| Show | Description |
|---|---|
| August 28, 2010 | Fordham Conversations for August 28th. |
| August 21, 2010 | Fordham Conversations for August 14th. |
| August 14, 2010 | Fordham Conversations for August 14th. |
| August 7, 2010 | Fordham Conversations for August 7th |
| July 31, 2010 | Fordham Conversations for July 31st |
| July 24, 2010 | Fordham Conversations for July 24th |
| July 17, 2010 | Fordham Conversations for July 17th |
| July 10, 2010 | Fordham Conversations for July 10th |
| July 3rd, 2010 | On This week’s Fordham Conversations: we’ll hear from Dr. Beth Knobel, who co-wrote “Heat and Light: Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists” with CBS News legend Mike Wallace. You can listen to Fordham Conversations Saturdays at 7am on 90.7 WFUV or on-line at www.wfuv.org. |
| June 26, 2010 | Professor Richard Gyug on the Camino de Santiago, and the modern pilgrims who walk the medieval pilgrimage route today. Then, a look at how the first year of the post-9/11 GI Bill fared at Fordham. And Kate McGee on ebony and ivory -- the sounds of public pianos set up throughout New York. |
| June 19, 2010 | This week on Fordham Conversations, Authors and Professors Virginia Burrus and Karmen Mackendrick discuss their book “Seducing Augustine: Bodies, Desires, Confessions.” This recent publication from Fordham Press interprets St. Augustine’s autobiography Confessions from a seductive and passionate point of view. You can hear Fordham Conversation’s every Saturday at 7am on 90.7 WFUV. |
| June 12, 2010 | Don’t leave your family’s dirty laundry lying around Dr. Nicholas Paul – although unless your lineage goes back to the middle ages, chances are he’s not interested. Paul studies medieval noble families, and he does so by reading the official histories those families recorded about themselves. But it’s tough to say what those stories can really tell us about a world so many centuries away – and tougher still to draw comparisons to families then and now. “The value is in the difference,” says Paul. |
| June 5, 2010 | This week on Fordham Conversation; Cathedral historian and Author Salvatore Basile discusses his book "Fifth Avenue Famous: The Extraordinary Story of Music at St. Patrick’s Cathedral." The newly published book was just released by Fordham Press. You can hear Fordham Conversation’s every Saturday at 7am on 90.7 WFUV-FM. |
| May 29, 2010 | Keith Alan Howey still carries his tape recorder with him. It's habit by now, after a year of searching for interviews to include in his Master's thesis on the causes of homelessness among veterans. Howey's a military veteran himself, and a Fordham sociology student who spent the past year asking himself: Why do so many veterans slip through the cracks? And how come I didn't? |
| May 22, 2010 | This week on Fordham Conversation; Cathedral historian and Author Salvatore Basile discusses his book "Fifth Avenue Famous: The Extraordinary Story of Music at St. Patrick’s Cathedral." The newly published book was just released by Fordham Press. |
| May 15, 2010 | Robin Andersen does work on vacation – or she vacations at work. Such is the plight of a researcher focused on wildlife eco-tourism. This Saturday, Andersen explains how eco-tourism can turn holiday vacationers into lifelong environmentalists. |
| May 8, 2010 | This week on Fordham Conversations: Fordham Professor Chris Toulouse discusses his book “Whatever Happened to Zachary,” a ghost story based on his son Zander who was fatally killed in a bicycle accident. |
| May 1, 2010 | Last May, a group of eight students from Fordham Law School went on a fact-finding mission to investigate land access in Nepal. They were sent by the Crowley Program for International Human Rights at Fordham Law's Leitner Center, which sponsors a fact-finding mission to a different country every year. The Crowley scholars share their experiences, as well as the audio diaries they kept during their time in Nepal. |
| April 24, 2010 | On the next Fordham Conversations we discuss Fordham University’s Global Outreach service program with Director Paul Frances, GO Team leader Christine Gosney and program participant Nicole Deters. You can hear Fordham Conversations every Saturday at 7am on 90.7 WFUV-FM. You can also friend-us on FaceBook, following us on Twitter and catch up on past shows with our weekly podcast. |
| April 17, 2010 | Matthew Maguire will not be tamed. “Wild Man” is the one-man show of Maguire’s own true-life stories. He's planning a fourth run of the play in Los Angeles this May, looking for that elusive connection to the audience and a performance that comes from “deeper in the bones.” |
| April 10, 2010 | This Saturday on Fordham Conversations we hear from Former-Fordham Professor Dr. Olivia Hooker about her achievements and contributions to both the women’s and the civil rights movements. We also hear from Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins who proposed and helped pass a legislative resolution in the New York State Senate honoring Dr. Hooker. |
| April 3, 2010 | Michael Pirson is an ex-pat of the business world and a founding member of the Humanistic Management Network, a collective of scholars thinking up ways to encourage what they call a human-centered economic system. Put profits before human well-being at your own peril, he warns. But try making that case to CEOs – or an undergraduate business student. |
| March 27, 2010 | There are a number of studies suggesting that fake news shows are comparable or could surpass network news coverage. On this Saturday’s Fordham Conversations, Dr. Paul Levinson discusses satirical news sources and their influence. Then Producer Katie Moore speaks with students to find out where they get their news. |
| March 20, 2010 | In 1948, a group of Catholic college students, black and white, confronted the archbishop of New Orleans and demanded to know why the Catholic schools of their Crescent City couldn't desegregrate. It took six years for the New Orleans Province of Jesuits to issue a new policy of racial integration. And it took another ten years after that to effectively desegregate their schools and churches. Father Bentley Anderson, S.J. tells the story. |
| March 13, 2010 | Toyota topped the list of leading car-makers in quality and image until a recent series of vehicle re-calls. On this Saturday's Fordham Conversations, we’ll hear from Dr. Benjamin Cole, an Assistant Professor of Management at Fordham, who will discuss Toyota’s recall troubles and the company’s corporate culture. You can hear Fordham Conversation’s every Saturday at 7am on 90.7 WFUV-FM. You can also friend-us on FaceBook, following us on Twitter and catch up on past shows with our weekly podcast. |
| March 6, 2010 | This Saturday on Fordham Conversations, Professor David Hamlin tells the story of Germany's occupation of Romania during World War One. How could a diabolical innovation of finance allowed German officials to ship huge amounts of Romanian goods up the Danube River? Hint: not all bank accounts are created equal. |
| February 27, 2010 | Twi is one of the most widely spoken languages in the West African nation of Ghana. Beginning this summer Fordham will be the only University in New York City to teach it. On this week’s Fordham Conversations we learn about the Twi language and Ghana’s cultural influence from Professor Mark Naison, who Chairs Fordham’s department of African and African-American studies and Kojo Ampah, Founder of The African Cultural Exchange student group at Fordham. |
| February 20, 2010 | The late Crystal Eastman was active in all the major social movements of the early 20th century -- as a suffragist, labor activist, a pacifist, and rebel journalist. Amy Aronson is in the middle of researching Eastman's life story -- an undertaking that has involved three searches for an FBI file and a lot of thinking about human integrity. |
| February 13, 2010 | The late Crystal Eastman was active in all the major social movements of the early 20th century -- as a suffragist, labor activist, a pacifist, and rebel journalist. Amy Aronson is in the middle of researching Eastman's life story -- an undertaking that has involved three searches for an FBI file and a lot of thinking about human integrity. |
| February 6, 2010 | Heart attacks leave a mental mark: but how to treat victims, if they won't step foot on a psychiatry ward? Psychologist Rachel Annunziato found a way. Then, a look at heart trauma in the Charles Dickens classic, Great Expectations, with English professor Kathleen Urda. |
| January 30, 2010 | On this Saturday's Fordham Conversations, a profile of CitySquash, a non-profit organization that's changing the demographics of squash teams by recruiting inner-city students to up their game and their grades, and become competitive applicants for elite high schools and colleges. |
| January 23, 2010 | Fordham Conversations for 1/23 |
| January 16, 2010 | On this week’s Fordham Conversations…Alumni Relations Director Caitlin Tramel discusses the oral history project “Fordham Voices.” We also here from some Fordham Alumni on their college experience and how it helped shape them into the people they are. |
| January 9, 2010 | On this Saturday's Fordham Conversations, "Saving the News." Dr. Bill Baker explains how the Internet broke newspapers' business model, and why public media broadcasters should be next in line for a government bail-out. |
| January 2, 2010 | On this week’s Fordham Conversations (January 2, 2010), Political activist, and four-time candidate for President, Ralph Nadar offers suggestions on how students and the community can better develop their civic skills. You can hear Fordham Conversation’s every Saturday at 7am on 90.7 WFUV or on the web at WFUV.org. |
| December 26, 2009 | On this Saturday's Fordham Conversations, "Mentors, Mistletoe, and Mavericks." We hear from Dr. Ellen Silber, who is channeling all her experience as a women's studies professor into her program, Mentoring Latinas. Then, Dr. Jim Lewis on parasitic mistletoe. And Dr. Micki McGee tells the story of Yaddo, a retreat for thousands of American artists. |
| December 19, 2009 | On this week’s Fordham Conversations, Marjuan Canady discusses the history of African-American Images in film. The actress is a 2008 Fordham Graduate who holds degrees in theatre, African and African-American studies. We also find out what parents and kids have to say about the controversy surround the new Disney Film “The Princess and the Frog.” You can hear Fordham Conversation’s every Saturday at 7am on 90.7 WFUV or on the web at WFUV.org. |
| December 12, 2009 | Saturday School and Hanukkah Candles--Be a fly on the wall at the Rosedale Achievement Center for Girls in the Bronx. Then, a hapless exercise in menorah-lighting, with visiting professor Jonathan Sanders. And as part of WFUV’s Strike a Chord campaign, we’ll hear from Joanna Poz-Molesky, who says dance can strengthen communities. |
| December 5, 2009 | What began as a college course on dating has evolved into an honest, in-depth look at what college students think about religion, sex and spirituality. On this week’s Fordham Conversations author and professor Donna Freitas joins us. Freitas recently spoke at Fordham University about her experiences researching students at a number of public and private schools. Along her journey she uncovered surprising and touching aspects of college life, straight from the students’ themselves. Freitas shares her experiences and discusses her revealing book “Sex and the Soul: juggling sexuality, spirituality, romance and religion on America’s college campuses. “ |
| November 28, 2009 | On this week's Fordham Conversations, "Carmelites and Career Advice." Are you thankful for 600-year-old choirbooks? Carmelite priest and musicologist James Boyce gives us a look and a listen. Followed by sober career advice from Shasa Dobrow, who says your “sense of calling” is out to get you. |
| November 21, 2009 | Vince Lombardi is one of football's most accomplished and respected coaches. The Brooklyn native and Fordham University Alum is known for his inspirational speeches and no-nonsense coaching methods that helped transform under-dog teams into successful winners. On this week's Fordham Conversations, Author John Eisenberg discusses his new book That First Season, and explains how Lombardi took the worst team in the NFL, The Green Bay Packers, and set them on the path to glory. |
| November 14, 2009 | What can the autobiography of an 18th century ex-slave teach us about self-reliance? John Bugg talks about the Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano. Then, Fr. Terrance Klein fleshes out what he means when he says the soul itself is narrative. |
| November 7, 2009 | Football is more than just a game to most Americans. Whether we play it or watch it football can be a reflection of America’s character. And sometimes that reflection is hard to take. On this week’s Fordham Conversations, Hugo Benavides, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Fordham University discusses the culture of American Football in relation to symbolism, gender and more. |
| October 31, 2009 | Move over Anne Rice. On this week’s Fordham Conversations we’ll hear Host Robin Shannon’s interview with a vampire…writer! Author and Fordham Grad Andrew Valentine takes us on a mysterious journey in his latest novel “Bitter Things.” We also discuss vampire history, culture and the reason he decided to use Fordham University as a backdrop in his story. |
| October 24, 2009 | The Internet has shaken the foundations of both politics and news. Are colleges next? So says Zephyr Teachout, former director of online organizing for Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign. Then, a story of getting started--from journalist Beth Knobel. |
| October 17, 2009 | Fordham Conversations for October 17th. |
| October 10, 2009 | Group Harmony Review for October 10th. |
| October 3, 2009 | We talk with author Christina Baker Kline about her new novel, “Bird In Hand" (William Morrow), kids, adulthood, and moving to New Jersey. |
| September 26, 2009 | We all joke about stalking people or having stalkers...but what,actually, is stalking? And how can we stop it or at least reduce the risk that it will escalate into violence? We speak with Fordham psychologist Barry Rosenfeld about his work with stalking offenders. |
| September 19, 2009 | The Grand Concourse at 100: We look at the Concourse as an inspiration for art, with the Bronx museum's Sergio Bessa; and we look back at the history of the street with author Constance Rosenblum. |
| September 12, 2009 | Comics: Good or Evil? We speak with comics author and editor Alisa Kwitney about Young Adult comics for girls; and with author David Hajdu about the comic book-related panics of the 1940s and ‘50s. |
| September 5, 2009 | To kids' consternation and many parents' relief, it's time again for school...this week, we look at schooling in some less-explored corners of America--at immigrants and education with Fordham sociologist Emily Rosenbaum, and at Teach for America in one of the nation's toughest schools, with author Donna Foote. |
| August 29, 2009 | This week on Fordham Conversations, we go on a bee hunt in New York City's largest park, with Fordham biologist and pollinator expert Kevin Matteson. |
| August 22, 2009 | This week, we look at how retailers, the government and others know so much about us--an exploration of data mining, with Fordham computer scientist Gary Weiss. Also, the future of reputation in the internet age. |
| August 15, 2009 | Do you get your news from Jon Stewart? Do you know the meaning of the word "truthiness"? You're not alone – satire shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report inform the way we think like never before. We talk with Fordham communication and media studies professor Jonathan Gray about the phenomenon, why it's happening, and why now. He's one of the editors of the book "Satire TV" (NYU Press). |
| August 8, 2009 | Vaccinations are more than just a necessary "ouch" for kids and flu-avoidant adults . . . they're a major public health issue, especially right now. We talk with Fordham economist Troy Tassier about what we know, and what we think we know, about epidemics and vaccines. Also, saying goodbye to one of the Bronx's most high-flown residents. |
| August 1, 2009 | Hello, Clarice! From Sam Spade to Hannibal Lecter, we look at crime novels, that thing they do to us, and what they say about the way we look at families. Lenny Cassuto, Fordham English professor and the author of "Hard Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories", joins me in the studio. |
| July 25, 2009 | New York City's schools are notoriously troubled, but within that we can find stories of scrappy schools that turned themselves around. One such school is Brooklyn elementary school PS 335, in Bedford Stuyvesant. We speak with principal Laverne Nimmons about the school, the neighborhood and how they're helping their students overcome often-difficult circumstances. |
| July 18, 2009 | This week on the show, we look at intellectual property law, where it's going, and why we should be nervous about that--my guest is James Boyle, the author of "the Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind. (Yale)" Also, how to avoid your summer being an endless nightmare of mosquito bites, with Fordham researcher Tom Daniels. |
| July 11, 2009 | Now that the seemingly endless rain has (knock wood) let up, we step outside again, with conversations about green building, and about how common plants are being affected by climate change. |
| July 4, 2009 | This week on Fordham Conversations, two stories about what housing speculation does to neighborhoods. My guests are Beryl Satter, author of "Family Properties: Race, Real Estate and the Exploitation of Black Urban America" (Metropolitan Books), and Jim Buckley, the executive director of the University Neighborhood Housing Program in the Bronx. |
| June 27, 2009 | If someone were to ask you to describe yourself, what would you say? If you're a member of an ethnic or racial minority, chances are it's more likely to include your race...but that might change at different times of the day. We talk with Fordham psychologist Tiffany Yip about ethnic identity among New York City teens. |
| June 20, 2009 | We talk about angels—and why they’re probably not what we think—with Fordham theologian Clair McPherson. Also, getting to know Brooklyn’s Hasidic community with Fordham anthropologist Ayala Fader. |
| June 13, 2009 | "The Rat That Got Away": Allen Jones grew up in the projects in one of the nation's most famously tough neighborhoods, dealt drugs, went to prison, went to prep school, and played European pro basketball...and now he's a banker in Luxembourg. His memoir, co-written with Fordham professor Mark Naison, is forthcoming from Fordham University Press--we talk with Naison about Jones' strange life trajectory, the early days of NYC public housing, and the massive importance of schoolyard basketball. |
| June 6, 2009 | From Harriet the Spy to Harry Potter, books for young readers are not only a big part of our childhoods, but also big business. This week on Fordham Conversations, we talk about writing young adult fiction with Fordham professor and author James VanOosting. He's the author of several young adult novels. Also, remembering what we read as kids and why it stays with us now. |
| May 30, 2009 | A lot of people would joke that the phrase "legal ethics" is an oxymoron, but in fact it's the subject of a great deal of debate among legal scholars. We speak with Fordham Law professor and legal ethicist Bruce Green about how our system works, what lawyers have to do to be ethical, why it's such a complicated area, and why it's so hard for those who've been wrongly convicted to get out of prison. |
| May 23, 2009 | # Before waterfront redevelopment, and before waterfront decay, New York's waterfront was a world of its own. We look at that world – New York's longshoremen, organized crime, and how it inspired a classic film. Our guest is Fordham theologian and author James Fisher – his book The Irish Waterfront and the Soul of the Port is forthcoming from Cornell University Press. |
| May 16, 2009 | # Do you get your news from Jon Stewart? Do you know the meaning of the word "truthiness"? You're not alone – satire shows like The Daily Show and The Colbert Report inform the way we think like never before. We talk with Fordham communication and media studies professor Jonathan Gray about the phenomenon, why it's happening, and why now. He's one of the editors of the new book, Satire TV. |
| May 9, 2009 | With the advent of new therapies, people with HIV and AIDS are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. But that happy result is revealing something far less promising, and the group that seems to be affected more than most is right here in New York City. We talk with Fordham psychologist Monica Rivera Mindt about the situation, why it's developed and what can be done about it. Also, visiting the AIDS quilt. |
| May 2, 2009 | When you see the latest teen pop vixen, you might worry for the future of teen girls...but maybe they're savvier than we think. We talk with Fordham Anthropologist Oneka LaBennett about how one group of girls, West Indian teens in Brooklyn, use pop music, TV and even their accents to their own ends. |
| April 25, 2009 | We hear a lot about Afghanistan, but how much do we really know about it? We speak with Matthew McGarry--he's the Country Representative for Catholic Relief Services in Afghanistan--about the challenges facing the country and relief workers, and what life's like for average Afghanis. |
| April 18, 2009 | This week is a look at education in some less-explored corners of America--at immigrants and education with Fordham sociologist Emily Rosenbaum, and at Teach for America in one of the nation's toughest schools, with author Donna Foote. - |
| April 11, 2009 | With its plastic grass, egg-carrying bunnies, and profound religious meaning, Easter is a strange mix of the ancient and the modern. We’ll look at the ancient roots of some of our modern traditions with author Thomas Cahill. We’ll also look at one very modern Jewish tradition—Passover Coke. |
| April 4, 2009 | Planning on spending Saturday watching movies in the dark, eating bon bons and feeling tragic? This is just the show to start your day--we talk unrequited love, melodrama, campiness and Morrisey with author Daniel Contreras. He's the author of "What Have You Done To My Heart?: Unrequited Love and Gay Latino Culture." |
| March 28, 2009 | With the Catholic church struggling to recruit and retain clergy, it may be harder than ever for those "in the religious life" to explain their decisions to the public, and to their families. David Ranghelli's film "The Calling" explores this question. This week on Fordham Conversations, we speak with Ranghelli about his film and its subjects--that film will be shown on April 16th at Fordham University. |
| March 21, 2009 | We all joke about stalking people or having stalkers...but what,actually, is stalking? And how can we stop it or at least reduce the risk that it will escalate into violence? We speak with Fordham psychologist Barry Rosenfeld about his work with stalking offenders. |
| March 14, 2009 | You may know New Zealand mainly as the stunning setting of the "Lord of the Rings" films, but it's a real place with real problems--including domestic violence, of which it has one of the highest rates in the developed world. With researchers from Fordham Law School's Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, we visit New Zealand to look at what the nation's Maori communities are doing to combat that violence. |
| March 7, 2009 | The economy has many of us thinking hard about what we buy, why, and the place that buying stuff occupies in our lives. We talk with theologian Tom Beaudoin about consumption and faith--Beaudion is the author of the book "Consuming Faith: Integrating Who We Are With What We Buy." Also, a look at the consumer needs that the Jewish Sabbath brings about. |
| February 28, 2009 | Comic books today are a bigger part of mainstream popular culture than they've been for a very long time--Just last week, Heath Ledger won an Oscar for his portrayal of a comic book villain. But comics have often been both subversive, and scandalous! We speak with author David Hadju about the comic book scare of the 1940s and '50s, and we talk about the relationship between horror comics and political protest in Brazil. |
| February 21, 2009 | The end of Guantanamo? One of Barack Obama's first acts as President was to issue an executive order requiring the closure of Guantanamo--but that's a lot more complicated than it sounds. We talk with Fordham Law professor Martha Rayner about the complexities, rights, and wrongs of shutting Guantanamo down. |
| February 14, 2009 | What's the point of marriage? Well, sure, there's love...but in many places and times marriage has served lots of different purposes, from making business contacts to playing politics. We talk with historian Carina Ray about the complexities of love, marriage and commerce in the Colonial British Gold Coast, and we travel to Queens and the village to look at how young South Asians are looking for love. |
| January 31, 2009 | When we settle in with our fried snacks and beer to watch the BIGGEST FOOTBALL GAME OF THE YEAR tomorrow, what will we really be looking at? We speak with Fordham anthropologist Hugo Benavides about why we love football so much, and what that says about the way we think about race, manhood and war. |
| January 24, 2009 | We hear a lot about the stress that kids are under today--too many activities, too much pressure to get into college, but what kind of stress does it cause if you're a kid who's abused, or who's a witness to violence, or whose parents are heavy drug users? We speak with Fordham social work professor Tina Maschi about teenagers in the justice system, what they've been through, and what we can do to better deal with the situation. |
| January 17, 2009 | Does what's going on with the economy, the bailout and Bernard Madoff make you so mad you just want to scream and throw things? Well, in 1999, that's how tens of thousands of people felt about the World Trade Organization, and their protests of its Seattle conference – and the extraordinary police response – became known as the Battle of Seattle. A look at those protests and what they mean to us today, with Fordham sociologist Heather Gautney. |
| January 10, 2009 | Is that a glass ceiling above my head, or am I just seeing things? We speak with management professor Roslyn Chernesky about women in management today, and why she says we haven't made as much progress as expected. |
| January 3, 2009 | There doesn't seem to be too much hassle every year with the birth of the New Year (except for the hangover)...but Fordham sociologist Jeanne Flavin says that birth is one of increasingly few that's allowed to go unmolested by the criminal justice system. In her new book, "Our Bodies, Our Crimes: The Policing of Women's Reproduction in America (NYU Press, 2008)" Flavin argues for a rethinking of the idea of reproductive rights. |
| December 27, 2008 | With the advent of new therapies, people with HIV and AIDS are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. But that happy result is revealing something far less promising, and the group that seems to be affected more than most is right here in New York City. We talk with Fordham psychologist Monica Rivera Mindt about the situation, why it's developed and what can be done about it. Also, visiting the AIDS quilt. |
| December 21, 2008 | With the advent of new therapies, people with HIV and AIDS are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. But that happy result is revealing something far less promising, and the group that seems to be affected more than most is right here in New York City. We talk with Fordham psychologist Monica Rivera Mindt about the situation, why it's developed and what can be done about it. Also, visiting the AIDS quilt. |
| December 13, 2008 | Climate change, evolution and resurrection with Fordham plant biologist Steve Franks. Also, a look at why companies seem so much greener than they used to be... even though they might not be. |
| December 6, 2008 | National Insecurity: When Georgia and Russia suddenly went to war this summer, many had their suspicions about the war's real causes – was this a proxy war between Russia and the US? Was it all about oil? Or was it because Russia can't get no respect? This week on Fordham Conversations, we speak with journalist, former CBS Moscow bureau chief and Fordham professor Beth Knobel. She covered the war for CBS, and says it's more about the latter than we might imagine. |
| November 29, 2008 | A couple of days ago, most of us sat down and ate a huge meal in honor of some of the first immigrants to America... but what about more modern immigrants? We'll talk about one aspect of acclimation – housing – and look at how immigrants, and their children and grandchildren, fare in the New York housing market. |
| November 22, 2008 | When you see the latest teen pop vixen, you might worry for the future of teen girls...but maybe they're savvier than we think. We talk with Fordham Anthropologist Oneka LaBennett about how one group of girls, West Indian teens in Brooklyn, use pop music, TV and even their accents to their own ends. |
| November 15, 2008 | Hello, Clarice! From Sam Spade to Hannibal Lecter, we look at crime novels, that thing they do to us, and what they say about the way we look at families. Lenny Cassuto, Fordham english professor and the author of "Hard Boiled Sentimentality: The Secret History of American Crime Stories", joins me in the studio. |
| November 8, 2008 | What makes a man? And are you a 98-pound weakling if you decide to go to the doctor when you have a cold? And is your answer to that last question different depending on whether you're black, white or Asian? We look at health, ideas of masculinity, and race, with Fordham psychologist Jay Wade. |
| November 1, 2008 | WHAT IS THE ELECTORATE THINKING? We try to answer this question, and look at how we might know, with voter behavior expert Monika McDermott. And, just when we think we can't take it anymore, a little comic relief. |
| October 25, 2008 | "Scary Ladies": In honor of Halloween, we talk about terrifying women in poetry and literature: Poet Janet Kaplan reads some of her favorite poems about witches, sirens and creepy nighttimes, and author Jeffrey Weinstock talks about scary stories, and the women who write them. |
| October 18, 2008 | With the economic climate being what it is at present, many of us may find ourselves with less flexible work schedules than we once had. But if we find ourselves working night shifts, or different shifts every week, how will it effect our families? We talk with Fordham sociologist Chris Morett about his work on shiftwork and work-life balance. |
| October 11, 2008 | Culture and community, over a beer: We visit KGB bar in the east village—where they've been hosting free readings most nights for years—and talk with owner Denis Woychuk about changes in the neighborhood, his colorful clientele, and why culture should be free. |
| October 4, 2008 | We look at the idea of "greening" New York, through green space and green architecture. Also, a look at how one guy is using New York's already-existing park space. |
| September 27, 2008 | Guantanamo Update. We look at the recent changes in the legal status of the Guantanamo detainees, and at the process of determining what's happened to former detainees who may have been psychologically effected by their experiences. |
| September 20, 2008 | "About Face". What do we see when we look in the mirror? We talk about the new anthology "About Face" (Seal Press) with editor and Fordham writer in residence Christina Baker Kline, and contributor Jennifer Baumgardner—she talks in the book about her ill-fated outing into the world of beauty pageants. |
| September 13, 2008 | Do video games rot kids' brains, or do they make them smarter? And how do you even figure out what kids know, anyway? Computer gaming and academic testing, this week on Fordham Conversations. Our guests are Howard Everson, professor of psychology and psychometrics and Fran Blumberg of Fordham's Graduate School of Education. |
| September 6, 2008 | Does the fact that you bought that Prada knockoff bag on Canal Street mean that you got a fabulous bargain, or just that you get what you pay for? With Fashion Week clomping all over the city's catwalks in its super high heels this week, we'll take a look at fashion and the law. Our guest is Susan Scafidi, Fordham law visiting professor. She teaches the "Fashion Law" class at Fordham law and blogs at counterfeitchic.com. |
| August 30, 2008 | This Labor Day weekend, we look at an event that was a catalyst for both labor organizing and factory safety improvements, and the worst workplace disaster until September 11, 2001: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. |
| August 23, 2008 | Fordham Conversations for August 23rd. |
| August 16, 2008 | When we think of the internet, our vision is often of something of an e-utopia of personal freedom, albeit one marred by annoying pop-up ads. But is the internet actually making us /less /free, at least from our past indiscretions? We talk with Daniel Solove, author of "The Future of Reputation" (Yale, 2007) and winner of the 2007 *Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research *from Fordham's McGannon Center. |
| August 9, 2008 | Maybe in the last few years, you've noticed more Mexican restaurants around and tortillas for sale in the supermarket, or seen people playing a different kind of music in the subway...They're all part of the explosion in New York's Mexican population that's been occurring in the last two decades. We talk with CUNY's David Badillo about this newer wave of immigration and how Mexicans are making New York theirs. |
| August 2, 2008 | Dispatches from foreign lands: We talk with reporter and author Bryan Mealer about his time in Congo--His book |
| July 26, 2008 | On October 4, 1947, “Leave it to Beaver” premiered on US television…and space travel premiered in the USSR as the Soviets launched the first Sputnik. We take a look at the roots of Soviet space travel, and America’s response to it, with Fordham History professor Asif Siddiqi. |
| July 19, 2008 | When we think of bullies, we tend to think of things like bigger boys stuffing a smaller boy into a locker. But when girls bully, it's a lot more covert, and some say a lot crueler. We'll talk with JoAnne Dornfeld Januzzi, the principal of Henry H. Wells Middle School in Brewster, about her research on how girls bully, and what we can do about it. [JoAnne has a Ph.D. from the Grad School of Ed.] |
| July 12, 2008 | Most of us know about those Galapagos island finches, but we may not be as aware that Charles Darwin was an avid botanist. We look at an exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden that explores the role plants played in Darwin's framing of his theory; and we hear about one of the more interesting animal adaptations around--penguin song. |
| July 5, 2008 | We look at the summer scourge of ticks with Fordham researcher Thomas Daniels--and we hear about some of the possible long-term effects of a tick's bite. |
| June 21, 2008 | Summer fieldtrip! We visit the murals of Philadelphia with theologian Maureen O'Connell, and Lincoln monuments around the country with James Percoco--his book, "Summers with Lincoln", is out from Fordham University Press. |
| June 14, 2008 | Fordham Conversations for June 14. |
| June 7, 2008 | Fordhm Conversations for June 7th. |
| May 31, 2008 | Pollinators Good, Pollen Bad, part 1 of 2. We speak with bee and butterfly researcher *Kevin Matteson* about look at New York through insects' eyes, and we learn about a new project that turns New Yorkers into bee researchers. Next week: Pollen Bad! |
| May 24, 2008 | Brand names and identities are more in our lives than ever before – but they're not in the public domain. We look at branding, "anti-branding," and the legal issues both carry with them, with Fordham Law professor Sonia Katyal. |
| May 17, 2008 | This week on the show, we get a little arty with it: The Bronx, the immigration experience, and the pleasures of wordplay, with poet Janet Kaplan. |
| May 10, 2008 | Whether you think he's a fabulous throwback, a dangerous dictator or just another politician, Venezuelanpresident Hugo Chavez has changed the discourse about Latin Americanpolitics – and oil. We talk with reporter Bart Jones, whose book, Hugo!The Hugo Chavez Story, from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution, is out fromSteerforth Press. |
| May 3, 2008 | Although living in New York can be wonderful...sometimes we all dream of escape. We speak with author Christina Baker Kline about her "escape from New York" novel, "The Way Life Should Be", and we find out where New Yorkers would most like to escape to. |
| April 26, 2008 | Low power, high controversy? We take a crash course in Low Power FM, media activism, pirate radio, and why we should care about it – with Christina Dunbar-Hester of Fordham's McGannon Communication Research Center. |
| April 19, 2008 | This week on Fordham Conversations…school anxiety! We talk bad study habits, exam nightmares, and the uncertain role of universities in American life. Also…cutting class and getting caught. |
| April 12, 2008 | Is green the new black? Is mother nature in fashion... and does that mean that being "green" might go out of fasion? The environment and consumer culture, with Fordham media analyst Robin Andersen. |
| April 5, 2008 | For many of us, summer in New York means Coney Island, and for a lot of people, Coney Island means the freak show. We speak with Fordham English professor Leonard Cassuto about the history of the American freak show, why we liked it and why we stopped liking it... and why Oliver Sacks might be a kinder, gentler P.T. Barnum. |
| March 29, 2008 | We like to talk about how New York is vibrant and alive... but the flipside of that is that it's NOISY. We visit noise researcher Arline Bronzaft to chat about why noise is so bad in the city and how it affects us. Also, we try to hear about what New Yorkers think about noise in their lives. |
| March 22, 2008 | When you're feeling depressed, do you go to the movies? In the 1930s, that's what America did! We'll revisit the films of the depression, and talk about what they meant to people. |
| March 15, 2008 | 97 years ago next week, more than 100 workers died when New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught fire. The fire was a catalyst for both labor organizing and factory safety improvements, and the worst workplace disaster until September 11, 2001. This week on Fordham Conversations, we look back on that fire, and talk about what we can take from it today. |
| March 8, 2008 | When you think of the beginning of the modern world, you don't tend to think of the Middle Ages. But author Thomas Cahill says that's just when it began. We talk with him about his book Mysteries of the Middle Ages – it's out in paperback this week from Anchor Books. |
| March 1, 2008 | Sure, we all know the President is one of the most important people in the world... but what does the President DO, exactly? As we get ready for another round of primaries and eventually to vote in a new President, we look at what the job really entails, with Fordham political scientist Jeffrey Cohen. Also, we talk with some New Yorkers about what they think the President does – and should be doing. |
| February 23, 2008 | From gas pump rage to phone bill bewilderment, we all know what it feels like to feel unfairly charged. We talk about unfair pricing with Fordham Professor Sarah Maxwell. Her new book is The Price Is Wrong: Understanding What Makes a Price Seem Fair and the True Cost of Unfair Pricing. |
| February 16, 2008 | She was a middle-class girl from St. Petersburg, Florida, who became a |
| February 9, 2008 | This week on Fordham Conversations, making affordable living greener. |
| February 2, 2008 | Women's magazines and other guilty pleasures, with Fordham Professor Amy Aronson. |
| January 26, 2008 | We look at how human activities are affecting some of our more--and less--photogenic flora and fauna. |
| January 19, 2008 | New York City's no longer known as one of the crime capitals of America, but for Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, crime – and police corruption – are still very much on the radar. His new crime novel, Triple Homicide, look at the Blue Wall of Silence. |
| January 12, 2008 | One of your new years resolutions might have been to get more in touch with your heritage...but if you're Irish-American, what does that mean exactly? We talk with author Peter Quinn about Irish-American identity; and we look at what playing the tin whistle does for your Irishness. |
| December 29, 2007 | Did you give your kids a Christmas that Martha Stewart would be proud of? And why do you feel so guilty if you didn't? We take a look at the "mommy wars," and whether all these expectations of mothers are, in fact, "a good thing." Our guest is Fordham historian Kirsten Swinth. |
| December 22, 2007 | Christmas time is toy time...but what are we playing at when we talk about toys? A look at the emergence of the modern toy industry with Fordham historian David Hamlin. |
| December 15, 2007 | We take a look at – and pay a visit to – the Hasidic neighborhood of Boro Park, Brooklyn. Our tour guide is Fordham anthropologist Ayala Fader – she's working on a book about the Yiddish language among Hasidic girls and women. |
| December 8, 2007 | Did you ask for an X-Files box set for Christmas this year? Spending Hanukkah with your giant Darth Vader cutout? Mapping out your holiday drive so that you never lose NPR reception? Then you might be... a fan. We explore fandom with Fordham professor Jonathan Gray. He's one of the editors of the book Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World. |
| December 1, 2007 | We speak with Fordham biologist Alan Clark about the songs that penguins sing to each other – and we visit a canary singing competition in Michigan. |
| November 24, 2007 | Feel like taking a walk? How about a 275 mile walk? We’ll speak to author and Fordham grad Chris Lowney about his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela; and for those of us who can’t even seem to get out of bed on these wintry mornings, a look, with Fordham chemist Joan Roberts, at how seasonal light affects our bodies, and what we can do about it. |
| November 17, 2007 | Understanding microbroadcasting – a crash course in Low Power FM, media activism, pirate radio and why we should care about it, with Christina Dunbar-Hester of Fordham's McGannon Communication Research Center. |
| November 3, 2007 | We get our freak on with a post-halloween conversation about the American Freak Show, with Fordham English professor Leonard Cassuto. |
| October 27, 2007 | We look at AIDS in Malawi, with filmmakers Doug Karr and Eddie Boyce. Their new film follows Fordham Law School's Crowley Scholars on their 2007 mission to Malawi to study the effects of AIDS on women there. |
| October 20, 2007 | If you have something to say in America, you know that at least in theory you have the right to stand in any public place and say it. But if you want to say it on TV, do you have a right to do it in prime time? A conversation about how the "right to free speech" plays out in today's media universe, with Fordham communications scholar Phil Napoli. |
| October 13, 2007 | The stories we tell about ourselves…and the stories that the food we eat tells about us. We talk with Fordham professor Kim Hall, and with a Brooklyn mother and daughter about what it’s like being Greek and American at the same time. |
| October 6, 2007 | A look at New York City immigration and housing with Fordham sociologist Emily Rosenbaum. |
| September 29, 2007 | Everyone knows that New York city is the place where they say “hey babe…take a walk on the wild side”…but nothing’s more wild and wooly than New York City politics. We take a look at what makes the city go with Fordham political scientist Bruce Berg, and we talk to some New Yorkers about what they think of when they think of city politics. |
| September 22, 2007 | Fordham Conversations for September 22, 2007. |
| September 15, 2007 | We talk about the American presidency – and how it's changed over time – with Fordham political scientist Jeffrey Cohen. |
| September 8, 2007 | Lions and tigers and...polar bears? We talk about Fordham's new join program with the Bronx Zoo, teaching teachers how to teach conservation biology. Also, branding polar bears; and a look at a somewhat different educational effort in New York State's prisons. |
| September 1, 2007 | The West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn is the city's largest cultural celebration – up to 3 million people show up every year for the Carnivale-like festivities – and it's coming up on Labor Day. This week on Fordham Conversations, we talk about some of New York's West Indian communities. |
| August 25, 2007 | We say "nyet!" to conventionality, with a discussion of the occult in Russia. Also, a look at the links between Russian alternative spiritual beliefs and the space race, and a visit with a boy psychic right here in the northeast. |
| August 18, 2007 | With back-to-school preparations beginning in earnest and parents frantically buying extra-long sheets for their college students' dorm beds, we talk with Fordham Professor Leonard Cassuto about the state of the university today. |
| August 11, 2007 | Fordham Conversations for August 11, 2007. |
| August 4, 2007 | If you remember the 1980s TV show "thirtysomething," chances are you either loved it or hated it. We talk with Fordham professor Al Auster about that show, and why he says it's still fresh 20 years after the fact. He's one of the authors of an upcoming book about the series. |
| July 28, 2007 | Hugo Benavides grew up watching Latin American soap operas telenovelas on TV in New York and Ecuador. But he never thought that when he grew up, he’d be studying them. We talk to Benavides about telenovelas, and about the US-Mexico border melodramas called “Narcodramas”. |
| July 21, 2007 | It's one of New York City's least appreciated waterways, but birds, fish, and now at least one beaver are fans! The Bronx River, as seen by canoe. |
| July 14, 2007 | Sure, you like stuff... but are you a fan? We explore fandom and fan studies with Fordham professor Jonathan Gray. He's one of the editors of the new book Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World. |
| July 7, 2007 | We take a fieldtrip, to look at a few of Philadelphia’s more than 2500 murals, with Fordham Theologian Maureen O’Connellshe’s looking at what the murals say about faith. |
| June 30, 2007 | On this weekend before Independence Day, we look at one very British institution – the Booker Prize – and what says about what it means to be British in this day and age. |
| June 23, 2007 | Why classical music still matters, with Fordham Professor Lawrence Kramer. |
| June 16, 2007 | This week, we continue our look at Communism in Harlem during the Great Depression. With our guest Mark Naison, we'll take a closer look at Richard Wright and Paul Robeson's forays into Communism, and we'll talk about the lingering effects of this little-discussed chapter in American history. (Part 2 of 2) |
| June 9, 2007 | Most of us are familiar with the Harlem Renaissance, but you may not know that around that same time, the Communist Party was gaining a major foothold in the neighborhood, and in other African-American areas throughout the country. We'll begin a conversation about race and American communism in the 1930s, with Fordham historian Mark Naison (part 1 of 2). |
| June 2, 2007 | President Bush announced this week that he's seeking to double spending on AIDS prevention, but what does fighting HIV/AIDS look like on the ground? We talk to recent Fordham Law grad Brian Honermann about his work fighting for people with AIDS in South Africa, and we'll hear voices from around the world of people whose lives have been affected by AIDS. |
| May 26, 2007 | Queens often gets all the credit for being the most diverse borough, but almost as diverse is WFUV's home borough of the Bronx. We talk to the Bronx African-American History Project's Natasha Lightfoot about one community in the borough: West Indians. |
| May 19, 2007 | With housing prices on a continual upward crawl in New York City, we look at efforts to keep housing in one area of the city – the northwest Bronx – decent and affordable for New Yorkers. Our guest is Gregory Lobo Jost, of the University Neighborhood Housing Program. |
| May 12, 2007 | On this Mother's Day, we look at the "mommy wars" and how – and why – we look at working mothers the way we do today. |
| May 5, 2007 | Sure, their show's been running longer than any TV sitcom ever has... but that's not the only reason The Simpsons might be the most successful family ever to wrap things up in 23 minutes or less. We talk to Fordham communication and media studies professor Jonathan Gray about the Simpsons and how they've managed to change the way that people all over the world look at TV, and America. |
| April 28, 2007 | On October 4, 1947, "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on US television... and space travel premiered in the USSR as the Soviets launched the first Sputnik. We take a look at the roots of Soviet space travel, and America's response to it, with Fordham history professor Asif Siddiqi. |
| April 22, 2007 | We tend to think of Romani – "gypsies" – as romantic and mysterious, but in Romania, and throughout Europe, they're an ethnic minority that faces widespread discrimination. We talk to Tracy Higgins from Fordham Law School's Joseph R. Crowley Program in International Human Rights, about the problems Romani children face as they try to go to school. |
| April 14, 2007 | One day before Holocaust Remembrance Day, we look at one family: Holocaust survivor Roma Ben-Atar and her son, Fordham history professor Doron Ben-Atar. Together they wrote a book about Roma's experience in the war... and now Doron's written a play inspired by it. |
| April 7, 2007 | We talk to author Eric Klinenberg about his suprisingly optimistic take on media consolidation in America. He wrote the new book Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media. |
| March 31, 2007 | Guantanamo 101: in the wake of the first conviction this week of a Guantanamo detainee before a military commission, we look with Fordham law professor Martha Rayner at the basics of the camp and how the US has come to be in the position we're in. |
| March 24, 2007 | A few years ago, Yvette Christianse was doing archival research in South Africa, when she came across a slave woman's story. The story haunted Christianse, and the book she wrote about it, Unconfessed, has just been named a finalist for the prestigious Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. |
| March 17, 2007 | In literature, what does it really mean to tell the truth? We explore that question with authors Mary Karr – she wrote the hugely successful memoir The Liar's Club – and Heidi Julavits, whose novel The Uses of Enchantment explores the idea of how truth changes when different interests get involved. |
| March 10, 2007 | On an early-St. Patrick's Day Fordham Conversations, we talk with author Peter Quinn, about Tammany Hall, Jimmy Cagney, and the Irish-American sense of History (or lack thereof.) Also, one Irish-American daughter's memories of her father's favorite drinking song. |
| March 3, 2007 | When most of think of the Civil Rights movement, we think of iconic figures like Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks – southern figures. But there was much more going on in the north than we seem to recall. We talk to Fordham African-American Studies professor Brian Purnell about the civil rights movement in Brooklyn, and why we should remember it. |
| Feburary 24, 2007 | You might be cursing sugar right now for your winter weight gain. But back in the 17th century, sugar was a luxury item that people couldn't stop talking about... and it had a much bigger effect on the development of the modern world than you might think. We talk to Fordham professor Kim Hall about what sugar means to us today, and what it meant back then. |
| Feburary 17, 2007 | On today’s show, who really owns the music you buy online? A conversation with Fordham Professor Tom McCourt about digital music. |
| Feburary 10, 2007 | People place bets on it, nominees are covered in the tabloids, and the award is given out at a black-tie gala that's broadcast nationally on TV. Is it the Oscars? No, it's the Booker Prize! We talk with Fordham professor Nicola Pitchford about the literary prize, and why it's so important to the British. |
| February 3, 2007 | Hugo Benavides grew up watching Latin American soap operas – telenovelas – on TV in New York and Ecuador. But he never thought that when he grew up, he'd be studying them. We talk to Benavides about telenovelas, and about the US-Mexico border melodramas called narcodramas. |
| January 27, 2007 | What image comes into your mind when you think of someone in prison? Chances are, it's not an image of a woman. But there are about 200,000 women incarcerated in the United States – and they have health needs that the prison system, which was designed for violent male offenders, isn't prepared to face. We talk to Fordham professor Jeanne Flavin about her research and work with women prisoners. |
| January 20, 2007 | With support for the war in Iraq severely waning and a new Democratic legislature in power, the stories that we hear from Washington and in the media might be different from what we've heard for the last few years. We talk to author and Fordham professor Robin Anderson about the stories we've been telling about this war, and the stories we tell about others. Her new book is A Century of Media, A Century of War. |
| January 13, 2006 | The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was a huge blockbuster and introduced many to C.S. Lewis as a writer of adventure stories. But an Off-Off-Broadway production is taking a stab at some of Lewis' less child-friendly work. We talk to Magis artistic director, Fordham artist-in-residence, and Jesuit priest George Drance. |
| January 6, 2007 | Fordham professor Jonathan Gray discusses The Simpsons. |
| December 23, 2006 | With the end of the year approaching, and with it about a million lists of the superlatives of 2006, we'll hear from the former publisher of another superlative--The Nation, America's oldest weekly magazine. He's written a memoir of his time at The Nation. Also, a few of our favorite things. |
| December 16, 2006 | He's won almost every literary award out there for his poetry and fiction, and now he's a librettist for the new Metropolitan Opera offering, 'The First Emperor.' Author Ha Jin talks with Fordham professor Chris GoGwilt about his life as a writer, and what he's working on now. |
| December 9, 2006 | Abu Ghraib and other incidents abroad have brought misbehavior in the US Military into sharp relief...but what about at home? We'll talk to Fordham Professor Mary Ann Forgey about a project she's working on with the Army, to improve social workers' ability to deal with reports of domestic violence. |
| December 2, 2006 | We talk to author George Lankovich about his new history of the Hudson Valley, told in postcards. We'll also hear from farmer Rocco Migliorelli about his days farming in the Bronx, and his move up the Hudson to Red Hook, and chat with Fordham professor Michael Tueth about his history of TV comedy. |
| November 25, 2006 | A few years ago, Yvette Christianse was doing research in the Cape Colonies archive in Capetown, South Africa, when she came across a slave woman's story. The story haunted Christianse, and the book she wrote about, Unconfessed, is out now. |
| November 18, 2006 | We've all heard the song... but what if God really was one of us? We'll talk about God, gender and literature with author and Fordham writer-in-residence Terese Svoboda. Her new novel, Tin God, is narrated by God, as a Nebraska farm woman. Also, a conversation with a (male) Baptist minister turned (female) street performer. |
| November 11, 2006 | The mating pair of red-tailed hawks who live on Fordham's Bronx campus, and the Saw-Whet owl that's been spotted on Fordham's Westchester outpost. |
| November 4, 2006 | Their details may seem like the stuff of urban legend, but a series of murders in Juarez, Mexico are real - over 400 women in the last decade have been killed. What are human rights organzations are doing to try to stop them, and make Juarez a place where young women don't have to live in fear? |
| October 29, 2006 | Sure, it sounded like a good idea, but how long could faculty and students really live together? The fall of Bensalem College. (Part 2 of 2) |
| October 21, 2006 | Depending on who you ask, it was mind-opening, revolutionary, or hell - but everyone who was there remembers Bensalem College (well, sort of, it was the '60s). We look at how Fordham decided to experiment with a communal and unstructured school, and how it became one of Esquire Magazine's recommended far-out colleges. (Part 1 of 2) |
| October 14, 2006 | We'll hear from some people who've turned their own terrible losses into something positive, including one Fordham professor who, after losing a son in the September 11th attacks, went on to testify for the defense in Zacharias Musawi's death penalty trial. |
| October 7, 2006 | Whether it's on the evening news or on the big screen, the American media tells a lot of stories about war - but what are those stories really saying? We talk to author and Fordham professor Robin Anderson. Her new book is 'A Century of Media, A Century of War.' |
| September 30, 2006 | We delve into the slightly strange world of robotics with author Lisa Nocks, and pay a visit to Damian Lyon's robot lab on the Fordham campus. |
| September 23, 2006 | Elephants in America? Giant toothy geese in Hawaii? We talk with Fordham Paleobiologist David Burney about the work of restoring ancient ecosystems to their former glory. It's called 'rewilding,' and it's becoming a more popular, if still sometimes controversial, approach to wildlife conservation. |
| September 16, 2006 | High school kids from some of NYC's poorer areas may find themselves both less prepared for - and less psyched about - higher education than some of their wealthier peers. We look at one program hoping to better that situation for a group of high school kids in the Bronx, through oral history. |
| September 9, 2006 | With the anniversary of the September 11th attacks and with airports tightening up in the wake of an "alleged terrorist plot," there are questions of how security weighs against freedom of expression and civil liberties. We'll have a conversation with director Sidney Lumet (Serpico, 12 Angry Men) and writer Tom Fontana (Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street) about making art post-September 11th. |
| September 2, 2006 | Most of us are familiar with the Grimm Fairy Tales, but how well do we really know them? Fordham lecturer Anne-Katrin Titze joins us to talk about the Grimms, and Disney movies, how they're different, and why. |
| August 26, 2006 | We delve into the slightly strange world of robotics with author Lisa Nocks, and pay a visit to Damian Lyon's robot lab on the Fordham campus. |
| August 19, 2006 | Author Chad Raphael on the relationship between journalists and the government today. Also, a report on how the US is trying to present itself in the Arab world. [Part 2] |
| August 12, 2006 | Author Chad Raphael on the origins of muckraking journalism, its heyday in the 1960s and early '70s, and the government backlash against it. Raphael's book, Investigated Reporting, received the Donald McGannon Award from Fordham's McGannon Communication Research Center. [Part 1] |
| August 5, 2006 | She was a middle-class girl from St. Petersburg, Florida, who became a heroine in the French resistance during World War II: the life of Virginia D'Albert Lake, with historian Judy Barrett Litoff, who edited D'Albert-Lake's diary and memoir for publication by Fordham University Press. |
| July 29, 2006 | When you think of prison inmates, you don't tend to think of postgraduate degree holders, but that's what one program at Sing Sing Prison is aiming to create. We'll talk to Fordham professor Mark Chapman about the program, his work on the African-American prison experience, and his faith-based take on social change. |
| July 22, 2006 | As time goes on, the question of immigration just seems to get more and more complicated and controversial. Underlying much of this is the question of what it really means to be American. This week on Fordham Conversations, we'll look at that question, with author and Fordham professor Elizabeth Stone, and we'll visit with a Greek-American family to talk about being both American and something else, at the same time. |
| July 15, 2006 | The mating pair of red-tailed hawks who live on Fordham's Bronx campus, and the Saw-Whet owl that's been spotted on Fordham's Westchester outpost. |
| July 8, 2006 | What’s the link between TV comedy and Puritanism? How about suburbanization and workforce mobility? We’ll talk to Fordham professor and TV expert Michael Tueth about these questions, and about why people love Lucy but don’t love Letterman so much. |
| July 1, 2006 | The Language of Food - In the second of two conversations with Fordham Professor Kim Hall, we talk about what food says about us, and what we choose to say through food. Also, we talk to some New Yorkers about their favorite foods. And, why have a wedding pie? |
| June 24, 2006 | With barbecue season now well underway, we'll talk about one of the summer barbecue's spiritual homes: The American suburbs. We'll look at the emblematic American suburb, Westchester, from the legend of Sleepy Hollow, to Rob and Laura Petrie, with guest Roger Panetta. |
| June 17, 2006 | With diabetes and obesity on the rise, sugar these days has a bad reputation. But 400-odd years ago, it was a luxury item that was just beginning to take hold. We'll talk with Fordham Professor Kim Hall about some of the ways that sugar became the sweet monster it is today, and we'll talk to some New Yorkers about how they feel about sugar. |
| June 10, 2006 | How do you learn about people's minds without exploiting them? We'll take a look at ethics in psychological studies, and why they matter, with Fordham professor Celia Fisher. |
| June 3, 2006 | A look at where immigration and domestic violence intersect, with victim advocate and Fordham professor Vivian Huelgo. Also, the European origins of the asylum system that many immigrant victims of domestic violence use to try to escape their situations. |
| May 27, 2006 | Most of us are familiar with the Grimm Fairy Tales, but how well do we really know them? Fordham lecturer Anne-Katrin Titze joins us to talk about the Grimms, and Disney movies, how they're different, and why. |
| May 20, 2006 | We delve into the slightly strange world of robotics with author Lisa Nocks, and make a visit to Damian Lyon's robot lab on the Fordham campus. |
| May 13, 2006 | We take you to Fordham's Forum on Law, Culture and Society, where director Sidney Lumet (Serpico, 12 Angry Men) and writer Tom Fontana (Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street) talk about their recent HBO film 'Strip Search' and about making art post-September 11th. Also, we meet a 22-year-old filmmaker who's just been nominated for an MTV movie award. |
| May 6, 2006 | American Book Award winning author Peter Quinn has a new book, a noir mystery set in pre-World War II New York. And we'll talk to a collector of mystery novels who's just given 4000 volumes from his collection to Fordham's library. |
| April 29, 2006 | While Catholicism is growing by leaps and bounds in some parts of the world, in the US the Catholic Church is having trouble keeping its numbers up, especially among people under 40. We take a look at the drift away from the church, and talk to Mike Hayes of bustedhalo.com about communicating with young adults about faith. |
| April 22, 2006 | Everyone agrees that the Holocaust should be remembered, but question of how best to remember it is more controversial. We talk with Holocaust survivor Roma Ben-Atar and her son, Fordham professor Doron Ben-Atar, about how they've chosen to remember her experience. And we'll visit the nation's first, if not most famous, Holocaust museum, in Farmington Hills, Michigan. |
| April 15, 2006 | A furor has erupted in the last few weeks over immigration--and underlying much of this is the question of what it really means to be American. This week on Fordham Conversations, we'll look at that question, with author and Fordham Professor Elizabeth Stone; and we'll visit with a Greek-American family to talk about being both American and something else, at the same time. |
| April 8, 2006 | Every year, a contingent from Fordham Law's Joseph R. Crowley Program in International Human Rights takes a research trip - this year's trip was to Kenya, to study the effects of the United States' foreign aid policies on health care there. They say what they found puts the US in violation of international law. We'll hear from the program's Co-Director, Martin Flaherty, about that situation, and we'll hear about the recommendations that he and his colleagues make to improve it. |
| April 1, 2006 | If it's spring, then bees are surely on the way--we visit author and amateur beekeeper Holley Bishop, and we talk to Fordham biologist Gail Langellotto about why New York's native bees are in demand these days, and what we can do to help them thrive. |
| March 25, 2006 | Around the turn of the 20th century, more than 2 million Eastern European Jews emigrated to America. We'll talk about a new book, assembled by historians Daniel Soyer and Jocelyn Cohen, with some of these immigrants telling their stories. |
| March 18, 2006 | A Civil War tour of lower Manhattan, and a discussion of the 1863 draft riots with author Barnet Schecter. |
| March 11, 2006 | We talk with two Fordham Law students who are part of a delegation working on ways to help fix the legal problems caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the Gulf Coast. |
| March 4, 2006 | From the legend of Sleepy Hollow, to Rob and Laura Petrie, to today - we'll talk about the history of Westchester and why it's considered by some to be 'the' American Suburb. |
| February 25, 2006 | Morris High School was once one of the city's best, but by 2005 it was considered a total failure by many. The school was closed, and now the historic building houses five small high schools. We visit the Morris High Museum and talk about the program spreading the word about the old Morris High. |
| February 18, 2006 | When you think about private school, some of the city's poorest children might not come to mind. But some of those kids attend local private schools too, and often those schools don't have enough funding or staff to deal with the problems they face. We visit the St. Augustine's elementary school in the South Bronx, and look at a program that's helping eight NYC schools deal with some of those issues. |
| February 11, 2006 | Do you ever feel like political discourse has reached an all-time low? That all politicians and talking heads are interested in doing is insulting one another? That maybe everything's just getting a little testy? Well, you might be right. This week, we talk to Tom DeLuca, Fordham political scientist and co-author of the book Liars! Cheaters! Evildoers!: Demonization and the End of Civil Debate in American Politics, about nasty personal politics, American-style. |
| February 4, 2006 | Media consolidation has been associated with a number of ills: some say that it's responsible for a lack of quality local programming, or that it's preventing a diversity of opinions from being expressed. And some people are just tired of hearing the same songs and DJs on the radio, no matter where they go in the country. But does media consolidation make programming dirtier? We talk to Fordham professor Philip Napoli, who says there might well be a link between big media companies and indecency on the airwaves. |
| January 28, 2006 | Whether you think it's for the worse or for better, cell phones have clearly changed the way we live. But why, and how? We talk to Fordham Professor and media theorist Paul Levinson, the author of the new book, 'Cell Phone,' about how the tiny phones have made huge changes in how people live all over the world. And we go out onto the streetsto find out what New Yorkers (those who aren't talking on cell phones right now) really think of them. |
| January 21, 2006 | While Catholicism is growing by leaps and bounds in some parts of the world, in the United States the Catholic Church is having some troubles keeping its numbers up. That's especially true among people under 40. We take a look at efforts to understand the drift away from the church among young Catholics, and talk to Mike Hayes of the online faith magazine and podcast bustedhalo.com about trying to communicate with young adults about faith. |
| January 14, 2006 | Thomas Kelly's resume includes: construction worker, sandhog, New York political operative, writer. He shares stories from those varied jobs and talks about his latest novel, 'Empire Rising,' the story of a love triangle set against the backdrop of the Empire State Building's construction. |
| January 7, 2006 | We find out about J-Lo's predecessors, Dolores del Rio and Lupe Velez, and explore the origins of the conga craze with Clara Rodriguez, author of 'Heroes, Lovers and Others: The Story of Latinos in Hollywood.' |
| December 31, 2005 | With Japan's surrender to the Allies in August 1945, a seven-year American occupation began. In contrast with the current involvement in Iraq, no US troops were killed during the Japanese occupation. What is the difference? Historian and Army translator (1945-6) Grant Goodman suggests some answers. |
| December 17, 2005 | He has been called the most copiously talented writer of the mid-20th century. But the literary career of James Agee was cut short when he died of a heart attack 50 years ago. We examine the life that became legend, as we recall James Agee as father, as film reviewer and as chronicler of Brooklyn. |
| December 10, 2005 | During the French and Indian Wars the name of William Johnson was legendary among both the English and the Indians. This Irishman knew more about Mohawk ritual than some Mohawks themselves. Yet, few among the British colonial authority would have dared to accuse him of going native. Writer Fintan O'Toole discusses William Johnson and the settling of America. |
| December 3, 2005 | Can and should free speech exist during wartime? Legal scholar Geoffrey Stone, author of 'Perilous Times: Free Speech During Wartime,' discusses what U.S. history tells us. |
| November 26, 2005 | Those hours illuminated by streetlights, headlights and neon lights have long held a certain mystique. But what makes New York night so intriguing to us? And just when did the Big Apple become the city that never sleeps? Mark Caldwell, author of 'New York Night: The Mystique and Its History,' offers a tour through 362 years of nighttime in NYC. |
| November 19, 2005 | In December, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will mark his 30th year on the high court. In doing so, he joins a rarefied group. Fordham law professors Abner Greene and Eduardo Penalver, both former law clerks for Stevens, reflect on his jurisprudence. |
| November 12, 2005 | For more than 100 years, Catholic voters were considered a loyal base of the Democratic Party. But how did Catholics become loyal Democrats? Jason Duncan, author of 'Citizens or Papists? The Politics of Anti-Catholicism in New York, 1685-1821,' offers some answers. |
| November 5, 2005 | While New York may have lost its World Trade Center, there remain 288 locations around the globe that bear the name. The rights to the name is held by the World Trade Centers Association. The organization's founder and president Guy Tozzoli discusses what world trade centers represent and the organization's message of 'peace and stability through trade.' |
| October 29, 2005 | With Japan's surrender to the Allies in August 1945, a seven-year American occupation began. In contrast with the current involvement in Iraq, no US troops were killed during the Japanese occupation. What is the difference? Historian and Army translator (1945-6) Grant Goodman suggests some answers. |
| October 22, 2005 | Historian Jim Fisher and screenwriter Budd Schulberg recall Father John Corridan, the real-life inspiration for Father Pete Barry in the celluloid classic 'On the Waterfront.' Plus: Novelist and screenwriter Budd Schulberg reminisces about Father John Corridan, the New York waterfront and the making of 'On the Waterfront.' http://wfuv.venaca.com/archive/3245.asx |
| October 15, 2005 | The story of a grisly triple murder, a death sentence and a reprieve by the Pope; Underneath lies the question of whether divine intervention occurred. Fordham's Michael Cuneo discusses his book 'Almost Midnight: An American Story of Murder and Redemption.' |
| October 8, 2005 | He has been called the most copiously talented writer of the mid-20th century. But the literary career of James Agee was cut short when he died of a heart attack 50 years ago. We examine the life that became legend, as we recall James Agee as father, as film reviewer and as chronicler of Brooklyn. |
| October 1, 2005 | We remember New York Times reporting legend Meyer Berger, the creator of the 'About New York' column. Guests include Arthur Gelb and Dan Barry of the New York Times, and former New York Daily News reporter and columnist Pete Hamill. |
| September 24, 2005 | Those hours illuminated by streetlights, headlights and neon lights have long held a certain mystique. But what makes New York night so intriguing to us? And just when did the Big Apple become the city that never sleeps? Mark Caldwell, author of New York Night: The Mystique and Its History, offers a tour through 362 years of nighttime in NYC. |
| September 17, 2005 | In December, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will mark his 30th year on the high court. In doing so, he joins a rarefied group. Fordham law professors Abner Greene and Eduardo Penalver, both former law clerks for Stevens, reflect on his jurisprudence. |
| September 10, 2005 | Composers Robert and Steven Morris talk about what it takes to mount a musical. Their first foray into writing music for the stage - 'Once Around the Sun' - is playing off-Broadway. |
| September 3, 2005 | The American press dubbed them the 'Lonely Eagles' and the Germans called them the 'Black Birdmen,' but we've come to know them as the Tuskegee Airmen. These African-American WWII pilots were considered some of the fiercest fliers by both their enemies and their allies. But upon their return home after the war, they found their heroism meant little in segregated American society. We recall their story with an airman and a historian who helped write the flyer's memoirs. |
| August 27, 2005 | What do guardian angels, saints and apparitions of the Virgin Mary share in common? According to Robert Orsi they're just some of the ways we've found to create the sacred here on earth. Orsi, a scholar of religious history, explores how these sacred figures become a part of our lives. |
| August 20, 2005 | From top New York newspaper editor to gardener at Sing Sing, Charles E. Chapin's life was one of legend. James McGrath Morris, author of 'The Rose Man of Sing Sing,' recalls the life of Chapin and the days of yellow-journalism. |
| August 13, 2005 | Writer-cum-beekeeper Holley Bishop takes us into the hives as she talks of bees, beekeeping and honey. Also: we find out what's killing the much-needed honeybees and Fordham biologist Gail Langellotto discusses how 'native' bees could take up the slack. |
| August 6, 2005 | The 1996 film Twister created a storm of interest in tornado chasers. But, of course, Hollywood's version of reality is - well- not real. What prompts the real storm chasers to place themselves in peril to get close to unrestrained nature. Mark Svenvold, author of 'Big Weather: Chasing Tornadoes in the Heart of America,' offers some answers. |
| July 30, 2005 | The story of Major Karl Plagge, one of but a few German soldiers and Nazi party members, to help Jews during World War II. Plagge, the commander of a slave labor camp in Vilnius, Lithuania, is credited with saving the lives of at least 250 Jews during World War II. |
| July 23, 2005 | In the history of the Civil Rights Movement, the summer of 1963 is bookended by the murder of NAACP leader Medgar Evers and M.L.K's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Both happened South of the Mason-Dixon. But NYC was writing its own chapter in civil rights history that summer: Historian Brian Purnell discusses the White Castle protests. |
| July 16, 2005 | While New York may have lost its World Trade Center, there remain 288 locations around the globe that bear the name. The rights to the name is held by the World Trade Centers Association. The organization's founder and president Guy Tozzoli discusses what world trade centers represent and the organization's message of 'peace and stability through trade.' |
| July 9, 2005 | The American press dubbed them the 'Lonely Eagles' and the Germans called them the 'Black Birdmen,' but we've come to know them as the Tuskegee Airmen. These African-American WWII pilots were considered some of the fiercest fliers by both their enemies and their allies. But upon their return home after the war, they found their heroism meant little in segregated American society. We recall their story with an airman and a historian who helped write the flyer's memoirs. |
| July 2, 2005 | Today's sweatshops are just likely to be in the suburbs as in the cities. In places like Long Island, you'll find immigrant workers mowing lawns, caring for children or washing dishes in restaurants, all for little money. Jennifer Gordon, author of 'Suburban Sweatshops,' describes efforts to help. |
| June 25, 2005 | Thomas Kelly's resume includes: construction worker, sandhog, New York political operative, writer. He shares stories from those varied jobs and talks about his latest novel, 'Empire Rising,' the story of a love triangle set against the backdrop of the Empire State Building's construction. |
| June 18, 2005 | Roma Nutkiewicz Ben-Atar saw most of her family murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Through trickery and good luck, she managed to survive. The 78-year-old and her son, Fordham historian Doron Ben-Atar, discuss how the Holocaust haunts survivors' families. (Part 2) |
| June 11, 2005 | Roma Nutkiewicz Ben-Atar saw most of her family murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Through trickery and good luck, she managed to survive. The 78-year-old and her son, Fordham historian Doron Ben-Atar, discuss how the Holocaust haunts survivors' families. (Part 1) |
| June 4, 2005 | Writer-cum-beekeeper Holley Bishop takes us into the hives as she talks of bees, beekeeping and honey. Also: we find out what's killing the much-needed honeybees and Fordham biologist Gail Langellotto discusses how 'native' bees could take up the slack. |
| May 28, 2005 | The images from outside the twin towers on 9/11 are etched deeply in our minds. But what was happening for those inside the massive steel structures in the time between when the first plane hit and when the second tower collapsed? Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn of The New York Times paint that picture in their new book, '102 Minutes.' |
| May 21, 2005 | A conversation with several members of Fordham's Class of 2005. They started college just days before 9/11 and during their 4 years of education they've seen troops sent to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq, a shaky economy and a presidential election where the candidates argued over whether the country is safer now than it was before 9/11. |
| May 14, 2005 | In the history of the Civil Rights Movement, the summer of 1963 is bookended by the murder of NAACP leader Medgar Evers and M.L.K's "I Have a Dream" speech. Both happened South of the Mason-Dixon. But NYC was writing its own chapter in civil rights history that summer. Historian Brian Purnell discusses the White Castle protests. |
| May 7, 2005 | It's 10 times longer than Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and 30 times longer than the Gettysburg address: Perhaps that's why Lincoln's 1860 speech at Cooper Union isn't so well-known. But Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer says the speech stands as one of the most important of the Illinois politician's political career, launching his candidacy for President. |
| April 30, 2005 | The 1996 film Twister created a storm of interest in tornado chasers. But, of course, Hollywood's version of reality is - well- not real. What prompts the real storm chasers to place themselves in peril to get close to unrestrained nature. Mark Svenvold, author of "Big Weather: Chasing Tornadoes in the Heart of America," offers some answers. |
| April 23, 2005 | What do guardian angels, saints and apparitions of the Virgin Mary share in common? According to Robert Orsi they're just some of the ways we've found to create the sacred here on earth. Orsi, a scholar of religious history, explores how these sacred figures become a part of our lives. |
| April 16, 2005 | As Eloisa James she's a best-selling romance novelist. As Mary Bly she's a Shakespearean scholar. For six years she kept the two identities separate. Why? And what caused her to 'fess up recently? |
| April 9, 2005 | The story of Major Karl Plagge, one of but a few German soldiers and Nazi party members, to help Jews during World War II. Plagge, the commander of a slave labor camp in Vilnius, Lithuania, is credited with saving the lives of at least 250 Jews during World War II. |
| April 2, 2005 | The expression 'y'all' once clearly identified Southerners. But broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil ('Do You Speak American?') says 'y'all' and 'howyadoin'' are coming out of the mouths of an increasing number of Americans from all parts of the country. |
| March 26, 2005 | When it was published 40 years ago, 'Der Gelbe Stern' shocked the German public with haunting photos and excerpts from documents that detail the Nazi persecution of European Jews. Author Gerhard Schoenberner discusses the book's first English edition. |
| March 19, 2005 | Today's sweatshops are just likely to be in the suburbs as in the cities. In places like Long Island, you'll find immigrant workers mowing lawns, caring for children or washing dishes in restaurants, all for little money. Jennifer Gordon, author of 'Suburban Sweatshops,' describes efforts to help. |
| March 12, 2005 | Can and should free speech exist? Legal scholar Geoffrey Stone, author of 'Perilous Times: Free Speech During Wartime,' discusses what U.S. history tells us. |
| March 5, 2005 | Thomas Kelly's resume includes: construction worker, sandhog, New York political operative, writer. He shares stories from those varied jobs and talks about his latest novel, 'Empire Rising,' the story of a love triangle set against the backdrop of the Empire State Building's construction. |
| February 26, 2005 | It's 10 times longer than Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and 30 times longer than the Gettysburg address: Perhaps that's why Lincoln's 1860 speech at Cooper Union isn't so well-known. But Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer says the speech stands as one of the most important of the Illinois politician's political career, launching his candidacy for President. |
| February 19, 2005 | The images from outside the twin towers on 9/11 are etched deeply in our minds. But what was happening for those inside the massive steel structures in the 102 minutes between when the first plane hit and when the second tower collapsed. Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn of The New York Times paint that picture in their new book, '102 Minutes.' |
| February 12, 2005 | More than 2.3 million Jews to the U.S. from 1880 to 1920. Some participated in a 1942 autobiography contest on the theme 'Why I Came to America and What Have I Accomplished?' Historians Daniel Soyer and Jocelyn Cohen are assembling them into a book. |
| February 5, 2005 | What do guardian angels, saints and apparitions of the Virgin Mary share in common? According to Robert Orsi they're just some of the ways we've found to create the sacred here on earth. Orsi, a scholar of religious history, explores how these sacred figures become a part of our lives. |
| January 29, 2005 | CBS called on him to investigate its controversial 60 Minutes report on President Bush. The New York Times turned to him to help recover from the Jayson Blair scandal. Lou Boccardi, the former head of the Associated Press, talks about journalistic standards, confidential sources and the risks that foreign correspondents face. |
| January 22, 2005 | As Eloisa James she's a best-selling romance novelist. As Mary Bly she's a Shakespearean scholar. For six years she kept the two identities separate. Why? And what caused her to 'fess up recently? |
| January 15, 2005 | We find out about J-Lo's predecessors, Dolores del Rio and Lupe Velez, and explore the origins of the conga craze with Clara Rodriguez, author of 'Heroes, Lovers and Others: The Story of Latinos in Hollywood.' |
| January 8, 2005 | The expression 'y'all' once clearly identified Southerners. But broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil says 'y'all' and 'howyadoin'' are coming out of the mouths of an increasing number of Americans from all parts of the country. MacNeil, co-author and co-producer of the book and documentary 'Do You Speak American?' discusses American English. |
| December 18, 2004 | Roma Nutkiewicz Ben-Atar saw most of her family murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Through trickery and good luck, she managed to survive. The 78-year-old and her son, Fordham historian Doron Ben-Atar, discuss how the Holocaust haunts survivors' families. (Part 2) |
| December 11, 2004 | Roma Nutkiewicz Ben-Atar saw most of her family murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Through trickery and good luck, she managed to survive. The 78-year-old and her son, Fordham historian Doron Ben-Atar, discuss how the Holocaust haunts survivors' families. (Part 1) |
| December 4, 2004 | Kidnappings, factional violence and car bombings - happening in Bagdhad today, and Beirut 20 years ago. How has Lebanon rebuilt? Does the rebuilding there offer any lessons for reconstructing Iraq? Historian Najib Hourani offers his thoughts. |
| November 27, 2004 | Is a peace deal on the horizon for the long-running civil war in Sudan? Historian Amir Idris deciphers the conflict. Plus: Nicolas de Torrente of Doctors Without Borders discusses the difficulties of providing aid to refugees. |
| November 20, 2004 | Can and should free speech exist? Legal scholar Geoffrey Stone, author of 'Perilous Times: Free Speech During Wartime,' discusses what U.S. history tells us. |
| Novmeber 13, 2004 | In honor of Veterans Day, we remember a daring American soldier whose clandestine photos reveal life behind the barbed wire of a Nazi P.O.W. camp: The story of Angelo Spinelli and his photos. |
| November 6, 2004 | Historian Jim Fisher and screenwriter Budd Schulberg recall Father John Corridan, the real-life inspiration for Father Pete Barry in the celluloid classic 'On the Waterfront.' |
| November 6, 2004 - Supplement | Supplement: Novelist and screenwriter Budd Schulberg reminisces about Father John Corridan, the New York waterfront and the making of 'On the Waterfront.' |
| October 30, 2004 | We reflect on the existence of evil and demons with a priest who played a bit part in the 1973 celluloid classic 'The Exorcist.' Plus a talk with one of India's most celebrated directors about using drama to end war. |
| October 23, 2004 | We find out about J-Lo's predecessors, Dolores del Rio and Lupe Velez, and explore the origins of the conga craze with Clara Rodriguez, author of Heroes, Lovers and Others: The Story of Latinos in Hollywood. |
| October 16, 2004 | More than 2.3 million Jews to the U.S. from 1880 to 1920. Some participated in a 1942 autobiography contest on the theme 'Why I Came to America and What Have I Accomplished?' Historians Daniel Soyer and Jocelyn Cohen are assembling them into a book. |
| October 9, 2004 | The Sopranos may be on hiatus, but you can still get your mafia fix. Jane and Peter Schneider, authors of 'Reversible Destiny,' explore the 19th century origins of the mafia on Sicily. Who were the first mafiosi? And what does 'omerta' really mean? |
| October 2, 2004 | When it was published 40 years ago, 'Der Gelbe Stern' shocked the German public with haunting photos and excerpts from documents that detail the Nazi persecution of European Jews. Author Gerhard Schoenberner discusses the book's first English edition. |
| September 25, 2004 | Recent headlines have featured violence toward relief workers in Iraq. David Rieff, author of 'A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis,' and Afghanistan-based relief worker Margarita Vasileva look at how aid work has changed over the past 30 years. |
| September 18, 2004 | Pope John Paul II's increasing frailty has created plenty of speculation on who will replace him as pontiff. Writer Paul Elie looks at what the prognosticators are saying. And he reflects on John Paul's legacy - including the bit many seem to be missing. |
| September 11, 2004 | It's among the top ten highest grossing movies ever. Now 'The Passion of the Christ' is out on DVD, breaking sales records and bringing renewed focus on Christian-Jewish relations. We look at the ups and downs of that 2000-year history with two scholars - one Catholic and one Jewish. |
| September 4, 2004 | The weapons of mass destruction haven't been found. But Saddam is out of power. So, was the war in Iraq a just war? And can a just war even exist? Social and political ethicist Jean Bethke Elshtain offers her thoughts. |
| August 28, 2004 | Do our courts sometimes mete out legal justice, but not moral justice? What's the difference? An interview with the author of 'The Myth of Moral Justice.' Plus: The legal difficulties that kept a man imprisoned for 13 years for a murder he didn't commit. |
| August 21, 2004 | We mark the Olympics by remembering the ancient Greeks. Writer Thomas Cahill, author of 'Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter,' says the Greeks were racist, classist and sexist. Yet, despite these faults, they still left a great legacy. |
| August 14, 2004 | We remember New York Times reporting legend Meyer Berger, the creator of the 'About New York' column. Guests include Arthur Gelb and Dan Barry of the New York Times, and former New York Daily News reporter and columnist Pete Hamill. |
| August 7, 2004 | As we gear up for the general election, get ready to hear the candidates and their campaigns complain of 'negative news.' Are we in a time of negative news? And how much do such stories affect our views of politicians? Fordham political scientist Jeffrey Cohen offers some answers. |
| July 31, 2004 | The story of a grisly triple murder, a death sentence and a reprieve by the Pope: Underneath lies the question of whether divine intervention occurred. Fordham's Michael Cuneo discusses his book 'Almost Midnight: An American Story of Murder and Redemption.' |
| July 24, 2004 | Mark Massa, author of 'Anti-Catholicism in America: The Last Acceptable Prejudice' discusses the roots of anti-Catholic bias and offers his thoughts on whether it will affect the candidacy of John Kerry. Also, city girls enter the elite sport of rowing. |
| July 17, 2004 | Journalist David Rieff, author of 'A Bed For the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis,' looks at how aid work has changed over the past 30 years. Plus, one relief worker discusses the dangers of working side-by-side with the military. |
| July 10, 2004 | Bronx native Angelo Spinelli recalls life as a P.O.W. in a German camp during W.W. II - experiences he captured in more than 1,000 photographs with an illicit camera. Plus, historian Lou Carlson looks at Stalag 3B, where Spinelli was held. |
| July 3, 2004 | In the last week of its term, the Supreme Court issued opinions in three closely watched cases: Fordham law professor Tom Lee on the rights of enemy combatants, and law professor Deborah Denno on the science and law behind lethal injection for executions. |
| June 26, 2004 | A look at poetry and its role in our public discourse. Poet and English professor Scott Hightower ponders what makes a poem political and if poetry and politics mix. |
| June 19, 2004 | The Sopranos may be on hiatus, but you can still get your mafia fix. Jane and Peter Schneider, authors of 'Reversible Destiny,' explore the 19th century origins of the mafia on Sicily. Who were the first mafiosi? And what does 'omerta' really mean? |
| June 12, 2004 | Do our courts sometimes mete out legal justice, but not moral justice? What's the difference between the two? An interview with the author of The Myth of Moral Justice. Plus: The legal difficulties that kept a man imprisoned for 13 years for a murder he didn't commit. |
| June 5, 2004 | From top New York newspaper editor to gardener at Sing Sing, Charles E. Chapin's life was one of legend. James McGrath Morris, author of 'The Rose Man of Sing Sing,' recalls the life of Chapin and the days of yellow-journalism. |
| May 29, 2004 | Was George Washington an industrial spy? Historian Doron Ben-Atar, author of Trade Secrets, explores America's rise to industrial greatness via technology theft. |
| May 22, 2004 | Writer Thomas Cahill, author of 'Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter,' says the Greeks were racist, classist and sexist. Yet, despite these faults, they still left a great legacy. |
| May 15, 2004 | We remember New York Times reporting legend Meyer Berger, the creator of the About New York column. Guests include Arthur Gelb and Dan Barry of the New York Times and former New York Daily News reporter and columnist Pete Hamill. |
| March 27, 2004 | The Passion of the Christ has brought renewed focus on Christian-Jewish relations. John Healey of Fordham U. and David Elcott of the American Jewish Committee look at the ups and downs of the 2000-year history of relations between the two religions. |
| March 20, 2004 | Bronx native Angelo Spinelli recalls life as a P.O.W. in a German camp during WWII - experiences he captured in more than 1,000 photographs with an illicit camera. Plus, historian Lou Carlson looks at Stalag 3B, where Spinelli was held. |
| March 13, 2004 | Fordham alum Paul Elie, author of 'The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage,' discusses the lives of four individuals who found writing a way to explore religious faith - Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy. |
| March 6, 2004 | The story of a grisly triple murder, a death sentence and a reprieve by the Pope; Underneath lies the question of whether divine intervention occurred. Fordham's Michael Cuneo discusses his book 'Almost Midnight: An American Story of Murder and Redemption.' |
| February 28, 2004 | Frida Berrigan, research analyst with the Arms Trade Resource Center, looks at the Iraqi reconstruction and the companies that stand to profit from it. Plus, journalists discuss the challenges of covering human rights. |
| February 21, 2004 | Pre-empted by Up All Night |
| February 14, 2004 | Historian Mark Naison offers stories from his efforts to chronicle the history of African-Americans in the Bronx. |
| February 7, 2004 | Pre-empted by It Was 40 Years Ago Today: The Beatles Invade America |
| January 31, 2004 | What's the latest loophole in campaign finance reform? Jerry Goldfeder, who teaches election law at Fordham, says he knows. Plus, Richard Goldstone, former UN war crimes prosecutor, offers his views on how Saddam Hussein should be tried. |
| January 24, 2004 | Writer Thomas Cahill, author of 'Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter,' says the Greeks were racist, classist and sexist. Yet, despite these faults, they still left a great legacy. |
| January 17, 2004 | Writer Mark Essig chronicles how Thomas Edison, an avowed opponent of capital punishment, helped promote the electric chair. And Fordham law prof Deborah Denno looks at the chemistry of lethal injection. How scientific is it? |
| January 10, 2004 | From top New York newspaper editor to gardener at Sing Sing, Charles E. Chapin's life was one of legend. James McGrath Morris, author of 'The Rose Man of Sing Sing,' recalls the life of Chapin and the days of yellow-journalism. |
| January 3, 2004 | Carlo Rotella, author of 'Cut Time: An Education at the Fights,' explores the life lessons boxing offers. Plus: A visit to the Morris Park Boxing Club in the Bronx. |
| December 27, 2003 | What do films like The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings have to teach us about philosophy? A lot, say philosophers William Irwin and John Davenport. |
| December 20, 2003 | The long-promoted image of Mary, the mother of Jesus, was that of a devoted mother and obedient woman -- the epitome of femininity. But some say that image needs updating. Fordham theologian Elizabeth Johnson discusses who Mary was and who she has become. |
| December 13, 2003 | What's the relationship between school libraries and student attendance? A lot, according to a recent study that suggests ties between behavior and resources in NYC public schools. Plus a visit to a new school devoted to writing. |
| December 6, 2003 | Stories from residents of the most ethnically diverse locale in the nation: Queens, NY. Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan, collaborators on the book 'Crossing the BLVD,' relate the tales they heard when they went out to meet their immigrant neighbors. |
| November 29, 2003 | We recall the 1964 New York obscenity conviction for comedian Lenny Bruce and the petition drive for his pardon. Also, Abner Greene, a First Amendment expert at Fordham University, discusses free speech law since Bruce. |
| November 22, 2003 | Fordham alum Paul Elie, author of 'The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage,' discusses the lives of four individuals who found writing a way to explore religious faith - Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy. |
| November 15, 2003 | Using virtual reality to curb phobias. Plus: Katherine Ashenburg, author of 'The Mourning Dance: What We Do When People Die,' looks at mourning rituals both past and present. |
| November 8, 2003 | Pre-empted by the Democracy Project |
| November 1, 2003 | Fordham political scientist Tom DeLuca looks at New York City's referendum on non-partisan primaries and demonization in politics. Plus, Andrew Cuomo discusses the state of the Democratic party. |
| October 25, 2003 | The Oct. 24 inauguration of the Rev. Joseph M. McShane as 32nd president of Fordham University. Speakers included Father McShane; Mayor Michael Bloomberg; and Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. |
| October 18, 2003 | The war on terrorism has led to the detentions of both citizens and non-citizens. Martin Flaherty, an expert on International human rights law, examines the civil liberties questions raised. Plus, Latin adjusts to porno films and motorcycles. |
| October 11, 2003 | Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America provides an update on the debate over media ownership regulations. Plus, Fordham business professor Philip Napoli looks at whether television is meeting its mandate to serve the public interest. |
| October 4, 2003 | Carlo Rotella, author of 'Cut Time: An Education at the Fights,' explores the life lessons boxing offers. Plus: A visit to the Morris Park Boxing Club in the Bronx. |
| September 27, 2003 | Legal scholar Philip Hamburger on the origin of separation of church and state and the anti-Catholic bias he claims played a part in its popularity. Plus, Fordham Law's Abner Greene looks at the issue in 2003, including in an upcoming Supreme Court case. |
| September 20, 2003 | As scandals rock the corporate world, we look at how much a company's reputation is worth. Fordham business professor Kevin Jackson discusses reputational capital. Plus, law professor Sonia Katyal discusses how the recording industry got the names of file-swappers. Is it legal? |
| September 13, 2003 | Pre-empted for special 9/11 programming. |
| September 6, 2003 | Paul Levinson, author of 'Realspace,' discusses the shuttle Columbia accident report, the U.S. space program and why humans need to explore space. |
| August 30, 200 | Architect and Jesuit priest Terrence Curry discusses community design, a concept that brings the users of buildings into the process of designing them. |
| August 23, 2003 | Pre-empted for 'Start Making Sense' - Award-winning literacy documentary |
| August 16, 2003 | Bill Tonelli, editor of the Italian-American Reader, explores what mama and la familia have to do with writing - or not writing. |
| August 9, 2003 | A priest reflects on his role in "The Exorcist" and ponders the existence of the devil. Plus: From summer retreat to welfare dumping ground - the post WWII transformation of the Rockaways. |
| August 2, 2003 | Part of the responsibility for failing schools is being placed squarely on the shoulders of principals. Fordham Ed School dean Lew Smith discusses what it takes to run a successful school. Plus, a summer program for teenage girls designed to get more women into engineering and math. |
| July 26, 2003 | A look at the inspiration for 'On the Waterfront,' the story of the corrupt union leaders who controlled the docks and a Jesuit priest who took them on. |
| July 19, 2003 | The war on terrorism has led to the detentions of both citizens and non-citizens. Martin Flaherty, an expert on International human rights law, examines the civil liberties questions raised. Plus, Latin adjusts to porno films and motorcycles. |
| July 13, 2003 | Cuban-style baseball: Peter Bjarkman, author of 'Smoke: The Romance and Lore of Cuban Baseball,' and Fordham historian Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, trace the sport's history on the island. Plus: Bronx kids playing squash - no longer just for the elite. |
| July 5, 2003 | Urban Wildlife: We look at New York's jungle-like nature, including projects for the reintroduction of screech owls and bald eagles to the city. Plus, Fordham wildlife biologist Bill Guiliano looks at the field of urban ecology. |
| June 29, 2003 | In place of this week's Fordham Conversation - A special hour-long Cityscape: Join us for a look back on the 1969 Stonewall Riots, a turning point in the struggle for homosexual equality. |
| June 21, 2003 | An exit interview of sorts with Father Joseph O'Hare. He steps down as Fordham president at the end of June and returns to the staff of America magazine. He offers his views on the clergy sexual abuse scandal, the state of higher education and New York City politics. |
| June 14, 2003 | When it was adopted in the weeks after 9/11, the U.S. Patriot Act gave law enforcement additional powers they said were necessary in the war against terrorism. Now some are arguing that authorities need still more power. But, civil libertarians worry the law has already gone too far. Congressman Jerry Nadler and former Congressman Jack Barr voice their concerns. |
| June 7, 2003 | We recall the 1964 New York obscenity conviction for comedian Lenny Bruce and the petition drive for his pardon. Also, Abner Greene, a First Amendment expert at Fordham University, discusses free speech law since Bruce. |
| May 31, 2003 | Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of 'Random Family,' shares insight from 11 years of reporting on families stressed by poverty and prison. And Fordham criminologist Jeanne Flavin examines the problems confronting ex-offenders when they're released. (repeat of 2/8/03) |
| May 24, 2003 | Bill Tonelli, editor of the Italian-American Reader, explores what mama and la familia have to do with writing - or not writing. |
| May 17, 2003 | As SARS continues to grab headlines, we peruse the annals of medical history to look at previous epidemics and the fears that they produced. Plus: Everything you DIDN'T want to know (and a little you should know) about the deer tick - that blood-sucking carrier of Lyme disease. |
| May 10, 2003 | A priest reflects on his role in "The Exorcist" and ponders the existence of the devil. Plus: From summer retreat to welfare dumping ground - the post WWII transformation of the Rockaways. |
| May 3, 2003 | A look at the inspiration for 'On the Waterfront,' the story of the corrupt union leaders who controlled the docks and a Jesuit priest who took them on. |
| May 3, 2003 - Supplement | Novelist and screenwriter Budd Schulberg reminisces about Father John Corridan, the New York waterfront and the making of "On the Waterfront". |
| April 26, 2003 - Supplement | Medieval scholar Edward James lectures on The Lord of the Rings and the Middle Ages. |
| April 26, 2003 | Conversation with Medieval scholar Edward James about Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. |
| April 19, 2003 | A look at the state of the airlines industry - why are the friendly skies proving so unfriendly to the bottom line? Plus, remembering a legendary trash barge in words and music. |
| April 12, 2003 | Novelist Peter Quinn, a chronicler of Irish-America, interweaves the lives of Archbishop John Hughes, Edgar Allan Poe and Michael Manning (his great-grandfather) as he chronicles the early history of the town and college of Fordham. |
| April 5, 2003 | As U.S. troops continue to seek the removal of Saddam Hussein and his regime, we look at "containment," "preemptive war" and other principles underlying current and past American national security policy. |
| March 29, 2003 | We welcome opening day and salute the Yankee's latest Cuban import, Jose Contreras, with a look at the history of baseball in Cuba. Plus, Bronx kids playing squash - the sport's no longer just for the elite. |
| March 22, 2003 | Fordham Conversations: What do columnist William F. Buckley, Senator Joe McCarthy and Pat Buchanan have in common? We look at the influence conservative Catholics have exercised on American foreign and domestic policy. Plus, Nordic sagas and more from the experimental theater troupe Dzieci. |
| March 15, 2003 | Pre-empted for Start Making Sense feature on approaches to literacy issues in New York. |
| March 8, 2003 | As the drums of war grow louder and louder, we look at how fighting might affect Iraqi civilians. What humanitarian needs might arise? And how will relief agencies cope with them? |
| March 1, 2003 | As North Korea's alleged nuclear buildup continues to vex Washington, we look beyond the headlines for background on politics and human rights in the country. |
| February 22, 2003 | We celebrate George Washington's 271st birthday with a look at what made this man of ordinary abilities such a great leader. And we recall one of his early Revolutionary War victories with an audio tour of spots that figured in the Battle for Harlem Heights. |
| February 15, 2003 | FCC Commissioner Michael Copps discusses the possible changes in federal regulations on media ownership, and their effects on corporations and consumers. |
| February 8, 2003 | Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of 'Random Family,' shares insight from 11 years of reporting on families stressed by poverty and prison. And Fordham criminologist Jeanne Flavin examines the problems confronting ex-offenders when they're released. |
| February 1, 2003 | Conversation with Medieval scholar Edward James on 'The Lord of the Rings.' |
| February 1, 2003 - Supplement | Medieval scholar Edward James lectures on The Lord of the Rings and the Middle Ages. |
| January 25, 2003 | A look at the most censored stories of 2002 and a preview of a new performance art series at Fordham's Lincoln Center campus. |
| January 18, 2003 | In the 20th century, thousands of African-Americans left the South and headed North to escape joblessness and Jim Crow. Some settled in the cities of Westchester County. Several tell their stories. |
| January 11, 2003 | Two Fordham law professors discuss the pros and cons of allowing a camera into the jury room - a room previously off limits to the prying eyes of the public. |
| January 4, 2003 | A U.S. diplomat offers a troubling look at the problem of human trafficking, and a former journalist discusses media coverage of Islam. |
| December 28, 2002 | Aharon Barak, president of the Israeli Supreme Court, on the role of a supreme court in a democracy, especially during times of war. |
| December 21, 2002 | Passage of the U.S. Patriot Act in October 2001 has left some people concerned that government is infringing on our much-cherished right to privacy. Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Bob Barr offer their views. |
| December 14, 2002 | Fordham Conversations (Debut): Featuring a talk with former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, and a suggesting reading list on Iraq from Mideast Studies program director John Entelis. |
| December 7, 2002 | Cardinal Avery Dulles examines the population of Hell. |
| November 30, 2002 | Media scholars theorize on reasons for the success of The Sopranos television show. |
| November 23, 2002 | The second in a series of discussions on John Cardinal Newman's 'Idea of a University.' |
| November 16, 2002 | Lessons Catholic social ethics can take from Martin Luther King, Jr's ministry. |
| November 9, 2002 | James B. Jacobs, director of the Center for Research in Crime and Justice at New York University and author of 'Can Gun Control Work,' examines the volatile issue of gun control and its practicality. |
| November 2, 2002 | Historian John McGreevy discusses the 19th century Catholic revival in the US and its relation to slavery and public education. |
| October 26, 2002 | On the 150th anniversary of the publication of 'Idea of a University,' Fordham faculty discuss the legacy of John Cardinal Newman. |
| October 19, 2002 | Legal experts discuss the legal and human rights issues raised by possible U.S. military action in Iraq. |
| October 12, 2002 | Aharon Barak, president of the Israeli Supreme Court, on the role of a supreme court in a democracy, especially during times of war. |
| October 5, 2002 | Media scholars theorize on reasons for the success of The Sopranos television show. |
| September 28, 2002 | How the foreign press covered U.S. and international news from 9/11/01 to 9/11/02. |
| September 21, 2002 | How television covered the news, from 9/11/01-02, in the eyes of prominent national newscasters. |
| September 14, 2002 | No entry this week - Pre-empted by Cityscape |
| September 7, 2002 | No entry this week - Pre-empted by Cityscape |
| August 31, 2002 | A roundtable discussion from the Media Ecology Association, welcoming diverse approaches to the study of media environments: Gary Gumpert (Communications Landscapers), Paul Levinson (sci-fi author and Fordham professor), Marcia Rock (Broadcast Journalism Program, NYU), and Paul Thaler (Mercy College). |
| August 24, 2002 | Part 2 of 2 - Dr. Lisa Bittel on 'The Paganization of Bridget: How a Virgin Saint Became a Celtic Goddess' - why Bridget was so deserving of mass devotion. (Rebroadcast from February, 2001) |
| August 17, 2002 | Dr. Lisa Bittel, author, professor, and winner of the James Donnolley Senior Prize from the American Conference of Irish Studies, on 'The Paganization of Bridget: How a Virgin Saint Became a Celtic Goddess.' - Part 1 of 2. |
| August 10, 2002 | Father Mark Massa and Professor James Kelly on "The Catholic People in America Today" (rebroadcast from July, 1999). |
| August 3, 2002 | Avery Cardinal Dulles, 'When to Forgive.' (Rebroadcast from 5/4/02) |
| July 27, 2002 | Dr. Mark Nason, professor of history and African-American studies at Fordham, on 'Patriotism That Respects Justice.' (Rebroadcast from 9/23/01) |
| July 20, 2002 | 'Speaking in Tongues: Latino Authors Write the City.' (Rebroadcast from 8/4/01) |
| July 13, 2002 | Father Daniel Berrigan, 'Terror and Conscience,' on the importance of peace and justice. (Rebroadcast from 1/26/02) |
| July 6, 2002 | Dr. Robert McChesney, Professor of Islamic Studies at NYU, speaks on 'Afghanistan: Background to the Current Crisis.' |
| June 29, 2002 | Andrew Light, director of the Environmental Conservation Education Program at New York University: 'The Urban Blind Spot in Environmental Ethics' - the importance of cities and their effect on the environment. |
| June 22, 2002 | Irwin Krasnow speaks on 'The Public Interest Standard: The FCC's Elusive Search for the Holy Grail' - The historical and legal context of the regulation of radio and television broadcasting. |
| June 15, 2002 | Philip Cunningham, 'Do Christians and Jews Worship the Same God?' - Originally broadcast 12/8/01. |
| June 1, 2002 | John Alikpala speaks about the ongoing conflict and efforts to combat terrorism in the Philippines as part of Fordham's 'Transcending Tragedy Lecture Series.' |
| May 25, 2002 | Dr. Larry Hollingworth discusses 'Aims and Exit Strategies to Afghanistan' as part of Fordham's 'Transcending Tragedy' lecture series. (originally aired 12/29/01) |
| May 18, 2002 | Professor Maureen Murphy of Hofstra University on 'Teaching the Great Irish Famine Curriculum,' for the Institute of Irish Studies at Fordham. (Originally aired 2/2/02) |
| May 11, 2002 | Dr. John Healey on 'The Challenge of Costantine's Sword: A History of the Jewish-Christian Relationship' - and a call for a new beginning. |
| May 4, 2002 | Avery Cardinal Dulles speaks on 'When To Forgive.' |
| April 27, 2002 | Dr. Raymond Paloutzian, professor of psychology at Westmont College in Santa Barbara CA: It's all psychological: A profile of religion's influence on health and well-being, and the experimental theology of miracles. |
| April 20, 2002 | June-Ann Greeley, Ph.D Medieval Studies Fellow for 2001-2002, on 'Christology in the Works of Theodulf of Orleans.' |
| April 14, 2002 | No show this week, due to a special edition of Cityscape |
| April 6, 2002 | Sacralized Violence: Background to a Tragedy - Reveron Leo Lefebure, Professor of Theology, in association with 'Transcending Tragedy,' Fordham's lecture series on Sept. 11 and its aftermath. |
| March 30, 2002 | James Gaberino discusses the enviromental effects of society on adolescent minds. |
| March 23, 2002 | Diego Guelar, Ambassodor to the United States and Consulate General of Argentina, speaks on the crisis in his country. |
| March 16, 2002 | Hans von Sponeck on the cruelty of the 'Oil for Food' program in Iraq |
| March 9, 2002 | Labor Priests and Longshoremen: Dr. James T. Fisher on the religious and historical issues of the culture of the Catholic Waterfront, 1945-1955. |
| March 2, 2002 | From the Center for Ethics Education: David Shaheed on the aftermath of September 11th in terms of economics, psychology, theology, and law. |
| February 23, 2002 | Cardinal Avery Dulles on 'Christ Among the Religions' - peaceful coexistence between the religions. |
| February 16, 2002 | Dr. Linda Hamilton on healthy weight management for the student athlete |
| February 2, 2002 | Professor Maureen Murphy of Hofstra University on "Teaching the Great Irish Famine Curriculum," for the Institute of Irish Studies at Fordham. |
| January 26, 2002 | Father Daniel Berrigan on "Terror and Conscience," about the importance of peace and justice after the September 11th attacks. |
| January 19, 2002 | Mario Rizzo on "Slippery Slopes and the Increased Role of Government in Our Society." |
| January 12, 2002 | Former Iran hostage, Moorhead Kennedy, relates his experience with terrorism in 1979 to the events of September 11, 2001 in a lecture entitled "Terrorism and Beyond." |
| January 5, 2002 | Dr. John Healy discusses "The Challenge of Constantine's Sword." |
| December 29, 2001 | Dr. Larry Hollingworth discusses "Aims and Exit Strategies to Afghanistan" as part of Fordham University's "Transcending Tragedy" lecture series. |
| December 22, 2001 | Part II of "Parents Under Seige: The Dangerous World Outside Your Front Door" |
| December 15, 2001 | Part I of a lecture entitled "Parents Under Seige: The Dangerous World Outside Your Front Door" with Dr. James Garbarino, Co-Director of the Family Life Center at Cornell University. |
| December 8, 2001 | 'Do Christians and Jews Worship the Same God?' with Phillip Cunningham, Executive Director at the Center of Christian-Jewish Learning and Theology Professor at Boston College. |