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• 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, spoke at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines to encourage 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

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

  For more than 20 years, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs has promoted policies to help all parts of the world benefit from expanding economic opportunities and well-being. In October 2009 he spoke at the 2009 World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • 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

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

  The 2009 World Food Prize was awarded to Dr. Gebisa Ejeta of Ethiopia, whose work has enhanced the food supply of hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Wed, November 25, 8:30 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, November 29, 6:30 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 6, 9:00 PM on IPTV World
  • Sun, December 13, 3:00 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

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

  In October 2009, Indra Nooyi, chariman and CEO of PepsiCo, spoke at the 2009 World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • 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

• 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.

  • 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

• The Future of Pakistan (#147)

  Mr. Khalid Hasan, former press secretary for President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and currently a senior journalist for a Lahore-based newspaper, discusses the present state of affairs in Pakistan and what the future holds for Pakistan.

  • 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 Who Speaks for Islam?, the culmination of a multi-year polling effort in 35 countries that disproves Western myths about Muslims.

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

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

  In September 2009, investigative journalist Jane Mayer visited the Grinnell College campus to mark the beginning of a human rights symposium.

  • 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)

  In July 2009, the Des Moines Public Library hosted authro Peter Carlson who shared the inside story of Khrushchev's 1959 U.S. visit from his new book.

  • 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)
• PepsiCo Chief at the 2009 World Food Prize (#175)
• Jeffrey Sachs at the 2009 World Food Prize (#174)
• The Ioway Nation in the New Millennium (#131)
• "Three Cups of Tea" Author Gregory Mortenson (#133)
• 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)
• 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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