A History of Great Playwrights - Program 4: The Theater Responds to Modernism
About this title: Program four examines how the epicenter of the theater and playwriting shifted to the United States, and how the musical became a major part of the theater.
About the Series: From the beginnings of western democracy in ancient Gre...
Transcript: character's distorted views of life. Blanche and Stanley, together with Arthur Miller's Willy Loman, are perhaps the most recognizable characters in
Great American authors since 1650: 1940-1949
America entered the technological age through the darkness of WWII and its aftermath. American authors were now becoming legends in their own time through mass media and popular culture. Their response was as diverse as the nation's response to livi...
Transcript: 'S APARTMENT BUT IS SYMBOLIC OF THE CHARACTER'S DISTORTED VIEWS OF LIFE. BLANCHE AND STANLEY, TOGETHER WITH ARTHUR MILLER'S WILLY LOMAN, ARE PERHAPS THE MOST
A history of Jewish American achievement: the flowering of Jewish Americans
The fantastic achievements of writers, scientists, and composers are just a few of the amazing stories chronicled in this sixth program of Jewish American achievement spanning 1946-1961; including 20th century medical hero, Jonas Salk. This series o...
Transcript: undergraduate and 2000 graduate students. It offers degrees in the arts, science, business and social policy. Arthur Miller's Willie Loman in Death of a
The Growing Years: Hold Me; Read to Me!
Babies need to be touched and loved. In fact without stimulation, infants do very badly. Reading to a child at a young age stimulates brain development and enhances the relationship between parent and child. The idea is stimulate babies for normal d...
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Making the Pieces Fit: Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
Alfred Wegener proposed the idea of continental drift to explain the jigsaw puzzle fit of the continents. Wegner argued that the continents had all been joined together at one time as a super continent he called Pangaea. Wegener's ideas were initial...
Transcript: jigsaw puzzle fit was evidence of continental drift. And one of my favorite counter-arguments was one famous American scientist, a man named bailey willis
Indirect Command
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The Ghost in Your Genes
Could the trauma of a terrorist attack change the genetic characteristics of one’s descendants? This program examines the emerging science of epigenetics, which studies biological heredity unrelated to DNA sequencing. With commentary from leading ...
Transcript: IMPAIRMENT, THE PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME. THESE CHILDREN ARE CHARACTERIZED BY BEING VERY FLOPPY AT BIRTH, BUT ONCE THEY STARTED EATING PROPERLY AND SO ON, THEY
Arthur Miller: an interview
In this exclusive interview, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller speaks about his life and career. Beginning in New York, Miller traces his early years through the Great Depression, offering insights into how this lean time influenced hi...
Transcript: 's rooted in Miller's personal recollections of the depression. Although his father began his career as a salesman, the character of Willy Loman came to
The Rebound
Among the Heat Wheels, passion and drive are abundant, but the team’s dwindling checkbook threatens to cut short its attempt to win their first national championship.
Athletes Mario, Jeremie and Orlando rally their team through the season while c...
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