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- -: Evolution, Jesus, and Other Controversial Bizarro Cartoons - Dan Piraro

December 15, 2008 (over 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/12/05/Dan_Piraro_Bizarro_Buccaneers Dan Piraro shares several cartoons considered too controversial for his nationally syndicated comic strip "Bizarro," including a theory on why dinosaurs do not appear in the Bible and a speculation on how religious iconog...

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- -: Muslims in the Media - Firoozeh Dumas

December 19, 2008 (over 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/23/Firoozeh_Dumas_Laughing_Without_An_Accent Iranian-American author Firoozeh Dumas criticizes American media for promoting what she views as an overly negative representation of Muslims. ----- Often lost in the rhetoric of debate about the United Stat...

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- -: Jesus on a Pancake? - Lisa Bitel

January 13, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/10/Dr_Michael_Arbib_and_Dr_Lisa_Bitel_Seeing_the_Divine Religion historian Lisa Bitel examines several contemporary reports of religious visions, manifestations and apparitions. ----- How, in this age of scientific rationalism, can we begin to understa...

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- -: Albright: Obama Honeymoon May Be Short

January 20, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/10/A_Memo_to_President-Elect_Obama_from_Madeleine_Albright Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warns of difficult challenges ahead for Barack Obama, but expresses optimism that the new President represents "a great image for America." ----- Th...

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- -: Changing the World, One Photo at a Time - David Cohen

January 22, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Bestselling author and editor David Cohen presents What Matters, a book of photo-essays that aims to "convert outrage into action." EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richard Saul Wurman has created extraordinary gatherings about learning and understanding....

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- -: How Texans Went from Cowboys to 'Zillionaires' - Bryan Burrough

February 10, 2009 (about 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/29/Bryan_Burrough_The_Big_Rich Vanity Fair writer Bryan Burrough discusses how the Texan stereotype changed from cattle and six-shooters to "nouveau riche Texas zillionaires." ----- Bryan Burrough talks about his book, The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall o...

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- -: Frank Gehry - Bringing Movement to Architecture

July 31, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/03/In_Conversation_with_Frank_Gehry Celebrated architect Frank Gehry describes how he conveys "movement" as a quality of his architecture. ----- Frank Gehry, in conversation with Thomas Pritzker, talks about his long and distinguished career as one of ...

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- -: Melting Trends: Arctic Ice Completely Gone by 2020?

August 31, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/18/A_REALLY_Inconvenient_Truth_Dan_Miller Environmentalist Dan Miller discusses images of arctic ice melting trends at the North Pole. He argues that light once reflected off the surface of the melting ice is now being absorbed by water, priming a feedba...

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- -: Photographing the Extraordinary within the Ordinary - Tamara Dean

October 9, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/04/Tamara_Dean_and_Dean_Sewell_on_Photography Photographer Tamara Dean displays photographs she took during the decade following her high school graduation. The goal of her work, she says, is to provide insight into a small moment of interaction. ----- ...

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- -: 3D Printing: If You Can Draw It, You Can Make It

June 24, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/wired_business_conference_2010 Makerbot founder Bre Pettis demonstrates his 3D printer, which has the capability to make anything from toy cars to bottle openers to Darth Vader helmets. Pettis touts the growing success of Makerbot, saying "I t...

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