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President Bush emerged from his 2004 victory a strengthened political figure, but as he moves toward the upcoming mid-term elections that will leave him a lame duck, he has struggled with a series of challenges.

God is not dead in America, but the old-time religion has virtually disappeared.

New York Times columnists Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman in conversation with UC Berkeley professors Cynthia Gorney and Mark Danner.

The Body Politic marks its election season return to UCSD-TV as host Michael Bernstein interviews Wes Boyd...

Bruce Feiler, best-selling author of six books including Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land through the Five Books of Moses, delivers a lecture based on his latest book, Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths.

Veteran journalists Helen Thomas and Daniel Schorr join Associated Press reporter Scott Lindlaw in a lively discussion on how covering the White House has changed over the years...

David Payne stars in this one-man play recalling the life and times of C.S. Lewis.

New York Times investigative reporter Kurt Eichenwald reveals the shocking details of corporate corruption that led to the collapse of Enron...

Judith Miller, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for the New York Times, speaks with veteran investigative reporter Lowell Bergman on the price of protecting confidential sources...

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright assesses the US role in Iraq, North Korea and elsewhere in this wide-ranging conversation...

William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard political magazine and Fox News commentator, debates the merits and progress of the 'War on Terror' with Joseph Wilson, a former U.S. ambassador...

In the second of a series of presentations entitled The Empire Dialogues, this panel features Tariq Ali, Jerry Sanders, and Ruth Rosen examining U.S. policy...

Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone discusses his recent film "Alexander" with UC Berkeley dean and professor of classics Ralph Hexter.

Science fiction author Ray Bradbury regales his audience with stories about his life and love of writing in "Telling the Truth,"...

Journalists Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser and Vandava Shiva join Slow Food International's founder Carlo Petrini for an assessment of the impact of globalization on food production and consumption in this special event...

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Dean Orville Schell in conversation with George Soros, the legendary and enormously successful trader and philanthropist, on what Soros calls "The Bubble of American Supremacy."

UC Irvine hosts Senator Edward M. Kennedy as the 2003-04 Peltason Lecturer.

The Dalai Lama of Tibet dicusses ethical leadership for a new millennium to promote dialogue and cross-cultural understanding around the world.

Craig Blomberg, a specialist in the parables and the writings of Luke and Acts, discusses the historical Jesus.

Shirin Ebadi is the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Jared Diamond is the author of "Guns, Germs and Steel" and the current New York Times' best selling "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed."

Join us for a public conversation with author Joan Didion regarding her latest work, Political Fictions...

Renowned mindfulness meditation teacher and best-selling author Jon Kabat-Zinn speaks at UCSD Medical Center on the topic of "Coming to Our Senses"...

Professor Christopher Mitchell of Wheaton College opens the door to insights and events publicly observed in the lives of writers C. S. Lewis and J.R. R. Tolkien...

UCSD cognitive scientist Martin Sereno takes you on a captivating exploration of the brain's structure and function as revealed through investigations with new advanced imaging techniques and understandings of evolution.