Jodi Solomon Speakers Blog

Who's in the news...

2012-01-23T14:56:00.000-05:00

Stephanie Coontz writes about "The State of Marriage" and "Marriage: Saying I Don't"...

"The Real Goal of Ariz.'s Book Banning Thought Police: Harass Latinos" by Rinku Sen for Colorlines.com...

Bernice Johnson Reagon "urges students to pursue progress" during her talk for the Purdue celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

Listen to Ed Miller discuss the Amanda Know case and foreign governments on America's Radio News...

TEDxVictoria - Raffi Cavoukian - Respecting Earth & Child: Connecting the Dots

2012-01-20T10:52:00.000-05:00

Who's in the news...

2012-01-16T14:46:00.000-05:00

Read input from Stacy Malkan in the Ashbury Park Press article "Beauty products linked to cancer, birth defects, hormonal issues"...

"What's pro hockey got to do with world peace?" Singer and songwriter Raffi explains...

Video: Watch Sen. Jeff Sessions congratulate Lilly Ledbetter for law he opposed...

The Christian Century features Stephanie Coontz in "Mating Games: Changing rules for sex and marrige"...

Jim Lucas Delivers "I Have a Dream Speech" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

2012-01-13T12:41:00.000-05:00

Who's in the news...

2012-01-09T15:15:00.000-05:00

Sandra Steingraber, recipient of the Heinz Award donates to Gas Free Seneca...

Looking for writing advice? Charles C. Mann gives a few helpful tips in this video for 52 Projects...

Nathan Rothstein is featured in "Forays into the Future of Work"...

Many gathered for the long awaited Rinku Sen Workshop hosted by the Asian American Arts Centre..

Happy 2012 with Kate Clinton!

2012-01-06T12:54:00.002-05:00

Who's in the news...

2011-12-19T15:45:00.000-05:00

Children's singer Raffi is feature in the Vancouver Sun as he aims to mute Don Cherry...

Sandra Steingraber is interviewed in The Christian Century and Debra Bendis reviews her book...

"1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created" by Charles C. Mann make Doug Childers' 10 favorite books of 2011...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson does another round of "ask me anything"...

Arsalan Iftikhar on "The Dr. Drew Show"

2011-12-16T12:46:00.000-05:00

Who's in the news...

2011-12-12T13:33:00.000-05:00

Arsalan Iftikhar's recent column on Lowe's contorversy from the TLC reality show "All-American Muslim" was named 'Quote of the Day' on CNN's Belief Blog...

The "Nanny" Fran Drescher has joined Sandra Steingraber and the fight against fracking...

The "5 best books about John Lennon" from The Christian Science Monitor features Tim Riley's "Lennon: The Man, The Myth, The Music"...

Dr. Robert Bullard writes, "Moving Beyond Energy and Transportation Apartheid Through Climate Justice" for OpEdNews...

50 Jobs in 50 States! Daniel Seddiqui on C-SPAN

2011-12-09T12:44:00.000-05:00

12th Annual Brower Youth Awards - Kyle Thiermann

2011-12-02T15:30:00.000-05:00

Who's in the news...

2011-11-28T16:47:00.000-05:00

Arn Chorn-Pond along with Waterek Productions and CLA are working on Waterek Our Village Concert...

Edith Widder explains the definition of Bioluminescence in the article "Bioluminescence lights up the creatures of the ocean."...

NASA & Federal Budget, hear what Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson has to say...

Arsalan Iftikhar, "The Muslim Guy" latest novel reviewed in The Crescent Post...

Publisher of Colorlines and author of The Accidental American Rinku Sen joins Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and others in "Occupy Everywhere"...

Who's in the news...

2011-11-21T12:49:00.000-05:00

Annie Leonard meets Transition Bondi, hear the inspiring story behind "The Story of Stuff"...

The Border Angels have been aiding immigrants for 25 years, founder Enrique Morones evokes strong reactions...

Reuters interview with Gish Jen "Book Talk: Gish Jen on identity, belonging and home..."...

Acclaimed American Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Lets Reddit Ask Him Anything...

In Honor of Sandra Steingraber winning The Heinz Award - Living Downstream

2011-11-18T13:32:00.000-05:00

Who's in the news...

2011-11-14T13:46:00.000-05:00

Congratulations Dr. Sandra Steingraber on receiving the Heinz Award!

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson sings "Onward to the Edge" and answers questions from his fans...

The Story of Broke is finally here! Annie Leonard releases her newest video...

"Best-sellers" features the top ten hard cover books sold in California, check out 1493 by Charles C. Mann...

Read what Stacy Malkan, of Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has to say in "Are all the pink ribbons helping to cure cancer?"...

It's Here - The Story of Broke!

2011-11-11T12:37:00.002-05:00

Congratulations Kyle!

2011-11-04T12:34:00.000-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-10-31T13:01:00.000-04:00

Happy Halloween! Marlene Zuk writes "The zombies with six legs" for the LA Times...

Listen to Annie Leonard and The Story of Stuff on ABC Radio National...

Founder of Feministing.com Jessica Valenti writes for The Washington Post...

Congratulations to Civil Rights Leader, Lateefah Simon! She joins the Rosenberg Foundation as Director of Foundation's California's Future Initiative...

Lateefah Simon
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=358700003

The Story of Broke

2011-10-28T12:41:00.000-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-10-24T12:37:00.000-04:00

Annie Leonard, creator of The Story of Stuff brings us The Story of Broke...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson steals the show at TAM 2011 panel, watch here...

A big congratulations to Dr. Bob Bullard, Dean of Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University...

The Guardian reviews "Gold Boy, Emerald Girl" by Yiyun Li...

Sally Kohn Interviews Rinku Sen for the Women's Media Center!

2011-10-21T12:49:00.002-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-10-17T13:23:00.000-04:00

Christine Carpenter of The Gazette discusses Dr. Sandra Steingraber in her Breast Cancer Awareness Article...

Surfer Kyle Thiermann wins the Brower Youth Award...

Raffi is featured in Global News for his support, advice, for protesters...

Mayor Michael Nutter appointed novelist, arts advocate and professor Lorene Cary to the School Reform Commission...

Check out Kate Clinton!

2011-10-14T12:32:00.000-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-10-10T14:16:00.000-04:00

"Roots of global economy grow from 15th century" discusses author Charles C. Mann...

Annie Leonard talks about "Unsustainable waste, achievable change"...

The New York Times features Gish Jen, "My Muse Was an Apple Computer"...

Rinku Sen writes "Making room for racial justice in the Occupy Wall Street movement"...

Urvashi Vaid speaks at National Equality March Rally!

2011-10-07T12:39:00.000-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-10-03T12:34:00.000-04:00

John Hodgman talks to astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson about the multiverse, ideal space travel scenarios and the trick to explaining dark matter...

Watch Urvashi Vaid speak at the National Equality March Rally...

Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music - The Definitive Life, by author Tim Riley is reviewed on Suite101...

Dr. Robert Bullard will be signing his latest book at the APHA Conference in Washington, DC...

Director of Project Censored, Mickey Huff

2011-09-30T12:16:00.000-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-09-26T13:38:00.000-04:00

The Christian Science Monitor does an interview with Tim Riley...

Watch David Goldfield talk about "America Aflame" on cspan...

Jessica Valenti and Samhita Mukhopadhyay are featured in the New York Post...

The latest article by Rinku Sen for Colorlines...

Stephanie Coontz writes "Women in the Obama White House: sexism and progress" for CNN..

Who's in the news...

2011-09-19T12:36:00.000-04:00

This weeks 'Shop Talk' on NPR features Arsalan Iftikhar...

Neil deGrasse Tyson knows how "Astrophysics and Comedy Bond in Brooklyn"...

"Kilroy is here, ready to do its part for clean water, for ORCA of Fort Pierce", explains Edith Widder...

Sandra Steingraber winner of The Heinz Award, plans to devote award money to fight fracking...

Enrique Morones is "Angel on side of Mexican migrants trying to survive in United States"...

Stacy Malkan at TEDx

2011-09-16T12:53:00.000-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-09-12T12:40:00.000-04:00

New America Media Radio features Richard Rodriguez on 9/11...

Extraordinary WomenTV with Shannon Skinner, guest Emily Hunter...

Features in The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Daily Beast and Sun Sentinel from Arsalan Iftikhar and his thought on 9/11...

Rinku Sen feature in Colorlines - "The 9/11 Story I Choose to Tell: We All Belong to Each Other"...

Charles C. Mann on 1493 and the Columbian Exchange

2011-09-09T12:31:00.000-04:00

Neil deGrasse Tyson Interview

2011-09-02T12:14:00.002-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-08-29T11:38:00.000-04:00

President Obama has nominated Alan Krueger for Council of Economic Advisers...

"1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created" by Charles C. Mann was reviewed in The Washington Post and made The New York Times Best Sellers...

Find out what Neil deGrasse Tyson would do if he was president...

'Arab Spring' becoming the Arab Year? by Arsalan Iftikhar for CNN Opinion...

So So Gay interview of Steven Fales - Confessions of a Mormon Boy...

Learn the secrets of Lady Haha, Kate Clinton in this interview by Butch Wonders...

Speaker's Corner - Gail Dines

2011-08-22T11:05:00.000-04:00

Gail Dines comments on "10-year-old Girl Poses Seductively For French Vogue"...

"French Vogue’s images of 10 year old Thylane Lena-Rose Loubry-Blondeau smiling seductively at the camera has kicked off a media storm because they so blatantly sexualize children. But the sexualization of children is now fast becoming part of the cultural landscape with such fashion trends as padded bras and thongs for pre-teens, Bratz dolls that look like prostitutes, and makeup parties for kids. These trends have a profound impact on how girls see themselves as sexual beings since we all develop our ideas about how to think and act from the culture that surrounds us. Rather than being allowed to develop an authentic sexuality that is based on their own experiences, wants, desires and needs, girls are being force fed a diet of hypersexualized images that are plasticized, formulaic and generic. French Vogue should indeed be criticized but the problem is much larger than one magazine and our job as educators, activists and citizens is to resist a commercial culture that denies girls ownership of their own authentic sexuality."

Dr. Gail Dines is a professor of sociology and women’s studies at Wheelock College in Boston, an internationally acclaimed speaker and author, and a feminist activist. Her writing and lectures focus on the hypersexualization of the culture and the ways that porn images filter down into mainstream pop culture.

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Kate Clinton - BackAssward Week

2011-08-19T11:02:00.000-04:00

Monthly Book Giveaway - "The Fever"

2011-08-17T13:36:00.000-04:00

This month our feature book is - "The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Mankind for 500,000 Years" by Sonia Shah.

"The ancient Romans called it "bad air" and believed their mal aria fevers arose from the ire of the dog star Sirius. Today, we know malaria is transmitted by infected mosquitoes, and we can both cure and prevent the disease. Nevertheless, malaria rules, then as now. Malaria has taken half of all human lives since the Stone Age--and this year, it will kill nearly 1 million! It's an amazing and terrifying feat that exploits the vagaries of our landscapes, our bodies, and our societies, in ways we are only beginning to unravel." - Sonia Shah

For a chance to win a First Edition, Hardcover signed by the author, Sonia Shah please submit two (2) facts about malaria or preventative measures being taken.

Who's in the news...

2011-08-15T14:03:00.000-04:00

Steve Broder on Hitting the Debt Ceiling...

Featured in Colorlines - Real Diversity Looks Like Inclusion and "The Help" Today Still Don't Have Rights, Actually by Rinku Sen...

Charles C. Mann shares with us The Real Story of Globalization...

Did you miss Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Bill Maher...

The Washington Post feature - Music of the Movement: Bernice Johnson Reagon and "will the Circle Be Unbroken"...

Lorene Cary's lastest novel, "If Sons, Then Heirs" reviewed in The New York Times...

Kate Clinton is featured in the advocate.com as "The Other Clinton"...

Gail Dines at the Powerful Pornland Conference - Part 1

2011-08-12T09:32:00.000-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-08-08T13:30:00.000-04:00

Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson says "kindness is a virtue" for PETA and becomes the new host of "Cosmos," three decades after the Carl Sagan original...

"How America Battled Communism by Blasting Insects Full of DDT" author of "The Fever, Sonia Shah discusses mankind's long battle against malaria...

Has Bruce Campbell once again used twitter to disclose a new movie role...

The Washington Post features "Boehner in the Middle," a timelapse video from cartoonist Steve Brodner...

Warren Faidley - Storm Chasing Journalist & Storm Survival Expert

2011-08-05T12:18:00.000-04:00

With hurricane season approaching, we wanted some share some expert knowledge from Warren Faidly.

Kyle Thiermann - Surfing For Change at TEDxSantaCruz

2011-07-29T11:04:00.000-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-07-25T12:50:00.000-04:00

Robin Wright's piece in the Wall Street Journal - The Hip-Hop Rhythm of Arab Revolt ...

Listen to Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson as he Reflects on the Space Shuttle Program, 1981-2011...

Nathan Rothstein discusses his new start-up - Swellr, Where Deals Support Education...

Watch The Calculus of Friendship, from Steven Strogatz...

Interview with Bruce Campbell, during Comic-Con 2011...

The Future of NASA with Neil deGrasse Tyson

2011-07-22T10:46:00.000-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-07-18T14:04:00.000-04:00

Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses "The Future of the Space Program" and "Manhattanhenge"...

"Do Americans Really Have to Chose Between Health and Energy?" See the comment for Dr. Robert Bullard in the Huffington Post...

Samhita Mukhopadhyay participated in the highly successful Women's World: Breaking Ground...

In These Times, features Susan J. Douglas - "Bachmann-Media Overdrive"...

Did Bruce Campbell confirm new Evil Dead film on Twitter?

Enrique Morones discusses how the All-Star Game boycott never materialized...

What is Charles C. Mann's mission...

Robin Wright's "Rock the Casbah" book review in the Los Angles Times...

Read what Norma Ramos has to say about "The John Next Door" in Newsweek...

What Makes A Great Speech

2011-07-15T11:16:00.000-04:00

Who's in the news...

2011-07-11T14:08:00.000-04:00

Gail Dines drops into ABC Big Ideas to discuss How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality...

What's Next For the Space Program? Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson has some ideas and also chats with NPR on the links between NASA, food and fashion...

Dr. Robert Bullard gives his opinion in a The New York Times discussion on Environmental Justice...

The Women's World Conference wraps up, get some feedback from Samhita Mukhopadhyay...

Evangelicals, Republicans and the Civil War in The New York Times by David Goldfield...

Who's in the news...

2011-06-27T12:55:00.000-04:00

Nathan Rothstein a Lexington High School Alumni starts his own business...

Find out how Emily Hunter and a "New Generation Revolutionizes Environmental Activism"...

"A 20 Point Plan to Shrink Black Atlanta" by Robert Bullard...

Publisher of ColorLines Rinku Sen discusses Walmart...

Founder of Border Angels, Enrique Morones an immagrants rights activist says: "This is an international incident"...

"Is Bristol Palin's new memoir the story of a rape survivor speaking out?" Jessica Valenti gives her opinion in The Washington Post...

Stephanie Coontz says Marriage Survives by Evolving...

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicists supports The Onion for a Pulitzer Prize...

An engaging interview with Urvashi Vaid...

The Christian Science Monitor talks about Where Writers Grow featuring Yijun Li...

Find out how Ntozake Shange fits into the BET awards here...

Ground NASA? Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses with Martin Bashir on MSNBC

2011-06-24T11:34:00.000-04:00

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Who's in the news...

2011-06-20T13:55:00.000-04:00

A degree in Economics got Daniel Seddiqui 50 Jobs in 50 States...

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on discusses "Grounding NASA?" with Martin Bashir. Check out his interview...

Green Q&A: What's the status of the proposed Safe Cosmetics Act? What does Stacy Malkan have to say...

Rinku Sen shares "An Open Address to 2011 Graduates: It's OK to Follow, Say No and Get Hurt."...

Cambodian Living Arts founder Arn Chorn Pond interviewed on renewing ties with ethnic Khmer people in Thailand, "Artists pace way for peace with Thais."...

Surfing For Change - Kyle Thiermann featuring Jack Johnson and Annie Leonard

2011-06-17T10:56:00.000-04:00

Kate Clinton - GayPridium

2011-06-10T11:10:00.000-04:00

Travel Tips - Our Five Favorite Smartphone Apps

2011-06-08T13:56:00.000-04:00

As an agency we handle a lot of travel -- getting our speakers to their engagements and back home again with ease is our goal. Delays, cancellations, weather or mechanical issues can happen and we have some tips and tricks to help us get through some of these unforeseen challenges! Here are our five favorite travel apps for smartphones:

FlightBoard - an arrivals and departures board for any airport in the world
FlightTrack Pro - track your flights in real-time
Gate Guru - find gates, restaurants, gift shops, restrooms and more
TripCase - organize all of your travel information and stay informed
TripIt - create simply, mobile travel itineraries with all of your information

What are your favorite smartphone apps to use while traveling?

Health Crisis Surrounding Natural Gas Extraction - Sandra Steingraber

2011-06-03T11:11:00.000-04:00

"Social networks that balance themselves" - Steven Strogatz

2011-05-27T10:35:00.000-04:00

MIT Tech TV

My Water's On Fire Tonight - The Fracking Song

2011-05-20T11:44:00.000-04:00

Out in America Preview - Featuring Kate Clinton & Urvashi Vaid

2011-05-13T14:05:00.000-04:00

Watch the full episode. See more PBS Specials.

Kate Clinton's New CD - Lady HAHA

2011-05-09T13:24:00.000-04:00

Kate Clinton’s newest and ninth CD, Lady HAHA, highlights the originality and intellectual ferocity of one of America’s finest political comedians like no prior CD she has released.

Also catch Kate as she celebrates her 30th Anniversary with her new show THE GLEE PARTYnationwide.

Sandra Steingraber - A Rally to Ban Hydrofracking

2011-05-06T13:49:00.000-04:00

Arsalan Iftikhar – “The Muslim Guy”

2011-05-02T11:06:00.000-04:00

CNN.com Feature by Arsalan Iftikhar - For Muslims, a reason to rejoice

About A.I.

Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, global media commentator and founding managing editor of TheCrescentPost.com. As the founder of TheMuslimGuy.com, Arsalan has been a regular weekly political commentator/legal analyst for the National Public Radio (NPR) show "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin and he is also a regular contributing writer for Esquire Magazine (Middle East edition) and CNN.com on domestic and international issues affecting our world today.

Robert Bullard - The Genesis of Environmental Justice

2011-04-29T12:14:00.000-04:00

Earth Week 2011 Feature - Sandra Steingraber

2011-04-25T11:12:00.000-04:00

This year in honor of Earth Week we are featuring Sandra Steingraber's recent book, Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis.

“ Sandra Steingraber ’s Raising Elijah is a deeply thoughtful, at times frightening, but ultimately hopeful book that describes in compelling and lyrical detail the two great, intertwined ecological crises of our time - the crisis of toxic chemical exposure and the crisis of global warming. She argues that mastery of these crises will require heroic action, societal action on a scale as great as that that which ended slavery in the United States , and is essential to save our planet and our children.”—Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc; Director, Children's Environmental Health Center , Mount Sinai School of Medicine

“Steingraber confronts the hormone-disrupting, brain-damaging toxins our children absorb from the playground to the kitchen floor, and everywhere in between…[She] writes with clarity about many of the poisonous chemical agents that infest our daily lives—the arsenic that leaches from pressure-treated wood, the pesticides on food, PVCs in the kitchen tiling, asbestos and lead paint—and the unique risks they pose to children…The book gets its rhythm and appeal from the twining of science and personal examples…An artful commingling of life with children, environmental mayhem and political-science primer.”—Kirkus Reviews

Earth Week 2011 - Be the Change

2011-04-22T10:37:00.000-04:00

Rinku Sen at the National Conference for Media Reform 2011

2011-04-15T12:35:00.001-04:00

Opening Day Meets 2012 by Steve Brodner

2011-04-08T12:35:00.001-04:00

Neil deGrasse Tyson - A Conversation About Communicating Science

2011-04-01T12:25:00.006-04:00

Moore Pattern - a kinetic optical illusion sculpture: Project by Jeff Lieberman

2011-03-25T12:36:00.003-04:00

Neil deGrasse Tyson at the Amaz!ng Meeting

2011-03-18T14:35:00.000-04:00

Dr Neil DeGrasse Tyson - TAM6 from JREF on Vimeo.

Annie Leonard: The Story of Citizens United v. FEC

2011-03-11T12:23:00.000-05:00

One to One: Stephanie Coontz

2011-02-25T12:04:00.006-05:00

Neil deGrasse Tyson's Greatest Fear for Earth

2011-02-18T10:40:00.001-05:00

Astrophysicist describes "perilous thoughts" and our unknown tipping point.

Bruce Campbell - Always a classic...

2011-02-11T12:02:00.000-05:00

Neil deGrasse Tyson - Called by the Universe

2011-02-04T14:00:00.000-05:00

What Inspires MacArthur "Genius" Yiyun Li

2011-01-28T12:03:00.001-05:00

Steve Brodner comments on the year's news like no other!

2011-01-21T13:30:00.001-05:00

Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.

Jeff Lieberman and Pursuit of Happiness

2011-01-14T10:23:00.002-05:00

An Alien's Guide to Earth

2011-01-07T10:25:00.000-05:00

Now in Syndication, but always enlightening and amusing: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson plays host with Jon Stewart. Take a listen!

An Alien's Guide to Earth

Friday Video Clip: Steve Brodner on ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ | Need to Know

2010-12-31T11:51:00.001-05:00

Sarah Palin’s new reality show drew the biggest audience the cable channel TLC has ever had for a show premiere. Five million Americans tuned in — including Need to Know’s Jon Meacham, and Steve Brodner!

Video: Steve Brodner on ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ | Need to Know

Bioluminescence consultant Edith Widder

2010-12-24T13:45:00.000-05:00

Edith Widder explores this glowing, sparkling, radiant world of the ocean on popular podcast TEDTalks:

Friday Video Clip: The Story of Electronics

2010-12-17T09:30:00.000-05:00

With the holiday gift giving season in full swing, maybe some food for thought care of Environmental Health and Justice expert Annie Leonard. A thought provoking story on the lifecycle of the products we consume: where things come from and where they go, how companies lower prices by externalizing costs.

Friday Video Clip: Stephanie Coontz Says Marriage was Originally Just a Way to Get In-Laws

2010-11-06T00:04:00.000-04:00

Stephanie Coontz: PopTech 2010 from PopTech on Vimeo.

Friday Video Clip: Jeff Lieberman Shows 23 Days in India in 6 minutes

2010-10-28T14:38:00.001-04:00

Friday Video Post: Annie Leonard Discusses Stuff at Penn State

2010-10-21T20:59:00.000-04:00

Friday Video Clip: The Sex Talk: When's the Right Time?

2010-10-15T09:00:00.000-04:00

Watch The Early Show | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Friday Video Clip: Listen to Interview with Dr. Gail Dines on NPR

2010-10-08T09:20:00.000-04:00

Friday Video Clip: Kate Clinton Reads Gloria Steinem!

2010-10-01T00:02:00.000-04:00

Kate Clinton reads Gloria Steinem from UVaid on Vimeo.

Friday Video Clip: 'The Story of Haiti'

2010-09-24T09:00:00.001-04:00

Friday Video Clip: If we kill our oceans, we kill ourselves

2010-09-10T09:00:00.003-04:00

Friday Video Clip: Stephen Colbert University?

2010-09-03T09:00:00.002-04:00

Stephen proudly introduces his for-profit college, and Andrew Hacker says online universities are rip-offs.

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Friday Video Clip: Sonia Shah Talks About Her New Book

2010-08-27T09:42:00.000-04:00

Sonia Shah talks about her book, The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years (Sarah Crichton Books/ Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010). In her book she looks at the 500,000 year history of malaria and questions why a pathogen we know how to control still infects over 500 million people every year and kills nearly 1 million. She responded to questions from members of the audience at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/ID/230040

Friday Video Clip--Edith Widder: Glowing life in an underwater world

2010-08-12T19:24:00.000-04:00

Some 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light -- and we know very little about how or why. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder explores this glowing, sparkling, luminous world, sharing glorious images and insight into the unseen depths (and brights) of the ocean. Edith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of our marine environment.

Friday Video Clip: What's Paul Watson Really Like?

2010-08-06T10:38:00.000-04:00

Two guys that have worked really closely with Paul Watson: Peter Hammarstedt and Chuck Swift. Who better than them to tell us what he is REALLY like?

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/whale-wars-whats-paul-watson-really-like.html

Video Friday: The Ady Gil Collision on Whale Wars

2010-07-30T08:21:00.000-04:00

Check out this footage of the Ady Gil collision with a Japanese whaling ship from Animal Planet's acclaimed show, Whale Wars.

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/whale-wars-the-crash-that-made-headlines.html

Our Client, Spike Lee, Returns to New Orleans Five Years After Katrina . . . "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise" Debuts on HBO August 23 and 24 at 9PM. Don't Miss It!

2010-07-24T11:29:00.000-04:00

Five years after Hurricane Katrina, director Spike Lee returns to New Orleans to see how the ambitious plans to reinvent the Crescent City are playing out in IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE. In an all new, four-hour documentary premiering on HBO, Lee finds a patchwork of hope and heartache in a story bookended by a pair of momentous events — the historic 2010 Super Bowl victory and the disastrous British Petroleum oil spill — that changed the history of America’s most unique city once again.

IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE is a continuation of the story of the rebirth of the Big Easy as first recorded in Lee’s epic, Emmy® and Peabody award-winning 2006 documentary, When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts. Alongside the city’s storied ability to celebrate life with unmatchable ebullience, Lee documents the successes and failures in the ongoing efforts to restore housing, healthcare, education, economic growth and law and order to a battered but unbowed community. The film will debut in two parts on MONDAY, AUG. 23 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) and TUESDAY, AUG. 24 (9:00-11:00 p.m.).

“We knew when we finished the first film that the story wasn’t over,” says Lee. “It was clear it would take a long time for the city to get back on its feet.”

Lee and his crew arrived in New Orleans in Feb. 2010 during a new wave of optimism, led by the Who Dat Nation, the community of passionate fans of the NFL champion New Orleans Saints football team. “The mood in New Orleans was great when we got there,” Lee says. “They just won a Super Bowl. They had a new mayor and people’s spirits were high.”

New Orleanians were also encouraged by a series of legal victories that promised accountability for some of the devastating damage done to their homes by massive flooding during and after the storm. Notably, in November 2009, a federal district court ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers was culpably negligent for the failure of the levees in the face of rising tides, paving the way for long awaited financial restitution.

Amid the ambitious plans to reinvent the city, Lee also uncovered a deep undercurrent of mistrust. Many residents say that recovery efforts mask an effort to transform the city famous for letting the good times roll into an “economic engine” that will benefit only an elite few.

A lack of affordable housing is one of several serious ongoing problems faced by the city’s poor, especially the primarily African-American residents of the devastated Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard’s Parish. The four large public housing developments have been shuttered, and rents have soared, with the average fair-market value of an apartment rising from $578 in 2005 to $881 in 2009. Only 38 percent of the private homes destroyed in the hurricane have been rebuilt.

“Some parts of the city are rebuilt,” Lee notes. “But a lot of houses in those areas are in the same condition they were five years ago.”

In many cases, private efforts are stepping into the void. Significant advances are being made by nonprofit reconstruction efforts like Make It Right, spearheaded by actor Brad Pitt, who has committed to restoring homeowners by building affordable “green,” storm-resistant new homes in the Lower Ninth Ward.

New Orleanians have rebuilt their own homes, as well. Grammy®-winning musician Terence Blanchard, who was seen accompanying his elderly mother to her ruined residence in When The Levees Broke, returns for a tour of the now lovingly restored home, which his mother insisted be reconstructed exactly as it was, despite her son’s offer to update her original kitchen.

The same indomitable spirit shines in the stories of New Orleanians who have reinvented their own lives after facing tremendous losses. Kimberley Polk, seen in the previous film wracked with grief by the death of her young daughter, used that tragedy to propel herself through nursing school. Katherine Montana Gordon, who evacuated to Houston in 2005, remains in the city that welcomed so many after discovering an unexpected lifeline in the Houston school system, which provides specialized classes for her autistic son that were never available to him in New Orleans.

Some of the city’s plans have yielded mixed blessings for those they are supposed to serve. Plans to replace Charity Hospital, a mainstay that served the community’s poorest residents for 250 years, with a larger, more up-to-date facility could eventually provide improved healthcare for the community. But the project is mired in red tape and in the meantime, residents face a critical shortage of primary care physicians and mental health services.

An uptick in violent crime after Katrina has begun to normalize and ongoing efforts at accountability are yielding results. The FBI’s investigations into allegations of brutality and cover-ups in the New Orleans Police Department have resulted in indictments of current and former police officers in connection with incidents including the notorious unprovoked shooting on Danziger Bridge that killed an unarmed teenager and a severely mentally disabled man and wounded four others.

If God Is Willing And DA Creek Don’t Rise also visits Houston, where an estimated 150,000 New Orleans evacuees remain. The film looks at other areas along the Gulf, including Gulfport, La. and Biloxi, Miss., where rebuilding has progressed more quickly, at least partly due to what former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco says was an inequity in distribution of federal relief funds. She points out that Louisiana, which suffered 75 percent of the damage from the storm, received approximately the same number of federal dollars as Mississippi, which sustained only 23 percent of the damage.

Just as Lee believed filming was complete, tragedy struck the Gulf once more. On April 20, a deepwater offshore oil rig operated by British Petroleum exploded, unleashing torrents of oil into the Gulf, resulting in one of the biggest environmental disasters of all time. Lee and his crew immediately returned to assess the impact of this latest calamity and capture the reaction of area residents.

“The people of the Gulf Coast feel they’ve been victimized by greed – again,” says Lee. “The Army Corps cut corners and built the faulty levees. Oil companies and gas companies are jeopardizing the barrier islands and the wetlands. They too are trying to cut corners, and 11 people are dead because of it. The people want answers. They want their environment and their way of life to be saved.”

But even in the face of this recent catastrophe, the resilient strength of New Orleans and Gulf Coast residents remains intact, observes the filmmaker. “The story is not over yet,” Lee says. “I’m proud HBO has given me the opportunity to tell the stories of these great Americans and that people will see how strong their spirits are.”

More than 300 people share their stories in IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE, including former La. Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu, former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, historian Douglas Brinkley, activist actors Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, Houston, Texas mayor Anisse Parker and community organizer Tanya Harris. In addition, longtime New Orleans residents such as Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Kimberly Polk and Shelton “Shakespear” Alexander, whose compelling testimonies were a key part of When the Levees Broke, provide updates on their lives.

IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE is Spike Lee’s fourth feature-length collaboration with HBO, following 2006’s Emmy®- and Peabody-winning When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, 1998’s 4 Little Girls, Oscar®-nominated in the Documentary Feature category, and 2002’s Jim Brown: All-American.

HBO Documentary Films and 40 Acres And A Mule Filmworks Present A Spike Lee Joint; producers, Sam Pollard and Spike Lee; director, Spike Lee; line producer, Butch Robinson; supervising editor, Sam Pollard; director of photography, Cliff Charles; music, Terence Blanchard; editor, Geeta Gandbhir. For HBO: supervising producer, Jacqueline Glover; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.

Video Friday: Annie Leonard and Stacy Malkan's The Story of Cosmetics

2010-07-23T08:45:00.000-04:00

Check out the full-length video for The Story of Cosmetics released on Wednesday, it will have you running to your bathroom to throw out all of your beauty products!

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The Story of Cosmetics

2010-07-18T09:22:00.000-04:00

Check out storyofcosmetics.org on July 21 to see Annie Leonard's latest film about how major loopholes in U.S. federal law allow the $50 billion beauty industry to put unlimited amounts of chemicals into personal care products with no required testing, no monitoring of health effects and inadequate labeling requirements—making cosmetics among the least-regulated consumer products on the market. Think twice before putting on that lipstick, you might be putting on lead!

Video Friday: Steve Brodner on the BP crisis & the corrupt Mineral Management Service

2010-07-09T08:00:00.000-04:00

An eye opening PBS Need To Know segment with Steve Brodner on the continued corruption of the Mineral Management Service who is suppose to be regulating companies like BP in the Gulf...

Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.

Video Friday: 4th of July Edition

2010-07-02T12:25:00.000-04:00

Wishing everyone a happy, and safe, 4th of July! We're celebrating by watching this short promotional clip of speaker Daniel Seddiqui's unique trip across America! Learn more about Seddiqui, and Living the Map, here.

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2010-06-30T13:42:00.000-04:00

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

2010-06-28T10:28:00.001-04:00

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.