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Slavoj Zizek: The Delusion of Green Capitalism

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Philosopher Slavoj Zizek argues environmentally conscious consumers are desperate for simple tasks they can perform to alleviate their guilt, so they do things like purchase
Thematic Section: News & Politics
Duration: 00:03:04.500
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Thomas Sowell: Federal Reserve a 'Cancer'

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Economist Thomas Sowell explains why he supports Ron Paul's stance on abolishing the Federal Reserve. When asked by Peter Robinson what should replace the Fed, Sowell replie
Thematic Section: News & Politics
Duration: 00:02:53.250
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Fred Wilson: "Everybody Is a Pirate, So Fix the System"

Complete description: Complete video at fora.tv Fred Wilson, managing partner at Union Square Ventures, passionately argues that "everybody is a pirate" of copyrighted digital content because internet content isn't conveni
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Duration: 00:01:42
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"Do You Want to Live to Be 1000?" and Why That's a Stupid Question

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey says although he doesn't know whether or not he would want to live to be 1000 (or even 100) years old, he does know that he would lik
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Duration: 00:01:00
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'Star Wars' and Bad Science In Movies - Science Comedian Brian Malow

Complete description: More Wonderfest videos available at: fora.tv Science comedian Brian Malow cites an example from the original 'Star Wars' to riff on the poor science often on display in sci-fi movies. ----- Brian Malo
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Duration: 00:02:45
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How Steve Wozniak Brought Color to Personal Computers

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recalls the moment he stumbled upon the idea of how to put color into personal computers. The inspiration came during a sleepless four-day and
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Duration: 00:02:05.250
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A Day in the Life of a Kiva Robot

Complete description: Complete Premium video at: fora.tv Kiva Systems founder and CEO Mick Mountz narrates a play-by-play video of how Kiva robots automate a warehouse environment. ----- How Robots Think: Why Artificial In
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Duration: 00:02:42
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Richard Dawkins: Who Was the First Human?

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Biologist and author Richard Dawkins presents a thought experiment to explain human origins. Following each generation backwards across millions of years of evolution, Dawki
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:03:21.750
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Tenacity vs Intellect: What Makes an Entrepreneur?

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv When it comes to entrepreneurship, does tenacity trump intelligence? NowPublic.com co-founder Leonard Brody thinks so. He says entrepreneurial success depends on a willingne
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Duration: 00:01:36
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FORA.tv Interviews Radiohead's Thom Yorke @ COP15

Complete description: FORA.tv's Stuart Schulzke interviews Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke at the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen. Although Yorke criticizes the political atmosphere, he remains optimistic that domestic
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Duration: 00:04:57.750
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Neil deGrasse Tyson - World to End In 2012...or Not

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Author and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson dismisses the popular internet doomsday theory that a "Planet X," aka Nibiru, will return to our solar system in 2012 and fatal
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:02:00
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Discovering a 'Singing' Tree - Bernie Krause

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Dr. Bernie Krause, creator of Wild Sanctuary, explains how he recorded audio signals emitting from the trunk of a cottonwood tree while trying to record bat emissions. He de
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Duration: 00:01:50.250
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Raymond Tallis - Free Will and the Brain

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv British gerontologist, author and cultural critic Raymond Tallis addresses questions regarding free will and the brain. ----- "Battle of Ideas: My Brain Made Me Do It" at th
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Duration: 00:05:17.250
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Dopamine Jackpot! Sapolsky on the Science of Pleasure

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, compares dopamine levels in monkeys and humans. Sapolsky argues that in both, "Dopamine is not ab
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:03:44.250
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Quantum Computers and Parallel Universes

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Marcus Chown, author of Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You: A Guide to the Universe, discusses the mechanics behind quantum computers, explaining that they function by having at
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Duration: 00:03:15
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The Birth of the Long Now Foundation - Brian Eno

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Composer Brian Eno recalls how he and Stewart Brand joined up to co-found The Long Now Foundation. Eno says his interest in long-term thinking was sparked by moving to a dys
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:02:24
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Gladwell on Income Inequality: We're Off the Rails

Complete description: Complete Premium video at: fora.tv Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell discusses America's dramatically changing notions of wealth and income inequality since the mid-20th century. Gladwell notes tha
Thematic Section: News & Politics
Duration: 00:03:14.250
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3D Printing: If You Can Draw It, You Can Make It

Complete description: Complete Premium video at: fora.tv Makerbot founder Bre Pettis demonstrates his 3D printer, which has the capability to make anything from toy cars to bottle openers to Darth Vader helmets. Pettis tou
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Duration: 00:01:57
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Was Iceland a Target for Economic Hit Men? - John Perkins

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, blames Iceland's economic collapse on the tactics of economic hit men from multi-national corporat
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Duration: 00:02:05.250
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Want to Upload Your Brain? Science Fiction Comes to Life

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Professor of Computational Neuroscience at MIT Sebastian Seung discusses how the study of "connectomes", a comprehensive map of neural connections in the brain, can help tur
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Duration: 00:02:10.500
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Richard Wolff: 'Capitalism Is Not Working'

Complete description: Complete video at fora.tv Economics professor Richard Wolff attributes the global economic crisis to the failure of the capitalist system. He argues that the root cause of the problem is over-borrowin
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Duration: 00:02:08.250
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Did Coffee Fuel the Age of Enlightenment? - Steven Johnson

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Author Steven Johnson links the rise of coffee house culture to the Age of Enlightenment. Before coffee replaced beer as the daytime drink of choice, says Johnson, "the enti
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Duration: 00:01:51
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Why Do Americans Continue to Deny Climate Change?

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Journalist Mark Hertsgaard argues the United States is the only advanced industrial nation that continues to debate the existence of climate change. Though climate change sk
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Duration: 00:02:30
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The Thank You Economy: How Business Must Adapt to Social Media

Complete description: Viewer advisory: This program contains explicit language. Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk gives his no-holds-barred take on how modern businesses must adapt to thrive in a social media-driven cultur
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Duration: 00:07:53.250
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Playing Jesus in the Big Lebowski - John Turturro

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv Actor John Turturro describes creating the character of Jesus Quintana for Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski. He discusses the importance as an actor of having a good r
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Duration: 00:02:26.250
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Can Israel Be Talked Out of Attacking Iran?

Complete description: Complete video at fora.tv Former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller discusses the role emotion plays in Israel's desire to attack Iran. He describes all the logical arguments to dissuade atta
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Duration: 00:02:39
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FORA.tv Interview with Christopher Hitchens

Complete description: Original video at: fora.tv Bestselling author and journalist Christopher Hitchens speaks with FORA.tv founder Brian Gruber. This program was recorded prior to an event featuring Mr. Hitchens at City A
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Duration: 00:05:33.750
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Romney and Religion: Is America Ready for a Mormon President?

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv TIME Magazine's Joe Klein and BuzzFeed's Ben Smith weigh in on what Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney actually believes in, and whether America is ready for a Mo
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Duration: 00:02:30.750
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Neurobiologist David Eagleman Looks Underneath the Hood of the Brain

Complete description: Complete video at: fora.tv David Eagleman marvels at the extreme complexity of the human brain and the fact that so much of what takes place in the brain happens without our awareness. ---- As we use
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Duration: 00:03:22.500
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