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2020s

<img width="125" height="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kerr.jpg?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="Kerr" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kerr.jpg?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 125w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kerr.jpg?zoom=2&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kerr.jpg?zoom=3&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 375w" sizes="(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" data-attachment-id="115374" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2020/09/25/john-kerr-shifting/kerr/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kerr.jpg?fit=1848%2C1468&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1848,1468" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Kerr" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kerr.jpg?fit=320%2C254&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kerr.jpg?fit=820%2C651&ssl=1" />

John Kerr: Shifting (video)

2000s-10s

French in Action

<img width="125" height="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-shot-2012-08-12-at-3.06.02-PM.png?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="French in Action" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-shot-2012-08-12-at-3.06.02-PM.png?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 125w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-shot-2012-08-12-at-3.06.02-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-shot-2012-08-12-at-3.06.02-PM.png?zoom=2&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 250w" sizes="(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" data-attachment-id="8223" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2012/08/16/french-in-action/screen-shot-2012-08-12-at-3-06-02-pm/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-shot-2012-08-12-at-3.06.02-PM.png?fit=287%2C237&ssl=1" data-orig-size="287,237" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="French in Action" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-shot-2012-08-12-at-3.06.02-PM.png?fit=260%2C214&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-shot-2012-08-12-at-3.06.02-PM.png?fit=287%2C237&ssl=1" />

French in Action lauded as one of 10 best language-learning programs

1980s-90s

Julia Child and Bruce Bordett

<img width="300" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/309015_10151075330379407_798712813_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="Julia Child and Bruce Bordett" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/309015_10151075330379407_798712813_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/309015_10151075330379407_798712813_n.jpg?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 125w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/309015_10151075330379407_798712813_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="8255" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2012/08/15/happy-birthday-julia/309015_10151075330379407_798712813_n/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/309015_10151075330379407_798712813_n.jpg?fit=560%2C486&ssl=1" data-orig-size="560,486" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Julia Child and Bruce Bordett" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/309015_10151075330379407_798712813_n.jpg?fit=260%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/309015_10151075330379407_798712813_n.jpg?fit=560%2C486&ssl=1" />

Bruce Bordett: The Place I Wanted To Be

1950s-70s

1168px-Ocelot_(Jaguatirica)_Zoo_Itatiba

<img width="125" height="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1168px-Ocelot_Jaguatirica_Zoo_Itatiba.jpg?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="1168px-Ocelot_(Jaguatirica)_Zoo_Itatiba" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1168px-Ocelot_Jaguatirica_Zoo_Itatiba.jpg?resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 125w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1168px-Ocelot_Jaguatirica_Zoo_Itatiba.jpg?zoom=2&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 250w, https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1168px-Ocelot_Jaguatirica_Zoo_Itatiba.jpg?zoom=3&resize=125%2C125&ssl=1 375w" sizes="(max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px" data-attachment-id="12154" data-permalink="https://www.wgbhalumni.org/2016/08/28/you-cant-sell-an-ocelot-on-tv/1168px-ocelot_jaguatirica_zoo_itatiba/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1168px-Ocelot_Jaguatirica_Zoo_Itatiba.jpg?fit=1168%2C900&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1168,900" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="1168px-Ocelot_(Jaguatirica)_Zoo_Itatiba" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1168px-Ocelot_Jaguatirica_Zoo_Itatiba.jpg?fit=260%2C200&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.wgbhalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1168px-Ocelot_Jaguatirica_Zoo_Itatiba.jpg?fit=580%2C447&ssl=1" />

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