The Presidency--Founding Fathers


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv The Presidency panelists Joseph Ellis, Elizabeth Edwards and Matthew Dowd, discuss the past, present and future of the highest office in the land. An insider, behind the scene look at what goes on at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from The Connecticut Forum. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Lyle Lovett performs "Step Inside This House" at The CT Forum


Lyle Lovett wowed The Forum audience when he closed the first half of "Creative Minds" with a performance of "Step Inside This House". Lovett discussed all things creativity with panelists Dave Eggers, Miranda July, Jonah Lehrer and moderator Randy Cohen on November 18, 2011 at The Connecticut Forum's "Creative Minds".


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Jason Alexander Talks About A Favorite Seinfeld Moment


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Jason Alexander, "George" from Seinfeld, describes a day of shooting from behind the scenes at Seinfeld. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Anita Hill on Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv At the October 2001 Forum, "Being Black" Anita Hill reflects on the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. Hill was joined at this Forum by Bill Russell, Spike Lee, Stanley Crouch and Jamila Wideman. The Forum was moderated by Charles Ogletree. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Elizabeth Edwards Gets Prophetic at The CT Forum - "We are at a precipice"


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv We are celebrating and remembering the life of Elizabeth Edwards by sharing our favorite clips of her from our 2008 Forum, "The Presidency." In this clip she speaks with moderator Michel Martin and panelists Matthew Dowd and Joseph Ellis on what the presidency, and our country, will look like in the future. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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2010 CT Forum Highlights


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv Assorted video clips from The CT Forum's 18-year history. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Patti Smith Performs "My Blakean Year" at CT Forum


Selected full forums are available at www.theforumchannel.orgRock legend Patti Smith dedicates her song about William Blake to members of the Connecticut YOUTH Forum. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Anthony Bourdain on Celebrity Chefs


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Anthony Bourdain, Alice Waters, and Duff Goldman discuss the phenomenon of celebrity chefs. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Paul Bloom Talks Mind vs. Brain, Temple Grandin Talks Prozac


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv. Paul Bloom waxes philosophical as he posits that the mind and the brain are one in the same - calling into question notions of the soul, the self and our "mistaken dualism." Temple Grandin agrees, citing pills, not psychoanalysis, as the solution to her anxiety. The two discussed the human brain at The CT Forum's "The Glorious, Mysterious Brain" Forum on Friday, February 25, 2011 with fellow panelist Steven Pinker and Moderator Mary Hynes. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Dick Cavett on Depression - "You can fool the doctors out of embarrassment"


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv. Dick Cavett tells a personal story about dealing with depression while working on his TV show, Dr. Kay Redfield Jameson reveals that she was "flamingly psychotic" while working in the medical profession - yet was able to fool her own colleagues. The two discuss "Mood and Mental Health in America" at The CT Forum with panelists Dr. Michael Roberts, Art Buchwald and Sen. George McGovern. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Frank McCourt Reading from Angela's Ashes


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Frank McCourt reads from Angela's Ashes at The Connecticut Forum. May 4, 2001. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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John Legend Unreleased Single


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv Exclusive and unreleased new John Legend new single, "Dreams." Fpr more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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David Simon talks Omar and Treme


Selected full forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv David Simon talks about the character Omar from The Wire and his upcoming project Treme about life in New Orleans, with playwrights Tony Kushner and Suzan-Lori Parks at the Connecticut Forum's Storytellers and the Stories They Tell. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Nicholas Payton--The Power of Music


This Forum now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Nicholas Payton plays a trumpet solo while Trey Anastasio and Bobby Weir look on at The Connecticut Forum. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Christopher Hitchens answers the question "What would you say to a dying friend?"


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv Famed atheist and author Christopher Hitchens answers the question "what would you say to a dying friend," ruminating on life, death and the afterlife in the process. Hitchens participated in The CT Forum's discussion about "GOD" with moderator Connie Schultz and panelists Rev. Peter Gomes and Rabbi Harold Kushner. For more information, please visit our webiste at www.ctforum.org


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Revolutionary Thinkers


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Juan Enriquez, futurist, scientist and businessman; Will Allen, urban farmer and founder of Growing Power (growingpower.org); and Jessica Jackley, founder of micro finance site kiva.org talk about the issues that drive them and keep them up at night. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Daryl Gates, Betty Shabazz and Chuck D on Police and Race


Selected full forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Former LA Police Chief Daryl Gates, Betty Shabazz and Chuck D discuss the issues facing the police, the black community and their tenuous relationship. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Walter Cronkite and Ben Bradlee


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Two giants of 20th century media, Walter Cronkite and Ben Bradlee, talk about their early careers at The Connecticut Forum's "Integrity and the Media." May 21, 1999. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Are Children Like Rats? Geoffrey Canada Considers


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Geoffrey Canada, Founder of the Harlem Children's Zone, talks about hurdles to education outside of the classroom. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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David Simon and the Average Reader


Selected full forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv. David Simon doesn't write for the average reader or viewer and has some strong words about it. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Revolutionary Thinker Will Allen


Urban Farmer Will Allen talks about his early life, the road back to the farm and the American food crisis at the Connecticut Forum. Selected full Forums available at The Forum Channel. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Benazir Bhutto on Afghanistan and the US


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Benazir Bhutto discusses Afghanistan and the United States at The Connecticut Forum, Hartford, CT December 4, 1999. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Alice Waters' Last Meal - Shark Fin Soup??? With Anthony Bourdain and Duff Goldman


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Celebrated chefs, Anthony Bourdain, Alice Waters and Duff Goldman decide on their last meal on earth. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Geoffrey Canada: We're preparing our students for an economy that doesn't exist!


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv Geoffrey Canada, The Founder of The Harlem Children's Zone, discusses education in America with Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach for America, and others. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Stephen Carter - Politics matter too much!


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv Yale Law School Professor Stephen Carter argues that politics matter too much in our lives. Carter appeared at "The End of Civility?" with David Gergen, Christopher Buckley and Gina Barreca. The Forum was moderated by Connie Schultz. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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John Legend, Patti Smith and John Forte


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv John Legend, Patti Smith and John Forte talk about their relationship with the audience. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Susan Butcher and Her Connection With Her Dogs


This full Forum is now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Iditarod winner Susan Butcher talks about her connection with nature and her dogs in particular. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Jonathan Franzen on autobiographies and whether he's "more of a Richard or a Walter"


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv. Jonathan Franzen answers the question "Are you more Richard, or more Walter?" and in doing so, talks about the autobiographical nature of fiction writing. Franzen participated in the Connecticut Forum's Forum Book Club on May 7, 2011 with fellow authors John Irving and Azar Nafisi and moderator Colin McEnroe. For ore information, please visit us at www.ctforum.org


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David Gergen answers: "What makes you uncivil?"


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv CNN political analyst David Gergen argues that we give too much television time to those who know too little. Gergen appeared at the October 2, 2010 Forum "The End of Civility?" with Gina Barreca, Stephen Carter and Christopher Buckley. The Forum was moderated by Connie Schultz. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Matthew Dowd -- Bullshit the President


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Connecticut Forum panelist and Bush White House insider Matthew Dowd talks about a meeting with President Bush preparing for the 2004 election. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Elizabeth Edwards on Car Pool Lines, Her Fame and the Election - September, 2008


Seleceted full forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv. Elizabeth Edwards shared her grace, humility and intelligence at The Forum in 2008. In this clip she discusses her role as a public figure. Other Forum panelists were Joseph Ellis and Matthew Dowd, and The Forum was moderated by Michele Martin. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Chris Dodd on Technology and Education


Senator Chris Dodd (CT) discusses the use of technology in the class room. Selected full Forums available at www.theforumchannel.tv. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach for America, on the Realities of Education in the US


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv Wendy Kopp, Founder of Teach for America, on a panel with Geoffrey Canada, Founder of The Harlem Children's Zone and others, on February 22, 2006. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Dick Cavett and Dr. Kay Redfield Jameson - Fashionable Depression?


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv. Is depression fashionable? Moderator Dick Cavett posits that it is. Panelists Dr. Kay Redfield Jameson, Art Buchwald, Dr. Michael Roberts, and Sen. George McGovern weigh in with their own opinions at The CT Forum's "Mood and Mental Health in America" Forum. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Stephen Carter, David Gergen and Christopher Buckley discuss Civility in America


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv. A collection of highlights from The CT Forum's 2010 Forum "The End of Civility?" Stephen Carter, David Gergen, Christopher Buckley and Gina Barreca debate and discuss America's exacerbating political and idealogical climate, pointing to a decline in civility between not only those on the fringes but, increasingly, between those in the middle as well. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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John Forté performs at the Connecticut Forum


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv John Forté Performs at the Connecticut Forum's Music Fest. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Chris Webber - "The Time-Out" and why Jackie Joyner Kersee is his hero


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv. 5 Time NBA All-Star Chris Webber recalls the fallout of "the time-out" that cost his team a national championship in the NCAA Tournament and explains why Jackie Joyner-Kersee is a hero to him. The two participated in The CT Forum's "Sports Personalities" Forum in 1995 with panelists Sterling Sharpe and Rick Pitino and moderator Frank DeForde. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Michel Martin - Lynching and terrorism before World War I


Selected full forum videos are available at www.theforumchannel.tv. Michel Martin talks about the phenomenon of lynching before World War I, comparing it to terrorism. Martin participated in the "Anatomy of Power" Forum in 2002 with Gary Wendt, Julian Bond, Kevin Phillips and Erin Brockovich. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Tina Brown and the Changing Role of Women


Selected full forum videos now available at www.thefroumchannel.tv Tina Brown at The Connecticut Forum, A World of Changer with Bob Woodward discusses the changing role of women in the world. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Christopher Hitchens Goes After Rabbi Harold Kushner re: Circumcision


This Forum now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Connecticut Forum panelists, Rabbi Harold Kushner, Rev. Peter Gomes and Christopher Hitchens answer the question, "Why do good things happen to bad people?" For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Christopher Hitchens, Rabbi Kushner, Rev Gomes: Believers vs Non-believers vs Religions


Selected full Forums now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Connecticut Forum panelists, Rev. Peter Gomes, Rabbi Harold Kushner and Christopher Hitchens answer a fundamental question about religious conflict in the world. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Behind the Scenes with The Simpsons--Reading a Scene


This Forum now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Producer Al Jean, writer Tim Long, actor Harry Shearer voice of Mr. Burns, Flanders, Principal Skinner and others and Yeardley Smith, voice of Lisa Simpson set up and read a scene from an episode of the show with moderator Colin McEnroe. For more information, please visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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Al Franken Challenges Ann Coulter on Slanting the Truth


This Forum now available at www.theforumchannel.tv Ann Coulter and Al Franken discuss the validity of Ann's sources at The Connecticut Forum in Hartford. Full Forum now available at www.theforumchannel.tv. Please subscribe for updates. For more information, visit our website at www.ctforum.org


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