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2019 Audio Recordings

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2101: Looking Ahead to the 2020 Election
2102: Fracking, Hacking and Cracking the Earth: U.S. Oil and Gas Policy
2103: Analogies and Anecdotes: Crafting Creative Connections
2104: The Science of Self Care
2105: Welcome to the Machine
2106: Nobody Is Driving Miss Daisy: Autonomous Vehicles
2201: Hate Speech and Violence
2202: The New Age of DACA and Birthright Citizenship
2203: China's Growing Pains
2204: Driving to Canada for Medicine: The Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs
2205: Education Equity in the U.S.: A Dream Deferred
2206: Women and Girls Changing the World Keynote Address: Our Voices, Our Time
2207: Gallery Walk Talk: Documenting Change: Our Climate (Past, Present, Future)
2301: The Effects of Artificial Itelligence on Business and Labor
2302: How I Got Here
2303: Are Movie Theaters Doomed?
2304: From Arab Spring to Arab Winter
2305: Mobilizing Your Passion
2401: Finding the Truth in Today's Media
2402: Women in White: The Changing Face of Politics
2403: Don't Forget to Take Your Meditation
2501: Social Media: 20 Years Later
2502: Today's Arsenal of War
2503: Home Sweet Hostel: How to Make Travel a Lifestyle
2504: Trata de Personas y la Reinserción Social de las Víctimas
2505: The Meow Wolf Effect: The Fuzzy Line Between Entertainment and Art
2601: Tax Cuts in 2018: The Winners, The Losers
2602: Dangerous, by Design
2603: "Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It"
2604: Magic in Mentoring
2605: Searching for a Better Life: Stories of Migrants, Refugees and Immigrants

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3101: Climate Change Innovations (not recorded)
3102: U.S. Aristocracy: Pass the Privledge, Please
3103: Trade Wars: A Chance We Must Take or a MAGA Mistake?
3104: Resilient Design for Inevitable Change
3105: The Gen Z Economy
3106: Mental Health Check-Up (not recorded)
3107: Ha! Just Keep Laughing
3201: Science "Fact" vs. Science "Fiction"
3202: The Girl EffectÌý
3203: Global Trade Wars
3204: Music Rewards Us; How Should We Reward Musicians? (not recorded)
3205: Wisdom Worldwide
3206: Changing Climate, Changing Economics
3207: Ripped from the Headlines: International Edition
3301: Doomsday Clock: Two Minutes to Midnight
3302: Oops, I Said It Again: Normalizing Taboos
3303: The Effects of a Divided Congress
3304: Can the U.S. Hold Its Lead in Innovation?
3305: Design That Lives (On)
3306: Out-of-Office: Life Beyond Work
3401: Jazz Master Class (not recorded)
3402: Reaching the Top of Your Game
3403: Global Migration and Crimes Against Humanity
3404: Let's Compare Notes: Interdisciplinary Problem Solving
3405: Women Left Behind
3406: How Women Lead and Succeed: Workplaces That Work For All
3501: When Fiction Predicts Fact: Writers Imagine Our Future Reality
3502: Why Do We Lie?
3503: China's Global Business Initiatives (not recorded)
3504: Breaking the Bubble... By Design
3505: Expressing Indigenous Knowledge and Culture Through Arts and Language
3601: 180 Degrees: Flipping You Life Trajectory
3602: The President's Latest Battleground: Free Speech on Campus
3603: A Discussion of "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
3604: Vetting the Headlines: How to Be a Smart Consumer of News
3605: Design Thinking for the Next Century
3606: Will Bees Save the World?
3901: Growing Our Community Vision Together

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4101: Saving the Planet: All Countries on Deck
4102: Attacked, Jailed, Expelled and Killed: The Hazards of International Journalism
4103: Science for Non-Scientists
4014: Elegant Density: Designing for Community
4105: The Supreme Court: Defining the New Normal
4106: Family Matters: Modern Family Dynamics
4107: Immigration Policies' Impact on U.S. Industries
4108: Sears Dies, Amazon Thrives: The State of Retail
4201: Disruptive Technology Keynote Address: The Internet and Humanity
4202: Honesty is Passé
4203: Sex and the Cinema: Representation of Women and Sexuality in Arts
4204: Mobilizing Social Activisim
4205: Your Brain: The Three-Pound Universe
4207: The Elephant in the Womb: Women's Access to Reproductive Healthcare
4301: A Path to Peace for the World's Most Violent Countries?
4302: U.S. Foreign Policy: From the Outside Looking In
4303: Is Social Media the New Frontier for Women's Rights?
4304: Artificial Intelligence and Our Society
4305: Blockchain: Why All the Attention?
4306: When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq
4307: EntreprenYOUrship
4401: Rhythm and Words (not recorded)
4402: A Laughing Matter: The Role of Comedy in Social Change
4403: When Heroes Fall
4405: Biomimicry: Nature-Inspired Design
4406: Health Care Changes and Me
4407: Past the Turing Test: The Future of Artificial Intelligence
4408: "March for Their Lives" and More: Young People Making A Difference in Politics
4501: Athlete Activism: Sports as a Force for Empowerment, Social Activism and Gender Equality
4502: Spiritual, Not Religious: Nuns vs. Nones
4503: Xenophobia: History and Hysteria
4504: From Ride-Share to Home Care: Tech "Drives" the Sharing Economy
4505: UN or U Out?
4506: What You Know Depends on Where You Live
4601: Universal Health Care: Do We Want It?
4602: Government for Sale?
4603: Where Has the Silence Gone?
4604: Space... Why Bother?
4605: Can You Feel It? Numbness to Tragedy
4606: Vaccines: What You Don't Know Cany Hurt Everyone
4607: Beauty, Culture and the Body

2018 Audio Recordings

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​1001:ÌýBHS: Stranger Than Fiction- Impact of Fake News
1002:ÌýDebate: What Should Be Our Reaction to Climate Change?
1003:ÌýPerspectives on Islam
1004:ÌýWater Policy: Not As Dry As You Think
1102:ÌýLocked Up, Locked Out: Life After Incarceration
1101:ÌýDrowning in Prescription Drugs
1103:ÌýKeynote Address: Rethinking the Future: Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation
1204:ÌýDebate: Trump's Foreign Policy
1206:ÌýInternational Terrorism - The Next Chapter
1209: Down with the PatriarchyÌý(not recorded)
1207:ÌýIs Healthcare a Right and Do We Have It Wrong?
1208:ÌýPathways to Juvenile Justice
1205:ÌýDoing Good for Humanity: It's Not All Bad News
1203:ÌýBig Data: Big Deal or Big Problem?
1201: Aging: If You Rest, You Rust (not recorded)
1202:ÌýAlexa, Who Is Tracking Me? Privacy Today
1210:ÌýStrangers in a Strange Land: The Refugee Crisis
1301:ÌýEchos of the Missing and the Murdered: Immersive Art Film and Talkback
1302:ÌýFrom Apprentics to President: Political Outsiders
1309:ÌýU.S. Interventionism: Speak Loudly and Carry a Small Stick
1305:ÌýNotes from Sub-Saharan Africa
1306:ÌýPolice and the Pursuit of Justice
1303:ÌýDebate: Free Speech on Campus
1307:ÌýSaving the Planet Starts at Home
1304: Modern Marketing: Who's Listening?Ìý(not recorded)
1308: Start-Up Your Entrepreneurial SuccessÌý(not recorded)
1310: Ebert UnInterruptus:ÌýMad Max: Fury RoadÌý(not recorded)
1402: Podcasts: What Are You Listening To?Ìý(not recorded)
1401:ÌýCWA Book Club Discussion:ÌýIn the Country We LoveÌýby Diane Guerrero &ÌýBorn A CrimeÌýby Trevor Noah
1404:ÌýTrump vs. Trees
1403:ÌýHomlessness: Attitudes, Beliefs, Solutions
1501:ÌýMaking a Difference Today

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2001: KGNU: Interview with Adam Frank
2005:ÌýNukes Forever? The Administration's New Nuclear War Plan
2004:ÌýGlobal Health Inequality
2003:ÌýEthics and Forgotten Virtues
2006:ÌýIf Sustainability Isn't Possible, Does Collapse Become Inevitable?
2002:ÌýDemocracy, Theocracy, Monarchy & Autocracy in the Islamic Crescent
2007:ÌýReflections on Religion (in America's Least Religious City)
2008:ÌýThe Constitution: Still Our National Treasure
2101:ÌýGallery Talk onÌýMillie Chen: Four Recollections
2103:ÌýEarth In Human Hands
2108:ÌýWho'd Have Thought that Business Is Saving the Planet?
2106:ÌýThe Racial Income Gap
2105:ÌýRepublicans: A House Divided
2104:ÌýBecoming A Journalist: Navigating the Fractured Media Landscape
2107:ÌýWhat We Need from the Next Generation of Leaders
2201:ÌýRepresenting Culture Through Art
2208:ÌýThe Rising Tide of Women in Politics
2204:ÌýIran and the US: Taking A Step Backwards?
2207:ÌýWeed: Dank or Dangerous?
2206:ÌýPolitical Correctness: Am I a Snowflake or Are You Just a Jerk?
2202:Ìý10,000 Foot View of Latin America
2203:ÌýForecasting: Where We Are From Shapes Who We Are
2205:ÌýThe Global Refugee Crisis
2302:ÌýChina and the U.S.: Race to the Economic Top
2307: The Afternath of Nature's Wrath
2305: The Unintended and Consequence of Quinoa: Sacrifices that End Up on our Kitchen Table
2303: Devolution of Revolution: Seperatist Movements
2308: Who Belongs: Identity in the USA
2304: FOMO & Growing Up With Your Life on Display
2306: MOOCs, Flipped Classrooms, and No Tenure? The Future of Academia (not recorded)
2301: A Minority in a Vast Majority: Experiences in Science and Tech (not recorded)
2314: USA: At the Global Leadership Table?
2312: Get Out of My Uterus: Women's Reproductive Rights
2318: Impossible to See, the Future Is
2311: Foul Ball: Corruption in Sports
2313: Sustainable Solutions to Affordable Housing
2315: What the Hell Happened to Science Funding?
2309: Art as Creative Disruption (not recorded)
2316: Worldwide Barriers to Basic Education
2310: Dark Thoughts, Depression and Suicide
2317: Ebert Interruptus:ÌýMad Max: Fury Road (not recorded)
2401: Engaging those with Ideological Differences
2501: CWA Jazz Concert (not recorded)

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3005: International Nuclear Disarmament
3008: Racism in Politics
3009: Win-Win Climate Solutions
3006: Mentorship: It Goes Both Ways
3007: Monetizing Creativity: Make your Ideas Happen
3003: Awkwardness! Why Blend in When You Were Born to Stand Out?
3010: Collaboration: Moving from "I" to "We"
3004: Dude, Where's My Tax Cut?
3001: Films to Rock Your World
3002: Life in the Foreign Service
3107: The Trump Presidency: Are We Tired of Winning Yet?
3102: Feeding the Future Keynote Address
3101: Activisim or Apathy" When Clicking "Like" Is Not Enough
3104: Immigration: Close the Door Behind You
3109: What to Expect When You're Expecting Climate Change
3106: CWA Panelists & Poetry (not recorded)
3105: Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds, Climate Change and the Fate of the Earth
3208: UCAR Walter Orr Memorial Lecture: Science and Stakeholders
3202: Organic Agriculture: Fad or Future?
3206: Post-Brexit Europe May Be Moving on Without US
3207: The Politics and Control of Relief Efforts
3205: Rhythm and Words
3209: Understanding Transgender Identity
3203: Grief: Coping with Life's Losses
3201: Education: Democracy's Highest Calling
3204: Journalism's Duty to Democracy
3304: My Journey As A Lost Boy
3309: Pussy Grabs Back: Women on the March
3306: The Many Forms of Capitalism
3303: Immigration: Moving Stories
3307: Vietnam Revisited and Reconsidered
3301: STEM On-Ramps
3305: STEM into STEAM: Humanity Needs the Humanities
3302: Are You Truly Woke?
3308: Who Wins, Who Loses? Immigration's Impact on Business Sectors
3310: How Climate Change Will Change the Farm
3401: The Alt Right: From Memes to Murder
3402: Speed Chatting: 6 Speakers, 6 Minutes, 6 Times (not recorded)
3403: Technology Gone Wild
3404: Who's Filling My Potholes: Public/Private Partnerships
3405: Ebert Interruptus II: Mad Max Fury Road (not recorded)

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4056:ÌýKGNU: Getting Outside
4151:ÌýA Green Light for Israel?
4152:ÌýDemocrats: Who We Are Now
4153:ÌýChefs Collaborative: How to Create a Better Food System
4154:ÌýDo Student Athletes Get a Raw Deal?
4155:ÌýThe Economic Impacts of Immigration
4156:ÌýGive Peace A Chance: International Conflict Resolution
4157:ÌýThe Magical Intersection of Art and Science
4166:ÌýThree's a Crowd: 91ÖÆƬ³§, China, and the US
4266: MFA Exhibition and Curatorial Conversation (not recorded)
4301:ÌýU.S. Immigration: Give Me Your Tired and Poor
4302:ÌýSex with Robots: What's Not to Like?
4303:ÌýFood Insecurity in the Midst of Plenty
4304:ÌýWomen in Science: Needed Now More Than Ever?
4306:ÌýGender Equity-Until It Rains Glass
4307:ÌýChanging Careers: Keeping Your Options Open
4356:ÌýThe Promise of the Sharing Economy
4450:ÌýHoward Higman Memorial Plenary: The View from Hanoi
4452:ÌýThanks, Obama
4453:ÌýAmerican Institutions: The Republic at Risk
4454:ÌýSingularity: When the Real World BecomesÌýWestworld
4455:ÌýImprovisation: It Happens...
4456:ÌýYoung and Bored of Being Young and Bored
4566:ÌýThe Road Less Traveled: Exceptional Career Paths
4602:ÌýImplications of a U.S. Retreat from International Alliances
4603:ÌýThe Future of Food; A Taste of Things to Come
4604:ÌýDeregulation: Good for Business, What 91ÖÆƬ³§ Consumers?
4605:ÌýAstronomy's New Toys
4607:ÌýRedefining Masculinity
4608:ÌýChinese Scholars Take on Climate Change
4611:ÌýJazz Master Class
4752:ÌýU.S. Foreign Policy: The Winning Move is Not to Play?
4756:ÌýGrow Up! But How? Becoming and Adult
4800:ÌýMolly Ivins Memorial Plenary: Laughing Matters: How to Use Humor to Activate and Educate
4904:ÌýProtecting Those Most Vunerable
4936: Film/Talkback:ÌýEquityÌý(not recorded)
4955:ÌýApocalypse
4956:ÌýHometown Conversations: The Love Hate Relationship with Sanctuary Cities
4985: Film/Talkback: Stop Motion, Animation, Painted Frames and Animated Shorts (not recorded)

PLEASE NOTE: Transcripts of audio recordings available upon request.

5106:ÌýVunerabilidades de la Comunidad Hispanohablante en la America del Presidente Trump (In Spanish)
5107:ÌýMind Over Matter: Strength and Fitness
5112:ÌýHere's How I'd Defeat ISIS
5113:ÌýNon-Voters: Can't, Won't, Couldn't Be Bothered
5114:ÌýSpace Ethics: Asking the Tough Questions
5115:ÌýWhy Public Opinion Has Turned Against Trade
5116:ÌýThe Human Desire for Narrative
5117:ÌýBooks That Changed My Life
5118:ÌýWomen in National Security
5119:ÌýSchools and Tomorrow's Workforce
5216:ÌýJazz Dynamics
5301:ÌýGuitar Jam
5312: Ripped From the Headlines (not recorded)Ìý
5313: Two Steps Forward, One Back?: LGBTQ Rights (not recorded)
5315: Trade Deals: Job Creators, Job Killers, or Strategic Imperatives (not recorded)
5316:ÌýFinding Friendship
5317:Ìý"Hacktivism" and Cyber Security
5446: Film/Talkback:ÌýTowerÌý(not recorded)
5466:ÌýGeopolitical Divergence Within Islam
5503: Net Neutrality: Internet Inequality (not recorded)
5511: America's (Un)changing Relationship with 91ÖÆƬ³§ (not recorded)Ìý
5512: Trump's Nationalist Economic Agenda (not recorded)Ìý
5514: Technology in Developing Countries: What We Take for Granted (not recorded)
5515:ÌýHow Politics Derailed Science
5516: Dance/Music Improv with Aerial (not recorded)
5616:ÌýThe Media Elected Trump But He Still Hates Them
5704:ÌýMinimum Wage: The 99% Need A Raise
5706:ÌýA.I. May Not Kill All Our Jobs, But It Will Change Many
5707:ÌýAIDS: Forgotten But Not Gone
5711:ÌýThe Self in "Selfie: Identity in the Social Media Age
5712:ÌýWhat the U.S. Can Learn From My Country
5713:ÌýThe Future of Water: Our Most Precious Resource
5715:ÌýTrouble in the South China Sea
5716:ÌýPut the STEAM into STEM Education, Just Add ART
5717:ÌýThe Importance of Adventure PART 1
5717:ÌýThe Importance of Adventure PART 2
5718:ÌýGlobal Demographics: Living Longer and Dying Less

2017 Audio Recordings

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​1056:ÌýKGNU: Preview of CWA Food Series, Why Food Matters
1111:ÌýThe Evolution of Facts, Alternative Facts, and Doublespeak
1112:ÌýSupreme Challenges for the Supreme Court
1114:ÌýBuilding Livable Cities
1115:ÌýArt Without Borders
1116: Infrastructure: The Case for Public Investment (not recorded)
1106:ÌýTRAPPIST-1: Aliens on its 7 Earths?
1213:ÌýWhen We Rise-Starting a Social Movement
1216:ÌýEthnic Minorities in Developing Democracies
1217:ÌýEducation: Seperate and Still Unequal
1350:ÌýCWA Keynote Address: Humanity's Exploration: From Earth to Mars and Beyond
1511:ÌýThe 2nd 'Space Renaissance'
1512:ÌýRepublicans: Who We Are Now
1513:ÌýFacing the 6th Extinction: Biodiversity and Conservation
1514:ÌýPoliticians, Athletes, Celebrities: Human Beings or Role Models?
1515:ÌýRhythm and Words
1516:ÌýScience Deniers: Fact-Resistant Humans
1517: Rehabilitating the Justice System (not recorded)
1606:ÌýPortals Project: Interview with Founder Amar Bakshi
1607:ÌýTrump's Approach to Cuba: A Bigly Deal or a Bigly Mess
1702:ÌýLessons from the North Pole
1711:ÌýObamacare: Repeal, Replace, Repair...Renege
1713:ÌýAfrica: The Bright Continent
1714:ÌýHow to Fit In and Keep Your Culture
1715:ÌýHow the Media Covers the Commander in Tweet
1716:ÌýCollateral Damage: The Victims of Warfare
1717:ÌýBody Image: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall...
1718:ÌýEnergy: Rethinking the Power Grid
1766: Housing Security: A Roof Over Every Head (not recorded)
1802:ÌýAn Insider's Scoop on America's National Parks
1866:ÌýCWA Book Club:ÌýHillbilly ElegyÌýDiscussion
1913:ÌýBurning Issues in International Development

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2056:ÌýKGNU: New Adventures in Astronomy
2152:ÌýThou Shalt Not Mess With Women's Reproductive Rights: Fallopians 20:17
2153:ÌýReligious Diversity
2154:ÌýChina and North Korea: It's Complicated
2155:ÌýClimate Science and Policy Today
2156:ÌýOh Heck, I'm Up to My Neck...In Student Debt
2157:ÌýOpiods- Prescriptions vs. Addiction
2206:ÌýAt-Risk Kids: Breaking the Cycle
2302:ÌýSpace Tourism For Fun and Profit
2303:ÌýViolent Extremism as a Form of Resistance
2304:ÌýHow Australia Took Aim at Guns
2305:ÌýThe Best Two Parties Money Can Buy
2306:ÌýVisualizing Change: Art and Activism
2307: Nurturing Innovation: How and Where (not recorded)
2452:ÌýIt's Just "Locker Room Talk"
2453:ÌýChina: Our Banker, Trade Partner, and Threat?
2454:ÌýPolicing: Crime, Justice, and Civil Rights
2455:ÌýThe Siberian Candidate: 91ÖÆƬ³§ and the 2016 Election
2456: Fireside Chat: Dogs and Us (not recorded)
2457:ÌýCorporate Values: Not Just the Bottom LIne
2602:ÌýSports: A Concussion Discussion
2603:ÌýCan CEOs Run a Government?
2604:ÌýEthics and Corruption in Government
2605:ÌýLaughing Matters: Humor in an Unfunny World
2606:ÌýOwning the Visual: Representations of the Female Form
2607:ÌýReligion: Cause or Cover of Violence?
2616: SciFi Influencing Science (not recorded)
2716: Performance and Master Class: Music from the Heart (not recorded)
2752:ÌýLet's Talk 91ÖÆƬ³§ Race
2753:ÌýScience Literacy: Why 1,2,3 can be as easy as A,B,C
2754: Why We Heart the Constitution (not recorded)
2755:ÌýIs America Waging A War on Women?
2757:ÌýThe Power of a Story
2756: Fear As A Tool (not recorded)
2758:ÌýPower to the People: Ending Energy Poverty
2816:ÌýPoetry Showcase
2956:ÌýHometown Conversations: Facing the Affordable Housing Crisis: Boulder and Beyond
2957: Sounds Through Our Cosmos (not recorded)

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3056:ÌýKGNU: Tiny Houses and Livable Cities
3102:ÌýDebate: A Thriving Economy: Should Government Weigh In or Get Out of the Way?
3106:ÌýWhat Water is Trying to Tell Us
3107:ÌýLife in the 22nd Century
3111:ÌýWill Congress Ever Work Again?
3113:ÌýKeeping Culture and Traditions Alive
3114:ÌýBrexit and the Future of the EU
3115:ÌýThe Future of Music: Its Rock and its Role in Society
3116:ÌýBioengineering: Designer Babies and More
3117:ÌýThe Medium is the Movie- What's the Message?
3156: Bridging Divides: It's Time to Listen (not recorded)
3206: Do Your Brain a Favor: Spend Time Outdoors (not recorded)
3207: Origin Stories (not recorded)
3300: Food Series Keynote Address: Why Food Matters; Nourishing Our Bodies and the Land (not recorded)Ìý
3306:ÌýYIMBY: Yes! In My Back Yard
3311:ÌýNationalism Returns to America
3313:ÌýWhat Keeps Business Leaders Up at Night
3314:ÌýRx for Income Inequality
3315:ÌýWatchdogs, Whistleblowers and Wikileaks
3406:ÌýTorture: Human Rights and Wrongs
3407: How Damaged is America's Worldwide Reputation? (not recorded)
3416: Nuclear Triad: How Many Nukes Does It Take? (not recorded)
3466:ÌýThe Party's Over: The Future of Political Parties
3502:ÌýUCAR Walter Orr Roberts Distinguished Lecture: Hurricanes, Climate, and Culture: How We Cope with Natural Disasters
3504:ÌýAstronomy: "Honey, check out the new neighbors!"
3506: Climate Refugees: The Human Cost of Climate Change (not recorded)
3513:ÌýLet's Eat Real Food, Mostly Vegetables, Not Too Much
3515:ÌýIs It Time to Dump the Electoral College?
3516:ÌýPoverty: What's Really Needed
3606: Deutschlands wechselnde Rolle in der internationalen Politik (in German) (not recorded)
3616: The End of Globalization As We Know It (not recorded)
3617:ÌýFinding Your Passion
3704:ÌýTaxes: I Don't Want to Pay for Your Government
3707: Environment vs. Economics (not recorded)
3711: Trump's First 100 Days: Are We Great Yet? (not recorded)Ìý
3712:ÌýThe Pursuit of Happiness
3713:ÌýThe Opposite of Fast Food: the Rise of Urban Casual
3715:ÌýThe Career Less Traveled
3716:ÌýFuture of Medicine: Combating Disease
3717:ÌýLaw and Society
3766:ÌýMental Health: Stepping Out of the Darkness
3816: Speed Chating: 7 Speakers, 7 minutes, 7 times! (not recorded)
3966:ÌýThe Courage to Leap Into the Unknown

PLEASE NOTE: Transcripts of audio recordings available upon request.

4056:ÌýKGNU: Getting Outside
4151:ÌýA Green Light for Israel?
4152:ÌýDemocrats: Who We Are Now
4153:ÌýChefs Collaborative: How to Create a Better Food System
4154:ÌýDo Student Athletes Get a Raw Deal?
4155:ÌýThe Economic Impacts of Immigration
4156:ÌýGive Peace A Chance: International Conflict Resolution
4157:ÌýThe Magical Intersection of Art and Science
4166:ÌýThree's a Crowd: 91ÖÆƬ³§, China, and the US
4266: MFA Exhibition and Curatorial Conversation (not recorded)
4301:ÌýU.S. Immigration: Give Me Your Tired and Poor
4302:ÌýSex with Robots: What's Not to Like?
4303:ÌýFood Insecurity in the Midst of Plenty
4304:ÌýWomen in Science: Needed Now More Than Ever?
4306:ÌýGender Equity-Until It Rains Glass
4307:ÌýChanging Careers: Keeping Your Options Open
4356:ÌýThe Promise of the Sharing Economy
4450:ÌýHoward Higman Memorial Plenary: The View from Hanoi
4452:ÌýThanks, Obama
4453:ÌýAmerican Institutions: The Republic at Risk
4454:ÌýSingularity: When the Real World BecomesÌýWestworld
4455:ÌýImprovisation: It Happens...
4456:ÌýYoung and Bored of Being Young and Bored
4566:ÌýThe Road Less Traveled: Exceptional Career Paths
4602:ÌýImplications of a U.S. Retreat from International Alliances
4603:ÌýThe Future of Food; A Taste of Things to Come
4604:ÌýDeregulation: Good for Business, What 91ÖÆƬ³§ Consumers?
4605:ÌýAstronomy's New Toys
4607:ÌýRedefining Masculinity
4608:ÌýChinese Scholars Take on Climate Change
4611:ÌýJazz Master Class
4752:ÌýU.S. Foreign Policy: The Winning Move is Not to Play?
4756:ÌýGrow Up! But How? Becoming and Adult
4800:ÌýMolly Ivins Memorial Plenary: Laughing Matters: How to Use Humor to Activate and Educate
4904:ÌýProtecting Those Most Vunerable
4936: Film/Talkback:ÌýEquityÌý(not recorded)
4955:ÌýApocalypse
4956:ÌýHometown Conversations: The Love Hate Relationship with Sanctuary Cities
4985: Film/Talkback: Stop Motion, Animation, Painted Frames and Animated Shorts (not recorded)

PLEASE NOTE: Transcripts of audio recordings available upon request.

5106:ÌýVunerabilidades de la Comunidad Hispanohablante en la America del Presidente Trump (In Spanish)
5107:ÌýMind Over Matter: Strength and Fitness
5112:ÌýHere's How I'd Defeat ISIS
5113:ÌýNon-Voters: Can't, Won't, Couldn't Be Bothered
5114:ÌýSpace Ethics: Asking the Tough Questions
5115:ÌýWhy Public Opinion Has Turned Against Trade
5116:ÌýThe Human Desire for Narrative
5117:ÌýBooks That Changed My Life
5118:ÌýWomen in National Security
5119:ÌýSchools and Tomorrow's Workforce
5216:ÌýJazz Dynamics
5301:ÌýGuitar Jam
5312: Ripped From the Headlines (not recorded)Ìý
5313: Two Steps Forward, One Back?: LGBTQ Rights (not recorded)
5315: Trade Deals: Job Creators, Job Killers, or Strategic Imperatives (not recorded)
5316:ÌýFinding Friendship
5317:Ìý"Hacktivism" and Cyber Security
5446: Film/Talkback:ÌýTowerÌý(not recorded)
5466:ÌýGeopolitical Divergence Within Islam
5503: Net Neutrality: Internet Inequality (not recorded)
5511: America's (Un)changing Relationship with 91ÖÆƬ³§ (not recorded)Ìý
5512: Trump's Nationalist Economic Agenda (not recorded)Ìý
5514: Technology in Developing Countries: What We Take for Granted (not recorded)
5515:ÌýHow Politics Derailed Science
5516: Dance/Music Improv with Aerial (not recorded)
5616:ÌýThe Media Elected Trump But He Still Hates Them
5704:ÌýMinimum Wage: The 99% Need A Raise
5706:ÌýA.I. May Not Kill All Our Jobs, But It Will Change Many
5707:ÌýAIDS: Forgotten But Not Gone
5711:ÌýThe Self in "Selfie: Identity in the Social Media Age
5712:ÌýWhat the U.S. Can Learn From My Country
5713:ÌýThe Future of Water: Our Most Precious Resource
5715:ÌýTrouble in the South China Sea
5716:ÌýPut the STEAM into STEM Education, Just Add ART
5717:ÌýThe Importance of Adventure PART 1
5717:ÌýThe Importance of Adventure PART 2
5718:ÌýGlobal Demographics: Living Longer and Dying Less

2016 Audio Recordings

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1112:ÌýImpacts of the Aging PopulationÌý
1113:ÌýHow to Raise Money for Your Brilliant IdeaÌý
1114:ÌýTechnology is a FetishÌý
1115:ÌýJustice: Shining a Light on Wrongful ConvictionsÌý
1116:ÌýInternational MigrationÌý
1117:ÌýMarch to the Beat of Your Own DrumÌý
1119:ÌýROUNDTABLE: "Til it Happens to You": Ending Sexual Assault on College CampusesÌý
1211:ÌýObamacare: Easy to Repeal, Hard to ReplaceÌý
1305:ÌýARIA: Why I Risk My Life to Bring You the NewsÌý
1312:ÌýThe 27 Words in the Second AmendmentÌý
1313:ÌýDo Something! Become an Activist (not recorded)Ìý
1314:ÌýBalancing Health & Environment (not recorded)Ìý
1316:ÌýMy Future According to Science and TechnologyÌý
1317:ÌýFilm & TV: Change the Channel, Change Your LifeÌý
1400:ÌýHOWARD HIGMAN MEMORIAL PLENARY: How Free Enterprise Can Solve Climate ChangeÌý
1415:ÌýImprov in Art and MusicÌý
1512:ÌýViews and Voices of IslamÌý
1513:ÌýWhat We Need in a PresidentÌý
1514:ÌýCommunism Won Some Battles but Lost the WarÌý
1516:ÌýUS Income Inequality & the American DreamÌý
1517:ÌýPrivatizing Public Services vs. Public InterestÌý
1518:ÌýCLIMATE SERIES: When the Oceans RiseÌý
1519:ÌýDigital Piracy: Helping Arrrtists StarrrveÌý
1565:ÌýScaliaÌý
1641:ÌýEBERT UNINTERRUPTUS (not recorded)Ìý
1666:ÌýROUNDTABLE: The Lost Art of ConversationÌý
1706:ÌýINTERVIEW: My Story, My Words I (not recorded)Ìý
1712:ÌýTrigger Warning: This is a Political Correctness PanelÌý
1713:ÌýModern Corruption (not recorded)Ìý
1714:ÌýGirl Geeks Unite!Ìý
1715:ÌýEU Sings "Breaking up is Hard to Do"Ìý
1717:ÌýREALLY Long-Term ThinkingÌý
1718:ÌýEducating Students to be Global CitizensÌý
1719:ÌýBusiness & Government Can Work TogetherÌý
1816:ÌýNavigating End of Life Choices in AmericaÌý
1817:ÌýAfter Assad: Chaos or Reconciliation?Ìý
1856:ÌýARIA: Vietnam War - 40 Years Later... And the Conflict ContinuesÌý
1866:ÌýGender FluidityÌý
1912:ÌýStates: Underappreciated Laboratories of Democracy (CWA@Night)Ìý
1956:ÌýKGNU - Monday PM - Host: Karen Raforth (not recorded)Ìý
1999:ÌýKEYNOTE ADDRESS: An Evening with Steve Wozniak (CWA@Night)

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2056:ÌýKGNU: How on Earth: Across the Universe - You Can't Get There from Earth (not recorded)Ìý
2162:ÌýIssues that Matter in this ElectionÌý
2163:ÌýHistorical What Ifs & Near MissesÌý
2164:ÌýArt and Activism: Crayons for HumanityÌý
2165:ÌýTough Love for Aspiring WritersÌý
2166:ÌýCorporations have Mentors, Startups have HeroesÌý
2167:ÌýWho is Not at The Power Table?Ìý
2168:Ìý"Making a Murderer": Truth on Trial (not recorded)Ìý
2169:ÌýGamification & Innovative TeachingÌý
2306:ÌýPERFORMANCE: Strings & CircuitsÌý
2312:ÌýHow Would You Define A Conservative Today?Ìý
2313:ÌýFood Security & the Transformation of Rural AmericaÌý
2314:ÌýRethinking Attitudes Towards SustainabilityÌý
2315:ÌýDoor Open/Door Closed: The Immigrant Experience in AmericaÌý
2318:ÌýInternational Disaster ResponseÌý
2462:ÌýPolice Shootings: When the "Perfect Storm" is the Perfect Cop-OutÌý
2463:ÌýWhat Would the Founding Fathers Do?Ìý
2464:ÌýTraditional Families: Going, Going, GoneÌý
2465:ÌýMoney is Speech but is Anyone Buying?Ìý
2466:ÌýCLIMATE SERIES: Theories & Myths of Climate ChangeÌý
2467:ÌýWhat Story Are You Living?Ìý
2468:ÌýForeign Hackers will "own" our CountryÌý
2606:ÌýINTERVIEW: My Story, My Words IIÌý
2612:ÌýBusiness & Ethics in SportsÌý
2614:ÌýOur Relationships with Israel and PalestineÌý
2615:ÌýIntelligent Dating & Mating (not recorded)Ìý
2616:ÌýDisruptive Innovation Could Save the WorldÌý
2617:ÌýIrreproducible Scientific ResultsÌý
2646:ÌýCU MFA Critique: Master ClassÌý
2761:ÌýThe Threat of ISISÌý
2762:ÌýWhat Science Says 91ÖÆƬ³§ GMOsÌý
2763:ÌýEmployment in the 21st Century (not recorded)Ìý
2764:ÌýClean Water: Human Right or Budget Issue (not recorded)Ìý
2765:ÌýFull Court Press: 2016 Supreme Court DocketÌý
2766:ÌýCan Books Still Change the World?Ìý
2767:ÌýThings You Should Know Before Volunteering AbroadÌý
2768:ÌýDisability or Ability?Ìý
2769:ÌýABCs of LGBTQÌý
2771:ÌýPERFORMANCE & PANEL: "Bella Gaia"/What's the Point of Looking for Life Beyond Earth Anyway?Ìý
2836:ÌýEBERT INTERRUPTUS I (not recorded)Ìý
2956:ÌýKGNU: Hemispheres: Djembes to Lemurs, the state of two French colonies, Mali and Madagascar (not recorded)Ìý
2962:ÌýFall Down Nine Times, Stand Up Ten (CWA@Night)Ìý
2999:ÌýJAZZ CONCERT (CWA@Night)

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3065:ÌýA Public Affair: Rx For Our Political System (Broadcasted by KGNU) (not recorded)Ìý
3106:ÌýINTERVIEW: My Story, My Words IIIÌý
3111:ÌýTerrorism & the Role of MediaÌý
3112:ÌýMaking Sense of the 2016 ElectionÌý
3113:ÌýReality Check of Women's Rights Across Cultures (not recorded)Ìý
3114:ÌýWe Are All Capable of Being AddictsÌý
3116:ÌýPay It Forward: The Value of Giving BackÌý
3117:ÌýCrowdsourcingÌý
3118:ÌýThe Anti-Scientific RightÌý
3176:ÌýPERFORMANCE: Funding the FutureÌý
3205:ÌýARIA: Our Blue Planet from the Vantage Point of SpaceÌý
3266:ÌýBuilding an Innovation Economy in Your TownÌý
3311:ÌýCongress: How To Put "United" Back in United StatesÌý
3312:ÌýDemocracy is Winning the World - or NotÌý
3313:ÌýEconomics of Hunger: Poverty in America (not recorded)Ìý
3314:ÌýUrban Challenges: The Future of Big CitiesÌý
3315:ÌýMale Socialization: A Key to Reducing ViolenceÌý
3316:ÌýCLIMATE SERIES: Risky Climate, Risky SolutionsÌý
3317:ÌýThe Anti-Scientific LeftÌý
3318:ÌýSaying Something Without WordsÌý
3406:ÌýImpacto de los Extranjeros en el Ciclo de la PobrezaÌý
3512:ÌýIs Putin Willing to Risk WWIII?Ìý
3513:ÌýBlogging: Putting the Me in MediaÌý
3514:ÌýSTEM Education: Why Should We Care?Ìý
3515:ÌýFighting Global Pandemics from Avian Flu to ZikaÌý
3516:ÌýHappinessÌý
3517:ÌýMillennials in the WorkplaceÌý
3518:ÌýLeadership is Harder Than I ThoughtÌý
3551:ÌýPERFORMANCE: So Many GuitarsÌý
3566:ÌýPeculiar Politics: The 2016 Presidential RaceÌý
3711:ÌýCivil Disobedience for ChangeÌý
3712:ÌýROUNDTABLE: High-Powered Women Share Their SecretsÌý
3713:ÌýTechnological Solutions to World HungerÌý
3714:ÌýWanderlustÌý
3715:ÌýThe Two Party System is DoomedÌý
3716:ÌýRetro or Modern? (D)Evolving Style and CultureÌý
3717:ÌýPOETRY: "Words Words Words"Ìý
3816:ÌýIs Higher Education Worth a Life of Debt?Ìý
3866:ÌýReligion & Spirituality in the 21st CenturyÌý
3886:ÌýEBERT INTERRUPTUS II (not recorded)Ìý
3952:ÌýDUET: Africa, a Hopeful Continent (CWA@Night)Ìý
3965:ÌýTechnological Singularity: When the Machines Take Over (CWA@Night)Ìý
3999:ÌýPLENARY: Antidotes to the Poison of Campaign Finance (CWA@Night)

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4056:ÌýKGNU: A Public Affair: Climate Democracy (not recorded)Ìý
4126:ÌýThe Roots of Radical Extremism (not recorded)Ìý
4156:ÌýCLIMATE SERIES: Climate Change, Inequality and Economic GrowthÌý
4161:ÌýWorking Together to Improve Global HealthÌý
4162:ÌýReinventing the NewspaperÌý
4163:ÌýI'm Uber-whelmed by the Gig EconomyÌý
4164:ÌýHappy Places, Creative SpacesÌý
4165:ÌýCreating Cultural Change in BusinessÌý
4168:ÌýROUNDTABLE: Keep Your Theocracy Out of My DemocracyÌý
4169:ÌýThe Importance of MindfulnessÌý
4311:ÌýHow Media and Politics Generate Hate and FearÌý
4312:ÌýUS Foreign Policy: The World's PolicemanÌý
4313:ÌýKeeping Kids Safe in the Media AgeÌý
4314:ÌýWhat 91ÖÆƬ³§ Latin America?Ìý
4315:ÌýBudget Battles: Let's Make a DealÌý
4316:ÌýHelp! I'm Drowning in InformationÌý
4317:ÌýIN A WORLD WHERE... Movies Get the Science RightÌý
4462:ÌýAnthropology of WarÌý
4463:ÌýBusiness Can Have a Conscience and Still ThriveÌý
4464:ÌýHow Would You Define a Liberal Today?Ìý
4465:ÌýOnline Revolution: Social Media & Political UpheavalÌý
4466:ÌýGlobal Trade-OffsÌý
4467:ÌýThe Age of Big DataÌý
4526:ÌýCan We Talk? The Power of CommunicationÌý
4606:ÌýPERFORMANCE & PANEL: Our Native LandÌý
4612:ÌýAlternative Medicine: How We Heal OurselvesÌý
4613:ÌýSecond Acts: Encore CareersÌý
4614:ÌýBanking: A Force for Good or Evil?Ìý
4615:ÌýAffordable HousingÌý
4616:ÌýLa Participación de la Mujer para Cambiar el Balance de la Pobreza MundialÌý
4617:Ìý"Those give who give up their liberty for security, deserve neither." -Benjamin FranklinÌý
4631:ÌýJazz Master ClassÌý
4706:ÌýARIA: US/Cuba: Can the Best of Enemies Kiss and Make Up?Ìý
4762:ÌýThe Politics of ImmigrationÌý
4763:ÌýCreating a Life of Meaning (not recorded)Ìý
4764:ÌýGender Discrimination in Science & EngineeringÌý
4765:ÌýNot Your Mother's FeminismÌý
4766:ÌýMillennial Culture is an OxymoronÌý
4767:ÌýLaunching Tomorrow's Products TodayÌý
4801:ÌýPerformance - Together AgainÌý
4806:ÌýPERFORMANCE: Tell Me Your Story, I'll Write Your SongÌý
4836:ÌýEBERT INTERRUPTUS III (not recorded)Ìý
4914:ÌýAmerica's Vets: Caring for Those Who Served (CWA@Night)Ìý
4916:ÌýHard Science, Soft Art (CWA@Night)Ìý
4936:ÌýPERFORMANCE: Poetry Slam Showcase (CWA@Night)Ìý
4952:ÌýDEBATE: Science & Public/Personal Decisions 91ÖÆƬ³§ GMOs and Herbal Supplements (CWA@Night)Ìý
4956:ÌýKGNU: It's the Economy: Movers, Shakers and Makers (not recorded)Ìý
4965:ÌýThe Endless Struggle for Reproductive Rights (CWA@Night)Ìý
4996:ÌýFILM & DISCUSSION: He Named Me Malala (CWA@Night)

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5056:ÌýKGNU: Connections: The Key Post-COP21 Transformative Role of Women and Youth (not recorded)Ìý
5106:ÌýARIA: How Education Improves the Future of Children in GuatemalaÌý
5112:ÌýThe Cost of Bias to the NationÌý
5114:ÌýChina is Rattling the World's EconomyÌý
5115:ÌýThink Tanks Can't Think StraightÌý
5116:ÌýCLIMATE SERIES: Political Views on Climate Change: A Widening GapÌý
5117:ÌýArt & Humanity: Bridging the Empathy GapÌý
5206:ÌýPERFORMANCE & PANEL: Jazz Jam: Music & StoriesÌý
5311:ÌýUS Policy Towards IranÌý
5312:ÌýMoving Beyond StereotypesÌý
5314:ÌýCreativity: Breaking the Blocks & Keeping the FlowÌý
5315:ÌýYour Self-Driving Car Hit Mine!Ìý
5316:ÌýWhy I've Lived Where I've LivedÌý
5317:ÌýROUNDTABLE: What I Learned 91ÖÆƬ³§ America from the CWAÌý
5318:ÌýPERFORMANCE: Origin Stories (not recorded)Ìý
5466:ÌýGlobalization & the Clash of IdeologiesÌý
5511:ÌýTerrorism in America: The New NormalÌý
5512:ÌýThe Myth of the Rational VoterÌý
5513:ÌýThe Sharing EconomyÌý
5514:ÌýApocalypse Wow! Having Fun with the End of the WorldÌý
5515:ÌýTackling Global PovertyÌý
5516:ÌýArt and Healing - Words That Hurt, Words That HealÌý
5700:ÌýMolly Ivins Memorial Plenary: Race, Immigration, Identity and Citizenship in a Multicultural AmericaÌý
5712:ÌýFood & Wine: What's New on your Table?Ìý
5713:ÌýWork-life Balance and Other FairytalesÌý
5714:ÌýMusic for Social ChangeÌý
5715:ÌýSustainable Development is Not a Pipe DreamÌý
5716:ÌýEducate a Girl: Change the WorldÌý
5717:ÌýOpen Mouth, Remove Foot: Social Awkwardness and EQÌý
5718:ÌýComputational Biology: Using Biology & Computers to Model Artificial LifeÌý
5719:ÌýWater, Water...Not EverywhereÌý
5836:ÌýEBERT INTERRUPTUS IV (not recorded)