C-SPAN 2 TV Schedule
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Package for 'Princeton Univ. Conf. - Liberal Education Panel
2 hours, 1 minuteA group of scholars and authors gathered to discuss liberal arts education and freedom of speech on college campuses. Speakers include an Indiana University professor who invited conservative author Charles Murray to speak on his campus this year. The discussion was part of a 2-day conference at Princeton University called, "A Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in America."
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Package for 'Princeton Univ. Conf. - Bioethics Panel
1 hour, 48 minutesA panel of academics gathered for a discussion on bioethics and the potential for technology to advance the physical and mental capabilities of human beings, and its potential for both enhancing and endangering humanity. This forum was part of a conference hosted by Princeton University to address a range of questions in the areas of social science and the humanities.
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Social Security Forum
1 hour, 16 minutesThe chief actuary of the Social Security Administration, Stephen Goss, talks about the program's fiscal sustainability at a seminar hosted by the National Academy of Social Insurance.
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Public Affairs Events
51 minutesPublic affairs events, congressional hearings, speeches, and interviews.
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Teen Road Safety
45 minutesThe Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) announced the results of their Teen Road Safety Assessment initiative at the National Press Club. Roadway safety experts, students, and teachers spoke about their efforts to improve traffic safety in their communities.
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Hearing on the Illicit Art Trade
1 hour, 13 minutesFederal customs and financial crimes officials were among the witnesses at a House Financial Services subcommittee hearing on efforts to combat the illicit art and antiquities trade. They outlined the ways terrorist groups like ISIS have used antiquities and arts sales to fund their operations, and the ways federal enforcement agencies and their foreign counterparts were trying to disrupt the black market of such transactions. The hearing was ended after final votes in the House were called for the week.
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Package for 'Princeton Univ. Conf. - Bioethics Panel
1 hour, 48 minutesA panel of academics gathered for a discussion on bioethics and the potential for technology to advance the physical and mental capabilities of human beings, and its potential for both enhancing and endangering humanity. This forum was part of a conference hosted by Princeton University to address a range of questions in the areas of social science and the humanities.
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Package for 'Princeton Univ. Conf. - Liberal Education Panel
2 hours, 8 minutesA group of scholars and authors gathered to discuss liberal arts education and freedom of speech on college campuses. Speakers include an Indiana University professor who invited conservative author Charles Murray to speak on his campus this year. The discussion was part of a 2-day conference at Princeton University called, "A Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in America."
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7th Circuit Judicial Conf - Future of Law Schools
1 hour, 21 minutesFormer judges from the Colorado and Indiana Supreme Courts joined an Indiana University law school professor to discuss the future of Law Schools. This panel was part of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association Annual Meeting held in Indianapolis on May 1.
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Former Virginia Education Secretary Anne Holton
1 hour, 36 minutesAnne Holton - the Wife of Democratic Senator Tim Kaine and daughter of the 1st Republican Governor of Virginia since Reconstruction-- was Virginia's Education Secretary from 2014-2016. She stepped down when her husband, Senator TIm Kaine, ran for Vice President. She recently spoke about access to and the quality of public education from the 1950s through today, at an event organized by Harvard University's Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Dean Buonomano, "Your Brain is a Time Machine"
1 hour, 28 minutesNeuroscientist Dean Buonomano explains our sense of time in relation to physics. He's in conversation with Ted Chiang, writer of "Story of Your Life," the short story adapted for the film, Arrival.
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The Secret Life of the Brain"
1 hour, 11 minutesPsychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett argues that emotions and the physical reactions that accompany them are not ingrained in our psyche as originally thought, but they develop and change with experiences through our lifetime.
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The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst"
59 minutesNeurobiologist and primatologist Robert Sapolsky attempts to answer what drives human behaviors, like racism, xenophobia, tolerance, competition, morality, war, peace, and more.
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Why We Never Think Alone"
57 minutesCognitive scientist Steven Sloman, co-author of "The Knowledge Illusion," applies his theories on communal intelligence and 'group think' to help better understand why political opinions and false beliefs are difficult to change.
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Dean Buonomano, "Your Brain is a Time Machine"
1 hour, 27 minutesNeuroscientist Dean Buonomano explains our sense of time in relation to physics. He's in conversation with Ted Chiang, writer of "Story of Your Life," the short story adapted for the film, Arrival.
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The Secret Life of the Brain"
1 hour, 11 minutesPsychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett argues that emotions and the physical reactions that accompany them are not ingrained in our psyche as originally thought, but they develop and change with experiences through our lifetime.
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The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst"
1 hour, 0 minuteNeurobiologist and primatologist Robert Sapolsky attempts to answer what drives human behaviors, like racism, xenophobia, tolerance, competition, morality, war, peace, and more.
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Why We Never Think Alone"
57 minutesCognitive scientist Steven Sloman, co-author of "The Knowledge Illusion," applies his theories on communal intelligence and 'group think' to help better understand why political opinions and false beliefs are difficult to change.
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Federal Deregulation
1 hour, 0 minuteThe Coalition for Sensible Safeguards and the Economic Policy Institute co-hosted an event featuring people who shared their experiences and said they have suffered due to federal deregulation, or the lack of appropriate government regulations. Participants were in Washington, DC to lobby members of Congress to oppose the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) which they said was a "pernicious" bill that would make federal rule making a more adversarial process, and would ultimately lead to more Americans being harmed due to the lack of public protections.
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Ebola Epidemic Report
1 hour, 28 minutesThe Center for Global Development (CGD) held a discussion on the findings of its new report on effective international coordination and collaboration in fighting Ebola outbreaks. Doctors and public health officials talked about ongoing research, treatment and response efforts, and what they need in order to best address current and future epidemics.