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Richard Wolff: 'Capitalism Is Not Working'
Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/14/Monthly_Update_with_Richard_D_Wolff_February_2012 Economics professor Richard Wolff attributes the global economic crisis to the failure of the capitalist system. He argues that the root cause of the problem is over-borrowing, and that capitalism runs on an unsustainable cycle.Collected in foratv's videos 20 hours ago -
Jonathan Axelrad: What's the Real Cost of Oil?
Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/12/Jewish_Response_to_the_Energy_Challenge Jonathan Axelrad, VP and Energy Security Task Force Co-Chair of AJC, Northern California, discusses the myriad problems created by our reliance on fossil fuels. Oil is harmful to the environment, but Axelrad shows that it also creates a situation where U.S.Collected in foratv's videos 20 hours ago -
Stem Cells and Medicine: Be Your Own Guinea Pig
Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/15/Stem_Cells_Not_What_They_Used_to_Be Dr. Bruce Conklin, Senior Investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, discusses the potential applications of stem cells in personalized medicine.Collected in foratv's videos 20 hours ago -
Lewis Black's Subversive Sense of Humor
Complete video at http://fora.tv/2010/01/10/Lewis_Black_Beyond_Comedy Actor and comedian Lewis Black takes about the nature of his comedy, and how it matches the adolescent humor of today's generation. ---- Many things get under his skin, but the comedian, author and actor frequently has the last laugh.Collected in foratv's videos 20 hours ago -
SNL Writer Zweibel Learned to Improvise from Mr. Ed Skit
Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/01/19/Dave_Barry_and_Alan_Zweibel_-_Authors_of_Lunatics Comic writer Alan Zweibel, co-author of Lunatics with Dave Barry, recalls how writing for Saturday Night Live in the 1970s taught him to be flexible and improvise, particularly in a skit that involved an uncooperative horse. ---- Beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Barry and quirky Thurber Prize-winning writer and "SNL" alum Zweibel take you on a literary journey of inspiration and mayhem.Collected in foratv's videos 20 hours ago -
The Dos and Don'ts of QR Codes
Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/01/25/Lacoste_USAs_Erik_Lautier Lacoste's Erik Lautier discusses the need to rethink how QR codes are implemented. He pokes fun at inconveniently located QR codes, and discusses the importance of easy to use interactivity.Collected in foratv's videos 4 days ago -
What keeps SEC Chair Schapiro up at night? Money market funds, market structure
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Calling out weaknesses to money market funds and underlying structural problems with equity markets, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro laid out her main concerns about global financial markets at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor in Washington, D.C. ----- On Wednesday, February 22, Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the SEC, joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters.Collected in foratv's videos 4 days ago -
SEC head Schapiro talks STOCK Act, social media's impact on insider trading
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro said the STOCK Act laying more prohibitions on stock trading by members of Congress was a positive while social media has become a complicating factor in insider trading investigations at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor in Washington, D.C. ----- On Wednesday, February 22, Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the SEC, joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters.Collected in foratv's videos 4 days ago -
SEC Chair defends response to "Flash Crash," discusses future structural market changes
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast After detailing the financial regulatory changes undertaken in the aftermath of the 2010 "flash crash," where equity markets collapsed with no provocation, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro talked about potential future changes that would ensure such a crash doesn't happen again at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor in Washington, D.C. ----- On Wednesday, February 22, Mary Schapiro, Chairman of the SEC, joined the Monitor Breakfast fCollected in foratv's videos 4 days ago -
Jimmy Fallon: SNL, Late Night and First Impressions
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/08/A_Conversation_with_Jimmy_Fallon "I think Saturday Night Live was my ultimate goal," says Jimmy Fallon, host of "Late Night". Fallon recounts his early knack for impressions and the satisfaction of winning $700 during his early days of comedy.Collected in foratv's videos 4 days ago -
Quentin Tarantino: Keeping Morality Out of the Question
Complete video at http://fora.tv/2010/08/14/A_Conversation_with_Quentin_Tarantino Director Quentin Tarantino explains the philosophy behind the anti-heroes that so frequently fill the role of the protagonist in his films. "I try to have morality not even be an issue at all when it comes to my characters," he says.Collected in foratv's videos Feb 19, 2012 -
La Promenade: Looking Under the Surface of a Renoir Masterpiece
Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/08/Renoirs_Wall_Power_Colin_B_Bailey Dr. Colin B.Collected in foratv's videos Feb 19, 2012 -
Vampire Weekend: What's With All the Cape Cod References?
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/10/TimesTalks_A_Conversation_with_Vampire_Weekend Vampire Weekend shares its obsession with Cape Cod, despite most of the band's members never having visited the area. Lead singer Ezra Koenig explains that what started as a film reference quickly became a "mystical" setting for the entire album.Collected in foratv's videos Feb 19, 2012 -
Paul Ryan's non-denial denial on vice presidential possibilities: "it's like a bolt of lightning"
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said he would cross the bridge of a potential vice presidential slot on the GOP ticket "when or if it comes" at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor in Washington, D.C.Collected in foratv's videos Feb 16, 2012 -
Paul Ryan says Mitt Romney "stepping into that groove" on giving America "positive agenda"
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Paul Ryan told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor in Washington, D.C. that the GOP would be ill-served to win the 2012 presidential election "by default" and needed a "positive vision" for the country to enact change after taking back the White House.Collected in foratv's videos Feb 16, 2012 -
Paul Ryan rips President Obama's budget as an "abdication of responsibility"
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) lambasted President Obama's recent budget as "disappointing," arguing that "it's the fourth time he's decided to duck the issues" at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor in Washington, D.C.Collected in foratv's videos Feb 16, 2012 -
Paul Ryan says payroll tax deal has done political damage to GOP
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Republicans allowing a payroll tax extension without offsetting budget cuts "muddles the differences" between the GOP and President Obama, said Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor in Washington, D.C., to Republicans' political detriment.Collected in foratv's videos Feb 16, 2012 -
Natalie Portman's First Review: 'She Poses Better Than She Acts'
Complete video available at http://fora.tv/2010/01/08/A_Conversation_with_Natalie_Portman Natalie Portman jokes about her first bad review, which she received when she was just twelve years old, for her work in the 1994 cult classic "Leon: The Professional." ---- The Gotham 2009 Tribute Award winner talks about acting, writing and directing, and producing for three different films back-to-back, including her critically acclaimed performance in Jim Sheridan's "Brothers." Interviewed by Patrick Healy. TimCollected in foratv's videos Feb 16, 2012 -
A Robot Teaches Itself How to Walk
Cornell University professor Hod Lipson demonstrates how a robot can teach itself to walk without any knowledge of its form and function. "Within a relatively small number of these babbling actions, it will figure out what it looks like," Lipson says.Collected in foratv's videos Feb 16, 2012 -
Food Network's Alton Brown: Learn to Cook Good Eats
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/09/Alton_Brown_Mixing_It_Up Alton Brown, host of the Food Network's "Good Eats," discusses the role of TV chefs and written recipes in learning how to cook, emphasizing the importance of one-on-one instruction. "I can quantify every little thing, but in the end, there is just the manual activity of cooking," he says.Collected in foratv's videos Feb 13, 2012
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