Latest Episodes for this Channel
Wed October 08 2008
Shawn and Nathan return after a month off to discuss one topic, the debates. Shawn Healy, the museum's Resident Scholar, explains the history of the d...
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Shawn and Nathan return after a month off to discuss one topic, the debates. Shawn Healy, the museum's Resident Scholar, explains the history of the debates and how they've revolved around television
coverage, starting with the Nixon-Kennedy debates in 1960. Then he, along with Nathan Richie, the Director of Exhibits and Programs, analyze the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates, and how
tod...
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Shawn and Nathan return after a month off to discuss one topic, the debates. Shawn Healy, the museum's Resident Scholar, explains the history of the debates and how they've revolved around television
coverage, starting with the Nixon-Kennedy debates in 1960. Then he, along with Nathan Richie, the Director of Exhibits and Programs, analyze the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates, and how
today's ailing economy factors into the election, which is only 26 days away at the time of this post. For more campaign news, visit Shawn's blog at fanningtheflames.blogspot.com.
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Thu September 04 2008
Shawn and Nathan are back with their first campaign news segment since McCain clinched the Republican Presidential nomination back in March! As the el...
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Shawn and Nathan are back with their first campaign news segment since McCain clinched the Republican Presidential nomination back in March! As the election cycle ramps up to its final stage, expect
more short podcasts like this one from our Resident Scholar, Shawn Healy, and Nathan Richie, the Freedom Museum's Director of Programs and Exhibits. In this episode, Shawn phones in from the RNC in
Min...
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Shawn and Nathan are back with their first campaign news segment since McCain clinched the Republican Presidential nomination back in March! As the election cycle ramps up to its final stage, expect
more short podcasts like this one from our Resident Scholar, Shawn Healy, and Nathan Richie, the Freedom Museum's Director of Programs and Exhibits. In this episode, Shawn phones in from the RNC in
Minneapolis to share his first-person experiences with you, the listener. For more campaign news, visit Healy's blog at fanningtheflames.blogspot.com
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Thu September 04 2008
This podcast features highlights of the Freedom Museum's 6th Table of Nations event, which focused on Spain and was held at Emilio's in Chicago's Stre...
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This podcast features highlights of the Freedom Museum's 6th Table of Nations event, which focused on Spain and was held at Emilio's in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood on July 9, 2008. The
featured speaker was Chicago's Spanish Consul General, Javier Ruperez. Previously, he was the Spanish Ambassador to the United States from 2000-2004. Ruperez relates stories of the political
transitions in ...
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This podcast features highlights of the Freedom Museum's 6th Table of Nations event, which focused on Spain and was held at Emilio's in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood on July 9, 2008. The
featured speaker was Chicago's Spanish Consul General, Javier Ruperez. Previously, he was the Spanish Ambassador to the United States from 2000-2004. Ruperez relates stories of the political
transitions in Spain during his tenure, during which he was kidnapped by ETA terrorists. He was interviewed by the McCormick Foundation's own Mark Hallett, Senior Program Officer for the Journalism
Department. Listen to these two speakers, who have both lived in Spain, discuss the Basque separatist movement and ETA terrorism from the time of King Franco's rule up through the present.Table of
Nations is the McCormick Freedom Museum's quarterly signature dinner series which takes place at local restaurants in Chicago. The Freedom Museum invites you to expand your mind and palate with Table
of Nations where a country or region is selected to explore its cuisine and to discuss current freedom topics facing that region. For ticketing information and a complete schedule visit the freedom
museum website at www.freedommuseum.us or call 312-222-7871 for more information.The Remaining 2008 Table of Nations Schedule is as follows: (Please check the Freedom Museum website for restaurant
locations.)September 10: USA at Heaven on SevenNovember 12: Horn of Africa at Ethiopian Diamond (Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djbouti)
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Sun August 10 2008
On June 9, 2008, Lucinda Franks spoke at the Freedom Museum about her new book My Father's Secret War. The first female Pulitzer Prize winner (1971), ...
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On June 9, 2008, Lucinda Franks spoke at the Freedom Museum about her new book My Father's Secret War. The first female Pulitzer Prize winner (1971), and current author for The New Yorker, Ms. Franks
used her journalistic skills to uncover the secrets of her father's past. Tom Franks was a member of the OSS during World War II, serving covert operations in both the European and Pacific Theaters.
L...
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On June 9, 2008, Lucinda Franks spoke at the Freedom Museum about her new book My Father's Secret War. The first female Pulitzer Prize winner (1971), and current author for The New Yorker, Ms. Franks
used her journalistic skills to uncover the secrets of her father's past. Tom Franks was a member of the OSS during World War II, serving covert operations in both the European and Pacific Theaters.
Listen to hear Franks tell the story of how she uncovered the truth about her father and how it affected him and their family in the post-war years and beyond.
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Sun August 10 2008
On June 5, 2008, Randall Balmer spoke at the Freedom Museum about his new book God in the White House. An ordained minister, Balmer is also a professo...
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On June 5, 2008, Randall Balmer spoke at the Freedom Museum about his new book God in the White House. An ordained minister, Balmer is also a professor of American Religious History at Barnard
College, Columbia University and a visiting professor at Yale University Divinity School, as well as editor at large for Christianity Today. Tim McNulty, Public Editor for the Chicago Tribune,
moderates a di...
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On June 5, 2008, Randall Balmer spoke at the Freedom Museum about his new book God in the White House. An ordained minister, Balmer is also a professor of American Religious History at Barnard
College, Columbia University and a visiting professor at Yale University Divinity School, as well as editor at large for Christianity Today. Tim McNulty, Public Editor for the Chicago Tribune,
moderates a discussion about the role faith has played in the recent history of Presidential politics and campaigns. Is there a connection between religious campaign platforms and actual political
practice? Listen to hear Mr. Balmer's expert analysis.
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