- -: Penguins in Wetsuits: Pierre Gets His Mojo Back
June 19, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/08/The_Evolution_of_the_New_California_Academy_of_Sciences Greg Farrington, executive director of the California Academy of Sciences, tells the story of Pierre, the Academy's oldest penguin. When Pierre turned 25 he began to lose his feathers, so scienti...
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- -: A Five-Year-Old in Debt: Learning with Video Games
July 15, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Ian_Bogost_at_X-Media_Lab_Serious_Gaming Video games as educational tools? Believe it, says game designer and researcher Ian Bogost. Bogost recalls how Nintendo's hit game Animal Crossing taught his young son a valuable lesson about debt. ----- Vide...
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- -: Decoding the In-N-Out Burger Secret Menu
July 24, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/14/In-N-Out_Burger_Stacy_Perman Stacey Perman, author of In-N-Out Burger, reveals the "ins and outs" of the iconic fast-food chain's secret menu. ----- Stacy Perman discusses her new book In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-The-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chai...
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- -: Do Animals Grieve for the Dead? - Bernie Krause
October 8, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/22/Dr_Bernie_Krause_The_Great_Animal_Orchestra Dr. Bernie Krause, creator of Wild Sanctuary, argues that animals may posses a degree of emotional depth by playing a sorrowful call from a male beaver after its entire family was killed by humans. "The worl...
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- -: The Truth About 'Free-Range' Eggs - Jonathan Safran Foer
January 7, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/01/Jonathan_Safran_Foer_Eating_Animals Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals, claims agribusiness is guilty of "the worst kind of manipulation." He says the lies range from leading people to believe there's a "well funded" anti-meat lobby to app...
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- -: Factory Farming: Inefficient and Inhumane? - Jonathan Safran Foer
January 11, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/01/Jonathan_Safran_Foer_Eating_Animals Eating Animals author Jonathan Safran Foer criticizes factory farming as inhumane and inefficient. "Nothing would be better for world hunger than if we stopped eating meat," he says. "We are now feeding...our farmed...
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- -: Overpowering Your Lizard Brain - Seth Godin
October 2, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/partner/BizTechDay Author Seth Godin argues that one of the main barriers to innovation is the "lizard brain," the primitive part of the human brain adapted for survival. He explains that the lizard brain "loves being a cog in the system" because it's sa...
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- -: Dopamine Jackpot! Sapolsky on the Science of Pleasure
March 2, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/15/Robert_Sapolsky_Are_Humans_Just_Another_Primate Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, compares dopamine levels in monkeys and humans. Sapolsky argues that in both, "Dopamine is not about pleasure, it's about the a...
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- -: Bourdain and Gill on Animal Cruelty and Worker Rights
September 14, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/19/A_A_Gill_and_Anthony_Bourdain_Food_Fighters Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and renowned food critic A. A. Gill debate the moral relativity of gourmet food production, from foie gras to worker rights. "Most Ghanaian dish washers are treated far worse ...
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Joshua Klein: On the Intelligence of Crows
March 1, 2008 (about 16 years ago)In this talk, Hacker Joshua Klein tells us about crows. He provides examples on the intelligence of crows and how they are thriving on human communities. He urges us to find ways wherein we develop new ways to find a balance with those species living in our immediate environment.
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