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For more than 25 years, host Marcia Franklin has recorded "Conversations That Matter" with some of the world's most noted writers and thinkers — from historians to humorists, from politicians to pundits, from jurists to journalists — for her series "Dialogue" on Idaho Public Television.

Jul 25, 2021

Marcia Franklin talks with Walter Robinson, former editor of the Boston Globe's Spotlight team. The team won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its investigation of the cover-up within the Boston Archdiocese of sexual abuse by clergy. Robinson talks about the importance of the investigation, the stresses...


Jul 18, 2021

In part two of her interview with David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, co-creators of “Game of Thrones,” Marcia Franklin talks with the duo about the effect the program has had on Northern Ireland, where they film, the technological breakthroughs the production has achieved, what they’d like the legacy of the series to be,...


Jul 11, 2021

In part one of her interview with David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, co-creators of the immensely popular “Game of Thrones” television series, Marcia Franklin talks with the duo about why they wanted to create the series, what they think of criticism about its violence, how they work together, and how they’ve dealt with...


Jul 4, 2021

Marcia Franklin talks with PBS NewsHour Chief Arts Correspondent Jeffrey Brown about his book of poetry, The News. The poems reflect some of Brown’s thoughts and emotions about his profession and the stories he covers. The two also discuss why he’s drawn to poetry. The interview was recorded at the annual Sun Valley...