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A Conversation with R.W. Apple Jr. #801
Johnny Apple, associate editor of the New York Times, has roamed the United States as an eyewitness to history for more than 30 years. In Apple's America, he shares his robust enthusiasm for the history, architecture, business, and culture of 40 great urban centers of America—including Louisville. He is interviewed by Tom Brokaw in a conversation taped in November 2005 at the Kentucky Center. A KET production.

• KETKY Wednesday, November 18 at 5:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, November 18 at 7:00 pm EST
• KETKY Friday, November 20 at 6:00 pm EST

A Conversation with John McCain #802
Four-term U.S. Senator (R-AZ) and decorated Vietnam veteran John McCain has built a reputation for independence by championing causes he strongly believes in, regardless of popular opinion. His experiences as father to seven children inspired him to write Character Is Destiny, a collection of stories illustrating his belief that character depends on conscience and is created by the choices we make every day. He is interviewed by National Public Radio host Robert Siegel in a program taped at the Kentucky Center in Louisville. A KET production.

• KETKY Sunday, November 22 at 3:00 am EST
• KETKY Sunday, November 22 at 10:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, November 25 at 5:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, November 25 at 7:00 pm EST
• KETKY Friday, November 27 at 6:00 pm EST

A Conversation with Gene Sperling #803
Gene Sperling, President Clinton's national economic adviser and head of the National Economic Council from 1997 to 2001, now works on a variety of economic and international issues as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, as director of the Center for Universal Education at the Council on Foreign Relations, and as a columnist and television commentator. He is also a contributing writer and consultant for the TV series The West Wing. He discusses his book The Pro-Growth Progressive: An Economic Strategy for Shared Prosperity with National Public Radio's John Ydstie. A 2006 KET production taped at the Kentucky Center in Louisville.

• KETKY Sunday, November 29 at 3:00 am EST
• KETKY Sunday, November 29 at 10:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, December 2 at 5:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, December 2 at 7:00 pm EST
• KETKY Friday, December 4 at 6:00 pm EST

A Conversation with Sue Monk Kidd #804
Best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd discusses her novel The Mermaid Chair with clinical psychiatry professor and fellow author Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. The book, about a middle-aged woman struggling with her own passions and "coming-of-age" questions, won the 2005 Quill award for general fiction. A 2006 KET production taped at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville.

• KETKY Sunday, December 6 at 3:00 am EST
• KETKY Sunday, December 6 at 10:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, December 9 at 5:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, December 9 at 7:00 pm EST
• KETKY Friday, December 11 at 6:00 pm EST

A Conversation with George Soros #901
International financier, Holocaust survivor, philanthropist, and author George Soros discusses his book The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror with John D. Podeseta, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress. The book offers insight into the real meaning of freedom and how societies can best promote it. A 2006 KET production taped at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville.

• KETKY Sunday, December 13 at 3:00 am EST
• KETKY Sunday, December 13 at 10:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, December 16 at 5:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, December 16 at 7:00 pm EST
• KETKY Friday, December 18 at 6:00 pm EST

A Conversation with Lawrence Wright #902
Author, screenwriter, and New Yorker staff writer Lawrence Wright discusses his book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Based on five years of research, it chronicles the events leading up to 9/11, including the terrorist planning and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. A 2006 KET production taped at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville.

• KETKY Sunday, December 20 at 3:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, December 23 at 5:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, December 23 at 7:00 pm EST
• KETKY Friday, December 25 at 6:00 pm EST

A Conversation with Bill McKibben #903
Author Bill McKibben discusses his book Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, in which he challenges the prevailing view that "more" is synonymous with "better" and urges more local production and consumption of everything from food to entertainment. He is interviewed by Kentucky farmer and writer Wendell Berry. A 2007 KET production taped at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville.

• KETKY Sunday, December 27 at 3:00 am EST
• KETKY Sunday, December 27 at 10:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, December 30 at 5:00 am EST
• KETKY Wednesday, December 30 at 7:00 pm EST

Great Conversations with Dr. Harold Varmus and Governor Howard Dean #1201
Renowned Harvard professor Michael Sandel is interviewd by John S. Carroll, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former editor of the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, and the Lexington Herald-Leader. Sandel discusses his book Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?, about the challenge of thinking our way through the hard moral dilemmas we confront as citizens. A 2009 KET production taped at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville.

• KET1 Monday, December 28 at 8:00 pm EST
• KET1 Wednesday, December 30 at 2:00 am EST
• KET2 Wednesday, December 30 at 10:00 pm EST