Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences Podcast

A discussion facilitated by JD Talasek with Irina Aristarkhova, Rebecca Kamen, Natalie Settles, and Stephen Tonsor.

A discussion facilitated by JD Talasek with Pamela L. Jennings, Cynthia Pannucci, Michael Sappol, and Elizabeth Warson.

Catherine C. Brawer, independent curator and historian, discusses Hildreth Meieres work on the NAS Great Hall.

A discussion facilitated by JD Talasek with Harry Abramson, Michael Chorost, Randall Packer, Robin Shannon, and Zeev Rosenzweig.

A discussion facilitated by JD Talasek with Amy Bastian, Max Kazemzadeh, Joanna Marsh, and Jane Milosch.

A discussion facilitated by JD Talasek with Alberto Gaitan, Jennifer Lindsay, Siddharth Ramakrishnan, and Andrew Wingfield.

A discussion facilitated by JD Talasek with Lee Boot, Thomas Skalak, Carol Christian, and Gunalan Nadarajan.

During this second annual African American History Program lecture, Dr. Wanda M. Austin discussed how living by your values, and working for an employer with values you admire, you can make a huge difference for communities, companies, and citizens. A National Academy of Engineering member, Dr, Austin is president and chief executive officer of The Aerospace Corporation.

This April 22, 2010 poetry reading and discussion at the Keck Center in Washington, D.C. explores the social history of the AIDS epidemic and its impact on culture.

This interview with the Fry Street Quartet took place on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. after the Quartet's 3 p.m. performance in the NAS Auditorium. To learn more about the Fry Street Quartet, visit http://www.frystreetquartet.com/

This interview with Eduardo Kac and Kevin Finneran initiates a 10 day online discussion of the nexus between visual culture and evolution held April 5 through April 4, 2010. Visit www.vcande.org

Mark Sloans photography exhibition was on view at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. from July 30, 2009 through March 17, 2010

Dr. Reed V. Tuckson gives the first annual African American Hsitory Program Lecture on 200 Years After Darwin and Lincoln

In 1994, New York Times writer Dudley Clendinen's mother followed the example of her generational compatriots: she sold her home and moved into an all-amenities-included geriatric apartment building: Canterbury Tower in Tampa Bay. Wealthy, poor, Christian, Jewish, widowed, married-all of Canterbury's residents had come together, at the average age of 86, in search of a last place to live and die. Clendinen's curiosity about this final phase of human life in the 21st century led him to spend 400 days and nights living at Canterbury, during which he became intimately involved in the lives of its residents and staff. With A PLACE CALLED CANTERBURY: Tales of the New Old Age in America (Viking), Clendinen offers a beautifully written, hilarious and deeply moving look at old age in the new millennium.

Thomas Burnett, Mirzayan Fellow, gave this lecture on George Ellery Hale on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at the Keck Center in Washington, D.C.