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The Clinton Tapes

Taylor Branch discusses his book The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, a record of the conversations he had with President Bill Clinton during his eight years in office. President Clinton revealed what he thought and felt, but couldn’t say in public about the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, the failure of health care reform, and his political struggles from Whitewater to the impeachment trial.

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Kandinksy at the Guggenheim

Tracey Bashkoff, curator of collections and exhibitions, and Karole Vail, assistant curator, discuss "Kandinsky," a full-scale retrospective of the artist who was a seminal figure in the history of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Karole Vail is the editor and one of the authors of The Museum of Non-Objective Painting, about the history of the Guggenheim Museum. "Kandinsky," is organized to celebrate the Guggenheim’s 50th anniversary, and is on view through January 13, 2010.

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Madeleine Albright

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright tells how Saddam Hussein’s poet-in-residence inspired her to use her pins and brooches make diplomatic statements in her meetings with world leaders. Her book Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box is part memoir, part social history, and looks at Secretary Albright's experience with global politics.

An exhibition of Madeleine Albright's jewlery, "Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection," is on view through January 31, 2010, at the Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle.

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Connected

Dr. Nicholas Christakis and Dr. James Fowler share surprising revelations of how -- and how much -- we influence one another. In Connected, they explain how social networks influence our ideas, emotions, health, relationships, behavior, politics and more.

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