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ANN KUTTNER is professor of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art at the University of Pennsylvania.

PENELOPE LAGAKOS is the daughter of Judge Gregory Lagakos who facilitated the donation of the Charioteer.

SHANE STRATTON is a sculptor who teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Segment Producer: Eric Molinsky

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SUZANNE LINDSAY is an art historian who specializes in 19th century French sculpture. She teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and has a special interest in Frémiet's Joan of Arc.

DIANA REGAN is the former President of the Alliance Française de Philadelphia, which promotes the study of French language and culture, and fosters friendly relations between France and the United States.

JUDITH SHEA is an artist whose work explores issues related to monumentality. Born in Philadelphia, her equestrian sculpture No More Monument is part of the art collection of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Segment Producer: Jonathan Mitchell

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ROBERT MORRIS (1931-2018) was an American sculptor, conceptual artist, writer, and an exponent of Minimalist Art.

NENA TSOUTI-SCHILLINGER is an art historian and the author of the book Robert Morris and Angst.

Segment Producer: Lu Olkowski

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KIRK SAVAGE is the author of Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in 19th Century America and Professor of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh.

HAROLD HOLZER is the author of The Lincoln Image. He was the co-chairman of the United States Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and was awarded The National Humanities Medal in 2008.

MILLARD F. ROGERS, JR. is the author of Randolph Rogers: American Sculptor in Rome. He is Director Emeritus of the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Segment Producer: Jonathan Mitchell

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JOE CONFORTI is author of Imagining New England: Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Twentieth Century.

ERIKA DOSS writes about public art, including the Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in America.

GREGORY SCHWARZ (1951-2020) was the Chief Interpreter at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire.

Segment Producer: Ben Calhoun

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HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS is an artist and professor of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma.

KATE BROCKMAN is a sculptor who teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

DR. EVAN TURNER (1927-2020) was the Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1964 to 1978.

Segment Producer: Amanda Aronczyk

Music on Stone Age in America:

"Quartet No. 14 in G Major, Spring, K. 387"

Written by: Mozart

Performed by: Borromeo String Quartet

Courtesy: Borromeo String Quartet

"Waltz des Gauchers (with Les Gauchers Orchestra)"

Performed by: Les Gauchers Orchestra

Written by Lee Maddeford

Courtesy: Lee Maddeford

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PENNY BALKIN BACH is the former Executive Director & Chief Curator of the Association for Public Art and the author of many books and articles about Philadelphia's public art.

KATHLEEN A. FOSTER is Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Senior Curator of American Art and Director of the Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

MICHAEL TAYLOR is the Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art & Education at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He is the former Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

MICHAEL W. ZUCKERMAN is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania and specializes in American Studies.

Segment Producer: Amanda Aronczyk and Ave Carrillo

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PENNY BALKIN BACH is the former Executive Director & Chief Curator of the Association for Public Art and the author of many books and articles about Philadelphia's public art.

KATHLEEN A. FOSTER is Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Senior Curator of American Art and Director of the Center for American Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

MICHAEL TAYLOR is the Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art & Education at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He is the former Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Segment Producer: Amanda Aronczyk and Ave Carrillo

Voices heard in the program:

PENNY BALKIN BACH is the former Executive Director & Chief Curator of the Association for Public Art and the author of many books and articles about Philadelphia's public art.

KATHLEEN A. FOSTER is Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Senior Curator of American Art and Director of the Center for American Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

MICHAEL TAYLOR is the Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art & Education at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He is the former Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Segment Producer: Amanda Aronczyk and Ave Carrillo

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FRANK BENDER (1941-2011) was an artist and the leading forensic sculptor in the country. His work has led to the identification of numerous murder victims and the apprehension of fugitive killers.

JOHN DRYFHOUT is author of The Work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and former curator and superintendent of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire.

NANCY TOMES is professor and chair in the history department at Stone Brook University. She wrote about the death of President Garfield in her book The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life.

Segment Producer: Ben Calhoun

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ANN GREENE is the author of Horses at Work: Harnessing Power in Industrial America.

ED LAVARNWAY is the former Director of the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg, New York.

JODY PINTO is an artist who is internationally recognized for her site-specific public art works.

Segment Producer: Sarah Lilley

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STEPHEN BERG (1934-2014) was founder of “The American Poetry Review” and the American Poetry Center.

TOM CHIMES (1921-2009) collaborated with longtime friend and poet Stephen Berg to create Sleeping Woman.

ELIZABETH SCANLON is a poet and an editor of The American Poetry Review.

Segment Producer: Ann Heppermann

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DENNIS MONTAGNA directs the National Park Service’s Monument Research and Preservation Program.

RICHARD TORCHIA is an artist, curator, and Director of the Arcadia University Gallery in Glenside, Pennsylvania.

WILLIAM S. MCFEELY (1930-2019) was a historian who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for "Grant: A Biography."

Segment Producer: Ben Shapiro

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LINDA BANTEL is an art historian and former Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum.

CLETE GRAHAM has served as Commodore of Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia.

JOHN B. KELLY III is a rower, a member of the Vesper Boat Club, and the grandson John B. Kelly.

Segment Producer: Sarah Lilley

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GWEN KAMINSKI is the former Director of Development and Programs at Laurel Hill Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark founded in 1836.

DR. DAVID HORWITZ is Laurel Hill Cemetery’s longest serving tour guide and a longtime history professor at the Community College of Philadelphia. He will be buried at Laurel Hill, and has already erected his own monument in the cemetery.

PETER "BILL" DORAN is the Superintendent of Laurel Hill Cemetery. He has worked on the grounds since his immigration from Ireland in 1985, and is an expert on the cemetery’s monuments and landscapes.

JOHN MADSEN is a retired Navy man whose father is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery. He regularly brings his grandson, Tony, and his dogs to visit the gravesite, and walks for hours marking the gravesites of Veterans with American flags.

TONY MADSEN is the grandson of John Madsen.

Segment Producer: Bruce Schimmel