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Collette Livermore - Hope Endures

Collette Livermore - Hope Endures

A compelling chronicle of idealistic determination, rigid discipline
and shattering disillusionment.Livermore demonstrates the internal
frustration and anguish that kept her constantly questioning her role
in the world.This eventually led her to a new career from nun to doctor
and now author.

Inquiry
Constance Areson Clark - God or Gorilla: Images of Evolution in the Jazz Age

During the 1920s, the “Jazz Age”, the newspaper and magazines of America were full of cartoons and drawings of monkeys, apes, ape-men and cavemen. Why?

Inquiry
Jeffery S. McMillan: Delightfulee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan

Lee Morgan was one of the most original and exciting horn players of the 50s, 60s and 70s. He was just a teenager, the “young cat”, when he toured with Dizzy Gillespie and went on to record with some of the finest jazz musicians of his age. But his life was dogged by an addiction to heroin and just as he finally kicked the habit and was starting to reinvigorate his career, it met a tragic and unexpected end. Tonight on Inquiry, we talk with writer and archivist JEFFERY S.

A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION TO 1000 FILMS (INCLUDING MASTERPIECES, ODDITIES, GUILTY PLEASURES AND CLASSICS, WITH A FEW DISASTERS

Inquiry
Rosamond Purcell: Egg and Nest

Inquiry welcomes back ROSAMOND PURCELL, world-renowned photographer and author. Tonight she talks about the stunning new collection of her photographs just published by Harvard University press titled EGG AND NEST. These are photographs taken of specimens from the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology. Tune in and find out why a Francis Bacon drawing can be like a Red-winged Blackbird egg!

The Public Eye
Jon Meacham - American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Newsweek editor and bestselling author Jon Meacham has written a remarkable biography of Andrew Jackson, who rose from nothing to the pinnacle of power.  AMERICAN LION is an exciting portrait of one of our most important yet least remembered presidents.

Inquiry
Whit Gibbons - Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia

Then: Leaping Anacondas!!

Inquiry
Bryan Christy - The Lizard King: True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers

Tonight on Inquiry we look into the dark and disturbing world of international reptile smuggling. It’s a multi-million dollar business and it’s clients are looking for any severely endangered species. Our guest BRYAN CHRISTY has spent years investigating and meeting with all the principal players and the story he tells rivals something out of “Scarface”.

The Business Beat
David O'Toole, President of Labor Cost Control

David O'Toole, President of Labor Cost Control in Worcester, talks about controlling labor costs in a tough economy.