- -: The Case for Skilled Trade - Matthew B. Crawford
August 17, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/04/Shop_Class_as_Soulcraft_Matthew_B_Crawford Philosopher and mechanic Matthew Crawford defends trade work as more cognitively stimulating than society recognizes. He considers manual labor to be not only more satisfying to human nature than white-collar...
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- -: How to Get Wall Street Insiders to Tell All - Andrew Ross Sorkin
November 13, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/02/Too_Big_to_Fail_The_Inside_Story_of_a_Crisis Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times explains the research methods behind his book Too Big to Fail, which reconstructs pivotal moments of Wall Street's financial crisis. Sorkin interviewed over 200 indu...
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- -: Andre Agassi Says Dad Wishes He'd Played Golf, Not Tennis
January 8, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/20/A_Conversation_with_Andre_Agassi In light of his recently published autobiography Open, Andre Agassi reflects on his tumultuous relationship with his father Mike Agassi. Andre says his dad recently told him that he would not have changed a single thin...
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- -: Spitzer's Advice to Aspiring Politicians: 'Be Smarter Than I Was'
February 2, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/26/Eliot_Spitzer-The_Cataclysm_of_2008-2009 Former Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer comments on his infamous resignation and offers advice to aspiring politicians. ----- As the former attorney general and later governor of New York, Spitzer prosecute...
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- -: The Business of Happiness: Does Empathy Lead to Success?
April 6, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/24/Ted_Leonsis_The_Business_Of_Happiness Sports and media mogul Ted Leonsis discusses the links between empathy, happiness and success, using New York's "Subway Hero" as an example. He extends this principle to business. "Happiness wasn't mentioned a sin...
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- -: From Hollywood Reporter to War Correspondent - Jane Bussmann
May 6, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/hollywood_war_crimes_love Former celebrity journalist Jane Bussmann recounts her decision to leave Hollywood and start reporting on war crimes in Uganda. She says a neurosurgeon from Doctors Without Borders inspired her to stop being a "useles...
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- -: Is the Pursuit of Happiness Making Us Miserable? - Petrea King
May 14, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/09/Is_the_Pursuit_of_Happiness_Making_Us_Miserable Petrea King, founder and CEO of The Quest for Life Foundation, argues the pursuit of happiness is making us all miserable. "Happiness is found in the present moment," she says. "That's where life is, lov...
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- -: Mikhail Baryshnikov on Opening the Baryshnikov Arts Center
August 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/masters_modern_dance Renowned choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov discusses his motivation for opening the Baryshnikov Arts Center. He insists that practicing art is becoming more problematic due to the pressures of the economy. "I try to help young artists...
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- -: President Obama at Linked In Town Hall
September 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)President Obama participates in the "Putting America Back to Work: LinkedIn Presents a Town Hall with President Obama" in Mountain View, California. The President will answer questions about job creation and the economy from a live audience made up of LinkedIn members and employees, as well as qu...
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- -: President Obama's Third Annual Back to School Speech
September 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Tells America's High School Students that They Are America's Future. September 28, 2011.
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