Adam Savage: My quest for the dodo bird, and other obsessions
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http://www.ted.com At EG'08, Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It's an entertaining adventure through the mind of a creative obsessive. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thi... Read more
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- -: Adam Savage: My quest for the dodo bird, and other obsessions
March 19, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com At EG'08, Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It's an entertaining adventure through the mind of a creative obsessive. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from...
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- -: Roz Savage: Why I'm rowing across the Pacific
April 28, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Five years ago, Roz Savage quit her high-powered London job to become an ocean rower. She's crossed the Atlantic solo, and just started the third leg of a Pacific solo row, the first for a woman. Why does she do it? Hear her reasons, both deeply personal and urgently activist. ...
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- -: Authors@Google: Dan Savage and Terry Miller
May 24, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Dan Savage and Terry Miller spoke to Googlers in Mountain View in May, 2011 about their book It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living and http://www.itgetsbetter.org/. Dan Savage is the well-known columnist for Seattle's The Stranger, and the founder of t...
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- -: Dan Savage: How Not to Tell Children About Sex
June 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Despite giving people sex advice for a living, Savage screwed up the "birds and the bees" talk with his own son. Like most adults, he forgot to explain the concept of sex for pleasure. Check out the rest of Dan Savage's interview at http://bigthink.com/dansavage.
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- -: The Worst Advice Dan Savage Has Ever Given
June 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://bit.ly/jUxrp0 - There's a lot of bad advice that tells teens to come out regardless of their family situation. "Not everyone is in a position where that it wise or safe," he says. On the other hand, "some gay people underestimate their families because they
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- -: Dan Savage: The Internet Can Save Lives
June 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://bit.ly/jUxrp0 - The "It Gets Better Project," started by Savage and his husband Terry in response to recent LGBT teen suicides, has become such a success that even President Obama has made a video.
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- -: Dan Savage: How Gays and the Religious Right Will Reconcile
June 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Religious people have to reconcile themselves to ignore what the Bible says about gay people—the same way they ignore what the Bible says about polyester, lobster, figs, and women.
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- -: Dan Savage: Why Monogamy Is Ridiculous
June 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)The idea that one instance of infidelity should ruin a relationship is a new—and misguided—notion. "We need to talk about monogamy the way we talk about sobriety; you can be monogamous and fall off the wagon and then sober back up," the sex a
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- -: Dan Savage: The Challenges of Gay Fatherhood
June 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)For the most part, raising a child with two fathers has been totally normal, says the advice columnist. But it has led to some hilarious situations.
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- -: Stumping the Advice Columnists - Dan Savage and Amy Richards
April 25, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/08/Amy_Richards_and_Dan_Savage_in_Conversation Advice columnists Dan Savage and Amy Richards discuss particularly difficult questions they sometimes receive from their readers. This program contains sexually explicit language. ----- In the July 18th, 2...
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