Noon Forum

An archive of past Noon Forum programs can be found below the listings.

This week's Noon Forum lineup is:

WEEK OF MAY 27, 2013

Monday, May 27 – LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES AT EASE LUNCHEON – James Ellis, Retired President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Atlanta, Georgia; and Retired Commander of the United States Strategic Command (CDs and transcripts NOT available)

Tuesday, May 28 – THE MOTH RADIO HOUR – “Texas Hold ‘Em, Kin, and Cloistered Nuns” Stories by Annie Duke, Stacy Keene, Adam Fawer and Flora Hogman; hosted by Sarah Austin Jenness

Wednesday, May 29 – RADIOLAB – “Who Am I?”

Thursday, May 30 – COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA – Former Democrat Congressman from Massachusetts, Barney Frank

Friday, May 31 – CITY ARTS AND LECTURES – Fran Lebowitz

Previous weeks on Noon Forum:

WEEK OF MAY 20, 2013

Monday, May 20 – E. N. THOMPSON FORUM ON WORLD ISSUES – Felice Gaer, Director of the American Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights “Protecting the Human Rights of Religious Minorities Worldwide: International Religious Freedom in United States Policy” (CDs and transcripts NOT available)

Tuesday, May 21 – THE MOTH RADIO HOUR – “Soldiers, Skydives, Firemen and Heartbreak” Stories by Martha Manning, Piper Kerman and Chris Tombline; hosted by Jenifer Hixson

Wednesday, May 22 – RADIOLAB – “Words”

Thursday, May 23 – COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA – Kenneth Feinberg, attorney and alternative dispute mediator

Friday, May 24 – CITY ARTS AND LECTURES – David Remnick

WEEK OF MAY 13, 2013

Monday, May 13 – UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA LECTURE – Duane Woerth, United States Ambassador to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization

Tuesday, May 14 – THE MOTH RADIO HOUR – Stories by Ed Gavagan, Nathan Englander and Ellie Lee; hosted by Catherine Burns

Wednesday, May 15 – RADIOLAB – “Musical Language”

Thursday, May 16 – COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA – Topic: The Keystone X L Pipeline

Friday, May 17 – CITY ARTS AND LECTURES – Michael Lewis

WEEK OF MAY 6, 2013

Monday, May 6 – FILM STREAMS DISCUSSION – Film: The Waiting Room.  Panel: M. J. Egan, staff nurse at the Nebraska Medical Center; Rosanna Morris, Senior Vice-President for Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at the Nebraska Medical Center; William Gossman, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Creighton University School of Medicine; Robert Muelleman, Chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine.  Moderator: Richard O’Brien, Professor at Creighton University’s Center for Health Policy and Ethics (CDs and transcripts NOT available)

Tuesday, May 7 – THE MOTH RADIO HOUR – Stories by Joan Juliet Buck, Mike Destefano, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Terrence Buckner; hosted by Sarah Austin Jenness

Wednesday, May 8 – RADIOLAB – “Speed”

Thursday, May 9 – COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA – Deborah Tannen, Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, and author of “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation”

Friday, May 10 – OMAHA PRESS CLUB – “Mayoral Election Debate” Jim Suttle, Incumbent Mayor of Omaha; Jean Stothert, Omaha City Councilwoman (CDs and transcripts NOT available)

WEEK OF APRIL 29, 2013

Monday, April 29 – METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE LECTURE – Calvin Mackie, author of “A View from the Roof: Lessons for Life and Business” and “Grandma’s Hands: Cherished Moments of Faith and Wisdom” (CDs and transcripts NOT available)

Tuesday, April 30 – THE MOTH RADIO HOUR – Stories by Jessi Klein, Sherman “O.T.” Powell and Bonnie Levison; hosted by Jay Allison

Wednesday, May 1 – RADIOLAB – “Stochasticity”

Thursday, May 2 – COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA – David Stockman, one of the architects of the Reagan Revolution

Friday, May 3 – CITY ARTS AND LECTURES – David Eagleman