle Mongers: An Expose
by Harry Houdini
Available on: Audio Download
A complete exposé of the modus operandi of fire eaters, heat resisters, poison eaters, venomous reptile defiers, sword swallowers, human ostriches, strong men, etc.
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Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times
by Studs Terkel
Available on: Online Video
Studs Terkel speaks about his life and work.
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Marlee Matlin on I'll Scream Later
by Marlee Matlin
Available on: Online Video
Marlee Matlin, Academy Award winning actress, author and celebrity spokesperson for captioning on the web, talks about her autobiography.
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