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• PepsiCo Chief at the 2009 World Food Prize (#175)

  Indra Nooyi is chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest convenient food and beverage companies, with 2008 ...

  • Sun, November 8, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, November 15, 9:30 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, November 29, 6:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 6, 2:30 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 13, 3:30 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 13, 9:30 PM on IPTV World

• Jeffrey Sachs at the 2009 World Food Prize (#174)

  For more than 20 years Dr. Jeffrey Sachs has been at the forefront of the challenges of economic development, poverty alleviation, ...

  • Sun, November 8, 9:30 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, November 15, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Wed, November 25, 8:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 6, 2:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 13, 9:00 PM on IPTV World

• "Three Cups of Tea" Author Gregory Mortenson (#133)

  Gregory Mortenson is the author of the best-selling book “Three Cups of Tea” which recounts his lifelong dedication to promote education and literacy, especially for girls, in remote, volatile regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. As of 2007, Mortenson has established over 61 schools in these areas, which provide education to over 25,000 children, including 14,000 girls, where few education opportunities existed before.

  • Sun, November 8, 10:00 PM on IPTV World

• The Ioway Nation in the New Millennium (#131)

  Lance Foster, a member of the Ioway Nation,discusses the history and culture of the Ioway Indians--the first tribe that inhabited the state of Iowa and parts of surrounding states.

  • Tue, November 10, 8:00 PM on IPTV World

• Tony Wagner: “The Global Achievement Gap” (#172)

  In September 2009, Dr. Wagner addressed Iowa educators at the Leading, Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century conference in Des Moines.

  • Thu, November 19, 6:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, November 29, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Tue, December 1, 4:00 AM on IPTV
  • Wed, December 23, 8:00 PM on IPTV World

• Bill Gates at the 2009 World Food Prize (#173)

  In October 2009, Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, addressed attendees of the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines and urged various groups to join forces to promote sustainability and productivity in the fight against hunger in impoverished nations.

  • Sun, November 22, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sat, December 5, 8:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sat, December 19, 4:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 27, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Tue, December 29, 5:00 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."

  • Sat, November 28, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sat, December 5, 8:43 PM on IPTV World
  • Thu, December 10, 4:30 AM on IPTV
  • Sat, December 19, 4:43 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 20, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Tue, December 29, 5:43 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.

  • Sat, November 28, 9:25 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 20, 9:25 PM on IPTV World

• 2009 World Food Prize Laureate Gebisa Ejeta (#176)

  The 2009 World Food Prize was awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose sorghum hybrids resistant to drought and the ...

  • Sun, December 6, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 13, 3:00 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.

  • Sun, December 6, 9:30 PM on IPTV World

• International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson (#152)

  In September 2008, NASA astronaut and Iowa native Peggy Whitson addressed a standing-room-only audience at Simpson College in Indianola.

  • Wed, December 9, 3:50 AM on IPTV

• Master of Mystery Lawrence Block (#166)

  Lawrence Block, one of the most widely recognized names in mystery, appeared at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines in May 2009 to discuss his latest book, "Step by Step."

  • Sat, December 12, 9:00 PM on IPTV World

• Who Speaks for Islam? What A Billion Muslims Really Think (#146)

  This lecture, sponsored by the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy, features Dalia Mogahed, the co-author of a new publication Who Speaks for Islam?, the culmination of a multi-year polling effort in 35 countries that disproves Western myths about Muslims. Ms. Mogahed’s lecture is followed by reactions from a panel of four Des Moines professionals: Dr. Mark Finkelstein, Dir. Of Community Relations, Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines; Khalid Khan, architect, HLKB Architects; Kyle Munson, writer/editor, The Des Moines Register, and Donna Scarfe, director of interpreting services, Deaf Action Center.

  • Mon, December 14, 8:00 PM on IPTV World

• Investigative Journalist Jane Mayer: “The Dark Side” (#171)

  On September 2, 2009, investigative journalist Jane Mayer visited the Grinnell College campus to kick off a human rights ...

  • Thu, December 17, 8:00 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, December 18, 7:59 PM on IPTV World

• Great Ape Trust Symposium: The Chimpanzee Mind (#144)

  Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa, a featured speaker at the 2008 Emergence of Mind Symposium sponsored by the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, researches chimpanzee intelligence and tool use.

  • Thu, December 24, 8:00 PM on IPTV World

• Peter Carlson, Author of "K Blows Top" (#169)

  On July 28, 2009, the Des Moines Public Library hosted author Peter Carlson who shared the inside story of Khrushchev’s ...

  • Sat, December 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.

• Tony Wagner: “The Global Achievement Gap” (#172)
• Producer Dayton Duncan Previews "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" (#165)
• Thomas Friedman: Grinnell College Commencement Address (#164)
• Bill Gates at the 2009 World Food Prize (#173)
• Khrushchev Biographer William Taubman (#170)
• The Adversity Paradox: Achieving Uncommon Success in Business (#162)
• James Van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles (#128)
• Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (#149)
• American Gothic: A Life of America's Most Famous Painting (#160)
• Investigative Journalist Jane Mayer: “The Dark Side” (#171)
• The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming (#139)
• The Future of Pakistan (#147)
• "Three Cups of Tea" Author Gregory Mortenson (#133)
• Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln (#159)
• David Plowden’s "Vanishing Point: Fifty Years of Photography" (#132)
• U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (#163)
• An Evening with Cloris Leachman (#168)
• Peter Carlson, Author of "K Blows Top" (#169)
• Master of Mystery Lawrence Block (#166)
• The Global Agricultural Crisis of the 21st Century (#151)
• Understanding the Economic Meltdown (#158)
• Is Global Warming Affecting Hurricanes? (#140)
• Richard Florida (#117)
• The Future of Journalism? (#157)
• Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind (#145)
• Governor Robert Ray: Tai Dam Refugee Relocation (#130)
• International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson (#152)
• International Pollination Symposium (#111)
• Alternatives to Economic Globalization (#155)
• How the Financial Markets Are Driving Globalism (#153)
• Statecraft: How to Restore America's Standing in the World (#143)
• T. Boone Pickens' Energy Plan (#148)

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