Overcoming Adversity

Overcoming Adversity

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The Academy of Achievement presents a selection of extraordinary men and women who have defied expectations, broken boundaries, and made history around the world. Their words and their example are an inspiration to us all.

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Kiri Te Kanawa Interview & Live Performance Highlights

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Wole Soyinka

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2009 13:46

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Khaled Hosseini

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2007 12:16

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Frank McCourt (2008 Symposium)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2007 17:00

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Ken Griffin

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2007 15:31

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Naomi Judd

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2007 15:24

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Sally Field

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2007 16:43

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Ben Carson 2007

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2007 15:34

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Hilary Swank

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2007 17:32

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N. Scott Momaday

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2007 11:06

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Toni Morrison

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2007 17:44

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Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2006 10:59

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John Irving

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2005 14:25

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Peter Agre

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2004 10:49

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Norman Mailer

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2004 19:09

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Ehud Barak and George Mitchell - Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2003 16:03

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Ehud Barak and George Mitchell - Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2003 12:01

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Gao Xingjian

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2002 10:47

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Olivia de Havilland

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2001 14:56

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Ernest J. Gaines

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2001 10:11

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Lauryn Hill - Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2000 12:18

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Lauryn Hill - Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2000 10:26

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu 2007

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2000 20:58

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Frank McCourt (1999 Symposium)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 1999 11:12

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Coretta Scott King (1999 Symposium)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 1999 8:16

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David Breashears

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 1998 11:40

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John Hope Franklin

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 1996 14:46

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Willie Brown

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 1996 8:19

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Amy Tan (1996 Symposium)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 1996 7:28

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Heather Whitestone

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 1995 4:54

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Rosa Parks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 1995 6:53

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Art Buchwald

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 1994 10:21

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Dominick Dunne

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 1994 21:06

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Dr. Antonia Novello

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 1993 9:27

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Naomi and Wynonna Judd

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 1993 14:24

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Pat Conroy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 1993 12:13

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