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Listening is the key to Anna Deavere Smith’s creative process.

Anna Deavere Smith says there isn’t.

Get involved, Lehrer says.

Jim Lehrer is optimistic that the next president will get a handle on today’s problems.

Anna Deavere Smith talks about the quirks of an individual’s language and voice.

Anna Deavere Smith once got some good advice from Ethel Merman’s son, and it has stuck with her ever since.

Everything flows from how America exercises its power.

America has suffered, Lehrer says, because we no longer have a shared experience and a sense of collective responsibility.

Jim Lehrer always assumes the good.

Jim Lehrer is of the Hemingway generation: he just sits down, and writes.

Jim Lehrer’s legacy is one of fostering civilized dialogue.

As a child, Anna Deavere Smith attended an all-white summer camp, and felt out of place. Her young niece, fortunately, hasn’t had such an experience.

Anna Deavere Smith discusses her childhood and the legacy of segregation.

Jim Lehrer talks about his work in TV journalism and how the media consumer should be more actively critical.

Anna Deavere Smith calls on us to take individual action.

Anna Deavere Smith talks about the importance of collaborating across the boundaries of class, race, nation and language.

Jim Lehrer talks about being a child of the Depression.

Anna Deavere Smith on the nobility of struggle

At the core of today’s big issues, Anna Deavere Smith says, is the question of justice.

Anna Deavere Smith on the balance between the gifts of nature, and their just distribution.

Anna Deavere Smith wants to know: what is the gap between understanding and action?

Anna Deavere Smith takes her cues from Shakespeare’s wordsmithing.

Anna Deavere Smith talks about storytelling and the importance of theater in the community.

Would you want to pay for it today?

Dan Gilbert implores us to take care of the environment.

Harvard happiness guru Dan Gilbert delivers his pessimistic forecast.

Gilbert wonders which issues will still matter in a hundred years.

Anna Deavere Smith talks about acting and how she uses language as a guide to identity.

The tug of war between science and religion helps define us, Gilbert says.

Anna Deavere Smith recalls her childhood in segregated Baltimore, and how she found her way out West and into the theater.