http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/foratv 2008-07-25T18:25:29Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47004-partisan-challenges-for-mccain-and-obama-jenny-backus 2008-07-25T18:25:29Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IHbDT607eT8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IHbDT607eT8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47004-partisan-challenges-for-mccain-and-obama-jenny-backus"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55578" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/05/28/Can_Bipartisanship_Be_Revived">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Democratic consultant Jenny Backus identifies potentially difficult issues either John McCain or Barack Obama may have as President when dealing with Congress.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>The Bill Green Lecture Series memorializes Bill Green (1929-2002), who represented the East Side of Manhattan in Congress from 1978 to 1992.</p> <p>Rep. Green, a Democrat, was an independent thinker who frequently crossed the aisle to collaborate on critical issues such as the environment, urban policy, and affordable housing. He served as a trustee of The New School and a board member of Milano.</p> <p>This lecture series, which pays tribute to his deep commitment to bipartisanship, is generously funded by the Taconic Foundation, on whose board he also served - The New School</p> <p>Jenny Backus is a consultant and strategist for the Democratic Party (unaffiliated in the 2008 presidential race).</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47004-partisan-challenges-for-mccain-and-obama-jenny-backus">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46927-is-bipartisanship-possible-barney-frank 2008-07-25T18:25:29Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Rn0WgaJ-kg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Rn0WgaJ-kg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46927-is-bipartisanship-possible-barney-frank"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55484" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/05/The_Inaugural_Nelson_Polsby_Congressional_Conversation">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>U.S. Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) argues that Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama's plans for a broad bipartisan coalition may not be realistic.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>The inaugural Nelson W. Polsby Congressional Conversation will be hosted by Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute and feature Representatives Barney Frank and Tom Davis.</p> <p>It is a candid conversation between prominent congressional leaders of opposing political interests on finding ways to build bridges, find solutions and govern effectively in a highly partisan environment.</p> <p>The Polsby series aims to honor the late Berkeley congressional scholar Nelson Polsby by enabling substantive discussion between politically opposed leaders.</p> <p>Polsby was noted for his ecumenical approach to divisive political issues and his efforts over many decades to expand our understanding of political institutions and to make them work better - The New Republic</p> <p>Barnett "Barney" Frank is an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is a Democrat and has represented Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 1981. The district includes many of Boston's southern suburbs--such as Brookline, Newton and Foxborough--as well as the South Coast.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46927-is-bipartisanship-possible-barney-frank">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46767-fighting-terrorism-indirectly-thomas-henriksen 2008-07-25T18:25:29Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nKqy8xwk4z0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nKqy8xwk4z0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46767-fighting-terrorism-indirectly-thomas-henriksen"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55273" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/11/Thomas_Henriksen_American_Power_After_the_Berlin_Wall">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Henriksen argues that indirect diplomatic and military support are a more effective strategy for fighting terrorism abroad than are large-scale military actions.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the United States has been involved in a string of conflicts, from the Persian Gulf War to Panama, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and the Iraq war.</p> <p>What are the connections between these various interventions? What common themes emerge through analysis? What missteps were made?</p> <p>Henriksen notes the use of containment, interventions, regime changes, and even humanitarian assistance as responses to rogue states, civil strife, and militant Islam.</p> <p>He will also analyze the transformation from Washington's stability-first policy to its democracy-promotion agenda in the Middle East, which threatens this crucial region with instability, he says, necessitating a new grand strategy to confront terrorism - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Thomas H. Henriksen is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. His current research focuses on American foreign policy in the post-Cold War world, international political affairs, and national defense. Henriksen specializes in the study of U.S. diplomatic and military courses of action toward terrorist havens, such as Afghanistan, and the so-called rogue states, including North Korea, Iraq, and Iran. He also concentrates on armed and covert interventions abroad.</p> <p>Henriksen's most recent book is American Power after the Berlin Wall (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), which examines for the first time, in a single volume, U.S. foreign policy from 1989 to the present through the prism of America’s interventions around the world.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46767-fighting-terrorism-indirectly-thomas-henriksen">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46749-investigating-tainted-food-outbreaks-andrew-von-eschenbach 2008-07-25T18:25:29Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uyhj55FinXk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uyhj55FinXk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46749-investigating-tainted-food-outbreaks-andrew-von-eschenbach"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55248" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/10/Dr_Andrew_von_Eschenbach_Modernizing_the_FDA">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Andrew von Eschenbach discusses how the FDA investigates cases of widespread food contamination, such as the Salmonella-tainted tomato scare in the summer of 2008.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>With Congress pushing for faster approval of new medications and federal coffers shrinking, the FDA is facing tough challenges.</p> <p>Hear what lies ahead for the agency and the future of consumer safety.</p> <p>Von Eschenbach leads the nation's premiere consumer protection and health agency, with regulated products that account for more than 20 percent of consumer spending.</p> <p>As the former director of the National Cancer Institute, von Eschenbach is a nationally recognized urologic surgeon and oncologist - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., was sworn in as the 20th commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on December 13, 2006.</p> <p>As commissioner, he leads the nation's premiere consumer protection and health agency, regulating products that account for more than 20% of consumer spending.As the former Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Dr. von Eschenbach is a nationally recognized urologic surgeon and oncologist.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46749-investigating-tainted-food-outbreaks-andrew-von-eschenbach">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46683-henry-kissinger-on-war-and-dissent 2008-07-25T18:59:04Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D9vsCD0j3Ys&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D9vsCD0j3Ys&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46683-henry-kissinger-on-war-and-dissent"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55137" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/21/Uncommon_Knowledge_Henry_Kissinger">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger gives his perspective on warfare and anti-war dissent.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Henry Kissinger discusses war and more with Peter Robinson as part of the Hoover Institution's interview series, Uncommon Knowledge.</p> <p>War and the media - the two have not partnered so well since Vietnam. But in the days of the Internet, conservative talk radio, and Fox News, has the dynamic changed?</p> <p>Kissinger says only a bit, and that the media remain heavily biased against military action.</p> <p>Additionally, the 1960s concept that the U.S. government is somehow an evil enterprise is alive and well.</p> <p>In this environment, Kissinger says our leaders need to present a clearer and more educated vision of the American role in the world - Hoover Institution</p> <p>Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, continuing to hold the position of Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs which he first assumed in 1969 until 1975. After leaving government service, he founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm, of which he is chairman.</p> <p>Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It's My Party: A Republican's Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MB.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46683-henry-kissinger-on-war-and-dissent">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46666-henry-kissinger-china-as-a-rising-power 2008-07-25T18:25:29Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HIRCWZVRrYo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HIRCWZVRrYo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46666-henry-kissinger-china-as-a-rising-power"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55111" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/21/Uncommon_Knowledge_Henry_Kissinger">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger discusses the long-term implications of Chinese economic and political growth for United States security.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Henry Kissinger discusses war and more with Peter Robinson as part of the Hoover Institution's interview series, Uncommon Knowledge.</p> <p>War and the media - the two have not partnered so well since Vietnam. But in the days of the Internet, conservative talk radio, and Fox News, has the dynamic changed?</p> <p>Kissinger says only a bit, and that the media remain heavily biased against military action.</p> <p>Additionally, the 1960s concept that the U.S. government is somehow an evil enterprise is alive and well.</p> <p>In this environment, Kissinger says our leaders need to present a clearer and more educated vision of the American role in the world - Hoover Institution</p> <p>Henry Alfred Kissinger was the 56th Secretary of State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, continuing to hold the position of Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs which he first assumed in 1969 until 1975. After leaving government service, he founded Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm, of which he is chairman.</p> <p>Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It's My Party: A Republican's Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MB.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46666-henry-kissinger-china-as-a-rising-power">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46544-scott-mcclellan-on-selling-the-war-to-the-american-people 2008-07-25T18:25:29Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mq8qBHYYyKs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mq8qBHYYyKs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46544-scott-mcclellan-on-selling-the-war-to-the-american-people"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/54939" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/24/Scott_McClellan_What_Happened">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan criticizes the Bush Administration's conduct in the run-up to the Iraq war, for conducting what he describes as a "political marketing campaign" designed to "sell the war to the American people."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Formerly a member of Bush's select, loyal inner circle, McClellan will speak with rare candor about his experiences as press secretary during the first three years of the Iraq War, one of the most challenging and contentious periods of recent U.S. history, as well as where he thinks the president and his top aides veered off course, and the lessons the American people need to learn as they choose a new leader - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Scott McClellan is a former White House Press Secretary (2003-2006) for President George W. Bush. He replaced Ari Fleischer as press secretary in July 2003 and served until replaced by Tony Snow on April 26, 2006.</p> <p>As Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan served as the primary spokesperson for the President and delivered the daily White House briefing. Prior to joining the White House staff, he served as the traveling press secretary for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.</p> <p>Mr. McClellan began working as a gubernatorial spokesman for then-Governor Bush in early 1999. Previously, he served as chief of staff to a Texas state senator, worked on grassroots issue outreach in Texas, and managed three successful campaigns for statewide office.</p> <p>Mr. McClellan is a native of Austin, Texas. He received his bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46544-scott-mcclellan-on-selling-the-war-to-the-american-people">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46529-scott-mcclellan-on-losing-trust-in-bush 2008-07-25T18:25:30Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kmif8sFrz40&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kmif8sFrz40&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46529-scott-mcclellan-on-losing-trust-in-bush"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/54906" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/24/Scott_McClellan_What_Happened">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan discusses how his disillusionment towards the Iraq war affected his relationship with President George W. Bush.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Formerly a member of Bush's select, loyal inner circle, McClellan will speak with rare candor about his experiences as press secretary during the first three years of the Iraq War, one of the most challenging and contentious periods of recent U.S. history, as well as where he thinks the president and his top aides veered off course, and the lessons the American people need to learn as they choose a new leader - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Scott McClellan is a former White House Press Secretary (2003-2006) for President George W. Bush. He replaced Ari Fleischer as press secretary in July 2003 and served until replaced by Tony Snow on April 26, 2006.</p> <p>As Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan served as the primary spokesperson for the President and delivered the daily White House briefing. Prior to joining the White House staff, he served as the traveling press secretary for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.</p> <p>Mr. McClellan began working as a gubernatorial spokesman for then-Governor Bush in early 1999. Previously, he served as chief of staff to a Texas state senator, worked on grassroots issue outreach in Texas, and managed three successful campaigns for statewide office.</p> <p>Mr. McClellan is a native of Austin, Texas. He received his bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46529-scott-mcclellan-on-losing-trust-in-bush">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46514-the-psychology-of-the-job-interview-rom-brafman 2008-07-25T18:25:30Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ciE7856tyR8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ciE7856tyR8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46514-the-psychology-of-the-job-interview-rom-brafman"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/54877" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/12/Sway_The_Irresistible_Pull_of_Irrational_Behavior">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Psychologist Rom Brafman argues that employers often ask the wrong kind of questions at job interviews, and blames an over-reliance on our ability to evaluate new people as the cause.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Why is it so difficult to sell a plummeting stock or end a doomed relationship? Why do we listen to advice just because it came from someone "important"? Why are we more likely to fall in love when there's danger involved?</p> <p>In Sway, renowned organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, answer all these questions and more - Book Passage</p> <p>Rom Brafman holds a PhD in psychology and has taught university courses in personality and personal growth.His current research interests focus on the dynamics of interpersonal relationships. He has a private practice in Palo Alto, California.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46514-the-psychology-of-the-job-interview-rom-brafman">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46452-fora-tv-office-tour 2008-07-25T18:25:30Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vROeqgEwd1I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vROeqgEwd1I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46452-fora-tv-office-tour"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/54723" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Join Nick Ryan as he goes behind-the-scenes at FORA.tv's San Francisco headquarters, meets FORA.tv staff, and takes a brief tour of the city skyline as seen from the office roof. FORA.tv is located at 1550 Bryant Street, in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.</p> <p>For a tour of the FORA.tv website, visit: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/08/FORAtv_tour">fora.tv</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/46452-fora-tv-office-tour">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46432-the-provence-goat-cheese-test-georganne-brennan 2008-07-25T18:25:30Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zXRDFO-ZtKw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zXRDFO-ZtKw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46432-the-provence-goat-cheese-test-georganne-brennan"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/54669" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/21/Georgeanne_Brennan_A_Pig_in_Provence">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Award-winning food writer Georganne Brennan recalls her first successful attempts at making goat cheese in a small village in Provence, France.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Georgeanne Brennan talks about A Pig in Provence. Thirty years ago, this award-winning author and her family set out to realize the dream of a peaceful, rural existence.</p> <p>This evocative and passionate memoir -- filled with delicious recipes and local color -- describes her life cooking and living in the South of France - Book Passage</p> <p>Georgeanne Brennan is winner of both Julia Child and James Beard cookbook awards and has written over a dozen books on cooking and gardening.A writer and columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and regular contributor to numerous other publications, she divides her time between her Northern California farm and her home in the Provence region of France.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46432-the-provence-goat-cheese-test-georganne-brennan">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46150-salman-rushdie-machiavelli-s-bad-rap 2008-07-25T18:25:30Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y_7jRYLTzcE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y_7jRYLTzcE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46150-salman-rushdie-machiavelli-s-bad-rap"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53999" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/18/A_Conversation_with_Salman_Rushdie">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie discusses Niccolo Machiavelli, arguing that the infamous Italian political philosopher does not deserve the bad reputation he is often given by popular culture.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Born in Mumbai, India, Salman Rushdie is an outspoken novelist. After a decade working as an ad copywriter, Rushdie had a breakthrough with the publication of his second book, Midnight's Children. The book received critical acclaim and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981.</p> <p>His latest novel, The Enchantress of Florence, about a bewitching Moghul princess and her Florentine exploits with such historical characters as Machiavelli, is due out this June - City Arts & Lectures</p> <p>Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize.Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between the Eastern and Western worlds.</p> <p>His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), led to protests from Muslims in several countries, some of which were violent. Faced with death threats and a fatwā (religious edict) issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically.</p> <p>In June 2007, Rushdie was appointed a Knight Bachelor for services to literature. In 2007, he began a five-year term as distinguished writer in residence at Emory University.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46150-salman-rushdie-machiavelli-s-bad-rap">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46115-salman-rushdie-great-art-about-9-11 2008-07-25T18:25:30Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p4gs3nzLUZk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p4gs3nzLUZk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46115-salman-rushdie-great-art-about-9-11"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53891" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/18/A_Conversation_with_Salman_Rushdie">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Bestselling Author Salman Rushdie discusses what he feels is a lack of great literature or other creative works about September 11, 2001.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Born in Mumbai, India, Salman Rushdie is an outspoken novelist. After a decade working as an ad copywriter, Rushdie had a breakthrough with the publication of his second book, Midnight's Children. The book received critical acclaim and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981.</p> <p>His latest novel, The Enchantress of Florence, about a bewitching Moghul princess and her Florentine exploits with such historical characters as Machiavelli, is due out this June - City Arts & Lectures</p> <p>Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize.Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions, and migrations between the Eastern and Western worlds.</p> <p>His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), led to protests from Muslims in several countries, some of which were violent. Faced with death threats and a fatwā (religious edict) issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically.</p> <p>In June 2007, Rushdie was appointed a Knight Bachelor for services to literature. In 2007, he began a five-year term as distinguished writer in residence at Emory University.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46115-salman-rushdie-great-art-about-9-11">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/46003-on-writing-about-africa-charlayne-hunter-gault 2008-07-25T18:25:30Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_2Bzcjbk5vU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_2Bzcjbk5vU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/46003-on-writing-about-africa-charlayne-hunter-gault"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53361" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/11/07/Solutions_The_Future_Political_Landscape">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault criticizes racist and sensationalist reporting on Africa.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>On the 60th anniversary of Orwell's Politics and the English Language, George Orwell described political speech as consisting "largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness." Some six decades later, many symptoms of manipulation and propaganda diagnosed by Orwell persist on the American political landscape, along with new disinformation techniques enabled by modern technology.</p> <p>Historians, scientists, philosophers, linguists, cognitive experts, journalists, image-makers, and public figures will debate in three separate sessions the current state of political discourse - and journalism's response to it - on the dawn of a bitterly contested presidential campaign - NYPL</p> <p>Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a journalist, having worked with CNN, NPR, and PBS. She was the first African American woman admitted to or graduated from the University of Georgia. She is also the author of the autobiography In My Place, which reflects on African American life in the 1940s and 50s and the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s. Charlayne Hunter-Gault recently left her post as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent, which she had held since 1999, to pursue independent projects. Before joining CNN, she worked from Johannesburg as the chief correspondent in Africa for NPR from 1997 to 1999.</p> <p>Hunter-Gault was the chief national correspondent for the Newshour with Jim Lehrer on PBS from 1983 to 1997. She had joined the MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1978 as a correspondent. In 1989, she was also the correspondent for MacNeil/Lehrer Productions' five-part series, "Learning in America." During her tenure at the NewsHour, she won two Emmys and a Peabody for excellence in broadcast journalism for her work on the series "Apartheid's People." She also received the 1986 Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/46003-on-writing-about-africa-charlayne-hunter-gault">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45989-opinion-journalism-and-the-politics-of-language 2008-07-25T18:25:30Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HC3H8EuqH0k&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HC3H8EuqH0k&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45989-opinion-journalism-and-the-politics-of-language"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53341" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2007/11/07/Solutions_The_Future_Political_Landscape">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Talking Points Memo blogger Josh Marshall discusses the balance an opinion journalist must hold between political advocacy and informative reporting.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>On the 60th anniversary of Orwell's Politics and the English Language, George Orwell described political speech as consisting "largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness." Some six decades later, many symptoms of manipulation and propaganda diagnosed by Orwell persist on the American political landscape, along with new disinformation techniques enabled by modern technology.</p> <p>Historians, scientists, philosophers, linguists, cognitive experts, journalists, image-makers, and public figures will debate in three separate sessions the current state of political discourse - and journalism's response to it - on the dawn of a bitterly contested presidential campaign - NYPL</p> <p>Josh Marshall is the publisher of Talking Points Memo, TPMmuckraker, TPM Election Central and TPMCafe. He also writes a weekly column for the Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill. His articles on politics and foreign affairs have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers across the United States as well as abroad, including the American Prospect, the Atlantic Monthly, the Boston Globe, the Financial Times, , the New Republic, the New Yorker, the New York Post, the New York Times, Salon, and Slate. Marshall graduated from Princeton in 1991 and holds a doctorate in American history from Brown. He lives in New York City with his wife Millet, their son Sam, and their dog Simon.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45989-opinion-journalism-and-the-politics-of-language">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45919-idea-framing-metaphors-and-your-brain-george-lakoff 2008-07-25T18:25:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S_CWBjyIERY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S_CWBjyIERY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45919-idea-framing-metaphors-and-your-brain-george-lakoff"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53239" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/20/George_Lakoff_on_The_Political_Mind">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>UC-Berkeley Linguistics Professor George Lakoff discusses how idea framing and metaphors contribute to shaping the way we think.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>UC Berkeley Professor George Lakoff discusses concepts from his new book, The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain.</p> <p>George P. Lakoff is a professor of linguistics (in particular, cognitive linguistics) at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1972. <br />Although some of his research involves questions traditionally pursued by linguists, such as the conditions under which a certain linguistic construction is grammatically viable, he is most famous for his ideas about the centrality of metaphor to human thinking, political behavior and society.</p> <p>He is particularly famous for his concept of the "embodied mind" which he has written about in relation to mathematics. In recent years he has applied his work to the realm of politics, and founded a progressive think tank, the Rockridge Institute.</p> <p>Joe Epstein is the former President of The Commonwealth Club's Board of Governors.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45919-idea-framing-metaphors-and-your-brain-george-lakoff">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45893-the-drake-equation-and-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life 2008-07-25T18:25:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Sad8uRToWQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Sad8uRToWQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45893-the-drake-equation-and-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53208" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/03/The_Search_for_Extra-Terrestrial_Life">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Astronomer Ian Morison explains how scientists assess the likelihood of discovering extraterrestrial life, using a formula called the Drake Equation.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Professor Ian Morison describes our attempts to detect the presence of other advanced civilizations, explains why we should not be too disheartened by our failure so far and how a giant radio telescope, due for completion in 2020, would give us a realistic chance of searching the whole Galaxy - Gresham College</p> <p>Ian Morison made his first telescope at the age of 12 with lenses given to him by his optician. Having studied Physics, Maths and Astronomy at Oxford he became a radio astronomer at the Jodrell Bank Observatory and teaches Astronomy and Cosmology at the University of Manchester. </p> <p>Over 25 years he has also taught Observational Astronomy to many hundreds of adult students in the North West of England. An active amateur optical astronomer, he is a council member and past president of the Society for Popular Astronomy in the United Kingdom. </p> <p>At Jodrell Bank he was a designer of the 217 KM MERLIN array and has coordinated the Project Phoenix SETI Observations using the Lovell Radio Telescope. He contributes astronomy articles and reviews for New Scientist and Astronomy Now, and produces a monthly sky guide on the Observatory's website.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45893-the-drake-equation-and-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45880-the-baby-einstein-controversy-susan-linn 2008-07-25T18:25:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OtJs1jufYZQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OtJs1jufYZQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45880-the-baby-einstein-controversy-susan-linn"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53192" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/05/Susan_Linn_The_Case_for_Make_Believe">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood Susan Linn talks about her FTC complaint filed against Disney's Baby Einstein as "false and deceptive marketing."</p> <p>-----</p> <p>From the author of Consuming Kids, a clarion call for preserving play in our material world, a book every parent will want to read.</p> <p>In the nationally celebrated Consuming Kids, Susan Linn provided an unsparing look at how modern childhood is molded by commercialism. The resulting threat to children's play is the subject of her timely and fascinating new book.</p> <p>In The Case for Make Believe, Linn argues that, while play is crucial to human development, nurturing creative play in modern-day America is not only countercultural--it's a threat to corporate profits.</p> <p>At the heart of the book are gripping stories of children at home, at school, and in a therapist's office using make believe to grapple with real-life issues from entering kindergarten to the death of a sibling.</p> <p>In an age when toys come from TV shows, dress-up means wearing Disney costumes, and parents believe Baby Einstein is educational, Linn lays out the inextricable links between play, creativity, and health, showing us why we need to protect our children from corporations that aim to limit their imaginations - Cody's Books</p> <p>Susan Linn is the associate director of the Media Center at Judge Baker Children's Center, instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and director of The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45880-the-baby-einstein-controversy-susan-linn">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45821-are-the-olympics-outdated-frank-deford 2008-07-25T18:25:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_4ni6DAeZGs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_4ni6DAeZGs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45821-are-the-olympics-outdated-frank-deford"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53109" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/23/Frank_Deford_on_Sports_The_Hype_and_the_Hypocrisy">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford addresses political issues surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and argues that the Olympic Games have become outdated as a cultural concept.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Frank Deford, senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated and commentator for National Public Radio, delivers a lecture encompassing a wide swath of the world of sports from the Olympic Games to college athletics.</p> <p>Frank Deford is a six-time National Sportswriter of the Year, Senior Contributing Editor at Sports Illustrated, commentator on NPR's Morning Edition, and a correspondent on the HBO show RealSports with Bryant Gumbel.</p> <p>In addition to being the author of more than a dozen books, he has been elected to the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters and has been awarded both an Emmy and a Peabody.</p> <p>Sporting News describes Deford as the most influential sports voice among members of the print media and GQ simply calls him the world's greatest sportswriter.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45821-are-the-olympics-outdated-frank-deford">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45796-what-s-wrong-with-college-sports-frank-deford 2008-07-25T18:25:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ynWs2T2hA9U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ynWs2T2hA9U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45796-what-s-wrong-with-college-sports-frank-deford"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53080" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/23/Frank_Deford_on_Sports_The_Hype_and_the_Hypocrisy">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford criticizes college athletics programs for frequent scandals, and for awarding scholarships to athletes over academics.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Frank Deford, senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated and commentator for National Public Radio, delivers a lecture encompassing a wide swath of the world of sports from the Olympic Games to college athletics.</p> <p>Frank Deford is a six-time National Sportswriter of the Year, Senior Contributing Editor at Sports Illustrated, commentator on NPR's Morning Edition, and a correspondent on the HBO show RealSports with Bryant Gumbel.</p> <p>In addition to being the author of more than a dozen books, he has been elected to the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters and has been awarded both an Emmy and a Peabody.</p> <p>Sporting News describes Deford as the most influential sports voice among members of the print media and GQ simply calls him the world's greatest sportswriter.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45796-what-s-wrong-with-college-sports-frank-deford">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45782-fora-tv-ceo-brian-gruber-on-the-chautauqua-institution 2008-07-25T18:25:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b56xo56_HDQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b56xo56_HDQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45782-fora-tv-ceo-brian-gruber-on-the-chautauqua-institution"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53059" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>FORA.tv Founder and CEO Brian Gruber gives a brief history of the Chautauqua Institution, discusses his recent visit to the landmark retreat in upstate New York and comments on its striking line-up of speaker lectures this Summer.</p> <p>For a full list of Chautauqua programming available from FORA.tv, visit <a href="http://fora.tv/partner/chautauqua">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Chautauqua Institution on the web: <a href="http://www.ciweb.org/">www.ciweb.org</a> </p> <p>Chautauqua 2008 schedule: <a href="http://www.ciweb.org/schedule.html">www.ciweb.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/45782-fora-tv-ceo-brian-gruber-on-the-chautauqua-institution">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45689-rupert-murdoch-on-bias-in-the-news 2008-07-25T18:25:31Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LhRIM0QoF90&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LhRIM0QoF90&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45689-rupert-murdoch-on-bias-in-the-news"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52940" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/02/Rupert_Murdoch_News_for_the_21st_Century">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch argues that all news media - News Corp's own Fox News included - is inherently prone to bias, and that the best counter to this problem is a diverse media representing a variety of opinions.</p> <p>------</p> <p>Media mogul Rupert Murdoch warned that "technology will continue to destroy all of the old ways and old assumptions, especially in the media" during an April 2 speech on "Creative Destruction: News for the 21st Century."</p> <p>Rupert Murdoch is the chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation, a global media company with properties in film, television, print and online.</p> <p>News Corporation's subsidiaries include Fox News Channel, Dow Jones (publisher of the Wall Street Journal), 20th Century Fox, and MySpace - Georgetown University</p> <p>Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-American global media mogul. He is the major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation (News Corp). </p> <p>Beginning with newspapers, magazines and television stations in his native Australia, Murdoch expanded News Corp into the UK, US and Asian media markets. In recent years has become a leading investor in satellite television, the film industry, the Internet and media. News Corp is based in New York.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45689-rupert-murdoch-on-bias-in-the-news">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45674-rupert-murdoch-how-technology-has-changed-the-media 2008-07-25T18:25:32Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IQSKRWXyFw8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IQSKRWXyFw8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45674-rupert-murdoch-how-technology-has-changed-the-media"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52919" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/02/Rupert_Murdoch_News_for_the_21st_Century">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch discusses how rapidly changing technologies have impacted news and entertainment media, and have made audiences more diverse and difficult-to-reach than ever before.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Media mogul Rupert Murdoch warned that "technology will continue to destroy all of the old ways and old assumptions, especially in the media" during an April 2 speech on "Creative Destruction: News for the 21st Century."</p> <p>Rupert Murdoch is the chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation, a global media company with properties in film, television, print and online.</p> <p>News Corporation's subsidiaries include Fox News Channel, Dow Jones (publisher of the Wall Street Journal), 20th Century Fox, and MySpace - Georgetown University</p> <p>Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-American global media mogul. He is the major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation (News Corp). </p> <p>Beginning with newspapers, magazines and television stations in his native Australia, Murdoch expanded News Corp into the UK, US and Asian media markets. In recent years has become a leading investor in satellite television, the film industry, the Internet and media. News Corp is based in New York.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45674-rupert-murdoch-how-technology-has-changed-the-media">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45668-rupert-murdoch-on-myspace-vs-facebook 2008-07-25T18:25:32Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/alXvBJyE9Dw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/alXvBJyE9Dw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45668-rupert-murdoch-on-myspace-vs-facebook"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52908" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/04/02/Rupert_Murdoch_News_for_the_21st_Century">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch compares social networking websites MySpace (owned by News Corp) and Facebook, arguing that the two sites are different enough that they are not necessarily targeting the same audience.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Media mogul Rupert Murdoch warned that "technology will continue to destroy all of the old ways and old assumptions, especially in the media" during an April 2 speech on "Creative Destruction: News for the 21st Century."</p> <p>Rupert Murdoch is the chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation, a global media company with properties in film, television, print and online.</p> <p>News Corporation's subsidiaries include Fox News Channel, Dow Jones (publisher of the Wall Street Journal), 20th Century Fox, and MySpace - Georgetown University</p> <p>Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-American global media mogul. He is the major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation (News Corp). </p> <p>Beginning with newspapers, magazines and television stations in his native Australia, Murdoch expanded News Corp into the UK, US and Asian media markets. In recent years has become a leading investor in satellite television, the film industry, the Internet and media. News Corp is based in New York.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45668-rupert-murdoch-on-myspace-vs-facebook">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45469-in-the-hot-zone-with-virus-x-richard-preston 2008-07-25T18:25:32Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/17Yh6xkCNpQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/17Yh6xkCNpQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45469-in-the-hot-zone-with-virus-x-richard-preston"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52619" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/06/12/Richard_Preston_Panic_in_Level_4">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>"The Hot Zone" author Richard Preston describes his close call with a mysterious "Virus X," in a visit to a U.S. Army level-4 biocontainment research lab.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Richard Preston talks about Panic in Level 4: Canibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science. These dramatic accounts, all updated since appearing in The New Yorker, are true tales, taking readers on a journey to military labs, hospitals, and jungles around the world, revealing frightening forces and constructive discoveries that are reordering our world - Book Passage</p> <p>Richard Preston is the author of seven books, including The Hot Zone, The Cobra Event and The Demon in the Freezer, which are his "Dark Biology" series.</p> <p>Preston is a regular contributor to The New Yorker. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages, and he has won numerous awards, including the American Institute of Physics Award and the National Magazine Award.</p> <p>Preston is the only non-medical professional ever to receive the Centers for Disease Control's Champion of Prevention Award for public health.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45469-in-the-hot-zone-with-virus-x-richard-preston">Watch the video</a>