‘A Lot Like You’ now on DVD!

Eli Kimaro‘s moving documentary A Lot Like You is now available on DVD! Check out all your options here.

Jen Marlowe’s book wins the Palestine Book Award

Author and human rights advocate Jen Marlowe co-authored a book with Palestinian peace activist Sami Al-Jundi called The Hour of Sunlight: One Palestinian’s Journey from Prisoner to Peacemaker. We are happy to announce that the book has won the Middle East Monitor’s inaugural Palestinian Book Award for the best English language book about Palestine. Jen …

Two new speakers! Charlene Strong and Arianne Cohen

We’re thrilled to announced our new partnerships with two amazing women and talented speakers, Charlene Strong and Arianne Cohen. Though their fields of expertise may seem to differ at first glance, they both champion diversity in our society and dedicate their careers to making a difference, in line with the mission of Samara Lectures: Charlene …

Amanda Koster TEDx talk up

Check it out! Photojournalist Amanda Koster kicks butt and gets personal in her TEDx San Louis Obispo talk called ‘Love Your Neighbor…Really.’

Amanda Koster’s TEDx talk mentioned in Forbes

Photojournalist Amanda Koster gave a talk at the recent TEDx talk in San Louis Obispo, and this Forbes review of the event describes her talk specifically. Her TEDx video will be up soon!

New video – Things I Want to Punch in the Face

Irreverent author Jennifer Worick has a new book called Things I Want to Punch in the Face, which will soon also be a new lecture topic! Watch this video of her reading excerpts from the book at Queen Anne Books in Seattle.

Jen Marlowe on the recent Beirut bombing

Award-winning documentary filmmaker, author, playwright and human rights advocate Jen Marlowe writes in Couterpunch about the recent bombing in Beirut, Labanon in the article The Bomb in Joeā€™s Old Neighborhood.

Two new lecture videos – The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood

MacAurthr Genius David Montgomery‘s new book is called The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood. We have two new videos of him talking about it: the first is a lecture given at the Burke Museum in Seattle, WA just last week, and the other is an extended interview on the TVW program ‘Well …