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| 2010 Viewpoints program topics | ||
| Date | Pgm # | Topics
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| 08-01 | 10-31 | Teen Drinking: Why they do it, what are the outcomes? Creative Obsessions |
| 07-25 | 10-30 | Gambling Addicts: What are the odds for recovery? Sustainable Economy: Ideas for the future |
| 07-18 | 10-29 | Stealing Beauty: Art Theft is Big Business; Seaworthy: A woman returns to her life on the sea |
| 07-11 | 10-28 | Slavery in the 21st Century: Why it persists, what we can do; Women at the Top: Why our economy depends on it |
| 07-04 | 10-27 | The Gulf Oil Spill: Environmental Impacts; Bicycling: It’s changing the landscape of America |
| 06-27 | 10-26 | Immigration and children; Putting Veterans Back to Work |
| 06-20 | 10-25 | Music Performance Royalties: The debate continues; Dad’s and Kids: Creating and maintaining the bond |
| 06-13 | 10-24 | Economic Domestic Violence; Immortality & the Law |
| 06-06 | 10-23 | The Supreme Court: Is Kagan a good nominee? Finding Hope and Happiness |
| 05-30 | 10-22 | Adventure in Search of the Lost City of Z; Parents, Siblings and Eldercare |
| 05-23 | 10-21 | Hellhound on His Trail: The assassination of Martin Luther King; Century Libraries: How are they keeping up with the times? |
| 05-16 | 10-20 | Back to Nature: Greening your home; Kid Consumers: On the path to financial trouble? |
| 05-09 | 10-19 | The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and history; Adult Literacy: Why it’s so important |
| 05-02 | 10-18 | Acceptance: Getting into college isn’t what is used to be: Philosophy of Bumper Stickers |
| 04-25 | 10-17 | Big Bang Physics; Arbor Day: The Greening of America |
| 04-18 | 10-16 | Water Conservation:Avoiding Shortages; Everyday Buddhism |
| 04-11 | 10-15 | Everyone Loves a Mystery! But why? The Art of Choosing |
| 04-04 | 10-14 | Baseball 2010: What’s in store this season? 2050: What’s in store? |
| 03-28 | 10-13 | Traveling to Hotspots: How dangerous is it? Who Are You? Genealogy makes a comeback |
| 03-21 | 10-12 | Boys and Success: Designing education to meet their needs; Fascinate: How people and things get our attention and keep it |
| 03-14 | 10-11 | Irish in America; Making Small Businesses Work In A Tough Economy |
| 03-07 | 10-10 | Economic Meltdown: Getting back on track: Orthorexia: healthy eating backfires |
| 02-28 | 10-09 | Nerds and Geeks: Who they are; why they’re important: Break-Ups: Getting back on track after the romance ends |
| 02-21 | 10-08 | The 2010 Census: The Kepler Mission: Looking for life in the universe |
| 02-14 | 10-07 | Olympic Security: Keeping the 2010 games safe; The Perfect Swarm |
| 02-07 | 10-06 | Valentine’s Day: History and traditions; Keeping New Year’s Resolutions |
| 01-31 | 10-05 | Parents, Kids and Power Struggles; Remaking the American Palate |
| 01-24 | 10-04 | Employment for Mature Americans: What help is there? Frogs, Lizards and Their Importance in the Eco-System |
| 01-17 | 10-03 | Distracted Driving: Risky for teens and truckers; Convincing Kids to Read More |
| 01-10 | 10-02 | The CIAs “Spycraft” Technology; A Tale of Two Very Special Schools |
| 01-03 | 10-01 | Celebrity Trials: How are they different from anyone else’s? Geography & Maps: It’s a whole new world out there! |
| 2009 Viewpoints program topics | ||
| Date | Pgm # | Topics
|
| 12-27 | 09-52 | Men and Women: How friendships differ; Orson Welles: A daughter remembers |
| 12-20 | 09-51 | General Sherman’s Christmas; A Green Holiday: Planning now for this year and next |
| 12-13 | 09-50 | Hospice Dogs: Comforting the seriously ill; Holiday Movies: They’re not “White Christmas” anymore! |
| 12-06 | 09-49 | Holiday Shopping: What do the stores have in store? Shyness and the Holidays: Navigating social situations |
| 11-29 | 09-48 | 2012: The Apocalypse or Hype? Volunteering: What anyone can do |
| 11-22 | 09-47 | Technology and Education; Thanksgiving Dinner: Not just turkey anymore! |
| 11-15 | 09-46 | Potato or Potahto? The way we speak says a lot about us; Holiday Decorating: Tips from the Pros |
| 11-08 | 09-45 | Newspapers: Can they survive? Teaching Kids to Care |
| 11-01 | 09-44 | Listmania: The story of Roget’s Thesaurus; Singlehood in America |
| 10-25 | 09-43 | Halloween Entertainment: What really scares us and why? The Quest for Fame: The Guinness Book of Records |
| 10-18 | 09-42 | Green Solutions Through Sharing; Counter Culture: A look at the diner waitress |
| 10-11 | 09-41 | Up and Down with the Dollar; Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba |
| 10-04 | 09-40 | The Man Who Loved Books Too Much; Graffiti: Public Art and Public Sensibilities |
| 09-27 | 09-39 | Young People and Sleep; Conspiracy Theories: Why do they persist? |
| 09-20 | 09-38 | The Story of Slavery After the Civil War; The New Homeless: How cities are coping |
| 09-13 | 09-37 | The Science Behind Meteor Showers; Making the Case for Fall Gardening |
| 09-06 | 09-36 | Nanotechnology: Why tiny is the next big thing; Baseball Blunders: Why we remember the bad times best |
| 08-30 | 09-35 | Coping with Lonliness: How it affects the elderly; First Dogs: Presidents’ best (sometimes only) friends |
| 08-23 | 09-34 | Back to School Fitness: Advice for the whole family; Mathemagic! Making math more fun and relevant |
| 08-16 | 09-33 | Religion in America: Changes in the new millennium; Too Sexy, Too Soon: Kids, the media and sex |
| 08-09 | 09-32 | The US & Afghanistan: How do you forge a lasting peace? The Armchair Mr. Wizard: Creating interest in science |
| 08-02 | 09-31 | Supreme Court Ricci Decision: A landmark civil rights decision? Conversation: Is it a lost art? |
| 07-26 | 09-30 | Economic Domestic Violence; Everything You Always Wanted to Know About….Death |
| 07-19 | 09-29 | Think Smart: Keeping the brain sharp at any age; Make the Golden Years Golden: Prepare now for retirement |
| 07-12 | 09-28 | The New Economy: Changes that can make a big difference; A Nation of Farmers: Growing and preparing local foods |
| 07-05 | 09-27 | Founders: Ordinary people who built America; Green Careers: Green and blue collar jobs are in |
| 06-28 | 09-26 | Back to Simple: Ecopreneurs; Lucky Girl: A Chinese Adoptee’s Story |
| 06-21 | 09-25 | Fathers, Kids and Golf; Vampires and Zombies: Why are we so fascinated by them? |
| 06-14 | 09-24 | Eiffel’s Tower and the 1889 World’s Fair; Economic Literacy for Young and Old |
| 06-07 | 09-23 | The Business of Baseball; Wicked Plants: Inside the Garden of Evil |
| 05-31 | 09-22 | Physics of the Impossible; Inside the Museum of Crime & Punishment |
| 05-24 | 09-21 | Lessons in Leadership from George Washington; Fight City Hall – Effectively |
| 05-17 | 09-20 | Runaway Kids: A Mother’s Story; Learning a Foreign Language: One man’s journey |
| 05-10 | 09-19 | The Soloist: A story of music, mental illness and friendship; Sign of the Times: Dealing with grief and fear |
| 05-03 | 09-18 | Baseball’s WWII Mystery – Solved! Vacations in a Down Economy |
| 04-26 | 09-17 | Rooting Out Financial Scams; Competitive Rose Gardening |
| 04-19 | 09-16 | Forgetting with Age: When should you worry? Amphibians and Reptiles and the Eco-System |
| 04-12 | 09-15 | The Lost City of Z: Adventure and mystery in the Amazon; Kids and Stuff: Why they really want it |
| 04-05 | 09-14 | Out of the Darkness: Talking about suicide; Gaslight Crime and the Economic Divide |
| 03-29 | 09-13 | Baseball and the Baby Boomer; Frugality in the 21st Century: The new coupon culture |
| 03-22 | 09-12 | Inner City Schools: Programs that Work; Oversuccess: Our obsession with wealth and the good life |
| 03-15 | 09-11 | Dry Spring: Avoiding Water Shortages; Who Was St. Patrick? |
| 03-08 | 09-10 | Do We Need a US Public Service Academy? The Art of Saying “No” |
| 03-01 | 09-09 | Cyberbullying: Why it happens, how it affects kids; The Pluto Files: Why Americans Love this Planet |
| 02-22 | 09-08 | The Numbers Game: How they confuse us, why they shouldn’t; Joseph Priestley: The Scientist Who Helped Shape America |
| 02-15 | 09-07 | The Leaders We Need; Lincoln: Remembrances of his friends and foes |
| 02-08 | 09-06 | The Birth of Protest Music; Jobs 2009: Where they are; how to get the edge |
| 02-01 | 09-05 | America’s Economy – A short and long-term view; Weather Prediction: Doing it yourself |
| 01-25 | 09-04 | Realizing the American Dream: Is it still possible? Test Anxiety: Alleviating nervous tension on test day |
| 01-18 | 09-03 | Far from Home: Stranded on the International Space Station; Slideology: What makes a compelling presentation? |
| 01-11 | 09-02 | Hooking Up: Does it harden kids commitment? Brain Food: The learning benefits of a healthy diet. |
| 01-04 | 09-01 | Presidential Pardons: What presidents consider; Avoiding the Techno-Dump: Responsibility recycling electronics |
| 2008 Viewpoints program topics | ||
| 12-28 | 08-52 | Abracadabra! Doing Magic; The Forgotten: Children of the incarcerated |
| 12-21 | 08-51 | Silent Night: The World War I Christmas Truce; Modern Air Travel Problems: Ask the Pilot |
| 12-14 | 08-50 | Potato or Potahto? The way we speak says a lot about us; The Christmas House: How decorating became a tradition |
| 12-07 | 08-49 | Hospice Dogs: Comforting the seriously ill; Preserving Campaign Memories |
| 11-30 | 08-48 | Aging U.S. Wastewater Infrastructure; Trivial Pursuit? The importance of cultural literacy |
| 11-23 | 08-47 | The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving; Toys: Is it safe to buy from overseas? |
| 11-16 | 08-46 | Retail Theft: New solutions for high-tech crimes; Babies: Are there too many experts? |
| 11-09 | 08-45 | The Internet: Keeping it free for everyone; Inside Iran: What Americans Don't Know about Iran |
| 11-02 | 08-44 | Curtailing Our Lifestyles: When conservation isn't enough; Shut Up! Arguing and relationships |
| 10-26 | 08-43 | The Final Push Before the Election; Getting into Guinness: The Quest for Fame |
| 10-19 | 08-42 | Talk to the Hand: Whatever happened to manners? A Tale of Two Media: U.S. and China |
| 10-12 | 08-41 | Illiteracy: How can we prevent it? Iraq Homecoming: A son visits his father's paradise |
| 10-05 | 08-40 | Ads, Marketing and Brands: What sells? What doesn't? Traffic: Why we drive the way we do |
| 09-28 | 08-39 | Um, Uh, Ya Know...What verbal blunders really mean; Innovation in the U.S.: How we've fallen behind |
| 09-21 | 08-38 | Choosing a College - and Paying for It; Creativity at Work: How to get it, how it helps |
| 09-14 | 08-37 | The State of U.S. Infrastructure; Kids and Creative Play |
| 09-07 | 08-36 | What's So Funny About Philosophy? Kids and Eating: Instilling healthy habits |
| 08-31 | 08-35 | Spycraft: The CIA's Technology Revealed; Jobs and Job Training: Are we doing enough? |
| 08-24 | 08-34 | Our Fascination With Evil; Integrating Life and Work through Leadership and Leisure |
| 08-17 | 08-33 | Searching for Golf's Soul: One man's quest; Isolation and the Elderly: How it affects their lives and health |
| 08-10 | 08-32 | Engagements & Weddings: It may be harder than you think! Birds and People: An uneasy relationship |
| 08-03 | 08-31 | Cheating in Sports: Has it ruined our games? Pets and the Economy: How they're feeling the pinch |
| 07-27 | 08-30 | Office Etiquette: Have we become less polite? The Soloist: Lives changed through friendship and music |
| 07-20 | 08-29 | Ecopreneurs: New opportunities to build communities; Behind the Scenes with Real CSIs |
| 07-13 | 08-28 | Homebuying: What you need to know in this market; Teleworking & Flex Time: Why they're growing more popular |
| 07-06 | 08-27 | The Economy: How we got there, what's ahead; How the States Got Their Shapes |
| 06-29 | 08-26 | Modern-day Slavery: Why it continues; what we can do; Great Neighborhoods & Guerrilla Gardening |
| 06-22 | 08-25 | Ian Fleming: The man who would be Bond; Kids and Texting: What are the limits? |
| 06-15 | 08-24 | Fathers & Sons: Making the relationship stronger; The Emotional Rollercoaster of Caregiving |
| 06-08 | 08-23 | The $64 Tomato: Why we garden; Kids Under Pressure: Why parents push |
| 06-01 | 08-22 | The Science of Sports; Marriage Laws: Should we take a second look? |
| 05-25 | 08-21 | Red Light Cameras: Are they really effective? You Want Fries With That? Surviving Minimum Wage Work |
| 05-18 | 08-20 | America before Columbus; Kids as Teachers Solving Problems |
| 05-11 | 08-19 | Gen X & Y Workers: How best to approach the job market; Travel to the middle East |
| 05-04 | 08-18 | Whistleblowers: The risks, the rewards, the confusion; Forgotten Americans: Famous Americans you've never heard of |
| 04-27 | 08-17 | Body Language and the Candidates: What are they really saying? Power and Unfaithfulness: Cheating husbands and wives |
| 04-20 | 08-16 | The Man Who Made Lists: The man behind Roget's Thesaurus; Green Chic: Going green in style |
| 04-13 | 08-15 | Family Finance: Mortgages, Home Equity and Credit; Self-Made Man: A woman spends a year in a man's world |
| 04-06 | 08-14 | Political Parties: What they need to do in 2008 to win; Competitive Rose Gardening |
| 03-30 | 08-13 | The Business of Baseball; History Education: Are we failing our kids? |
| 03-23 | 08-12 | Natural Memory Loss: Why it happens; when you should worry; It's All About Them: Dealing with the narcissist in your life |
| 03-16 | 08-11 | Home Alone: The world of the only child; Fractions: Should we teach them to young students |
| 03-09 | 08-10 | Chess and Kids: How a game can change lives; Small Eco-Changes that Make a Big Difference |
| 03-02 | 08-09 | Polls & Polling: Do they affect campaigns and elections? The Armchair Mr. Wizard: Creating interest in science |
| 02-24 | 08-08 | Nerds and Geeks: Who they are; why they're important: Careers and Philanthropy that Can Change the World |
| 02-17 | 08-07 | The Road to Freedom: A guided tour of the Civil Rights Trail; The mysterious world of Cats |
| 02-10 | 08-06 | How to Avoid Flim-Flams and Financial Scams; Men, Women and the Lies They Tell to Themselves |
| 02-03 | 08-05 | Diet, Nutrition and Technology; Maturity and the Good Life: Tips from Aristotle |
| 01-27 | 08-04 | Getting Smashed: Young people and alcohol; Activists & Organizers: What do they really do? |
| 01-20 | 08-03 | Suicide: A new theory about an age-old tragedy; Hucksters Through History; How we've been deceived |
| 01-13 | 08-02 | Comic Book Heroes Make a Comeback; Fine Art Theft: Millions lost to crafty thieves |
| 01-06 | 08-01 | The Past and the Future of Cuba; Dealing with and Preventing Financial Disaster |