Conversations from Penn State: Eyal Press

Eyal Press

Beautiful Souls

What does it mean to be a hero?

Closing the Gap

What can be done to help students achieve success?

Second in Command

Meet Penn State’s Executive Vice President and Provost.

Home(town) Security

What does it mean to “green” a neighborhood?

Worthy of Winning

Learn about one woman’s journey as both artist and caregiver.

What the Stories Look Like

Maybe you can judge a book by its cover…

Writers of the Lost Generation

How did the relationships of America’s great writers affect their work?

Going to Tehran

Get an inside perspective on US Foreign Policy.

Coal Journey

Discover how music can change the world.

Capturing the American Artistic Experience

Discover American Modernism

After Life

Find out with it’s like to live life “after life.”

Beyond Borders: The UN in a Changing World

What is the role of the UN?

The Sex-Wise Parent

The way you talk with your children about sex could save them from serious harm.

Juvenile In Justice

Learn about the juvenile justice system.

Positive Parenting

Learn how to raise happy, healthy, and resilient children.

The New Face of Terrorism

Who do you picture when you think of a terrorist?

The Makings of a Superhero

Discover the truth about what it means to be deaf.

The “T” Community

Gain a better understanding of what it means to be a transgender person.

Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Get the latest research.

Meet the President

Learn more about Penn State’s new President.

Jake Corman

Learn about pressing issues for Pennsylvania.

Still Alice

Understand early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease.

Veteran’s Day: A Shared Sacrifice

A look at U.S. servicemen and women.

Dancemaker

Delve into the creative process of a dance icon.

A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq

Get a glimpse inside a military trauma hospital.

Life on the Spectrum

Discover what it’s like to be an autistic adult.

Sam Richards and Laurie Mulvey

Head Games

Understand the true danger of sports-related head injuries.

Backstage

Find out what happens behind the scenes.

Time Traveler

What would you do to see a deceased loved one again?

Behind the Headlines

Explore the world of investigative reporting.

Race and Immigration

Delve into one of the nation’s most divisive issues.

Education Innovation

Discover what it really means to be creative.

A Few Good Women

Learn about early efforts to recruit women to government.

No. 4 Street of Our Lady

Hear how one woman saved her neighbors during WWII.

The CSI Effect

Uncover the importance of forensic science.

Climate Change Future

Understand the causes and implications of climate change.

Responding to Genocide

Find out what role you can play in ending world conflicts.

The 13 Indigenous Grandmothers

Discover a life dedicated to peace.

The Black Middle Class

Uncover the experiences of middle class African Americans.

America’s Role in the World

Learn about the relationship between foreign policy and nuclear weapons.

Emerging Diseases

Discover what’s being done to stop the spread of infectious diseases.

Closing Guantanamo

Consider the pros and cons to closing Guantanamo Bay.

Mind Wars

Find out how neuroscience is changing modern warfare.

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A Conversation with Eyal Press 26:42
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Moral Imagination Web Exclusive 1:36
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DISCUSSION

Moral Conscience

How should society deal with whistle blowers, “Inconvenient truth-tellers,” and those who act out of moral conscience?

What do you think?

ABOUT THE EPISODE

Eyal Press is a writer based in New York. His work has appeared in the New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Nation, and the Raritan Review.

He is the author of Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times (2012), and Absolute Convictions (2006), a narrative account of the abortion conflict.

He is a past recipient of the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism.

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For a captioned version of this interview, go to YouTube.

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Conversations from Penn State

Eyal Press

Beautiful Souls

Pedro Noguera

Closing the Gap

Nicholas Jones

Second in Command

Eyal Press

Beautiful Souls

Majora Carter

Home(town) Security

Beverly McIver

Worthy of Winning

Chip Kidd

What the Stories Look Like

Charles Figley

The Trauma Paradox

Linda Patterson Miller

Writers of the Lost Generation

Flynt Leverett

Going to Tehran

Kathy Mattea

Coal Journey

Michael Maglaras

Capturing the American Artistic Experience

Tyrone Werts

After Life

Gillian Sorensen

Beyond Borders: The UN in a Changing World

Janet Rosenzweig

The Sex-Wise Parent

Richard Ross

Juvenile In Justice

Amy McCready

Positive Parenting

Richard Schuhmann

Water Wars: A Global Crisis

Mia Bloom

The New Face of Terrorism

Joseph Valente

The Makings of a Superhero

Mara Keisling

The “T” Community

Don Roy King

The Serious Art of TV Comedy

Michael Mann

Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Shyam Sundar

Exploring Media Effects

Rodney Erickson

Meet the President

Jake Corman

Jake Corman

Lisa Genova

Still Alice

Veterans Day

Veteran’s Day: A Shared Sacrifice

Paul Taylor

Dancemaker

Chris Coppola

A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq

Scott Michael Robertson

Life on the Spectrum

Sam Richards and Laurie Mulvey

World in Conversation

Sean Patrick Griffin

Gaming the Game

Ruben Echemendia

Head Games

Alexander McCall Smith

About the Author

Ben Feller

Covering the White House

Di Trevis

Backstage

Ron Mallett

Time Traveler

Brian Ross

Behind the Headlines

Mary Burke