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WGBH Lectures is a collection of public talks presented and produced in partnership with WGBH or recorded at WGBH studios in Boston. Our lectures cover a variety of compelling topics of local and world interest. For a listing of all Forum Network partners including all participating public stations and community partners hosting and contributing lectures to the Forum Network from across the country please refer to our Partners listing page . WGBH is proud of the role we serve in our community, of protecting and projecting the public voice; and of informing and inspiring that public voice to foster deeper understanding of and civic engagement in important issues.break

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  • Cass Sunstein on Being Wiser than the Crowd

    Mon, Jan 26, 2015
    Former White House official and legal scholar Cass Sunstein explains why it can be difficult to voice dissent out loud and how much power a group has to influence your personal decision making. In their new book, _Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter_, Sunstein and co-author Reid Hastie shed light on the specifics of why and how group decisions go wrong—and offer tactics and lessons to help leaders avoid the pitfalls and reach better outcomes. Sunstein came in to the WGBH studios to discuss these ideas with Jim Braude and Margery Eagan on [Boston Public Radio](http://wgbhnews.org/programs/boston-public-radio "BPR"). Editor's Note: Blizzard conditions in Boston prevented WGBH Forum Network from recording Sunstein's scheduled reading at The Harvard Bookstore.
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  • WGBH's Innovation Hub: How Automation is Changing The Game

    Thu, Sep 27, 2012
    WGBH's "Innovation Hub" presents a panel discussion - The New Economy: How Automation is Changing the Game. "Innovation Hub" host Kara Miller explores the ways in which technology and robots are altering the workplace with a panel of experts. Panelists include: Andrew McAffe, a principal research scientist at MIT; Rodney Brooks, Professor Emeritus at MIT and co-founder of iRobot; Willy Shih, Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School; and Daniel Theobald, CTO of Vecna. Introduction by William J. O'Neill, Jr., Dean, Suffolk University Sawyer Business School. Includes demonstrations of new robots being used in the workplace
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  • WGBH Digital 101: Chris Altchek, PolicyMic

    Tue, Mar 25, 2014
    Chris Altchek spoke at WGBH about PolicyMic and the future of online journalism.
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  • Neil deGrasse Tyson: Pluto Files

    Wed, Feb 25, 2009
    NOVA's **Paula Apsell** interviews **Neil deGrasse Tyson** about his book, _The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet_, and about his work in astrophysics. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist, is director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York and host of _[NOVA scienceNow](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/ "")_.
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