http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/ian 2008-10-03T08:52:03Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54710-re-the-cult-revolution 2008-10-03T08:52:03Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1xfElWZ2MFI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1xfElWZ2MFI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54710-re-the-cult-revolution"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66361" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54710-re-the-cult-revolution">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50343-authors-google-ian-mcneely 2008-10-06T20:45:03Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sW4xo90J20U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sW4xo90J20U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50343-authors-google-ian-mcneely"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61136" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Professor Ian McNeely visits Google's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, to discuss the book written by him and Lisa Wolverton "Reinventing Knowledge". This event took place August 15, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. </p> <p>Here is an intellectual entertainment, a sweeping history of the key institutions that have organized knowledge in the West from the classical period onward. With elegance and wit, this exhilarating history alights at the pivotal points of cultural transformation. The motivating question throughout: How does history help us understand the vast changes we are now experiencing in the landscape of knowledge?</p> <p>Beginning in Alexandria and its great center of Hellenistic learning and imperial power, we then see the monastery in the wilderness of a collapsed civilization, the rambunctious universities of the late medieval cities, and the thick social networks of the Enlightenment republic of letters. The development of science and the laboratory as a dominant knowledge institution brings us to the present, seeking patterns in the new digital networks of knowledge.</p> <p>Ian F. McNeely and Lisa Wolverton teach at the University of Oregon and live in Eugene.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50343-authors-google-ian-mcneely">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/49728-ian-dunbar-dog-friendly-dog-training 2008-10-06T20:46:51Z TED Talks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GOW0IKO_zfM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GOW0IKO_zfM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/49728-ian-dunbar-dog-friendly-dog-training"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/60332" 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> Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, trainer Ian Dunbar asks us to see the world through the eyes of our beloved dogs. By knowing our pets' perspective, we can build their love and trust. It's a message that resonates well beyond the animal world.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/49728-ian-dunbar-dog-friendly-dog-training">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48838-bush-supports-georgia-s-invasion-will-send-troops-in-support 2008-09-21T18:42:29Z americansunite <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/36d-t8Bqbt8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/36d-t8Bqbt8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48838-bush-supports-georgia-s-invasion-will-send-troops-in-support"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58871" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Remember Georgia is the one that attacked S.OSSETIA at night as CNN edits the footage that makes it look like RUSSIA is the one attacking. Just look and see how AMERICA is involved dealing arms and building up this surge for the past 15 years <br />http://www.prisonplanet.com/revealed-how-us-funds-georgian-arms.html <br />Follow the BRZENZINSKI's</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48838-bush-supports-georgia-s-invasion-will-send-troops-in-support">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48553-re-deep-purple-smoke-on-the-water-live-1973 2008-08-18T10:49:03Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GGiIPUXO_YY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GGiIPUXO_YY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48553-re-deep-purple-smoke-on-the-water-live-1973"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58483" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48553-re-deep-purple-smoke-on-the-water-live-1973">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47830-re-ian-brown-f-e-a-r 2008-08-10T16:46:57Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sPRmY5I9LyQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sPRmY5I9LyQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47830-re-ian-brown-f-e-a-r"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57458" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47830-re-ian-brown-f-e-a-r">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/42616-re-the-opium-connection-1966 2008-06-20T01:37:13Z MayorGalvan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N_I5MLCe-ww&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N_I5MLCe-ww&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/42616-re-the-opium-connection-1966"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/48087" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Video Cam Direct Upload</p> </div> <a href="/blog/42616-re-the-opium-connection-1966">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40640-frost-over-the-world-sebastian-faulks-30-may-08 2008-06-18T09:37:38Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDRDBJ-T0lE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zDRDBJ-T0lE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40640-frost-over-the-world-sebastian-faulks-30-may-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45839" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The author Ian Fleming was born 100 years ago this week. </p> <p>To mark the anniversary, a book has been published celebrating Fleming's most enduring character -- the British spy James Bond. </p> <p>Fleming died in 1964 with 14 Bond books to his credit. So enduring is his legacy that no fewer than 22 subsequent Bond books have been written by other authors. </p> <p>The latest attempt, Devil May Care, is written by the acclaimed English novelist Sebastian Faulks.</p> <p>Faulks talks to Sir David about the new book. </p> <p>He says that he tried to impersonate Fleming's writing style and interpretation of James Bond, as a solitary and vulnerable character. </p> <p>Faulks says he completed the book in just six weeks.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40640-frost-over-the-world-sebastian-faulks-30-may-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40217-ian-buruma-olympic-games-positive-and-negative 2008-07-17T10:37:56Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ge5OY30tEw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ge5OY30tEw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40217-ian-buruma-olympic-games-positive-and-negative"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45380" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>"In some ways, says Ian Buruma, "Chain and the Olympic Games were made for each other." Looking at the history of the Games he finds that sometimes the effects have been positive (Japan for example) and sometimes negative (Nazi Germany). <br />This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council event about the Beijing Games (May 16, 2008). For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to the Council's online magazine <a href="http://www.policyinnovations.org">www.policyinnovations.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/40217-ian-buruma-olympic-games-positive-and-negative">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40208-prc-official-qi-qianjin-and-ian-buruma-on-democracy-in-china 2008-09-11T12:34:19Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KP_SjOQ3hvM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KP_SjOQ3hvM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40208-prc-official-qi-qianjin-and-ian-buruma-on-democracy-in-china"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45371" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Qi Qianjin and Ian Buruma: What is the meaning of good government and is democracy is a necessary component? <br />This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council event about the Beijing Games (May 16, 2008). For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to the Council's online magazine <a href="http://www.policyinnovations.org">www.policyinnovations.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/40208-prc-official-qi-qianjin-and-ian-buruma-on-democracy-in-china">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40200-ian-buruma-politics-and-the-olympic-games 2008-07-17T10:37:56Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zlg0R14NIiw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zlg0R14NIiw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40200-ian-buruma-politics-and-the-olympic-games"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45362" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Olympics have been political since the very beginning, says Ian Buruma. They were revived in the 19th century for nationalistic reasons. <br />This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council talk on May 16, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to the Council's online magazine <a href="http://www.policyinnovations.org">www.policyinnovations.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/40200-ian-buruma-politics-and-the-olympic-games">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/36942-innovators-google-ian-manheimer-robert-boyle 2008-06-12T03:32:18Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9xBmcT2vv_Q&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9xBmcT2vv_Q&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/36942-innovators-google-ian-manheimer-robert-boyle"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/41612" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Entrepreneurs Ian Manheimer and Robert Boyle visit Google's Cambridge, MA office to discuss Glassbooth.org, a nonprofit organization that is creating innovative ways to access political information and promoting democracy. This event took place on February 19, 2008, as part of the Innovators@Google series.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/36942-innovators-google-ian-manheimer-robert-boyle">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34313-frost-over-the-world-ian-paisley-28-mar-08 2008-06-11T03:32:24Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5_Yr6i0_9Hs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5_Yr6i0_9Hs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34313-frost-over-the-world-ian-paisley-28-mar-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37445" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Ian Paisley joins Sir David to discuss Northern Ireland's power-sharing agreement and his decision to stand down as Northern Ireland's first minister and the leader of the Democratic Unionists.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34313-frost-over-the-world-ian-paisley-28-mar-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34085-sam-harris-friend-friday-20-b-tv-film-actress-lizzy-caplan 2008-06-27T12:34:38Z SamHarris <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0vaKiLnj26Y&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0vaKiLnj26Y&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34085-sam-harris-friend-friday-20-b-tv-film-actress-lizzy-caplan"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37200" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>► <a href="http://www.SamHarris.com/FF">www.SamHarris.com</a> </p> <p>PART 2 of 2</p> <p>Sam talks with Lizzy Caplan which you remember from THE CLASS. <a href="http://samharris.com/theclass">samharris.com</a> </p> <p>Filmography:</p> <p>* "The Pitts" (2008) .... 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Go to www.consciousmedianetwork.com for the full interview FREE.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30355-preview-of-interview-with-ian-wagge">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19613-mike-gravel-campaign-promo 2008-06-14T09:35:17Z mikegravel <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qrQ9kbTfhKk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qrQ9kbTfhKk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19613-mike-gravel-campaign-promo"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/19289" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/19613-mike-gravel-campaign-promo">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19456-ex-rhodesian-pm-ian-smith-dies-21st-november-2007 2008-06-14T09:36:33Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L_aYHnutqDc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L_aYHnutqDc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19456-ex-rhodesian-pm-ian-smith-dies-21st-november-2007"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/19130" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The former Rhodesian prime minister has died in South Africa aged 88. <br />Smith suffered a stroke and Zimbabwe - which used to be called Rhodesia -is describing his death as "good riddance." Al Jazeera's Jayne Azzopardi looks back at his controversial life.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/19456-ex-rhodesian-pm-ian-smith-dies-21st-november-2007">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/19311-authors-google-ian-ayres 2008-06-10T09:33:49Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5Yml4H2sG4U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5Yml4H2sG4U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/19311-authors-google-ian-ayres"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/18984" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Ian Ayres visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart." This event took place on November 8, 2007 as part of the Authors@Google series.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/19311-authors-google-ian-ayres">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16510-frost-over-the-world-ian-botham-19-oct-07-part-3 2008-06-15T15:30:34Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R6Ny2HbrRSc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R6Ny2HbrRSc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16510-frost-over-the-world-ian-botham-19-oct-07-part-3"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16245" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Former cricketer Ian Botham talks to Sir David Frost about his new autobiography "Head on".</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16510-frost-over-the-world-ian-botham-19-oct-07-part-3">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6128-authors-google-present-ian-bremmer 2008-06-07T09:32:25Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tNOivF_dt2g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tNOivF_dt2g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6128-authors-google-present-ian-bremmer"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/5404" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Ian Bremmer speaks at Google regarding his latest book: "The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall"</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6128-authors-google-present-ian-bremmer">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6030-authors-google-ian-bremmer 2008-06-07T09:33:41Z AtGoogleTalks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Ty8tDwrEiY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Ty8tDwrEiY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6030-authors-google-ian-bremmer"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/5306" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Authors@Google welcomed Ian Bremmer to the NY office Friday May 4th 2007. Ian Bremmer is president of the Eurasia Group, a political risk advisory and consulting firm. He is also a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute and a columnist for the Financial Times. </p> <p>Ian Bremmer received his PhD in political science from Stanford University in 1994, specializing in nation- and state-building in the former Soviet Union. Bremmer went on to the faculty of the Hoover Institution where, at 25, he became the Institution's youngest ever National Fellow. He has held research and faculty positions at Columbia University, the EastWest Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the World Policy Institute, where he has served as Senior Fellow since 1997. His research focuses on states in transition, global political risk, and US foreign policy. </p> <p>"With this timely book, political risk consultant Bremmer aims to "describe the political and economic forces that revitalize some states and push others toward collapse." His simple premise is that if one were to graph a nation's stability as a function of its openness, the result would be a "J curve," suggesting that as nations become more open, they become less stable until they eventually surpass their initial levels of stability. In other words, a closed society like Cuba is relatively stable; a more open society like Saudi Arabia is less so; and an extremely open society like the United States is extremely stable. Bremmer expertly distills decades—sometimes centuries—of history as he analyzes 10 countries at different positions on the J curve. North Korea is perhaps the most disturbing example of the left side of the curve, where a closed authoritarian regime produces effective stability; on the right of the curve sit stable countries like Turkey, Israel and India. This leads Bremmer to conclude that political isolation and sanctions often work against their intended resultsand that globalization is the key to opening closed authoritarian states. Bremmer persuasively illustrates his core thesis without eliding the complexities of global or national politics. (Sept.) " - Publishers Weekly . Copyright © Reed Business Information</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6030-authors-google-ian-bremmer">Watch the video</a>