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Portrait of Walter Alvarez.
Ep. 12

Asteroid Strike

with Kirk Johnson and Taína Caragol

Richardson Symposium Racial Masquerade in American Art and Culture - 11.5.16

Richardson Symposium: Racial Masquerade in American Art and Culture took place at the National Portrait Gallery, Nov. 4, and Nov. 5, 2016

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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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