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• Statecraft: How to Restore America's Standing in the World (#143)

  Former U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross has been active in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process for more than 12 years. He gave this lecture at Drake University in April 2008.

  • Sun, July 5, 7:00 PM on IPTV World

• Thomas Friedman: Grinnell College Commencement Address (#164)

  In May 2009, three-time Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Friedman challenged Grinnell College graduates to embrace their liberal arts education to "rejuvenate, renew, and refresh America."

  • Sun, July 5, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Fri, July 10, 3:30 AM on IPTV
  • Fri, July 17, 3:30 AM on IPTV
  • Wed, July 29, 10:00 PM on IPTV World

• How the Financial Markets Are Driving Globalism (#153)

  In September 2008, Iowa State University presented a lecture by James Bernard, Jr., general manager of MarketWatch.com, who shed light on the financial crisis.

  • Wed, July 8, 9:56 PM on IPTV World

• The Global Agricultural Crisis of the 21st Century (#151)

  Agricultural ecologist Sir Gordon Conway delivered the 2008 Norman Borlaug Lecture from Iowa State University.

  • Fri, July 10, 9:59 PM on IPTV World

• An Evening with Cloris Leachman (#168)

  On May 8, 2009 at the Des Moines Public Library, celebrated actress and Des Moines native Cloris Leachman regaled fans with anecdotes from her illustrious career.

  • Sun, July 12, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Mon, July 27, 10:00 PM on IPTV World

• Understanding the Economic Meltdown (#158)

  Presentation given in September 2008 by James Bernard, Jr., general manager of MarketWatch.com, part of the Wall Street Journal Digital Network.

  • Wed, July 15, 9:58 PM on IPTV World

• The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming (#139)

  Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It, is the director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and an adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School. In 2004 TIME Magazine named him one of the 100 globally most influential people, and the UK's Guardian newspaper recently named him one of the 50 people who could save the planet. An environmental conservative, Lomborg has questioned the priority given to solving global climate change, arguing that we should first focus our resources on more immediate concerns, such as fighting malaria and HIV/AIDS and assuring a safe, fresh water supply. Mr. Lomborg appears as a featured speaker at ISU’s World Affairs Series.

  • Fri, July 17, 10:00 PM on IPTV World

• Producer Dayton Duncan Previews "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" (#165)

  In May 2009, award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker Dayton Duncan addressed a capacity crowd at Lekberg Hall on the campus of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.

  • Sun, July 19, 6:00 PM on IPTV World

• The Adversity Paradox: Achieving Uncommon Success in Business (#162)

  Des Moines business executives J. Barry Griswell and Bob Jennings discuss their new book The Adversity Paradox, a guide for achieving personal and business success. The book explores the paradox of how ...

  • Sun, July 19, 9:00 PM on IPTV World

• Alternatives to Economic Globalization (#155)

  In October 2008, Iowa State University hosted Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch as part of their Technology, Globalization and Culture series.

  • Wed, July 22, 10:00 PM on IPTV World

• The Future of Pakistan (#147)

  The Iowa Council for International Understanding presents Mr. Khalid Hasan, former press secretary for President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and currently a senior journalist for a Lahore-based newspaper, The Daily Times. Mr. Hasan discusses the present state of affairs in Pakistan and what the future holds for Pakistan especially as it relates to the U.S. foreign policy.

  • Fri, July 24, 3:30 AM on IPTV

• International Pollination Symposium (#111)

  On June 27, 2007 at the International Pollination Symposium at Iowa State University, Marla Spivak from the University of Minnesota and Jeff Pettis from the USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, spoke about Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder.

  • Sun, July 26, 8:00 PM on IPTV World

• U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan (#163)

  In April 2009, newly-appointed US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addressed a near-capacity crowd at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.

  • Sun, July 26, 9:00 PM on IPTV World

Past Episodes

These episodes of Intelligent Talk Television aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.

• T. Boone Pickens' Energy Plan (#148)
• Producer Dayton Duncan Previews "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" (#165)
• Who Speaks for Islam? What A Billion Muslims Really Think (#146)
• Understanding the Economic Meltdown (#158)
• Thomas Friedman: Grinnell College Commencement Address (#164)
• Great Ape Trust Symposium: The Chimpanzee Mind (#144)
• The Adversity Paradox: Achieving Uncommon Success in Business (#162)
• U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan (#163)
• How the Financial Markets Are Driving Globalism (#153)
• The Future of Journalism? (#157)
• Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln (#159)
• Richard Florida (#117)
• Master of Mystery Lawrence Block (#166)
• International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson (#152)
• Alternatives to Economic Globalization (#155)
• American Gothic: A Life of America's Most Famous Painting (#160)
• Beyond the Autism Diagnosis: How Professionals Can Help Parents (#129)
• The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming (#139)
• Running on Ice: Stories from a Warming Arctic (#127)
• Statecraft: How to Restore America's Standing in the World (#143)
• The Ioway Nation in the New Millennium (#131)
• Putin's Petrostate: Power, Patronage and the New Russia (#156)
• Is Global Warming Affecting Hurricanes? (#140)
• "Three Cups of Tea" Author Gregory Mortenson (#133)
• The Global Agricultural Crisis of the 21st Century (#151)
• The Future of Pakistan (#147)

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