2009-52 (12/27/09)

Women in Politics: Are They Ready?

Prof. Carol Hardy Fanta & Donna Stewartson; Director & Associate Program Director for The Center for Women in Politics at UMass-Boston

Are Leaders Born or Made?

Russ Edelman, Corporate Consultant, Journalist and Author

2009-51 (12/20/09)

New Lens on Poverty

Professor Haig-Friedman of UMB

NEU Center for Labor Market Studies

Paul Harrington of Northeastern University

2009-50 (12/13/09)

The Maine Woods, by H. David Thoreau

Jeffrey Cramer, Thoreau Institute

2009-49 (12/06/09)

Adult Children Talking to Elderly Parents

Suzanne McElroy, Home Instead Senior Care

Caring for Alzheimer's Patients

Steve Smith, Home Instead Senior Care

2009-48 (11/29/09)

Destination Harvard Square

Author of Harvard Square Mo Lotman

2009-47 (11/22/09)

Lessons from the Makah Nation

History Professor at UMass Boston John Reid

Green Intelligence

Author of Green Intelligence Professor John Wargo

200-46 (11/15/09)

How to talk about race?

Executive Co-Director of Crossroads Robette Dias

Commonwealth Compact

Co-Directors of Commonwealth Compact Bob Turner and Georgianna Melendez

2009-45 (11/8/09)

Revisiting All Souls 10th Anniversary

Author of All Souls: A Family Story From Southie Michael MacDonald

2009-44 (11/1/09)

Honest Sid: Memoir of a Gambling Man

Author and MIT Professor Ronald Probstein

2009-43 (10/25/09)

Addicted Cities and Conflict

John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor for Peace and Reconciliation at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at UMass Boston Padraig O'Malley

2009-42 (10/18/09)

Decision Making Regarding the Elderly

Owner and Principal of Stephanie Berk & Company, LLC Stephanie Berk

How Old Is Too Old To Drive?

Professor of Gerontology at UMass Boston Elizabeth Duggan

2009-41 (10/11/09)

In Her Wake...

Author of In Her Wake... Dr. Nancy Rappaport, MD

2009-40 (10/04/09)

The Last Resort

Expert on Bankruptcy Attorney David Baker

Working With Bill Collectors

President of Action Collection Agency Jay Gonsalves

2009-39 (09/27/09)

The Reality of Alien Abductions

Kathleen Marden, author, Captured!, Prof. Rudy Schild, Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysics Ctr., Prof. David Watters, UNH

2009-38 (09/20/09)

Trinity Church of Boston: Anti-Racism Effort

Rev. Anne Bonnyman, Rector and Rec. David Dill, Assistant Rector

2009-37 (09/13/09)

The emotional reality of the Kennedy drive

Vincent Bzdek, author

Joe Kennedy III

The evolution of Citizen's Energy: doing well and doing good

2009-36 (09/06/09)

The Hip Hop Wars

Tricia Rose: Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University

2009-35 (08/30/09)

Girls and Gang Violence

Talia Rivera & Aja Jones: Social activists

2009-34 (08/23/09)

Animal Dialogues

Susan Farlow: Bird behavior specialist

Lonely in America

Dr. Olds, PhD & Dr. Schwartz, PhD: Authors of The Lonely American

2009-33 (08/16/09)

Gambling Addiction in the Asian Community

Dr Timothy Fong, MD & Chien-Chi Huang: Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and Asian Community Program Specialist for the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling

2009-32 (08/09/09)

Mental Healthcare for Children

Joan Marcus & Robert Moore & Lisa Lambert: Parents of emotionally disturbed children and Lisa Lambert of Parent Professional Advocacy League

2009-31 (08/02/09)

Living with Bipolar Disorder

David Lovelace: Author of Scattershot

2009-30 (07/26/09)

Autism and Higher Education

Vanda Khadem: Founder of Autism Higher Educational Foundation

Autism and Music

Matt Savage & Mark Harvey: jazz prodigy and leader of the Aardvark Jazz Ensemble

2009-29 (07/19/09)

The Value and Application of Talk Therapy

Dr. Steven Tsao: Licensed Psychiatrist at MacLean Hospital

2009-28 (07/12/09)

Mental Health and Perception

Jefferey Rediger: Medical Director of McLean Hospital Southeast

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Terence Keane, PhD: A leading authority on PTSD

2009-27 (07/05/09)

A Bruce Springsteen Biography

Jeffrey B Symynkiwicz: Author of The Gospel According to Bruce Springsteen

Urban Design at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Michael Grove: Urban designer for Watertown-based Sasaki Associates

2009-26 (6/28/09)

Defending the Free-Market System

Mitt Romney: Former Governor of Massachusetts

2009-25 (06/21/09)

The Importance of Fatherhood

Dr Jeffrey Brown: Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a Clinical Associate at McLean Hospital

The Plight of Single Fathers

Robert Moore & Mike Todd: Single Father of Five Children and close Friend

2009-24 (06/14/09)

Project HOPE

Sister Margaret Leonard:Executive Director of Project HOPE

Social Activism through Sports

Edwin Moses, Former Olympic Track and Field Champion

2009-23 (6/7/09)

Child Poet

Daniel Johnson, Executive Director, 826 Boston -Writer's Workshop and child poet Sophia Madden, student at 826 Boston

Citizen Poet

David Huerta, Mexican poet and Mark Schafer, translator

2009-22 (5/31/09)

Robert Curley's Journey

A Father’s transformation from Pro-death penalty to Anti-death Penalty

Can Sociopaths be stopped before it’s too late?

Prof. Jack Levin; Professor of Criminal Sociologist at Northeastern University

2009-21 (05/24/09)

Women in Politics: Are They Ready?

Prof. Carol Hardy Fanta & Donna Stewartson; Director & Associate Program Director for The Center for Women in Politics at UMass-Boston

Are Leaders Born or Made?

Russ Edelman, Corporate Consultant, Journalist and Author

2009-20 (05/17/09)

"Bad Money"

Kevin Phillips, author of "Bad Money": Wreckless Finance, Failed Politics & The Global Crisis of American Capitalism

The Long View of the Current Economic Crisis

Richard Eberling, Ph.D. American Institute for Economic Research

2009-19 (05/10/09)

"Divided Cities"

Padraig O'Malley, John Joseph Moakley Distinguished Professor for Peace and Reconciliation at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston

2009-18 (05/3/09)

"Wicked Smart Finale" in collaboraton with the Cambridge Center for Adult Education

A Conversation with David Gergen: CNN Commentator, Author, Adviser to Four Presidents and Professor at Harvard Kennedy School of Government

2009-17 (04/26/09)

Bi Racial Children

Florence Ladd and Marion Kilson: Co-Authors of Is That Your Child?

Newton Resident and her Connection to Historic Building in Harlem

Katherine Butler Jones, Author and Playwright of 409 Edgecombe Ave on Sugar Hill

2009-16 (4/19/09)

Mental Healthcare for Children

Parents of Emotionally Disturbed Children, and Lisa Lambert of Parent Professional Advocacy League

2009-15 (4/12/09)

Gambling Addiction in the Asian Community

UCLA Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Fong and Asian Community Program Specialist for the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling, Chien-Chi Huang.

2009-14 (4/5/09)

The Massachusetts Economy

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick

Funding Higher Education

Dr. Keith Motley, Chancellor, UMass Boston

2009-13 (03/29/09)

Lonely in America

Authors of The Lonely American Dr. Olds, Ph.D. and Dr. Schwartz, Ph.D.

The Economic Crisis

Professor of Finance at Northeastern University Jeffery Born

2009-12 (3/22/09)

Wicked Smart

Author of The Third Chapter, Life Between 50 and 70 Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

2009-11 (3/15/09)

NEA Big Read: Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston

Lucy Ann Hurston, Author of Speak So You Speak Again niece of Zora Neale Hurston

2009-10 (3/8/09)

Nim Chimpsky, The Chimp Who Would Be Human

Journalist and Cofounder of Art for Animals Elizabeth Hess

Animal Dialogues

Bird behavior specialist Susan Farlow

2009-09 (3/1/09)

The Black Church in the 21st Century

Cofounder Ten Point Coalition Reverend Jeffrey Brown

Racism in the 21st Century

Barbara Lewis and Ken Cooper of William Monroe Trotter Institute

2009-08 (2/22/09)

The Silent Depression: United for a Fair Economy

Director of the United for a Fair Economy's National Racial Wealth Divide Program Amaad Rivera

2009-07 (2/15/09)

The Hip Hop Wars

Professor of Africana Studies Tricia Rose

2009-06 (2/8/09)

Peter's War, A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution

Professor and Author Joyce Lee Malcolm

2009-05 (2/1/09)

Lost Chapter in American's History: Black Indians

President and founder of Rich-Heape Films, Inc., Steven R. Heape

2009-04 (1/25/09)

Living with Bipolar Disorder

David Lovelace, author of Scattershot

2009-03 (1/18/09)

The Education of Young Black Males

Adrian Haugabrook and Ron Walker

Asian American Activism

UMass Boston Professor, Michael Liu, Ph.D.

2009-02 (1/11/09)

The Life of Harper Lee (Author, To Kill A Mockingbird

Harper Lee Biographer, Charles Shields

2009-01 (1/4/09)

Women Over Fifty Finding Work

Professional Job Coach Lin Schreiber