| FORA.tv Interview with Christopher Hitchens - 445 sec Original video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1287
Bestselling author and journalist Christopher Hitchens speaks with FORA.tv President and CEO Brian Gruber. This program was recorded prior to an event featuring Mr. Hitchens at City Arts & Lectures in San Francisco, CA, on May 23, 2007.
Christopher Hitchens is an author, journalist and literary critic. Now living in Washington, D.C., he has been a columnist at Vanity Fair, The Nation and Slate; additionally, he is an occasional contributor to many other publications. Hitchens is most recently the author of "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything." Tags:atheism atheists agnostics religious jesus theology criticism books faith church state separation athiests debate foratv  |
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| Trying Not to Buy an iPhone - FORA.tv Blog - 183 sec FORA.tv's Trevar Mazza explains his dilemma over whether or not to buy Apple's new 3G iPhone, and why the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg hasn't been helping things.
Check out our Aspen Ideas Festival 2008 program, "The Future of the Internet and the Rise of the Cell Phone" to see if Mossberg has the same effect on you, and don't forget to weigh in on Trevar's dilemma by sending him an e-mail at media@fora.tv.
Walt Mossberg on the iPhone and the future of the internet: http://fora.tv/2008/07/07/Walt_Mossberg_on_the_Internet_and_Rise_of_the_Cell_Phone
Aspen Institute programs on FORA.tv: http://fora.tv/partner/aspen_institute
Trevar Mazza's MyFORA Page: http://fora.tv/myfora/Trevar Tags: apple iphones blackberry bold wsj wall street journal walt mossberg tech reviews writer cellphones mac os foratv fora tv |
| Dennis Kucinich - What About a Third-Party Ticket? - 268 sec Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1467
Ohio Congressman and Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich discusses the role he sees himself holding within the greater Democratic Party.
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Get to Know the Candidate: 2008 U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich in a conversation with Joseph Epstein hosted by The Commonwealth Club of California.
Ohio Congressman Kucinich engages in a wide-ranging conversation about his political views and background.
Dennis Kucinich is an American politician of the Democratic party. He served as the 53rd mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1977 to 1979, a tumultuous term in which he survived a recall election and was successful in a battle against selling the municipal electric utility.
He today serves as the Representative (Member of Congress) for the 10th District of Ohio. It includes most of western Cleveland, as well as such suburbs as Parma and Cuyahoga Heights. He ran for President of the United States in 2004 and has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President in 2008. He is currently the chairman of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Tags:liberals left wing democrats ralph nader green candidates libertarians elections electoral college popular votes voting |
| Gerard Baker on FORA.tv - 48 sec Gerard Baker, U.S. Editor for The Times of London, explains why he's a fan of FORA.tv.
Baker states, "In the age of the television sound bite, when itÂs very hard for anyone to get a word in on television that last for longer than about 2.5 seconds, FORA.tv is a rare breath of fresh air and opportunity to explore issues in depth."
Gerard Baker is United States Editor and an Assistant Editor of The Times. He joined in 2004 from the Financial Times, where he had spent over ten years as Tokyo correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief. Tags: media news website internet video sound bites cable tv television issues ideas discussion lectures journalism journalist foratv fora |
| FORA.tv IDEA Slam! - Debate Reactions - 206 sec On October 15, 2008, FORA.tv threw its first IDEA Slam! event to view and discuss the third and final Presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. Participants gave their thoughts on the evening's matchup immediately following the debate.
DISCLAIMER: Statements featured in this video are not in any way intended to represent the opinions of FORA.tv.
Complete FORA.tv coverage of the 2008 elections: http://fora.tv/channel/Election_2008
FORA.tv Elections '08 YouTube playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A8FC617B853DFB55
FORA.tv at the 2008 Democratic National Convention: http://fora.tv/topic/democratic_convention
FORA.tv at the 2008 Republican National Convention: http://fora.tv/topic/republican_convention
FORA.tv Video Blogs YouTube playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C1276CD6E3E605A7 Tags: barack obama john mccain third final last presidential debate president debates joe the plumber drinking game my friends take drink foratv fora.tv |
| FORA.tv's Summer Reading List - 435 sec Get to know the FORA.tv staff as they walk you through their picks for summer reading! Authors discussed include:
Walter Isaacson on Einstein: His Life and Universe
http://fora.tv/2007/04/20/Walter_Isaacson_on_Einstein
A.J. Jacobs - The Year of Living Biblically
http://fora.tv/2007/10/24/A_J__Jacobs_Year_of_Living_Biblically
Mary Roach on Bonk
http://fora.tv/2008/04/15/Mary_Roach_In_Conversation_with_Beth_Lapides
Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns
http://fora.tv/2007/06/08/Khaled_Hosseini_A_Thousand_Splendid_Suns
Michael Krasny on Off Mic: A Memoir of Talk Radio
http://fora.tv/2007/10/18/Michael_Krasny_A_Memoir_of_Talk_Radio
Fareed Zakaria on The Post-American World
http://fora.tv/2008/05/20/Fareed_Zakaria_The_Post-American_World
Tom Wolfe on American Novels
http://fora.tv/2008/05/12/Tom_Wolfe_on_the_Journalistic_Approach_to_American_Novels
Raj Patel on Stuffed and Starved
http://fora.tv/2008/05/16/Raj_Patel_Discusses_Stuffed_and_Starved
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins
http://fora.tv/2008/04/07/A_Selection_of_Poems_by_Billy_Collins
Leslie Bennetts - The Feminine Mistake
http://fora.tv/2007/05/02/Feminine_Mistake
What are you reading this summer? Let us know in comments, or send us a video response!
Thanks for watching, FORA.tv Tags: reading books writers authors writing booklist lists summer novels novelists non fiction memoir foratv fora.tv fora tv |
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| Thomas Mann on FORA.tv - 54 sec Author, commentator and Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Thomas Mann explains why he's a fan of FORA.tv.
For more Thomas Mann on the 2008 Presidential election:
Financing American Elections: http://fora.tv/2008/07/01/Thomas_E_Mann_Financing_American_Elections
How Will the Candidates Govern? http://fora.tv/2008/08/25/How_Will_The_Candidates_Govern
On John McCain, Sarah Palin and the RNC: http://fora.tv/2008/09/01/Baker_Ornstein_and_Mann_at_the_RNC
Thomas E. Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution. The author of numerous books on American government, and a contributor to major magazines and newspapers like Washington Post and New York Times, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mann has served as co-director (with Ornstein) of the Transition to Governing Project and senior counselor (with Ornstein) to the Continuity of Government Commission. Tags: foratv fora tv mainstream media msm cable news talking heads internet web net journalism panel discussion speech lecture |
| FORA.tv Features - Creating a ThinkTank with MyFORA - 315 sec FORA.tv Director of Video Productions Trevar Mazza demonstrates how to upload a video blog and assemble a ThinkTank using MyFORA. This feature is available to anyone with a FORA.tv account. Accounts are free for all users - a valid e-mail address is all you need to join. Sign up now at: http://fora.tv/fora/register
A ThinkTank enables MyFORA users to assemble and publish a playlist of bookmarked chapters and uploaded video to the rest of the FORA.tv community. So get up on your soapbox today and utilize the vast library of FORA.tv content to create and broadcast your own ThinkTank!
MyFORA Home Page: http://fora.tv/myfora/spotlight
MyFORA FAQ: http://fora.tv/fora/faq.php?faq=myfora
For more information on FORA.tv: http://fora.tv/2008/04/08/FORAtv_tour
Trevar Mazza is the Director of Video Productions for FORA.tv. Trevar graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in Telecommunications in 2002, then worked as a freelance producer, videographer and editor for Della Penna Media Group before reenlisting as a graduate student at San Francisco State University, where he met FORA.tv as its first production intern.
As the leader of the company's video services group, Trevar is instrumental in the creation and management of FORA.tv's proprietary production process. Tags: fora tv foratv news politics lectures political website internet web 2.0 company videos blogs blogging vlog opinions |
