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The Smithsonian Associates lectures and events feature esteemed professionals covering diverse subjects ranging from pop culture to ancient history and everything that happened in-between.

All subject matters may be browsed by simply scrolling down the page or use the topical index provided on the left to jump specifically to a topic of interest.

The Great Schools: Stanford Psychology includes over 5 hours of synchronized video, slides, and transcriptions.

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Galapagos by Carole Baldwin online program includes synchronized video, slides, and text transcription

Infectious Diesease lecture and slide presentation given by Dr. Donald J. Ortner

These two programs by Dr. Ronald Kessler and Dr. Stephen Petrill include slides and audio

History

	Historian Ted Alexander	Guerrillas, Deserters, Bandits, and Defenders As the War Ended in Washington and Maryland
	Historian Ted Alexander	The Maryland Campaigns and Civil War Sites within One Hour of Washington D. C.
	Historian Stephen Ambrose	Victory in Europe, May 1945
	Historian Karen Armstrong	The Life of Buddha
	Historian Edwin C. Bearss	General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg
	Historian Edwin C. Bearss interviewed by Marc Pachter	The Remarkable Edwin C. Bearss
	Historian Roger Kennedy	Burr, Hamilton and Jefferson
	Historian and educator Jill Ker Conway	The Art of Autobiography
	Historian and political commentator Doris Kearns Goodwin	History, Baseball, and the art of the Narrative
	Historian James McPherson	Strategies for Victory: Sherman and the Civil War
	Historian James McPherson	Why Married Men Fought in the Civil War
	NEW! Political Commentator Cokie Roberts	Cokie Roberts on Our Founding Mothers
	Historian John Simon	On the Road to Appomattox—Grant and Lee from War to Peace
	Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel	Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize

Literature

	Author Pat Conroy	Life as a Novelist
	Author P. D. James	The Craft of the Mystery Story
	Lawyer and Author Vernon Jordan	Vernon Can Read!
	Author Barbara Kingsolver	An Evening with Barbara Kingsolver
	Author Walter Mosley	Black Male Heroes
	Author Calvin Trillin	Reflections of a Family Man
	NEW! Authors Gene Weingarten & Gina Barreca	One Man. One Woman. 10,000 Years of Misunderstanding Cleared Right Up!
	Author Tom Wolfe	A Dickens for Our Time

Current Affairs

	NEW! Ken Auletta and Ben Bradlee	The Business of the News
	Mary Catherine Bateson	The Pluralistic Family
	Legal scholar Derrick Bell interviewed by Derek McGinty	The Art and Dynamics of Protest
	Tim Berners-Lee inventor of the World Wide Web	Weaving the Web
	T. Berry Brazelton Robert Butler experts on aging and child development	Bridging the Gap
	Journalist David Brinkley interviewed by his son, historian Alan Brinkley	Recollections and Observations
	James Burke of Connections fame.	The Knowledge Web
	Scholar Johnetta B. Cole	Family Is More than Biology
	Warren Christopher Former Secretary of State	An Evening with Warren Christopher
	James Comer Yale Professor and founder, Comer School Development Program	Why Schools Must Help Children Grow, and How
	Journalist Walter Cronkite interviewed by Marc Pachter	A Lifetime Reporting the News
	Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz	Criminal Justice after the O.J. Simpson Case
	Entreprenuer Bill Gates	The Imaginable Future
	Financial Analyst James Glassman	James Glassman Shares Secrets of the Superior Investor
	Journalist Ellen Goodman	NEW! Common Sense in Uncommon Times
	Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara	A Vision of U.S. Security in the 21st-century

Performing Arts

	Actor and director Kenneth Branagh interviewed by Susan Stamberg	Adapting Shakespeare for Film
	Actress/Comedienne Carol Burnett	A Legacy of Laughter
	Opera director Sarah Caldwell	Enjoying Opera
	Robert Duvall interviewed by Robert Mondello	An Evening with Robert Duvall
	Actor Jerry Orbach	Jerry Orbach: Quintessential New Yorker — and Actor
	The Legendary Les Paul	Musician and Inventor
	Willard Scott	Here's Willard!
	Playwright Neil Simon interviewed by Jackson Bryer	Behind The Scenes
	Actress Betty White	My First 46 Years in Television

Personal Development

	Radio Host Dr. Dean Edell	Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness
	Buddhist Scholar Robert A Thurman	NEW! Infinite Life: Seven Virtues for Living Well
	Buddhist Scholar Robert A Thurman	NEW! Anger, One of the Seven Deadly Sins

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