Laurie Brooks' compelling play for young audiences imagines what happened before "The Crucible." Learn what it takes to stage such a play with the playwright, actors, and director.

Meet Idris Goodwin, author of “And In This Corner….Cassius Clay.” Find out what fascinates him about the spoken word and learn about his process for writing a play and other forms of writing.

Bestselling author Lynne Olson talks about her non-fiction book that tells the little-known true story of the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II.

Laurna Godwin, Emmy award winning journalist and Founder/President of Vector Communications, believes it is important to have diversity in newsrooms to ensure diverse perspectives are represented.

Laurna Godwin, Emmy award winning journalist and Founder/President of Vector Communications, provides an example of the processes her company uses to engage the public on a public issue.

Veteran women journalists give advice for aspiring female journalists.

Three veteran journalists discuss the impact of social media on news gathering and news reporting.

Three veteran women journalists discuss point of view.

Veteran journalists discuss the importance of paying attention to your safety when investigating and reporting a story.

Betsey Bruce, television journalist, describes a day in the life of a local news reporter and what goes into the job.

Valerie Schremp Hahn, features reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, describes her job and what goes into being a features reporter.

Three veteran women journalists discuss the importance of the beat reporter and what goes into the job.

View this program where Lois Lowry interacted live with students and answered their questions about the plot, character, and themes of "The Giver" as well as her writing process.

Cronin speaks about the inspiration behind his epic story of a girl given the chance to save humanity and reads a key passage from the novel.

Christina Baker Kline talks about her writing process and the true story of Christina Olson, subject of Andrew Wyeth’s painting “Christina’s World.”

Cornwell reveals intimate details about the book and explains her interest in forensic science and how she spends her free time.

The author loves writing so much, she would do it even if she were in a prison cell or wasn’t published. She talks about her Irish childhood, the inspiration behind her novel and other topics.

The author reviewed 700 scientific studies on the perfect timing for what we do and the decisions we make. He enlightens us on perfect timing and gives insight into his writing process.

Meet the director and actors who are taking The Giver and adapting it to a stage production, compelling characters, and all.

Laurie Brooks' compelling play for young audiences imagines what happened before "The Crucible." Learn what it takes to stage such a play with the playwright, actors, and director.

Meet the director and actors who are taking The Giver and adapting it to a stage production, compelling characters, and all.

View a scene from "And In This Corner… Cassius Clay" by Idris Goodwin. (Metro Theater Company Production)

View a scene from "And In This Corner… Cassius Clay" by Idris Goodwin. (Metro Theater Company Production)

View a scene from "And In This Corner… Cassius Clay" by Idris Goodwin. (Metro Theater Company Production)

The author traveled around the world to learn about jellyfish and found that their activity could tell us more about our changing oceans, impacts of climate change and what the future may hold.

Author Lois Lowry describes different themes that emerged in "The Giver" as she wrote the novel.

Explore the timeless themes of Ray Bradbury's classic novel, "Fahrenheit 451."

Internationally renowned author Salman Rushdie talks about his work and his life.

Director, actors, designers and technical personnel share how they brought to life the timeless themes, locations and characters of Harper Lee’s classic novel “To Kill A Mockingbird.”

Students discuss the settings and characters in "To Kill a Mockingbird" in this program.

Educators who have taught “To Kill A Mockingbird” and the director of a production of the play explore the themes of social justice in Harper Lee’s classic novel.

Karen Levin, author of "Hana's Suitcase," tells how she found out about and chose to tell the story of Hana Brady, a young girl who died during the Holocaust.

What does it take to stage a production of "Hamlet?" What unique challenge are presented by staging that production outdoors? Meet the actors and director of Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' producti...

Learn about the staging and performing Shakespeare outdoors from actors involved in St. Louis Shakespeare Festival production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor."

In this program, renowned children's literature and adult literature novelist Ridley Pearson conducts a writer's workshop with students.

Lois Lowry discusses the setting for her novel, "The Giver."

Author Lois Lowry explains the motivation of a character and his choices in "The Giver."

Lois Lowry speaks to her use of history and memory in "The Giver."

This speech was given by Lois Lowry, Newberry Medal winning children's author.

A student book club discussion explores the issues and themes explored in Lois Lowry's novel, "The Giver."”

A student book club discussion of the issues and themes explored in Lois Lowry's novel, "The Giver."

Lois Lowry discusses the process for creating characters in "The Giver."

Lois Lowry shares an example of editing in her novel, "The Giver."

Author Lois Lowry discusses the process of developing characters in her novels.

Hear from the director, stage manager, costume designer, set designer, lighting designer, and actors from Metro Theater Company's production of "The Giver" to learn what it takes to put on a play.

Learn how the visually impaired use Braille to communicate.

This book club discussion is on the issues and themes raised in the play, "Jackie and Me," which focuses on the life of Jackie Robinson and how he broke the color barrier in baseball.

Author Lois Lowry responds to questions about the plot, character, and themes of "The Giver" as well as her writing process.