JFK Library · "Let Us Begin" - JFK35 Season 11 Trailer In 1963, President Kennedy would make decisions that would reflect on his lasting legacy. It would also be a year that he would never complete
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This episode looks at where voting rights were in 1963, and at how the fight continues today as some states expand the franchise and others seek to restrict it, with interviews with Dr. Peniel Joseph the Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values, and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas, Austin, and JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist, Executive Director of ACLU of Alabama.
JFK Library · Let Us Begin: A Moral Issue MATT PORTER: The JFK35 podcast is produced by the JFK Library Foundation and made possible with the help of a generous grant from the Blanche and Irving
In this episode, we look back at President Kennedy's American University speech with historian Fredrik Logevall and people who were there on campus. We also interview former Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz about JFK’s legacy when it comes to nuclear arms and national security. We also look at JFK’s other legacy of peace with an interview with the 21st Director of the Peace Corps Carol Spahn.
JFK Library · Let Us Begin: Peace for All Time SPEAKER: The JFK35 podcast is made possible through generous support from the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation. PRESIDENT KENNEDY: We do not want a
In the summer of 1963, JFK arrived in a divided Germany with the recent construction of the new Berlin Wall nearly two years earlier. President John F. Kennedy spent his entire administration in a “twilight struggle” with the Soviet Union including averting possible total war during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Historian Tim Naftali takes us from JFK’s Presidential Campaign to his final foreign trip to West Berlin. The Atlantic staff writer and Cold War expert Tom Nichols explains how JFK’s Cold War legacy has continued on through today.
In this special podcast series, we will look at some of the President’s key trips and policy decisions from 1963 and how they continue to live on today. We will reflect on his assassination and how the generation of the 1960s reacted to it. We will also speak with the following generations about how the President remains an influential figure.
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JFK Library · COVID Courage: Darrell R. Marks About This Episode In May 2020, as the COVID 19 pandemic unfolded, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, wanted to recognize the
JFK Library · COVID Courage: Health Care Heroes About This Episode In May 2020, as the COVID 19 pandemic unfolded, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and her son, Jack Schlossberg, wanted to recognize the
JFK Library · 60/20: The First Debate SPEAKER: The 60/20 podcast is produced by the JFK Library Foundation and made possible with the help of a generous grant from the Blanche and Irving Laurie
JFK Library · 60/20: A Tale of Two Campaigns MATT PORTER: The 60/20 podcast is produced by the JFK Library Foundation, and made possible with the help of a generous grant from the Blanche & Irving
JFK Library · Saving Our Shorelines ANNOUNCER JAMIE RICHARDSON: The JFK35 podcast is made possible through generous support from the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation. BRIAN CARLSTROM: Kennedy
About the Puzzle When President Kennedy became president in January 1961, he brought with him two young children- something that had not been seen in the White House for over half a century. As a
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JFK Library · From Satellite Spies to Russian Trolls JAMIE RICHARDSON: The 60/20 podcast is produced by the JFK Library Foundation and made possible with the help of a generous grant from the Blanche
In this episode of the JFK35 podcast, Hemingway Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Hilary Justice gives us the background on the JFK Library’s collaboration with PEN America and Ernest Hemingway family’s support of the PEN/Hemingway Award, and we speak with the 2021 PEN/Hemingway winner, Kawai Washburn Strong.
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Today’s leaders have new challenges and new opportunities, but the lessons of JFK’s legacy are as vital as ever. This program offers case studies, best practices, and inspiration from the legacy of President Kennedy. Participants learn the importance of leading with purpose and bold vision, creating and expanding community, and having the courage to achieve big goals. Just as President Kennedy led the nation through complex and uncertain times, we can successfully navigate the winds of change in whatever arena we may serve.
In October 1962, the world came perilously close to nuclear annihilation when JFK learned of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. This special podcast series, Atomic Gambit: The Cuban Missile Crisis 60 Years Later, explores the 13 days and beyond of this turning point in world history.
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JFK Library · Atomic Gambit: The Cuban Missile Crisis 60 Years Later JOHN F KENNEDY: But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course, both rightly alarmed
The Earthshot Prize – Boston 2022 Host Committee supported host partners the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and the City of Boston in engaging the region’s communities in this year’s Earthshot Prize, and in lifting up the story of Boston’s commitment to innovation and sustainability.