Noon Forum

An archive of past Noon Forum programs can be found below the listings.

This week's Noon Forum lineup is:

WEEK OF JUNE 17, 2013

Monday, June 17 – OMAHA PRESS CLUB – John Christiansen, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha “Recent Changes at U.N.O.” (CDs and transcripts NOT available)

Tuesday, June 18 – THE MOTH RADIO HOUR – “Gambling and Long Lost Dads” Stories by Josh Axelrad, Daisy Rosario and Colin Quinn; hosted by Mike Birbiglia

Wednesday, June 19 – RADIOLAB – “Animal Minds”

Thursday, June 20 – COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA – Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google; and Jared Cohen, Director of Google Ideas

Friday, June 21 – CITY ARTS AND LECTURES – Adam Savage

Previous weeks on Noon Forum:

WEEK OF JUNE 10, 2013

Monday, June 10 – BUILDING BRIGHT FUTURES NEBRASKA CHILDREN’S HEALTH SUMMIT LECTURE – Martin O’Malley, Governor of Maryland “Children, Healthcare and Schools” (CDs and transcripts NOT available)

Tuesday, June 11 – THE MOTH RADIO HOUR – “Bible Salesmen, Ghosts, and Strippers” Stories by April Salazar, Vincent Patrick, Craig Chester and Tim Manley; hosted by Jenifer Hixson

Wednesday, June 12 – RADIOLAB – “Detective Stories”

Thursday, June 13 – COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA – Jeremy Scahill, author of “Dirty Wars”

Friday, June 14 – CITY ARTS AND LECTURES – Paul Farmer

WEEK OF JUNE 3, 2013

Monday, June 3 – CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY LECTURE – Bernice Sandler, Senior Scholar at the Women’s Research and Education Institute in Washington, D.C., and Adjunct Associate Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine “We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, But Not Far Enough: Progress and Problems of Women in Higher Education” (CDs and transcripts NOT available)

Tuesday, June 4 – THE MOTH RADIO HOUR – “Goats, Cops and Haircuts” Stories by Wanda Bullard, Andrew Solomon and Richard Price; hosted by George Dawes Green

Wednesday, June 5 – RADIOLAB – “Are You Sure?”

Thursday, June 6 – COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA – Topic: “Zero Waste”

Friday, June 7 – CITY ARTS AND LECTURES – Nicholas Carr

WEEK OF MAY 27, 2013

Monday, May 27 – LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES AT EASE LUNCHEON – James Ellis, Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Atlanta, Georgia; and Retired Commander of the United States Strategic Command (CDs and transcripts NOT available)

Tuesday, May 28 – THE MOTH RADIO HOUR – “Texas Hold ‘Em, Kin, and Cloistered Nuns” Stories by Annie Duke, Stacy Keene, Adam Fawer and Flora Hogman; hosted by Sarah Austin Jenness

Wednesday, May 29 – RADIOLAB – “Who Am I?”

Thursday, May 30 – COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA – Former Democrat Congressman from Massachusetts, Barney Frank

Friday, May 31 – CITY ARTS AND LECTURES – Fran Lebowitz

WEEK OF MAY 20, 2013

Monday, May 20 – E. N. THOMPSON FORUM ON WORLD ISSUES – Felice Gaer, Director of the American Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights “Protecting the Human Rights of Religious Minorities Worldwide: International Religious Freedom in United States Policy” (CDs and transcripts NOT available)

Tuesday, May 21 – THE MOTH RADIO HOUR – “Soldiers, Skydives, Firemen and Heartbreak” Stories by Martha Manning, Piper Kerman and Chris Tombline; hosted by Jenifer Hixson

Wednesday, May 22 – RADIOLAB – “Words”

Thursday, May 23 – COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA – Kenneth Feinberg, attorney and alternative dispute mediator

Friday, May 24 – CITY ARTS AND LECTURES – David Remnick