Storytelling is a relentless human urge and its power forges with memo ry to become the foundation of history. Novelists Charles Johnson (Mid dle Passage), Arthur Golden (Memoirs of a Geisha), and Esmeralda Santi ago (America's Dream) join Professor Miller in discussing the intersec tion of history and story. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., closes the series with a reflection on the power of the human imagination.
Americans have often defined themselves through their relationship to the land. This program traces the social fiction of three key American voices: John Steinbeck, Carlos Bulosan, and Helena Mar
Standing on the banks of the Delaware near Philadelphia, Dave recalls the victory at Trenton, New Jersey when the Continental Army crossed the Delaware and overcame the Hessian troops under the command of Colonel Rall. At Monmouth Battlefield State Park Dave introduces the "first Pentagon", a dining room at Ford House that served as meeting place for the leaders of the Continental Army in the two winters that Washington and his troops prepared for the final battles of the Revolutionary War.
Homo sapiens is now the only living representative of what was once a multi-branched bush of hominid species. This session examines mitochon drial Eve and other fossil clues that increasingly point to Africa as the point of origin of our species. How did humans replace their homin id cousins, including Neanderthal, leaving the chimpanzee as our close st living relative?
Maxwell discovers that displacement current produces electromagnetic w aves or light.nn
Amidst the chaos following World War I, Ezra Pound urged poets to " ;Make it new!" This call was heeded by a large range of poets, ranging from T. S. Eliot to Jean Toomer. This program explores the mo dernist lyrics of two of these poets: William Carlos Williams and Langston Hughes. What is modernism? How did these poets start a re volution that continues until this day?
In Good Shape is the weekly health show on DW, covering all aspects of health care: what's new in medical treatment, alternative medicine, wellness and fitness - as well as nutrition and beauty. In our studio interview we discuss topics in-depth with specialists, and offer you opportunities to pose your own questions. Dr. Carsten Lekutat and Stefanie Suren are alternate hosts of the program and will provide a combination of video-rich features and insightful interviews that grapple with some of the larger issues in medical treatment and healthcare. As an interactive feature of the program we also ask viewers to request a program topic Dr. Carsten Lekutat is a qualified General Practitioner and works as a doctor in Berlin. He is also responsible for training medical students at the Berlin Charite hospital. Stefanie Suren is executive producer and presenter of In Good Shape. 'Keep it simple and straightforward' - that is her goal as a reporter, producer and presenter.
The U.S. and Soviet Union dominated Europe and confronted each other i n Korea.n