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Portrait of Walter Alvarez.
Ep. 12

Asteroid Strike

with Kirk Johnson and Taína Caragol

Portrait Gallery Highlights, Spring 2017

A recap of 2016, so far, at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery tells the history of America through individuals who have shaped its culture. Through the visual arts, performing arts and new media, the Portrait Gallery portrays poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists whose lives tell the American story.

Museum News
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Ep. 11 | Pinocchio Noses and Plug-In Halos with Ann Telnaes and Wendy Wick Reaves
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Ep. 10 | The Business End Of Portraiture with Indra Nooyi
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Ep. 9 | BONUS: Finding Cleopatra with our friends at Sidedoor
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Ep. 8 | Postage Pairings with Dan Piazza
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Ep. 7 | A Shortcut Across Time with José Andrés
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Ep. 6 | Bonus: Portraying Presidents with Philip Kennicott and Carolyn Carr
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Ep. 5 | Things We Take For Granted with Vann R. Newkirk II
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Ep. 4 | Glimpsing Freedom with Deborah Willis and Rhea Combs
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Ep. 3 | Live Long and Protest with George Takei
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Ep. 2 | The Woman Who Knocked Science Sideways with Jada Yuan
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Ep. 1 | Yes She Did! with Dolores Huerta
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| Season 4 with Kim Sajet

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