WGBH Forum Network Talks on Video

We thought we'd feature this recording of John F. Kennedy reading the United States Declaration of Independence. JFK created this recording when he was a Senator and it was broadcast on radio on July 4th, 1957.

In this talk Dr. Benson discusses his latest book Relaxation Revolution which details the science behind the benefits of relaxation practices such as meditation, yoga, and repetitive prayer.

Afghan American novelist Khaled Hosseini discusses A Thousand Splendid Suns, the follow-up to his best-seller, The Kite Runner. The new book is another searing epic of Afghanistan in turmoil.

The hard facts of our changing climate are detailed in this sobering lecture presented by WGBH.

In this debate Hitchens and Rabbi David Wolpe take a look at many aspects of religion starting with answering "What is God?" and then arguing the various merits of the religious and secular worldviews.

Nicholas Carr authored The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains and he argues that the internet is basically a medium of distraction and interruption that gives us bite size pieces of information that are sometimes important and often trivial.

In May of 1886 Americans awoke to the news that a bomb had exploded a Chicago labor rally killing several policemen.

In this talk from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Nikki Giovanni tells many stories from her life and reads from her 2002 collection of poetry Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems.

Drawing on the literature of combat, from Homer and Shakespeare to Erich Maria Remarque and Michael Herr, Hedges discusses how human beings are conditioned to embrace what he calls 'the myth of war' -- the idea that combat is noble, selfless, and glorious.

Geshe Phende shares insights into Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and how ancient teachings are as relevant today as they were 2500 years ago.