http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/dyson 2008-09-11T10:30:53Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51166-dyson-puts-obama-speech-in-historical-context-1-2 2008-09-11T10:30:53Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DXrykPu_baA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DXrykPu_baA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51166-dyson-puts-obama-speech-in-historical-context-1-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62128" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Michael Eric Dyson Puts Obama's Address in Historical Context</p> <p>We discuss the significance of Barack Obama's historic presidential nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic convention with Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches theology, English and African American studies. He is also an ordained Baptist minister and the author of sixteen books, including April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America and Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51166-dyson-puts-obama-speech-in-historical-context-1-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51165-dyson-puts-obama-speech-in-historical-context-2-2 2008-09-11T10:30:53Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qA0XaiA5LjM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qA0XaiA5LjM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51165-dyson-puts-obama-speech-in-historical-context-2-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62127" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Michael Eric Dyson Puts Obama's Address in Historical Context</p> <p>We discuss the significance of Barack Obama's historic presidential nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic convention with Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches theology, English and African American studies. He is also an ordained Baptist minister and the author of sixteen books, including April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America and Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51165-dyson-puts-obama-speech-in-historical-context-2-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45656-freeman-dyson-let-s-look-for-life-in-the-outer-solar-system 2008-10-06T16:44:29Z TED Talks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wVGjQSnLg4Y&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wVGjQSnLg4Y&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45656-freeman-dyson-let-s-look-for-life-in-the-outer-solar-system"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52891" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Physicist Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like -- and how we might find it.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45656-freeman-dyson-let-s-look-for-life-in-the-outer-solar-system">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42859-george-dyson-the-birth-of-the-computer 2008-09-16T12:32:33Z TED Talks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EF692dBzWAs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EF692dBzWAs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42859-george-dyson-the-birth-of-the-computer"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48393" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.ted.com">www.ted.com</a> Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer -- from its 16th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42859-george-dyson-the-birth-of-the-computer">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/38429-george-dyson-let-s-take-a-nuclear-powered-rocket-to-saturn 2008-06-17T21:31:26Z TED Talks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3l2QopJbDBs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3l2QopJbDBs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/38429-george-dyson-let-s-take-a-nuclear-powered-rocket-to-saturn"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/43394" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://www.ted.com">www.ted.com</a> George Dyson tells the amazing story of Project Orion, a massive, nuclear-powered spacecraft that could have taken us to Saturn in five years. With a priceless insider's perspective and a cache of documents, photos and film, Dyson brings this dusty Atomic Age dream to vivid life.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/38429-george-dyson-let-s-take-a-nuclear-powered-rocket-to-saturn">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5200-barack-obama-essence-music-festival 2008-06-07T15:32:38Z barackobama <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BHvaWdZ7HHQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BHvaWdZ7HHQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/5200-barack-obama-essence-music-festival"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4475" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Barack Obama addresses the crowd at the 2007 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/5200-barack-obama-essence-music-festival">Watch the video</a>