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The Aurora Forum at Stanford University is an ongoing public conversation series featuring people who turn vision into action for positive social change. The Forum serves as a bridge between the university and a public eager for high quality ideas and information. Our programs are free and open to everyone.

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Post by Mark Gonnerman

Monday, 25 January, 2010
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Click here for a slideshow that includes images of our visit with Steve Reich and Beryl Korot.

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The transcript for our 3 December 2009 conversation, "The Artist As Researcher: An Evening with Ralph Lemon," is available here.
See the transcript for "What Matters: Documentary Photography and Social Change," our conversation with David Elliot Cohen, Michael Watts, and Ed Kashi on July 9, 2009.
Read the transcript of "A Passion for Nature: Exploring the Life of John Muir," our May 7, 2009 conversation with Donald Worster and Richard White.
The transcript of "Responsible Freedom: Liberal Arts Education and the College Idea," our March 5, 2009 conversation with Martha Nussbaum, Andrew Delbanco, and Debra Satz, is available here.
A transcript of "Parker Palmer and the Courage to Teach," our conversation on February 21, is available here.
Click here for the transcript for "Tibet: Where Continents and Cultures Collide," our conversation on February 19 moderatd by Orville Schell.
The transcript of our conversation with Irvin and Marilyn Yalom on January 29, 2009 is available here.
We have posted the transcript, video, and iTunes files for our December 3, 2008 conversation with David Loy and Juliet Schor, "Consuming Culture and Greed."
Click here for the transcript of "Only Connect: Reinvigorating American Public Education," our conversation on November 15, 2008.
Click here for a podcast of the KQED Radio broadcast and transcript of our conversation with Claude Steele and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on October 23, 2008.

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