2021
There were no Bucket Classes during 2021 because of COVID
2020
COVID-19 Quarantine Health Tips |
Dr. JR Paulson |
April 12 |
Two Videos |
World Writings: A look at post-colonial literature from Africa, Caribbean, South Asia, settler colonies of New Zealand and Australia. |
Shuchi Kapila |
Mar 4 |
One Video |
Messy Humans: A Sociology of Robots and Artificial Intelligence |
Karla Erickson |
Feb 12, 19, 26 |
Two Videos
Three DVDs* |
The Ethical Shopper |
Cori Jakubiak |
Feb 5 |
One Video |
The Black Holocaust: Castles or Dungeons? |
Kesho Scott |
Jan 15, 22, 29 |
Three Videos |
Tip of the Iceberg: The Conductor’s Invisible Craft |
Eric McIntyre |
Jan 8 |
One DVD* |
2019
Americans We Should Know More About: Henry Clay vs James Polk and the importance of the election of 1844. |
George Drake |
Nov 20 |
One Video |
Influenza A Virus: A tale of ducks, pigs and People: 1918-2018 |
Bruce Voyles |
Nov 6, 13 |
Two Videos |
You and Your Drugs: A look at pharmaceuticals and your body; a comparison of differing belief systems about medicine around the world. |
Josh Sandquist |
Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 |
Four Videos |
Othello Revisited: Performance and Difference in Shakespeare and Verdi |
Kelly Maynard
John Garrison |
Sep 11, 18, 25
Oct 2 |
Four Sessions* |
Americans We Should Know More About: John Marshall |
George Drake |
May 1 |
One Video |
Fun and Games: Using a Mathematical Outlook to Find the Best Strategies in Games |
Chris French |
Apr 24 |
One Video |
Becoming “International Student Friendly” |
Karen Edwards |
Apr 17 |
One Video |
Kids These Days |
Ross Haenfler |
Mar 27
Apr 3, 10 |
Three Videos |
Becoming American: Immigration Narrative and U.S. Autobiography |
Dr. Liz Rodrigues |
Mar 20 |
One Video |
Driverless Trucks and The Future of Work |
Karla Erickson |
Feb 20, 27
Mar 6, 13 |
Four Videos |
The Hidden Life of Technology |
Mike Guenther |
Jan 16
Feb 6, 13 |
Three Videos |
Grinnell and Amana: Utopias on the Prairie, 1854 |
Jon Andelson |
Jan 9 |
One Session* |
2018
Reflections on the 2018 U.S. Elections |
Barb Trish |
Nov 14 |
One Video |
The Path to Armistice in World War II |
Jim Ahrens |
Nov 7 |
One Video |
The Burghers of Calais |
David Harrison |
Oct 31 |
One Video |
Racism by Genetics |
Leslie Gregg-Jolly |
Oct 24 |
One Video |
What would it mean to be Thoreau’s neighbor? |
Steve Andrews |
Oct 17 |
One Video |
2018 Grinnell College National Poll |
Peter Hanson |
Oct 10 |
One Video |
Rural Development and the Role of the Federal Government |
Bill Menner |
Sept 12, 19, 26,
Oct 3 |
Four Videos |
Ansel Adams: Artistic Beauty of Black and White Photography |
Sig Barber |
May 9 |
One Session* |
Wind Tunnels: Tools That Advanced Aviation |
Ben Guenther |
Apr 25, May 2 |
Two Videos |
Mental Illness: Causes and Treatments |
J.R. Paulson, MD |
Mar-Apr 2018 |
Four Videos |
The First Amendment: Is Free Speech Really Free? |
Judge Stephen Carroll |
Mar 21, 2018 |
One Video |
More Than Meets the Ear: Musical codes, secret messages and inside jokes. |
Eric McIntyre |
Feb-Mar 2018 |
Four Sessions* |
Modern Architecture in Grinnell: From Sullivan to Pelli |
Alfredo Rivera |
Feb 14, 2018 |
One Video |
The Dark Universe: Discovery of dark matter, dark energy, and the fate of the Universe |
Charlotte Christensen |
Jan 24, 2018 |
One Video
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The Wider History of the Vietnam War – More than an American
tragedy |
Mike Latham |
Jan-Feb 2018 |
Four Videos |
2017
Winston Churchill: Man of the 20th Century – Military and Political Adventures |
Jim Ahrens |
Nov 15, 2017 |
One Video |
Tyrants and Tunesmiths: Four operas and the times in which they were written |
Kelly Maynard |
Oct-Nov 2017 |
Four Sessions*
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Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence: What Jobs Will Be Left for Us? |
Bill Pollak |
Oct 11, 2017 |
One Video |
Political Science of Dietary Fat |
Gene Wubbels |
Oct 04, 2017 |
One Video |
U.S. in the Middle East |
Caleb Elfenbein |
Sep 27, 2017 |
One Video |
Friend or Foe: International Trade Partners |
Jack Mutti |
Sep 20, 2017 |
One Video |
Power and Honor: A Few Ancient Greek Statues and Their Modern Counterparts |
Monessa Cummins |
Sep 13, 2017 |
One Session* |
Joe Rosenfield and Grinnell College |
George Drake |
Apr-May 2017 |
Four Videos
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The World War II Homefront |
Michael Latham |
Apr 19, 2017 |
One Video |
German History and Culture Through the Eyes of Literature |
Sig Barber |
Mar-Apr 2017 |
Four Videos |
The Real Story Behind the Salem Witch Trials |
Kathy Wilson |
Mar 15, 2017 |
One Session* |
The Evolution of Medicine |
J.R. Paulson |
Feb-Mar 2017 |
Four Videos |
The 4th Amendment: Search, Seizure, and Surveillance in an Age of Advanced Technology |
Judge Stephen Carroll |
Feb 08, 2017 |
One Video |
From Synapse to Self: How Our Synapses Make and Break Us |
Clark Lindgren |
Jan-Feb 2017 |
Four Videos |
2016
Oops! Engineering Errors |
Howard Raffety |
Nov 16, 2016 |
One Video |
Disability and Being Human |
Jean Ketter |
Oct-Nov 2016 |
Four Videos |
Know Your Type: An Examination of Fonts |
Mike Guenther |
Oct 12, 2016 |
One Video |
Sound Stories: Overview of Film Music |
Eric McIntyre |
Sep-Oct 2016 |
Four Sessions* |
The History of Buckets—Part I |
Byron Hueftle-Worley |
May 04, 2016 |
One Video |
The Iowa Judicial System: An Insider’s View |
Judge Stephen Carroll |
Apr 2016 |
Three Videos
Readings |
T.E. Lawrence and the Modern Middle East |
James “Jim” Ahrens |
Mar-Apr 2016 |
Four Videos
Readings |
Lessons Learned from Baboons |
Vicki Bentley-Condit |
Mar 09, 2016 |
One Video |
Fractured South Africa |
George Drake
Ron Charles |
Feb-Mar 2016 |
Four Videos
Readings |
Metallic Elements: How They Kill Bacteria |
Todd Linden
Shannon Hinsa-Leasure |
Feb 03, 2016 |
One Video* |
If It Sings: How Composers Match Music and Spoken Text |
Eric McIntyre |
Jan 2016 |
Four Videos* |
2015
The Plague of the Spanish Lady: The 1918 Flu Pandemic |
Sig Barber |
Dec 02, 2015 |
One Video |
Muscular Assimilation or Societal Change |
Andy Hamilton |
Nov 25, 2015 |
One Video |
Long Live the King: The Pipe Organ |
Montie Redenius |
Nov 18, 2015 |
One Video |
Herbert Hoover: Return of the Exile |
Bill Menner |
Nov 11, 2015 |
One Video |
Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? |
J.R. Paulson |
Oct-Nov 2015 |
Four Videos |
Stories of Old Grinnell |
Byron Hueftle-Worley |
Sep 30, 2015 |
One Video |
Creativity: A Lifelong Journey |
Dan Weeks |
Sep-Oct 2015 |
Four Videos |
The Grinnell Cyclone of 1882 |
Byron Hueftle-Worley |
May 06, 2015 |
One Video |
Grinnell a Century Ago |
Dan Kaiser |
Apr 2015 |
Four Videos |
Death of Abraham Lincoln: How it Shaped American Identity |
Sarah Purcell |
Apr 2015 |
One Session* |
Writing: History of a Technology |
Gerald LaLonde |
Mar-Apr 2015 |
Three Videos |
Dead or Alive: Language in the 21st Century |
Cynthia Hansen |
Mar 11, 2015 |
One Video |
Criminal Brains |
Clark Lindgren |
Feb-Mar 2015 |
Four Videos
Readings |
Trailblazers: Notable Women in Grinnell |
Ann Igoe and Barb Lease |
Feb 04, 2015 |
One Video |
Good Grief (Charlie Brown)! How to Deal with Loss |
J.R. Paulson |
Jan 2015 |
Four Videos |
2014
Creative Processes in Music |
Eric McIntye |
Oct-Nov 2014 |
Four Sessions* |
Biography: Niels Bohr |
Luther Erickson |
Oct 22, 2014 |
One Video |
Biography: Knut Hamsun |
Doug Caulkins |
Oct 15, 2014 |
One Video |
Biography: Geoffrey Chaucer |
Elizabeth Dobbs |
Oct 08, 2014 |
One Session* |
Biography: Wilma Mankiller |
John McIntyre |
Oct 01, 2014 |
One Video |
Biography: General W.T. Sherman |
Jim Ahrens |
Sep 24, 2014 |
One Video |
Biography: Muhammad |
Caleb Elfenbein |
Sep 17, 2014 |
One Video |
Biography: Eugene O’Neill |
Sandy Moffett |
Sep 10, 2014 |
One Video |
Emotional Well-Being |
J.R. Paulson |
Apr-May 2014 |
Five Videos |
The Rise and Fall of a Grinnell Giant |
Dan Kaiser |
Apr 16, 2014 |
One Video |
From Newton to Darwin |
Mike Guenther |
Mar-Apr 2014 |
Four Videos |
The Constitution: From Origin to Implementation |
George Drake |
Feb-Mar 2014 |
Five Videos |
Introduction to a Farewell: Beethoven’s Last String Quartets |
Eric McIntyre |
Feb 5, 2014 |
One Session*
|
Neuroscience in Four Literary Forms |
Clark Lindgren |
Jan 2014 |
Four Videos |
2013
Vietnam: The War Nobody Won |
Jim Ahrens |
Oct-Nov 2013 |
Four Videos |
Teachings of Confucius in the Context of Chinese History |
J.R. Paulson |
Oct 16, 2013 |
One Video |
Language: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly |
Cynthia Hansen |
Oct 9, 2013 |
One Session* |
Beginning of the Scientific Enterprise |
Beryl Clotfelter |
Oct 2, 2013 |
One Video |
Footprints on the Moon: The Apollo Project |
Jim Kottmeier |
Sep 25, 2013 |
One Video |
The Art & Science of Psychotherapy |
Peter Daniolos |
Sep 18, 2013 |
One Session*
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Making Art in Ghana with Former Slaves (Ages 14-17) |
Tilly Woodward |
Sep 11, 2013 |
One Video |
Leadership in Crisis |
George Drake |
Apr-May 2013 |
Five Videos |
Alexis de Tocqueville: Observations of Early American Society |
Don Smith |
Apr 10, 2013 |
One Session*
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Critical Thinking |
J.R. Paulson |
Mar-Apr 2013 |
Three Videos |
The Art of Archiving |
Catherine Rod |
Feb 20, 2013 |
One Session*
|
Framing “Rigoletto” |
Eric McIntyre |
Feb-Mar 2013 |
Four Sessions*
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Fear No Music! Guided Listening Tour of New Musical Territory |
Eric McIntyre |
Jan-Feb 2013 |
Four Sessions*
|
2012
Brain Science and the Human Animal |
Clark Lindgren |
Oct-Nov 2012 |
Four Sessions*
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The Bizarre Universe |
Beryl Clotfelter |
Oct 2012 |
Four Sessions*
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Korea: The Years after WWII |
James Ahrens |
Sep 2012 |
Four Sessions*
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Statue and Temple: Cultural Interaction in Ancient Greece and Rome |
Monessa Cummins |
Apr-May 2012 |
Four Sessions* |
Iowans in the Civil War |
Shane Estes |
Apr 4, 2012 |
One Session* |
Finding the Truth: The Importance of Critical Thinking |
J.R. Paulson |
Mar 2012 |
Three Sessions* |
History of Money and Currency |
Byron Hueftle-Worley |
Mar 7, 2012 |
One Session* |
Biotechnology |
Diane Robertson |
Feb 2012 |
Four Sessions* |
The Old Monroe Hotel |
Betty Moffett and Frank Heath |
Feb 1, 2012 |
One Session* |
Anatomy of the Orchestra |
Eric McIntyre |
Jan 2012 |
Four Sessions* |
2011
A Bird’s-Eye View of Psychiatric Disorders in Children |
Peter Daniolos |
Oct-Nov 2011 |
Four Sessions* |
Louisa Mae Alcott from a Grinnell Perspective |
Sarah Purcell |
Oct 19, 2011 |
One Session* |
First Industrial Revolution |
Beryl Clotfelter and George Drake |
Sep-Oct 2011 |
Six Sessions* |
U.S. Environmental History |
Mike Guenther |
Apr-May 2011 |
Four Sessions* |
World War I: Causes and Consequences |
James Ahrens |
Feb-Mar 2011 |
Six Sessions* |
What to Listen for in Music |
Eric McIntyre |
Jan-Feb 2011 |
Five Sessions* |
2010
From Europe to America |
George Drake |
Oct-Nov 2010 |
Seven Sessions* |
Time: Its Many Facets |
Beryl Clotfelter |
Sep 2010 |
Four Sessions
(Not Recorded) |
Theatre: A User’s Guide |
Steven Palmquist |
May 2010 |
Four Sessions* |
The Civil War in Context |
James Ahrens |
Mar-Apr 2010 |
Six Sessions* |
Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists in a Religiously Plural America |
Harold Kasimow |
Jan-Feb 2010 |
Four Sessions* |
2009
Our War: Stories Behind the Stories |
Ken Christiansen |
Nov 2009 |
Three Sessions
(Not Recorded) |
Our Universe: How Do We Know? |
Beryl Clotfelter |
Sep-Oct 2009 |
Eight Sessions
(Not Recorded) |