- -: TEDxWinnipeg - Megan Prydun - 80 Degrees of Separation: Giving New Immigrants a Fighting Chance
October 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Megan Prydun, Masters student in Development Practice at the University of Winnipeg As Winnipeg continues to develop and evolve, our relationships with our city continue to grow stronger. But the connection to this city for new immigrants is weak if we don't give them the opportunity to thrive....
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- -: TEDxKrakow - Srdja Popovic - A bad year for bad guys
November 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Srđa Popović was one of the founders and key organizers with the Serbian student nonviolent resistance group Otpor! Their nonviolent campaign to unseat Serbian president Slobodan Milošević met with success in October 2000, when hundreds of thousands of protestors converged upon and took over the ...
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- -: Should Parents Worry About Violent Games?
May 18, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/04/19/Taming_Gaming_in_Your_Home Comic book writer Gerard Jones addresses concerns many parents have about violent video games. This excerpt is taken from a panel discussion entitled "Taming Gaming in Your Home," presented by the Commonwealth Club of Calif...
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- -: Greil Marcus - The Film Noir City
September 20, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1510 Author and renowned cultural critic Greil Marcus describes the archetypal film noir city in an excerpt from his book, "The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice." ----- Greil Marcus talks about "The Shape Of Things...
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- -: Christopher Hitchens - Consequences of Withdrawal from Iraq
October 31, 2007 (over 16 years ago)This clip is an excerpt. Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/08/23/Uncommon_Knowledge_Christopher_Hitchens Christopher Hitchens, author, columnist and vocal supporter of the U.S. war in Iraq, discusses possible consequences were the U.S. to rapidly withdraw from the country. ----- What is t...
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- -: Sudhir Venkatesh on "Gang Leader for a Day"
February 6, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/24/Sudhir_Venkatesh_Gang_Leader_For_a_Day Author Sudhir Venkatesh discusses the background for his book, "Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets." ----- Sudhir Venkatesh became Gang Leader for a Day. First introduced in Freakon...
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- -: Sudhir Venkatesh - A Slice of Gang Life
February 6, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/24/Sudhir_Venkatesh_Gang_Leader_For_a_Day Author Sudhir Venkatesh reads an excerpt from his book, "Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets." ----- Sudhir Venkatesh became Gang Leader for a Day. First introduced in Freakonomics, ...
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- -: Evolving Sectarian Tensions in Iraq - Washington Post Panel
May 7, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/13/Washington_Post_Panel_America_and_the_World_2008 Washington Post Baghdad Correspondent Amit Paley discusses evolving tensions between Sunni and Shia groups in Iraq. This excerpt is taken from a panel discussion entitled, "Washington Post Panel: Americ...
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- -: Undercover for the FBI - Jack Garcia
December 7, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/21/Jack_Garcia_Infiltrating_the_Mafia Retired FBI agent Joaquin "Jack" Garcia discusses the dangerous moral challenges he faced while working undercover among the New York City mafia. ----- Former FBI agent Jack Garcia describes his years spent underco...
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- -: Darwinian Evolution on Display in Chimp Group Raids
April 2, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/24/Ask_a_Scientist_Sex_and_War Professor Malcolm Potts, coauthor of Sex and War, shows video of an aggressive group of male chimpanzees attacking a lone chimp from a neighboring troop. Potts says this is what "Darwinian evolution is all about." ----- W...
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