Urban scholar Thomas Bender explores the iconography of the quintessential American metropolis and discusses the power of American cities, The Unfinished City: New York and the Metropolitan Idea. Plus Lawrence Soley discusses the growing threat of corporate censorship, Censorship, Inc.: The Corporate Threat to Free Speech in the United States. Philippe Petit shares his death-defying high wire act between The World Trade Towers, To Reach The Clouds: My High Wire Act Between The Twin Towers.
Thomas Bender
Urban scholar Thomas Bender explores the iconography of the quintessential American metropolis and discusses the power of American cities, The Unfinished City: New York and the Metropolitan Idea.
Lawrence Soley
Lawrence Soley discusses the threat of corporate censorship, Censorship, Inc.: The Corporate Threat to Free Speech in the United States.
Philippe Petit
Philippe Petit shares his death-defying high wire act between The World Trade Towers, To Reach The Clouds: My High Wire Act Between The Twin Towers.
Mary Jo Fernandez
A conversation with former Grand Slam and Olympic champion Mary Jo Fernandez.
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