Who influenced you most growing up? A parent, a teacher, a family friend? Matilda Raffa Cuomo, first lady of New York state and founder of Mentoring USA, joins writer, actor, and director Ossie Davis, to discuss National Mentor Month and the people who motivated them throughout their formative years. Then, Whitewater figure Susan McDougal explains why she placed herself in civil contempt and refused to answer Ken Starr’s lawyers in front of a Grand Jury. Plus, a conversation with Carmen Bambach, curator of the new show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Leonardo da Vinci: Master Draftsman. And explorer and Tibetologist John Vincent Bellezza describes the little known ancient civilization in the upper reaches of the Himalayan Mountains.
Matilda Raffa Cuomo and Ossie Davis
Who influenced you most growing up? Parents, a teacher, a family friend? Matilda Raffa Cuomo, first lady of New York state and founder of Mentoring USA, joins writer, actor, and director Ossie Davis, to discuss National Mentor Month and the people who motivated them throughout their formative years. ...
Susan McDougal
Whitewater figure Susan McDougal explains why she placed herself in civil contempt and refused to answer Ken Starr’s lawyers in front of a Grand Jury, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk.
Music: A Civil Action soundtrack composer Danny Elfman
Music: A Civil Action soundtrack composer Danny Elfman
Carmen Bambach
A conversation with Carmen Bambach, curator of the new show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Leonardo da Vinci: Master Draftsman.
Music: Ostinato "Diego Ortiz-Passa mezzo moderno (Recercada II)
Music: Ostinato "Diego Ortiz-Passa mezzo moderno (Recercada II)
John Vincent Bellezza
Explorer and Tibetologist, John Vincent Bellezza describes the little known ancient civilization in the upper reaches of the Himalayan Mountains.
Music: Seven Years in Tibet Soundtrack composer John Williams cello solos Yo-Yo Ma
Music: Seven Years in Tibet Soundtrack composer John Williams cello solos Yo-Yo Ma
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