Seasons of Life Audio and Video

 

 

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"He's definitely a Kennedy."
"He's definitely a Kennedy."

"And I'll say, 'Good morning, teacher."
"And I'll say, 'Good morning, teacher."

"Girls my age are starting to think about what the eleventh-graders do."
"Girls my age are starting to think about what the eleventh-graders do."

"My biggest fear is that I won't be successful."
"My biggest fear is that I won't be successful."

"This is more than just a little boy. This is my life."
"This is more than just a little boy. This is my life."

"The dream is gone--probably forever."
"The dream is gone--probably forever."

"A child, I was a child! And they found it very interesting. They found it funny."
"A child, I was a child! And they found it very interesting. They found it funny."

View Seasons of Life at the Annenberg Media web site

 

Seasons of Life is a public television series and audio/video college course that explores human development from the beginning of life to the end. Men and women in various stages of life offer their personal narratives, and more than 50 nationally known experts provide commentary.

 

Seasons of Life was funded by the Annenberg/CPB Project and produced by the University of Michigan and WQED/Pittsburgh. It premiered in the Fall of 1990.  Among the awards it received was the National Excellence in Media Award (Radio) of the American Psychological Association and the CINE Golden Eagle.

 


The Television Programs

 

The television series Seasons of Life is hosted by David Hartman, formerly of ABC's "Good Morning, America." It consists of 5 one-hour programs:

1. Infancy and Early Childhood
2. Childhood and Adolescence
3. Early Adulthood
4. Middle Adulthood
5. Late Adulthood

These programs can be viewed online at the Annenberg Media web site. You will need to sign in but there are no fees of any kind.

 


Short Stories in Audio

 

You can listen to short stories from the Seasons of Life audio series simply by clicking the titles below. There are 20 stories, each 6-7 minutes long, from early in life to late:

The Complete Audio Programs

 

The Seasons of Life audio series is hosted by John Kotre, creator and director of the Seasons of Life project. It consists of 26 half-hour programs:

1. Of Seasons, Stories, and Lives
2. The Story of Erik Erikson
3. And Then We Knew
4. When to Have a Baby
5. The Biography of the Brain
6. First Words
7. Attachment: The Dance Begins
8. "How To" Time
9. Then Sentences
10. Because I Wear Dresses
11. Everything is Harder
12. Piaget and the Age of Reason
13. The First Day

14. Changing Bodies, Changing Selves
15. All Things Possible
16. Second Chances
17. Seasons of Eros
18. The Development of Faith
19. Not Being First
20. Improving the Odds
21. What Makes an Expert?
22. The Life Course of Work
23. Opening the Biological Clock
24. The Trees and the Forest
25. Three Grandparents
26. Of Seasons and Survivors


Information on telecourse licensing, DVDs, CDs, cassettes, and print materials for Seasons of Life is available from Annenberg Media.


The trade book Seasons of Life, written by John Kotre and Elizabeth Hall to accompany the television series, has been re-issued in paperback by the University of Michigan Press (1997).

 

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