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Charlie Rose

Talk
1991
25 Seasons
91 Episodes
EN
Ended

About

Acclaimed interviewer and Emmy-winning journalist Charlie Rose engages a wide range of guests, including philosophers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, artists, business leaders, scientists, educators, and other newsmakers in one-on-one interviews and round-table discussions.

#interview#current affairs

Cast

Charlie Rose

Charlie Rose

as Self - Host

Episodes

Season 1

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E1

Leonard Jeffries; The Jeffries Controversy; David Grubin; Remembering Miles Davis

Sep 30, 199156m

Charlie talks to City College professor Leonard Jeffries about a controversial speech he delivered on July 20, 1991. Journalists Jerry Nachman, Utrice Leid, and Sam Roberts debate Professor Jeffries's contentious ideas. David Grubin discusses his four-hour PBS documentary about former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, "LBJ: The American Experience." Charlie remembers jazz musician Miles Davis with performance clips of the legendary trumpeter.

E2

C. Everett Koop; Condoms in Schools; Wendy Wasserstein

Oct 1, 199156m

Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. surgeon general, discusses the AIDS epidemic in America. A conversation about the effect of condom distribution in American schools. Wendy Wasserstein on her career as a playwright.

E3

Crown Heights Riot; Conversation about Prejudice; Alan Dershowitz

Oct 2, 199156m

New York City Councilman Noach Dear and Colin Moore, attorney for the Cato family, debate the events surrounding the accidental death of Gavin Cato and subsequent murder of Yankel Rosenbaum. We continue with a clip of Bill Moyer's "Beyond Hate" and a conversation with some New Yorkers that struggle with racism and antisemitism on a daily basis. Attorney Alan Dershowitz on his memoir about growing up in Brooklyn, "Chutzpah."

E4

Calvin Trillin; Governor James Florio; Nadine Gordimer; Generation X

Oct 3, 199156m

Calvin Trillin on his new book, "American Stories." Governor James Florio of New Jersey explains his state's tax policies. In an interview with Bill Moyers, author Nadine Gordimer on race and politics in South Africa. A discussion with Douglas Coupland, Robin Adler, and Manuel Villafania about the twenty-something age group called Generation X.

E5

Dan Rather; Deforestation in Borneo

Oct 4, 199156m

Dan Rather talks about his memoir, "I Remember." Thom Henley of The Endangered Peoples Project, Monica Whelan of Rainforest Action, and tribesmen Mutang Tuo and Mutang Urud discuss the destruction of the rain forests of Borneo by foreign logging companies.

E6

Shifting Media Landscape; Tommy Tune; Mauricio Obregon

Oct 7, 199156m

Journalists James Ledbetter, Nancy Collins, and Kevin Goldman discuss the shifting power in news and broadcast media. Choreographer Tommy Tune on his career in dance. Mauricio Obregon on the myths surrounding explorer and colonizer Christopher Columbus.

E7

Shelby Steele; Clarence Thomas Hearing; David Halberstam

Oct 8, 199156m

Shelby Steele talks about his book of essays, "The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America." Attorneys Judith Vladeck and Gloria E.A. Toote debate the legal issues in the Clarence Thomas sexual harassment case. David Halberstam on Major League Baseball and his 1989 book, "Summer of '49."

E8

Clarence Thomas Hearings; Terrence McNally; The Liberators

Oct 9, 199156m

R. W. Apple of the New York Times comments on the current state of the Clarence Thomas hearings and the sexual harassment charges against him. The conversation about Clarence Thomas continues with former representative Bella Abzug, attorney Lynn Hecht Schafran, and journalist Tony Brown. Terrence McNally discusses his film "Frankie and Johnny," starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino. Holocaust survivors Abe Chapnick and David Yager and soldiers E. J. McConnell and Walter Woodson reflect on the day the camps were liberated.

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