- -: Was Stephen Hawking Right About Aliens?
May 11, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/28/Terry_McDermott_and_Dr_Gary_Lynch_How_Memories_Get_Made Neuroscientist Gary Lynch discusses physicist Stephen Hawking's recent comments about the possible dangers of pursuing contact with extraterrestrial lifeforms. "At the end of the day," says Lynch...
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- -: Filmmaker Wes Anderson: How 'Bottle Rocket' Bombed
May 21, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/09/Fantastic_Mr_Fox_Wes_Anderson_at_the_NYPL Filmmaker Wes Anderson recalls the initial test screening of his now cult classic "Bottle Rocket." Every review card from the audience read negative, save for one, and it looked like an "outline of a dissertat...
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- -: Illness or Identity? Differing Views on Being Transgender
May 28, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/03/Einsteins_God_Conversations_About_Science Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, discusses his research on how notions of mental illness change over time. Solomon extends the concept to highlight cases of transgender chil...
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- -: Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground
May 28, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/09/Live_from_the_NYPL_The_Velvet_Underground Remaining members of The Velvet Underground Lou Reed, Moe Tucker, and Doug Yule remember the pivotal role that producer Andy Warhol played in their success. Guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter Reed d...
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- -: Evolution of the Shrug: Darwin's Principle of Antithesis
July 13, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/20/Adam_Gopnik_and_Steven_Pinker_Debate_Darwin Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker relays his favorite bit of "Darwiniana": Darwin's principle of antithesis. Darwin proposed that both animals and humans alike employ a certain set of biological sig...
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- -: Was Darwin Racist? - Adam Gopnik
July 14, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/20/Adam_Gopnik_and_Steven_Pinker_Debate_Darwin The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik examines Charles Darwin's contentious exploration of race. Gopnik argues that while Darwin may have been a "civilizationist," he was not inherently racist. ----- Adam Gopnik, a...
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- -: Christopher Hitchens on Reading Your Own Obituary
July 20, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/06/04/Christopher_Hitchens_Some_Confessions_and_Contradictions Author Christopher Hitchens recalls a photo caption written for a National Portrait Gallery catalog that mistakenly listed him as "the late Christopher Hitchens." "When you read about yourself i...
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- -: The Thank You Economy: How Business Must Adapt to Social Media
November 25, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Viewer advisory: This program contains explicit language. Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk gives his no-holds-barred take on how modern businesses must adapt to thrive in a social media-driven culture. ----- On November 5, L2 and NYU Stern hosted its second-annual Innovation Forum at The Morg...
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- -: Keith Richards on Drug Use and the Rolling Stones
December 2, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/29/Stones_Guitarist_Keith_Richards_Talks_About_Life Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards discusses his personal history with heroin and other hard drugs. "Getting in is easy, getting out is difficult," says Richards. "It took me a while." ----- Outl...
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- -: Jay-Z Decodes '99 Problems'
December 11, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/15/Decoded_Jay-Z_in_Conversation_with_Cornel_West Viewer advisory: This excerpt contains explicit language. Hip-hop legend Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter tells the story behind his hit single "99 Problems," and discusses a common misconception about the song's ch...
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