- -: A Five-Year-Old in Debt: Learning with Video Games
July 15, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Ian_Bogost_at_X-Media_Lab_Serious_Gaming Video games as educational tools? Believe it, says game designer and researcher Ian Bogost. Bogost recalls how Nintendo's hit game Animal Crossing taught his young son a valuable lesson about debt. ----- Vide...
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- -: Morality and the Free Market - Michael Sandel
July 28, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/20/Michael_Sandel_on_Markets_and_Morals Political philosopher Michael Sandel argues that free market economics have affected American perceptions of ethics, morality, and value. By emphasizing the monetary value of human goods, says Sandel, Americans may...
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- -: Where the Counterculture Prevails - Peter Coyote
August 29, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/20/Sleeping_Where_I_Fall_The_Chronicles_of_Peter_Coyote Actor and activist Peter Coyote describes important ways in which the 1960's counterculture succeeded. Despite the movement's failed political agendas, Coyote explains how its concepts of tribe, com...
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- -: Did Focus on National Politics Handicap the GOP?
September 14, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/24/Uncommon_Knowledge_Thaddeus_McCotter Representative Thaddeus McCotter argues that the Republican party erred by shifting from a local to a national focus. "As the Republican party, we are not an ideological national movement, we are a philosophical mo...
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- -: Personal Liberty and the Public Option - Thomas Murray
October 26, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/05/Healthcare_Reform_The_Ethics_of_Public_Debate Thomas H. Murray, president of The Hastings Center, says that while opponents of healthcare reform contend a public option would infringe on individual freedom, the reality is much more complex. Murray arg...
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- -: Rick Santorum: Dem Health Bill Leads to 'European Socialism'
November 19, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/09/A_Conversation_on_Healthcare_with_Santorum_and_Wofford Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) says there is no chance Congressional Democrats will try to pass a bipartisan bill palatable to Republicans. "Liberals in Washington have been waiting for ...
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- -: John Perkins: Americans Voted for Change, Now What?
December 10, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/18/John_Perkins_How_to_Remake_the_Global_Economy John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, criticizes the lack of "change" he sees in the wake of Barack Obama's election, and calls on the American public to continue actively challenging...
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- -: Did Pornography Fuel the Sexual Revolution? - Jeffrey Escoffier
January 8, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/15/Porn_Peep_Shows_and_Public_Space GLBTQ issue writer Jeffrey Escoffier says that pornography should be taken more seriously as an element of pop culture, calling it "the most important form of discourse about sex and sexuality that currently exists." H...
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- -: Atheists vs Theists: Does Buddha Offer a Middle Way?
April 2, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/19/Stephen_Batchelor_Confession_of_a_Buddhist_Atheist Stephen Batchelor, author of Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, introduces Buddhism to the modern atheism vs. theism debate. Batchelor notes that the Buddha's teachings did not dictate a belief in God,...
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- -: FreedomWorks CEO on Tea Party Values, Delaware Senate Race
September 13, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast FreedomWorks president and CEO Matt Kibbe weighs in on Tea Party candidate Christine O'Donnell's chance of upsetting Representative Mike Castle in Delaware's upcoming Republican Senate primary. "We've stayed out of that race beca...
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