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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.

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Ep. 11 | Yesterday's Disruptors... Today with Jeffrey Goldberg
Detail photo of an Asian woman in a black shirt
Ep. 10 | Un-forgetting History with Hung Liu
bust-length black and white photo of a Native American man
Ep. 9 | BONUS: Who Was Pocahontas, Really? with Paul Chaat Smith
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Ep. 8 | Ellen Stofan Sees Stars Here On Earth with Ellen Stofan
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Ep. 7 | Portraits of Progress with Richard Kurin and Lonnie Bunch
Headshots of two African American women, one with glasses and another with short hair and a striped shirt
Ep. 6 | Phillis Wheatley Redrawn with Honoreé Jeffers and Ashleigh Coren
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Ep. 5 | Capturing Ghosts with Peter Manseau
waist length photo of a young Asian man in a black sweater and patterned scarf
Ep. 4 | Hyphenated with Dana Tai Soon Burgess
bust length portrait of a brown haired man in a blue shirt
Ep. 3 | Foundational Truths with Rick Atkinson
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Ep. 2 | On The Money with Ellen Feingold and Rosie Rios
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Ep. 1 | Portraying Presidents with Philip Kennicott and Carolyn Carr
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| Season 3 with Kim Sajet

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