Lectures tagged "Natural Disasters"


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Frontline: Poisoned Waters
David Fanning
April 8, 2009
01:28:30
Frontline's executive producer David Fanning welcomes more than 200 national and regional environmental leaders at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, for a sneak preview of Frontline's special report Poisoned Waters.
Change Haiti Can Believe In: Part II
Paul Farmer
January 27, 2009
00:51:40
Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health; actor and activist Matt Damon, who recently visited Haiti to assist victims devastated by hurricanes; Massachusetts State Representative and Haitian-American Linda Dorcena Forry; and Brian Concannon, Jr., director of the Institute for Justice and Democr
Change Haiti Can Believe In: Part I
Paul Farmer
January 27, 2009
00:45:19
Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health; actor and activist Matt Damon, who recently visited Haiti to assist victims devastated by hurricanes; Massachusetts State Representative and Haitian-American Linda Dorcena Forry; and Brian Concannon, Jr., director of the Institute for Justice and Democr
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Bob Schieffer's America
Bob Schieffer
September 29, 2008
01:04:25
CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer discusses his new book, Bob Schieffer's America, a collection of 168 essays on the hard issues of the day to the human stories that show who we are; from politic
Global Warming: Communicating Science Through Film
Gary Borisy
July 27, 2008
00:10:42
Gary Borisy moderates a discussion of the issue of Global Warming and filmmakers can do to help activate dialogue.
Audio-only
World View from Berlin
John C. Hulsman
May 8, 2008
01:19:12
John Hulsman shares his views on world affairs. This event is presented in cooperation with the Atlanta Eric M. Warburg chapter of the American Council on Germany.
Audio-only
Into Myanmar: A Tiger's Eyeview
Alan Rabinowitz
April 24, 2008
01:14:42
Dr. Alan Rabinowitz takes us inside the cyclone-devastated and virtually closed-off nation of Myanmar for a unique view of tigers' fight for survival.
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Lester Brown
February 22, 2008
01:22:34
Lester Brown has updated his earlier Plan B, laying out even more starkly the environmental crisis that the world currently faces.