The Communicators: Carlos Garcia-Perez
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On The Communicators, Carlos Garcia-Perez, director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which runs Radio and TV Marti, discusses the U. S. -backed news and information channel intended for Cuba.
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- -: The Communicators: Carlos Garcia-Perez
November 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)On The Communicators, Carlos Garcia-Perez, director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, which runs Radio and TV Marti, discusses the U. S. -backed news and information channel intended for Cuba.
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- -: The Communicators: Dale Hatfield
December 5, 2011 (over 12 years ago)On The Communicators, Dale Hatfield of the Commerce Department's Spectrum Management Advisory Committee discusses federal spectrum policy. The former Engineering and Technology Chief of the Federal Communications Commission is a longtime thinker on telecommunications issues. He discusses the spe...
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- -: WIPO Broadcasting Treaty
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- -: Funeral for Analog TV - Paul Saffo
March 24, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/17/Bruce_Sterling_and_Paul_Saffo_Funeral_for_Analog_TV Technologist Paul Saffo examines the history of analog television, as a part of the Long Now Foundation's "Funeral for Analog TV." ----- Join author Bruce Sterling, technology pundit Paul Saffo, an...
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- -: Sending Google Into Space to Search for Alien Life
April 29, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/31/Seth_Shostak_Confessions_of_an_Alien_Hunter Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute, recalls his idea to broadcast Google's servers into outer space as a means of making contact with extraterrestrials. "If you have a lot of material, it ...
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- -: Law Enforcement 'Addicted' to Drug Revenue - Norm Stamper
November 10, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/04/Should_All_Drug_Use_Be_Made_Legal Norm Stamper, former chief of the Seattle Police Department, argues that law enforcement, and the private industries associated with it, make too much revenue from the prosecution of drug laws to support reform. "I th...
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- -: Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Israel Trying to Hide Palestinians? - Saree Makdisi
November 12, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/22/Excavating_Memory_in_Jerusalem Saree Makdisi, author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, argues that one ulterior motive for Israel's separation barriers is to "render Palestinians invisible to Jewish colonists." Makdisi shows photos demo...
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- -: Practical Solutions to End the War on Drugs - Alex Wodak
November 12, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/04/Should_All_Drug_Use_Be_Made_Legal Physician Alex Wodak discusses reforming the war on drugs, including legalizing marijuana and repealing criminal penalties for personal possession and consumption. He says the focus of drug reform should be on harm re...
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- -: Sex, Drugs, and Firing Neurons: This Is Your Brain on Cognition
November 25, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/04/Baroness_Susan_Greenfield_Is_Online_Networking_Harmful Neuroscientist Susan Greenfield describes the brain's cognitive processes for interpreting and learning from new sensations. Greenfield claims thrill-seeking -- "sex, drugs, and rock and roll" -- ...
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- -: Signal-to-Noise Ratio: Finding Context in Iranian Tweets
January 4, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/05/Twitter_and_the_Iranian_Democracy_Uprising Protesters in Iran have been leveraging social media to broadcast their plight since sharp dissent erupted back in June 2009 after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In this clip, Al Jazeera's R...
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