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Rachel Maddow: Why the Conservative Media Model Works
Complete video available for purchase at: http://fora.tv/2012/04/12/Rachel_Maddow_in_Conversation Rachel Maddow, host of the Rachel Maddow Show, and author of Drift, discusses her MSNBC show, and her goal to be mindful of a Republican audience. ---- Rhodes Scholar, AIDS activist, civics geek, "blindly partisan" and even the "grand doyenne of liberal demagoguery" according to Gawker -- Rachel Maddow has been called many things over the years, but until now, "author" has not been one of them.Collected in foratv's videos May 2, 2012 -
U.S. Competitiveness Suffers Without National Healthcare
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/20/What_Candidates_Should_be_Discussing_that_Theyre_Not Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm describes how the lack of a national healthcare system has hurt economic competitiveness in the United States. ---- The former Democratic governor of Michigan and her husband, a noted expert on leadership, critique Republican and Democratic candidates and offer insight into how voters can force them to focus on issues that matter most in 2012.Collected in foratv's videos May 2, 2012 -
Gerd Leonhard: A Facebook Data Spill? Data and Privacy
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/04/10/Data_is_the_New_Oil_From_Privacy_to_Publicy Gerd Leonhard, CEO of The Futures Agency, discusses the business, politics, and ramifications of big data and privacy. Leonard argues that there is a trade-off to free social media services.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 29, 2012 -
Two Sides to Adam Smith: Beyond 'Wealth of Nations'
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/28/Disruptive_Innovation_20 Rabbi Irwin Kula points out that Adam Smith, well known for writing The Wealth of Nations, wrote another book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Using the words of the "father of capitalism", Kula attempts to reconcile the "polarized Adam Smiths".Collected in foratv's videos Apr 29, 2012 -
Harold Bloom: Why There Is No Walt Whitman Stamp
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/19/Harold_Bloom_Criticism_and_Self-Influence In a talk about the works of Walt Whitman, renowned literary critic Harold Bloom digresses about why Whitman wasn't honored with a postage stamp. ---- Titled "Criticism and Self-Influence," focusing on his readings of Whitman in his first lecture and of Shakespeare in his second, these lectures are contributions to Bloom's intellectual biography.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 26, 2012 -
Dr. Jennifer Brokaw: No One Understands Health Care Costs
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/08/New_Approaches_to_Patient_Care_and_Advocacy Dr. Jennifer Brokaw, Associate Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine at San Francisco General/UCSF, discusses a problem plaguing effective American health care systems: the misunderstood nature of health costs by both patient and doctor.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 26, 2012 -
Jodi Kantor: The 'Political Potency' of the Obamas
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/21/Jodi_Kantor_What_You_Dont_Know_About_the_Obamas Jodi Kantor, Arts and Leisure Editor at The New York Times, discusses her recent book The Obamas. With falling approval ratings after the passage of President Obama's health care legislation, Kantor shares the Administration's strategy to leverage Michelle Obama's high popularity.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 26, 2012 -
Are Monkeys Good With Money? Understanding Economic Bias
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/22/The_Evolution_of_Irrationality_Insights_from_Monkeys Professor of Psychology at Yale University Laurie Santos presents the findings of her study on whether capuchin monkeys show economic bias after teaching them how to use currency. ---- Dr.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 23, 2012 -
Shooting a Feature Film with Your Smart Phone
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/27/The_Film_Olive Hooman Khalili, Pat Gilles, and Chris Kelly, the creators of the recent film "Olive", discuss the challenge of creating the first feature film shot entirely on a smart phone. ---- Co-directed by Radio Alice and You Tube personality Hooman Khalili and Pat Gilles, Olive is the first feature film to be shot entirely on a smart phone.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 20, 2012 -
Marco Rubio: 'If I Do a Good Job as Vice President'
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/04/19/The_Next_America_Demography__the_National_Agenda After months of steadfastly denying any interest in joining the Republican ticket, Marco Rubio might have made a revealing slip in conversation with Major Garrett of the National Journal. ---- The face of America is changing before our eyes.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 20, 2012 -
comScore Sr. VP: Clicks Bad Metric to Evaluate Online Ads
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/04/12/L2_Module_1_Brands_as_Media_Companies Anthony Psacharopoulos, a Senior Vice President at comScore hypothesizes that, even though clicks on internet ads are an easy data point to collect, their seemingly low numbers may not represent the actual effectiveness of display ads online. ---- In an age where brands have the tools to generate compelling content and connect directly with consumers, advertising is becoming a tax that brands have to pay.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 20, 2012 -
Bioprinting: Human Tissue on Demand
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/28/The_Innovators_Antenna Andras Forgacs, Co-founder of Organovo, discusses the future of medical innovation: bioprinting, the process of creating human tissue cells. ---- A rapid fire, Pecha Kucha-style series of visual presentations that highlight the six senses that every innovator needs.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 20, 2012 -
Vijay Govindarajan on Reverse Innovation: Mango Corn Flakes Are Not Enough
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/28/The_World_Turned_Upside_Down_Innovation_in_Reverse Vijay Govindarajan, Professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business, discusses large corporations' difficulty in understanding reverse innovation. He argues that rather than attempting to meet the needs of different cultures, they simply apply their Western thinking to new markets.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 17, 2012 -
Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran on the Mirror Neuron Effect
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/24/Being_Human_Perception_Sensations V.S. Ramachandran explains what causes amputees to have sensations in their phantom limbs, the parts of the brain called mirror neurons.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 14, 2012 -
Vivek Wadhwa: Chinese Innovation is a 'Giant Scam'
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/28/An_Economist-Style_Debate_on_Global_Innovation Vivek Wadhwa, Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley's School of Information, argues that Chinese innovation lags far behind innovation in the United States because China's rigid political structure doesn't allow for risk-taking. ---- Proposition: America is winning the innovation race Staggering growth in developing economies—as well as new networking technologies and a renewed spirit of entrepreneurialism—is democratiCollected in foratv's videos Apr 14, 2012 -
Thomas Drake: '9/11 Became a Profit Center' for the NSA
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/04/04/National_Security_Secrecy_and_Surveillance Thomas Drake, a former National Security Agency senior officer who blew the whistle on the NSA "Trailblazer" surveillance program, talks about NSA's commitment to national security profit-making after 9/11. Stating that "9/11 became a profit center", Drake warns that the NSA has become a "jobs program", in line with the military industrial complex.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 14, 2012 -
'Kony 2012' and the Portrayal of African Conflict
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/30/Annual_Ben_Ferencz_Panel_Africa_and_the_ICC Kamari Maxine Clarke, Associate Professor of Anthropology and a Research Associate at the Yale Law School, talks about the controversial message of the most viral video of all time, "Kony 2012", and the implication of the "oversimplified" narrative. ---- Although initially a strong supporter of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the African Union (AU) has emerged in recent years as a strong opponent of the CourtCollected in foratv's videos Apr 11, 2012 -
Laurie Santos: Understanding the Origins of the Human Mind
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/24/Being_Human_Mental_Representations_Decision-Making Laurie Santos argues that to understand the origins of the human mind, we can study the behavior of primate relatives as a proxy for our ancestors. ---- As we use the tools of science to explore the nature of humanity, we are learning more and more about how our brains function and what motivates our behavior, built-in biases and blind spots.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 11, 2012 -
Van Jones and Eliot Spitzer: The Financial Sector is Sucking America Dry
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/27/Culture_Project_Blueprint_for_Accountability Van Jones, acclaimed author and President of Rebuild the Dream, and Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York, discuss the actors who triggered the 2008 financial collapse and the ramifications of the regulatory failure on middle class America. ---- Culture Project's acclaimed town hall series, is a bold hybrid of journalism, theatre and film that brings together leading experts in politics, journalism, academia, aCollected in foratv's videos Apr 8, 2012 -
Neuroscientist Beau Lotto Demos the Adaptability of the Mind
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/24/Being_Human_Perception_Sensations Neuroscientist Beau Lotto uses a volunteer to demonstrate how the mind can adapt to changes in perception by hitting a target while wearing prism glasses. ---- As we use the tools of science to explore the nature of humanity, we are learning more and more about how our brains function and what motivates our behavior, built-in biases and blind spots.Collected in foratv's videos Apr 8, 2012
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foratv Complete video available for purchase at: http://fora.tv/2012/04/12/Rachel_M... Rachel Maddow, host of the Rachel Maddow Show, and author of Drift, discusses her MSNBC show, and her goal to be mindful of a Republican audience. ---- Rhodes Scholar, AIDS activist, civics geek, "blindly partisan" and even the "grand doyenne of liberal demagoguery" according to Gawker -- Rachel Maddow has been called many things over the years, but until now, "author" has not been one of them.
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