Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the challenges and successes of an ever-evolving encyclopedia.
Author Richard Brookhiser and NEH Chairman Bruce Cole discuss the modern sensibilities of America's Founders.
NEH Chairman Bruce Cole and author Steven Johnson discuss how video games challenge the way we think.
Marine Colonel Matthew Bogdanos talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about recovering stolen artifacts in Iraq.
Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis reflects with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole on relations between Islamic and Christian societies.
NEH Chairman Bruce Cole speaks with Tom Wolfe about his role as the Balzac of our times.
Google guru Vinton Cerf talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the Internet's role in the humanities.
NEH Chairman Bruce Cole talked recently with ABC and NPR news analyst Cokie Roberts about her most recent book, Founding Mothers, and the role women played in the early days of the Republic.
Writer Bette Bao Lord speaks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about blending Chinese and American culture in her life.
British writer Paul Johnson talks with NEH Chairman Bruce Cole about the history of art and its place in America.
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