- -: The Unappetizing Truth About Food Safety
February 28, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/24/Joel_Salatin_War_Stories_from_the_Local_Food_Front Joel Salatin imagines an ideal environment for breeding pathogens and disease, a depiction that shockingly describes most modern industrial agricultural facilities. Stressing the backwardness of regul...
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- -: Stuff White People Like: Fixies, Yoga Pants and Raw Milk
March 5, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/04/Christian_Lander_More_Stuff_White_People_Like Blogger Christian Lander jokes about even more ridiculous stuff that white people like, including fixed-gear bicycles, yoga clothes and raw milk. "White people are gathering on street corners in Brooklyn t...
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- -: Could NPR Survive Without Federal Funding?
April 12, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/05/Vivian_Schiller_Roundtable_Breakfast Vivian Schiller, former head of NPR, discusses the possible impacts if Congress were to eliminate federal funding for public radio. Schiller notes that large-market stations would likely survive thanks to the avail...
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- -: Can We Be Optimistic About Climate Change?
June 23, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/25/Tim_Flannery_Here_on_Earth Global warming activist Tim Flannery responds to fears that human nature is not suited for the massive action that is required to combat climate change. Despite recent setbacks in reaching a global climate accord, he explain...
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- -: Savulescu: Are We Morally Obligated to Breed Healthier Children?
July 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/31/Unnatural_Selection_Artificial_Life_and_Designer_Babies Bioethicist Julian Savulescu makes an argument for procreative beneficence, his conviction that parents are morally obligated to breed the healthiest children possible. "Nature has no mind to equ...
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- -: How the Written Word Transformed Humanity
July 12, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/19/James_Gleick_Bits_and_Bytes James Gleick, author of The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, explores the deep implications that the development of writing had on humanity. Despite opposition from great thinkers like Plato, the ability to write ...
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- -: Will Computers Ever Understand Emotion?
July 15, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/19/James_Gleick_Bits_and_Bytes As computers become more advanced, there are fewer and fewer things that people are able to do that computers are not. But, author James Gleick argues, while computers are currently both "surprisingly good" and "surprisingl...
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- -: What the Hollywood Right Gets Right
July 18, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/19/How_Movie_Stars_Shaped_American_Politics Steven J. Ross, professor of history at the University of Southern California, explains why right-wing celebrity politicians such as Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger have been more successful than their ...
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- -: Fatima Bhutto: America's Moral Hypocrisy on Terrorism
July 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/17/Fatima_Bhutto_Pakistans_Nervous_Breakdown Pakistani poet and author Fatima Bhutto responds to President Obama's speech announcing the death of Osama bin Laden, arguing that Obama appeared to ignore suffering caused by America's ongoing war on terroris...
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- -: Why Every Good Novel Needs Comedy, Filth and Sex
July 29, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/06/21/Howard_Jacobson_Return_of_the_Wry Howard Jacobson, the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question, argues that the rebellious nature of comedy is an integral part of any good novel. "It's a rebellion against everything; against the idea o...
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