- -: Carville: Clinton Should Give Obama 'One of Her Balls'
November 23, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast When asked if President Obama is being too hesitant about issues like taxes and the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Democratic strategist James Carville ... wholeheartedly agrees. ----- Political strategists James Carville and ...
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- -: Franco: Onscreen Frustration in '127 Hours' Was Authentic
April 15, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/92y_arts_entertainment Actor James Franco explains how the unique filming conditions employed in 127 Hours contributed to his Oscar-nominated performance. He explains that in addition to not having any other actors to play off, he physically acted...
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- -: The WikiLeaks Cables: How the NY Times Decided What to Publish
April 26, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/07/James_Rubin_and_David_Sanger_Toppling_Mideast_Dictators David E. Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the editorial process the paper used to decide how to publish the leaked cables it received from WikiLeaks. ----...
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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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- -: How a 'Feed-in Tariff' Could Revolutionize the Power Grid
July 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/chq_spies_technology_espionage R. James Woolsey, former Director of the CIA, discusses key methods for modernizing and improving America's energy grid. He explains that levying a "feed-in tariff" would allow individuals to sell energy from renewable s...
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- -: Why Wall Street's Imploding, and Main Street's Improving
October 17, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2011 James Suroweicki discusses a "dramatic difference" between service industries where principal-agent conflicts are pervasive, and industries focused on manufactured goods. In the former, Surowiecki notes, agents are becoming ex...
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- -: President Obama on Departure of General Jim Jones, National Security Advisor
October 8, 2010 (over 13 years ago)President Obama discusses the departure of General Jim Jones as National Security Advisor and that Tom Donilon will replace him.
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- -: 1/24/11: White House Press Briefing
January 24, 2011 (over 13 years ago)White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.
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- -: With No Debt Growth, Is a Double-Dip Recession Looming?
October 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/big_picture_conference_2011 James Bianco, president of Bianco Research, examines slowing U.S. debt growth to argue that a double-dip recession may be on the horizon. "What has been the big driver of economic growth over the last 25 years? It's been de...
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