This show featured the second of a two-part lecture series on the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War sponsored by the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University.
The speaker was best-selling author Dr. Michael Oren. He is author of the “Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern [...]

This show features the first of two lectures on the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War sponsored by the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University.
The speaker was Israeli journalist and historian Tom Segev and his lecture was titled “1967 — Israel’s Longest Year.”
Segev’s new book, “1967: Israel, the War, and the Year [...]

This past April, Boston University’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future sponsored a two-day symposium titled “The Future Of Space Exploration: Solutions To Earthly Problems?” Experts from around the nation gathered to discuss issues such as “the future of commercial space,” “the future of science,” “peace and security,” and “extraterrestrial [...]

This week’s show featured excerpts from Boston University’s 23rd Great Debate, sponsored by the College of Communications’ Department of Journalism.
This debate’s topic was “Does Affirmative Action in Higher Education Really Benefit Minorities?” Arguing in the affirmative was Duke University Law Professor, James Coleman Jr. and Boston University Senior, Deon Provost. Arguing in the [...]