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Bad Mother: How to Respond When Kids Smoke Pot?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/16/Bad_Mother_Ayelet_Waldman Bad Mother author Ayelet Waldman explains why she believes in a harm-reduction approach to educating kids about the danger of drugs, and thinks the D.A.R.E program is completely ineffective. Waldman says her kids know pot is a safe substance and a "consequence free activity" in her house. ----- Author of the Mommy-Track mystery series, Ayelet Waldman reads from her book, Bad Mother. Covering topics as diverse as the hyste...

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[ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:59:59 -0700 ]


General Myers: Guantanamo 'Perfect Place' for Detainees
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/10/General_Richard_Myers_Is_America_Safe Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers argues that the Guantanamo Bay detention center is the "perfect place" for housing suspected terrorists. Meyers dismisses allegations of torture, stating that detainees receive excellent health care and are protected from extradition to countries that may kill them. ----- As Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2001 to 2005, General Richard Myers ...

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[ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:51:49 -0700 ]


P.J. O'Rourke: Beware the Obamamobile
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/09/PJ_ORourke_Driving_Like_Crazy Political satirist P.J. O'Rourke discusses America's saga with the automobile as a symbol of freedom. He expresses concern over how the forthcoming 'Obamamobile' is yet another governmental restriction on personal freedom. ----- If scathing, uproarious, and insightful political satire were not enough, for more than 30 years P. J. O’Rourke has written about his love affair with the automobile. His newest book, Driving...

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[ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:35:20 -0700 ]


Wangari Maathai: Why Money Alone Won't Help Africa
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/21/Wangari_Maathai_The_Challenge_for_Africa Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai argues that well-intentioned aid to Africa may have unexpected negative consequences. She draws from Sharon Stone's pledge to buy anti-malaria bed nets in Tanzania to explain why money alone will not solve Africa's problems. ----- Wangari Muta Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which, through networks of rural women, has planted over 30 million trees across Keny...

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[ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:56:40 -0700 ]


Darius Rejali - Authorizing Torture: The Gestapo and Abu Ghraib
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/02/Torture_and_Democracy_What_Now Torture and Democracy author Darius Rejali says that top down authorization of enhanced interrogation techniques frequently lead to systematic abuse as guidelines trickle down the ranks. He compares integration abuses by the Gestapo of Nazi Germany to the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib in Iraq. ----- In his lecture for Sydney Ideas, Darius Rejali traces the development and application of one torture technique after anot...

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[ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:42:02 -0700 ]


Down to a Science: The Right Way to Pour and Taste a Beer
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/15/The_Science_of_a_Good_Beer Dave McLean, owner and brewmaster of San Francisco's Magnolia Pub and Brewery, gives a craftsman's take on the proper way to enjoy a beer. "We usually mindlessly open our beers and pour them, and don't think too much about it," he says. ----- Most of the time when we order up some beers, we're just happy to put that life-giving elixir into our bellies, especially after a rough work week. But it isn't often that we actuall...

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[ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:16:59 -0700 ]


Eduardo Galeano - Mankind 'God's Masterpiece or the Devil's Bad Joke?'
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/11/Eduardo_Galeano_Chronicles_the_History_of_Human_Adventure Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, reads an excerpt from his book, Mirrors. He ponders the uniqueness of human beings when our DNA so closely resembles that of mice and monkeys. He questions whether or not mankind is "God's masterpiece or the devil's bad joke." ----- In this history of human adventure, one of Latin America's most distinguished writers illuminates mov...

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[ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:45:58 -0700 ]


Alain de Botton Finds Humor and Humanity in the HR Department
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/09/Alain_de_Botton_in_Conversation_with_Will_Hearst Alain de Botton, author of The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, gives a hilarious account of his experience with the HR department at an accounting firm. Although initially skeptical, de Button found sincerity and kindness in company songs and the "24-hour anti-bullying hotline." ----- Alain de Botton is a British writer and television producer who employs a philosophical and accessible approach to exa...

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[ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:23:50 -0700 ]


Alain de Botton Finds Humor and Humanity in the HR Department
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/09/Alain_de_Botton_in_Conversation_with_Will_Hearst Alain de Botton, author of The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, gives a hilarious account of his experience with the HR department at an accounting firm. Although initially skeptical, de Button found sincerity and kindness in company songs and the "24-hour anti-bullying hotline." ----- Alain de Botton is a British writer and television producer who employs a philosophical and accessible approach to exa...

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[ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:15:54 -0700 ]


David Carr on Addiction: What Rock Bottom Looks Like
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/15/David_Carr_The_Night_of_the_Gun Warning: This excerpt contains graphic descriptions of drug abuse. New York Times columnist and recovering addict David Carr reads a haunting excerpt from his memoir. Carr describes hitting rock bottom after bringing his baby daughters with him to buy drugs from a dealer. ----- David Carr talks about his memoir The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own. Carr exposes his yea...

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[ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:50:02 -0700 ]


Christina Romer - Obama's Plan for Health Care Reform
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/08/Christina_Romer_The_Economic_Case_for_Health_Care_Reform Christina Romer, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers to President Obama, discusses the details of the Obama administration's plan for health care reform. She names incentives for technological advancements and slowing the growth rate in health care costs as some of the reforms proposed by the economic council. ----- Christina Romer discusses the Obama administration's integrated economi...

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[ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:13:48 -0700 ]


Senator Carl Levin - Does Torture Work?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/27/Levin_Enters_the_Fray_Lashes_Out_at_Cheney U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) argues that information gathered through torture is unreliable and can lead to disastrous results. He says "treating detainees harshly is actually a roadblock to getting intelligence" because it reinforces terrorist's distorted worldview. ----- Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee Carl Levin attacks former Vice President Dick Cheney's remarks over detainee policies of...

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[ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:22:49 -0700 ]


Michael Lewis - The End of Wall Street?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/01/Michael_Lewis_The_End_of_Wall_Street Author Michael Lewis discusses how his experience working at Salomon Brothers and writing Liar's Poker informed his article, "The End of Wall Street." Lewis is surprised that inefficiencies in hedge fund managing from the 1980s carried over the past two decades. ----- The author of Money Ball - and one of the most trenchant commentators on the current financial crisis - speaks to the Hudson Union Society. Mich...

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[ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:50:15 -0700 ]


Leonard Mlodinow - How Expectations Bias Wine Taste
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/01/The_Drunkards_Walk_Leonard_Mlodinow Best-selling author and physicist Leonard Mlodinow discusses how the power of expectation applies to wine. Mlodinow claims that red dye can deceive even the most experienced connoisseur, and a false $10 price tag on a $90 bottle of wine can manipulate a test subject's reaction. ----- From economic disaster to Supreme Court rulings, pure randomness may explain life's outcomes more than we realize. Mlodinow propose...

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[ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:31:56 -0700 ]


SETI@home: Discover ET Using Your Home Computer
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/Dan_Werthimer_Presents_SETIhome Dan Werthimer describes the role of the SETI@home project in the search for extraterrestrials. He explains how data from the world's largest telescope is being analyzed by millions of networked computers around the world. The SETI@home software has created "the biggest supercomputer on the planet." ----- Are We Alone? Chief SETI@home scientist Dan Werthimer discusses the possibility of life in the universe, and how t...

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[ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:14:08 -0700 ]


Nikola Tesla and the Quest for Wireless Electricity
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/Electricity_Theater_with_Omega_Recoil John Behrens and Sparky Jewell, members of Omega Recoil, explain the Tesla coil's origins and Nikola Tesla's efforts to transmit energy wirelessly. They also describe their own attempts to recreate Tesla's experiments and make wireless energy a reality. ----- In the late 1800s, Nikola Tesla began experimenting with transmitting power wirelessly via the earth's crust and the ionosphere. He invented what we now k...

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[ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:52:01 -0700 ]


Mythbusters' Adam Savage - Failure Builds Character
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/MythBuster_Adam_Savages_Colossal_Failures MythBusters co-host Adam Savage describes the life lesson he learned after a job from his early days as a set designer went horribly awry and ruined a friendship. ----- The 4th annual Maker Faire Bay Area hosts MythBusters co-host Adam Savage. Savage talks about failure - unmitigated, colossal failures he's experienced during his career. Following on President Obama's call to "begin again the work of remak...

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[ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:01:59 -0700 ]


Malcolm Knox - Do Liars Get Caught on Purpose?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/29/Honor_in_a_Post-God_World_with_Malcolm_Knox Author Malcolm Knox contends that liars and hypocrites do not always lack honor, but feel a masochistic desire to get caught. "It's the mortification they seek, the private paradoxical thrill of taking control of the causes of pain," he says. ----- Join Walkley award-winning journalist and novelist Malcolm Knox (Jamaica, Scattered, Secrets of the Jury Room, A Private Man) for a provocative exploration of ...

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[ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:47:12 -0700 ]


Wired Editor Outwits Google with DIY Aerial Drone
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/DIY_Drones_with_Chris_Anderson Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired, discusses how he outsmarted Google by using his unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to map its campus in Mountain View, CA. He also remembers crashing a UAV onto the grounds of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "It became a national security incident...that a 'toy airplane' went down behind the gates," he says. ----- The 4th annual Maker Faire Bay Area hosts Chris Anderson,...

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[ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:47:36 -0700 ]


Wired Editor Outwits Google with DIY Aerial Drone
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/DIY_Drones_with_Chris_Anderson Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired, discusses how he outsmarted Google by using his unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to map its campus in Mountain View, CA. He also remembers crashing a UAV onto the grounds of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "It became a national security incident...that a 'toy airplane' went down behind the gates," he says. ----- The 4th annual Maker Faire Bay Area hosts Chris Anderson,...

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[ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:47:36 -0700 ]


Rodney Brooks - Our Robot Future
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/Rodney_Brooks_Remaking_Manufacturing_With_Robotics Rodney Brooks, former iRobot CTO, describes the limitations of today's "stiff" factory robots. Looking forward, Brooks envisions a future where people interact with robots in the same way we now work with computers. ----- Heartland Robotics Chairman and CTO Rodney Brooks asks: What will it take for robots to be added to the toolchest of the makers of American manufacturing, so that they can increas...

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[ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:10:55 -0700 ]


Rodney Brooks - Our Robot Future
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/Rodney_Brooks_Remaking_Manufacturing_With_Robotics Rodney Brooks, former iRobot CTO, describes the limitations of today's "stiff" factory robots. Looking forward, Brooks envisions a future where people interact with robots in the same way we now work with computers. ----- Heartland Robotics Chairman and CTO Rodney Brooks asks: What will it take for robots to be added to the toolchest of the makers of American manufacturing, so that they can increas...

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[ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:10:55 -0700 ]


Peter Phillips - Did Media Ignore Autopsy Reports on Iraqi Prisoners?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/20/Censored_2009_The_Top_25_Censored_Stories_of_2007-08 Professor Peter Phillips reprimands mainstream media for underreporting autopsy reports released in 2006 that listed homicide as the cause of death for dozens of Iraqi and Afghani civilians held in U.S. military custody. "This is killing people; this is murder," he says. ----- Peter Phillips, Mickey Huff, and Ben Fryman present Project Censored's Censored 2009: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007...

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[ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:28:35 -0700 ]


Peter Phillips - Did Media Ignore Autopsy Reports on Iraqi Prisoners?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/20/Censored_2009_The_Top_25_Censored_Stories_of_2007-08 Professor Peter Phillips reprimands mainstream media for underreporting autopsy reports released in 2006 that listed homicide as the cause of death for dozens of Iraqi and Afghani civilians held in U.S. military custody. "This is killing people; this is murder," he says. ----- Peter Phillips, Mickey Huff, and Ben Fryman present Project Censored's Censored 2009: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007...

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[ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:28:35 -0700 ]


Michael Eric Dyson - Is Gay the New Black?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/27/Michael_Eric_Dyson_Can_You_Hear_Me_Now Author Michael Eric Dyson dissects the relation between the gay rights movement and the civil rights movement. "Many African-American people forget that the civil rights movement itself was borrowed," says Dyson. "Pay some royalties to Mahatma Gandhi, because that's where King got it." ----- Named one of the 100 most influential black Americans by Ebony magazine, Dyson touches on politics, the arts and the per...

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[ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:34:25 -0700 ]


Michael Eric Dyson - Is Gay the New Black?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/27/Michael_Eric_Dyson_Can_You_Hear_Me_Now Author Michael Eric Dyson dissects the relation between the gay rights movement and the civil rights movement. "Many African-American people forget that the civil rights movement itself was borrowed," says Dyson. "Pay some royalties to Mahatma Gandhi, because that's where King got it." ----- Named one of the 100 most influential black Americans by Ebony magazine, Dyson touches on politics, the arts and the per...

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[ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:34:25 -0700 ]


The Feedback Loop: Ecological Damage Soon Beyond Control
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/06/Bill_McKibben_350_The_Most_Important_Number_in_the_World Deep Economy author Bill McKibben, co-founder and director of 350.org, emphasizes the immediate need for environmental reform, as well as the consequences of climate change that may already be beyond repair. ----- 350 is the red line for human beings, the most important number on the planet. The most recent science tells us that unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosph...

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[ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:27:21 -0700 ]


The Feedback Loop: Ecological Damage Soon Beyond Control
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/06/Bill_McKibben_350_The_Most_Important_Number_in_the_World Deep Economy author Bill McKibben, co-founder and director of 350.org, emphasizes the immediate need for environmental reform, as well as the consequences of climate change that may already be beyond repair. ----- 350 is the red line for human beings, the most important number on the planet. The most recent science tells us that unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosph...

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[ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:27:21 -0700 ]


Bush Admin Vets on Gitmo and Habeas Corpus
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/28/Behind_the_Scenes_Executive_Response_to_911 Douglas Feith and Timothy Flanigan, both former members of the Bush administration, explain why the decision was made to transport detainees from Afghanistan to Guantanamo, including the role of evading the writ of habeas corpus. ----- On September 11, 2001, George W. Bush was faced with a crisis that created new demands on the Executive Branch not seen in our time. In an unprecedented panel, veterans of...

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[ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:44:11 -0700 ]


Bush Admin Vets on Gitmo and Habeas Corpus
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/28/Behind_the_Scenes_Executive_Response_to_911 Douglas Feith and Timothy Flanigan, both former members of the Bush administration, explain why the decision was made to transport detainees from Afghanistan to Guantanamo, including the role of evading the writ of habeas corpus. ----- On September 11, 2001, George W. Bush was faced with a crisis that created new demands on the Executive Branch not seen in our time. In an unprecedented panel, veterans of...

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[ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:44:11 -0700 ]

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