Watch Warren’s interview with Mike Daisey from September 2011 (at 4:31 Mike says “I believe in fact checking”!). This takes on a whole new meaning after ‘This American Life’ retracted Mike Daisey’s popular 39 minute podcast about Apple factory abuses, originally aired in January. Listen to NPR’s retraction episode here. Is it art or is it …
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10×10 is a campaign to reach global audiences and inspire individuals to take action for girls. For their new Book Club they have chosen author and activist Loung Ung‘s debut memoir ‘First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers.’ Read this article explaining the choice: http://10x10act.org/2012/03/book-club-launches-with-loung-ung/
Congrats to filmmaker Eli Kimaro! Her documentary A Lot Like You won Best Documentary at the 30th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival!
Check out this awesome review of Eli Kimaro‘s documentary A Lot Like You, after it’s recent screening at the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival. Here is an excerpt: “Films like ‘A Lot Like You’ are the future of making cross-cultural exchange and understanding available and relevant to the masses. Now we just have to …
Geomorphologist Dave Montgomery recently visited Nichols College in Dudley, MA to speak about the state of the Earth’s soil. His lecture got this nice write up on their website: http://www.nichols.edu/index.php/newsevents/news_detail/macarthur_winner_dishes_dirt_at_davis Thanks, Nichols!
Watch author and astronomer Phil Plait kick ass and win a golden mouth organ on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptzlvq-wvQI&list=PL5F08A41980200D62&index=2&feature=plpp_video
Author and funny gal Jennifer Worick has yet another book in the works, this time a book of her popular blog TIWTPITF, or Things I Want to Punch In The Face. Good work, Jen!
Samara Lectures is freshly returned from the NACA (National Association for Campus Activities) National Convention that, this year, was held in Charlotte, NC. Check out our swanky booth! Thank you to all the students that stopped by and let us share information about our wonderful speakers!
Astronomer Phil Plait‘s recent visit to Eastern Michigan University earned him a story in the Ypsilanti Courier, where Phil’s humorous look at how Hollywood gets science wrong ended with a plea for the country’s space program: “The difference between us and the dinosaurs is that we have a space program.” he said.
Season 3 of Warren Etheredge‘s show The High Bar premiered last night on KBTC with an interview with comedian, author and actor Larry Miller. Congrats, Warren! http://thehighbar.tv/2012/02/07/larry-miller-on-a-better-life/