PBS News Hour

John Lithgow on the Importance of a Humanities Education

A call was put out by the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences for a commitment to the study of the humanities. Actor John Lithgow and President of Duke University Richard Brodhead join NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown to talk about how a humanities education supports a lifelong mission of learning.

John Lithgow on the Importance of a Humanities Education

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