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Journalists interviewed lawmakers, Obama administration officials, and policy experts on a variety of topics. The sixth annual Washington Ideas Forum was held October 29-30, 2014, by The…

Jonah Lehrer talked about his book, How We Decide (Houghton Mifflin; February 9, 2009), with Robert Krulwich of NPR’s Radio Lab. The author describes how the brain makes decisions that combine reason…

In honor of the posthumous publication of Ring Lardner’s memoir I’d Hate Myself in the Morning, published by Thunder’s Mouth Press, authors and actors read passages from the memoirs. Mr. Lardner was a Hollywood…

Moderated by ABC News Robert Krulwich, the panelists discussed biological weapons and warfare. Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and Broad are also the co-authors of Germs: Biological Weapons and…

Author Stephen Wolfram talked with ABC News correspondent Robert Krulwich about his life and his book A New Kind of Science, published by Wolfram Media, Inc. Mr. Wolfram argued that it was…

James Gleik, the co-editor, and three other contributors talked about the book The Best American Science Writing 2000, published by Ecco Press. The book is a new collection of 19 magazine essays on a wide array of…

Participants debated whether integrity existed in the journalism profession and to what extent someone could be believed if they identified themselves as a journalist. Among the topics…

Stephen Gould talked about his new book, Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist’s Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown. He examined the rational and irrational sources of popular…

Robert Krulwich interviewed Author Oliver Sacks about his love of plants, and then about his new book, “The Island of the Colorblind” published by Alfred A. Knopf. His book was about his…

At a national meeting to evaluate television programs, broadcast and cable network executives discussed issues facing the television industry. They examined a broad range of topics,…

As part of a symposium on the global economy, the panelists talked about the international impact of changes in telecommunications. They discussed the growth of telephone service in…