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 […]
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Transcript: The Birth of Free Agency
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. JUDY FLOOD (CURT FLOOD’S WIDOW): He changed the way they do business in the world of sports. OSCAR ROBERTSON (BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER): Curt Flood’s legacy is that he gave his life for a lot of baseball players who don’t even know who he is. […]
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Transcript: Horses: Wild, But Not Free
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: Today, in parts of the country where herds of wild horses still roam, there is a curious yearly ritual. Anywhere the Bureau of Land Management decides wild horses are overpopulating public lands, it sends in the helicopters. Like flying sheepdogs, the aircraft chase bands […]
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Transcript: How Fear of the Measles Vaccine Took Hold
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (NBC, WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, 4-24-19):NEWS REPORT: Measles, the most contagious disease in the world spreading in hot spots around the country. NARRATION: In 2019, the United States hit an alarming new record. ARCHIVAL (CBS, EVENING NEWS, 4-24-19):JEFF GLOR: Measles surges to a 25-year high. […]
