- -: TEDxHunterCCS - Sera Kwon - The Challenges of Understanding a Different Culture
November 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)The Challenges of Understanding a Different Culture. Sera Kwon, HS '12, is passionate about government, policy and international studies, and in particular Middle Eastern culture. This summer, she spent six weeks studying Arabic in Jordan on a scholarship from the State Department. Last year Sera...
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- -: Richard Branson - What is Virgin Galactic?
August 22, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1494 British entrepreneur and Chairman of Virgin Group Ltd. Sir Richard Branson discusses plans for his company Virgin Galactic, and speculates on the future of space tourism. ----- Bob Schieffer interviews Richard Branson at the 2007 Asp...
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- -: Naomi Wolf - The Bush Administration's "Watch List"
November 13, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/10/09/Naomi_Wolf_End_of_America Progressive author and columnist Naomi Wolf compares the Bush Administration's anti-terrorism "watch list" to citizen surveillance tools used by authoritarian governments. ----- Naomi Wolf talks about "The End of America." ...
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- -: Tom Barbash Reads from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road"
December 24, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/05/On_the_Road_50th_Anniversary Author Tom Barbash reads a selection from Jack Kerouac's influential 1957 novel "On the Road." ----- "On the Road: The 50th Anniversary," featuring Robert Mailer Anderson, Eddie Muller and Tom Barbash. Join Bay Area nov...
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- -: Billy Collins - Consolation
December 27, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/07/04/An_Evening_of_Poetry_with_Billy_Collins Former United States Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads "Consolation," a poem about the joys of (not) traveling abroad. ----- "An Evening of Poetry with Billy Collins" at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival. Some of...
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- -: The Drake Equation and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
July 16, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/03/The_Search_for_Extra-Terrestrial_Life Astronomer Ian Morison explains how scientists assess the likelihood of discovering extraterrestrial life, using a formula called the Drake Equation. ----- Professor Ian Morison describes our attempts to detect ...
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- -: Inside the 1996 Everest Disaster - Ken Kamler
January 9, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Dr. Kenneth Kamler recalls his harrowing experience on a climb towards the summit of Mt. Everest in 1996 when a lethal 2-day storm kicked up. The event, documented by writer Jon Krakauer in his bestselling book Into Thin Air, would lead to the deaths of eight climbers and leave several others --...
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- -: The Stigmas of Outdoor Writing - Tim Cahill
August 25, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/13/The_Intrepid_Spirit_of_Travel_Tim_Cahill Outside magazine founding editor Tim Cahill reminisces on the stigmas that outdoor writing used to behold: illiteracy and machismo. He attempts to break those barriers by writing more intelligent, multi-faceted...
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- -: History Comes Alive When You're a Traveler - Rick Steves
November 6, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/28/Rick_Steves_Travel_As_a_Political_Act Travel guru Rick Steves introduces one of his favorite parts of travel: incorporating history into tourist activities. Steves argues that many tourists are shielded from history by a travel industry that makes mor...
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- -: Capt. Sully on Aviation Safety in a Turbulent Economy
December 11, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/30/Highest_Duty_Captain_Chesley_Sullenberger How safe is flying? "Safe and getting safer," according to famed pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. However, the current state of the economy may deter the "best and brightest" from going into aviation, he sa...
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