What our Customers are Saying...

...about Sandra Steingraber

“What she’s brilliant at — almost in a league of her own — is mixing personal passionate stories with totally comprehensive and accurate science,” he said.  “It’s not easy to do, it’s not easy to make complex scientific issues interesting, but no one does it better than Sandra Steingraber.”- Ithaca College

“I think she has been my favorite speaker in the 2 ½ years I’ve been doing this.  So gracious, so enthusiastic about her subject---you could tell that her mission is to get the word out to people---no self-interest involved, just a true activist.”- Ohio University

Book Release: "PORNLAND: How Porn Has Hijacked our Sexuality"

Set to be released in summer 2010, Dr. Gail Dines' new book "PORNLAND: How Porn Has Hijacked our Sexuality" explains how pornography has become both more extreme and more commercial, while also, dehumanizing our sexual relationships.

The Kirkus Review calls it "sharp and savvy," while Publisher's Weekly says it is "well argued and well documented." 

Learn more about "PORNLAND" and Dr. Gail Dines here. 

Video Friday: John M. O'Hara on The Daily Show (Part 2)

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Learn more about John M. O'Hara here.

What our Customers are Saying...

...about Neil deGrasse Tyson.

"He was terrific, better, an enormous hit; and very generous with his willingness to greet people who came up to him, pose for pictures other than those we’d arranged for prior to his arrival.  And, as you said, a terrific luncheon conversationalist. 

It’s very evident he cares about and relates well to youth…very clear that his presentation wasn’t his “job” but his passion.  He inspired them, without a doubt. We’re 100% happy."

- Harmony Institute

Sandra Steingraber is Living on Earth

Sandra Steingraber was recently interview on WBUR's popular radio show Living on Earth. Steingraber discusses her efforts to make the environment part of the public health discussion with host Steve Curwood.

"When you go into the doctor's office you always fill out questionnaires about your family, medical history, and there are no questions that ask you about, you know, where is your water supply compared to the toxic waste landfill? What are you exposed to in your occupation?

And so the new thinking now within the scientific community about the way genes and environment interact is more like a piano with our genes as the keyboard, if you will, and the environment as the hands of the pianist."

Listen to the interview here. 

Video Friday: Double Feature! Jeff Lieberman - OK Go - End Love

Time Warp! Jeff Lieberman and Eric Gunther just finished a very cool video: For those of you who like numbers: The fastest they go is 172,800x, compressing 24 hours of real time into a blazing 1/2 second. The slowest is 1/32x speed, stretching a mere 1/2 second of real time into a whopping 16 seconds. This gives them a fastest to slowest ratio of 5.5 million. If you like averages, the average speed up factor of the band dancing is 270x. In total they shot 18 hours of the band dancing and 192 hours of LA skyline timelapse - over a million frames of video - and compressed it all down to 4 minutes and 30 seconds! Oh, and notice that it's one continuous camera shot. Whew!

Video Friday: John M. O'Hara on The Daily Show

We're thrilled to welcome John M. O'Hara to our speaking roster! 


Author of "A New American Tea Party," O'Hara chronicles the history and principles of the tea party movement while also answering the simple questions: What is the Tea Party? What are the primary issues of the movement? How will the Tea Party change American politics?


A contributor to BigGovernment.com and The Daily Caller, O'Hara has appeared as a commentator on a number of local and national radio and television programs including America’s Newsroom,  Fox & Friends, Fox Business Network’s Happy Hour, MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews and Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. 


He is currently vice president of external relations at the Illinois Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research organization dedicated to supporting free market principles and liberty-based public policy initiatives for a better Illinois.


Learn more about John M. O'Hara, and how you can have him explain the Tea Party to your organization, here. 


And don't forget to watch O'Hara hold his own against Jon Stewart below. (And tune in next week to catch part two of O'Hara on the Daily Show!)

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
John O'Hara Pt. 1
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Traynham on Respecting the Diversity of Thought

Robert Traynham asks, "where are the voices of reason in political debate?" 

In a recent piece for The Philadelphia Tribune, he says: 

"With the advent of the 24-hour news cycle and the ever-persistent producer that encourages political personalities (including the author of this column) to speak in sound bites, I’m afraid to say that the quality of our conversations has been downgraded — to junk status...

The Internet, talk radio and the instant news cycle has joyfully given us the tools of instant gratification but, sadly, it also has polarized us and made us less than thoughtful...

In fact, we have become a society that is more jaded, more cynical and seemingly less respectful of differing school of thoughts."

Read the full, thought-provoking article here. 

Not familiar with Robert Traynham? He is a journalist and political analyst with an alternative perspective of media and politics in Washington DC. Learn more about Traynham here. 

Outrage over Mexican migrant workers death while in US Border Patrol custody

Anastasio Hernández Rojas was brutally beaten and killed, while in the custody of US Border Patrol agents.


Border Angels founder Enrique Morones says  “This is a crime against a human being, Anastasio Hernández Rojas, and it’s just another tragedy that is going to continue to happen until we have humane immigration reform.”

Learn more about this tragic story here. Learn more about the activism of Morones and his Border Angels here. 

Video Friday: Steve Brodner Contemplates Hamid Karzai

Satirist and illustrator Steve Brodner contemplates the identity of the embattled Afghan leader Hamid Karzai.  


Watch Brodner talk about Karzai in PBS's Need to Know  here. 

Jeff Lieberman is 1 of 20 Under 40

Congratulations to our friend Jeff Lieberman, whose essay "Half a Million Years of Art History" (co-written with Eric Gunther) was accepted into a new anthology titled "20Under40." 

"20UNDER40" features twenty essays about the future of the arts and arts education, each written by an emerging leader under the age of forty. The anthology will provide a unique arena for new ideas by formally gathering the thoughts of young artists, teaching artists, administrators, researchers, and other arts and arts education professionals—legitimizing the talent of young leaders by bringing their ideas out of the margins and into the forefront of our dialogue. 

In their essay, Jeff Lieberman and Eric Gunther review the evolutionary purposes of the arts and advocate for a greater sense of symbiosis between the arts and the sciences to keep aesthetic development at the core of our survival as a species.

The book is set to be released December 1, 2010. Learn more about 20Under40 here. 

Video Friday: Neil deGrasse Tyson on NASA

Neil deGrasse Tyson, speaking at the University at Buffalo, answers a student's question about federal cutbacks to NASA funding. If you haven't seen this video, you're missing something special. Learn more about bringing Tyson to inspire your organization. 

Annie visits Planet Green

Planet Green recently interviewed Annie Leonard, creator of The Story of Stuff, in a two-part piece simply titled "Questions for Annie Leonard." 

In the article, Leonard explains greensumption, why PVC is at the top of the worst offenders list, and who she mailed her daughter's raincoat to. 

Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here.  And Read Part 3 here. 

Weekly Roundup

• Jessica Valenti's piece on Palin's fake feminism is the most read Washington Post article this week. Read the article here. 

• Stephanie Coontz, an expert on marriage, discusses the split of Al and Tipper Gore. Check it out here. And also here. 

• Amber Madison discusses teens and sex with some parents from The State here. 

• Robert Traynham asks whether the president has lost his magic political touch. Find out the answer here. 

• CNN reveals toxic America, and they ask Dr. Robert Bullard (the Father of Environmental Journalism) for his opinion here. 

Video Friday: Whale Wars Sails into 3rd Season

Captain Paul Watson and his Sea Shepherd crew kick off season three of Whale Wars tonight! Tune in to Animal Planet at 9PM ET/PT for a new season of the hit show that works to end Japanese whaling. 

• Read an interview with Captain Paul Watson in Men's Health here. 
• Read a Kansas City Star piece about Whale Wars here. 
• Also, check out a sneak peek of the new season here. 

And don't forget, Captain Paul Watson is taking some time away from the ocean for a limited engagement tour this fall! To inquire about booking Watson, contact Jodi. 

Limited Engagement Opportunities!

Our favorite cult hero (and hottie) Bruce Campbell is embarking on a limited tour this fall! Be sure to take advantage of this unique opportunity to bring the star of Burn Notice, the Evil Dead Series, and more to your organization!

Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and focus of the hit TV show Whale Wars, is taking some time away from the ocean for a limited engagement tour this fall! But Watson's time away from saving whales is limited, so be sure to hurry!

To inquire about Bruce Campbell or Captain Paul Watson, contact Jodi at 617.266.3450 or via email.