Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: Deep in southern Georgia, in a region that has long grappled with the issue of teenage pregnancy, sits the small town of Cairo. For the past few years, Daphne Melissa McClendon has been teaching sex education at the high school. DAPHNE MELISSA MCCLENDON (TO […]
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Transcript: Send in the Special Ops Forces
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: President after president has expanded the footprint of U.S. special operations. ARCHIVAL (CNN, 2-6-17):PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: No enemy stands a chance against our Special Forces. NARRATION: How did Special Ops become so central to America’s war fighting? ARCHIVAL (CNN, 5-5-17):JAKE TAPPER: Can Special Ops […]
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Transcript: Lessons From the Challenger Disaster
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: JANUARY 28, 1986 ARCHIVAL (NASA, MISSION CONTROL 1-28-86):T-minus, ten, nine, eight, seven, six… We have main engine start … four, three… ARCHIVAL (J. AULT FOOTAGE, 1-28-86):SPECTATORS: All right! ARCHIVAL (NASA, MISSION CONTROL, 1-28-86):And we have liftoff! Liftoff of the 25th space shuttle […]
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Transcript: The Misunderstood McDonald’s Hot Coffee Lawsuit
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (NBC NEWS, 8-18-94):JANE PAULEY: An 81- year old woman has been awarded $2.9 million after she sued McDonald’s, claiming their coffee was too hot. JOHN LLEWELLYN (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY): The public perception of it is, Stella Liebeck won a lottery. […]
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Transcript: Population Bomb: The Overpopulation Theory That Fell Flat
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (ABC NEWS, 8-18-69):HOWARD K. SMITH: Overpopulation, so long predicted, has stolen upon us. It’s getting worse, week by week. NARRATION: In the 1960s, a new kind of fear began to spread across America. ARCHIVAL (ABC NEWS, 7-18-69):BILL GILL: The U.S. could be busting out […]
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Transcript: The Surprising Legacy of the Boy in the Bubble
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: Last December, every newborn in the nation began to be screened for a rare genetic disease called severe combined immunodeficiency, or SCID. It was a groundbreaking moment. HEATHER SMITH (ADVOCATE FOR SCID FAMILIES): Babies that are picked up at birth with SCID have a […]
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Transcript: Hard Risks: Concussions in Sports, From the Boxing Ring to the Gridiron
ARCHIVAL (GOOD MORNING AMERICA, ABC NEWS, ):NEWS REPORT: Every autumn Sunday, footballs bone-shattering hits unhinge N.F.L. players across the country. NARRATION: Over the past several years, the National Football League has been shaken by the controversy over the long term impact of concussions. ARCHIVAL (NBC NEWS, 5-17-15):LESTER HOLT: In a surprise announcement, star 49ers linebacker […]
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Transcript: Lingering Peril from Lead Paint
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, 2019 JUNE TOURANGEAU (OUTSIDE APARTMENT BUILDING): Well, I’m going. NARRATION: In Providence, Rhode Island, June Tourangeau is known as the lead lady. JUNE TOURANGEAU (NURSE, ST. JOSEPH LEAD CENTER): I am a licensed practical nurse. JUNE TOURANGEAU (SPEAKING TO […]
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Transcript: Could We Geo-engineer Ourselves Out of Climate Change?
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (ABC, 10-20-81):SAM DONALDSON: Administration officials from the President on down have been using hardline rhetoric against the Soviets all year long. ARCHIVAL (NBC, 2-5-81):ANCHOR: The administration’s message to Moscow has been that its not going to be business as usual any more. ARCHIVAL (ADDRESS […]
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Transcript: LSD Gets Another Look
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: When Sherry Marcy was diagnosed with stage-three endometrial cancer, her life changed overnight. SHERRY MARCY: I had been an athlete all my life so to suddenly have cancer was shocking. I think I looked up from the phone call and said to Nancy, “I’m […]
