John Dunbar, Project Manager for the Center for Public Integrity, discusses the results and implications of the recently released “Networks of Influence: The Political Power of the Communications Industry,” which examines the political influence of the communications industry on Congress. [Public Affairs] [Humanities]

Attorney Michael Pfau discusses the three rules of private investing: people, people, people. According to Pfau, the key need of a technology start-up company is to pick the right people who have the ability to work together and the ability to understand exactly what it is that they intend to market. Prsented by the Technology Management Program at UCSB. [Business]

Attorney Michael Pfau discusses the three rules of private investing: people, people, people. According to Pfau, the key need of a technology start-up company is to pick the right people who have the ability to work together and the ability to understand exactly what it is that they intend to market. Prsented by the Technology Management Program at UCSB. [Business]

Born between 1962-1982, Gen-Xers grew up with computers, video games, and MTV. Who are they and what are their values, beliefs, and world views? Wade Clark Roof, Director of the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at UCSB explores how are they changing American religion and notions of spirituality. [Humanities]

Born between 1962-1982, Gen-Xers grew up with computers, video games, and MTV. Who are they and what are their values, beliefs, and world views? Wade Clark Roof, Director of the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at UCSB explores how are they changing American religion and notions of spirituality. [Humanities]

While serving as Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc. from 1995 to 2005, Norman Pearlstine confronted some of the most vexing issues in journalism today. In this talk, Pearstine describes the court case history that informed his decision to instruct Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper to cooperate with the grand jury that eventually indicted Scooter Libby, then the top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Pearlstine is presented by the Helen Edison Lecture Series, sponsored by UC San Diego's Extended Studies and Public Programs. [Public Affairs]

While serving as Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc. from 1995 to 2005, Norman Pearlstine confronted some of the most vexing issues in journalism today. In this talk, Pearstine describes the court case history that informed his decision to instruct Time Magazine reporter Matt Cooper to cooperate with the grand jury that eventually indicted Scooter Libby, then the top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Pearlstine is presented by the Helen Edison Lecture Series, sponsored by UC San Diego's Extended Studies and Public Programs. [Public Affairs]

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Martin Luther King, Jr.,Taylor Branch explores America in the King years, 1965-68. Presented by the Walter H. Capps Center at UCSB. [Public Affairs] [Humanities]

Journalist and UC Berkeley professor Mark Danner chides the Bush Administration for what he sees as its poor record on torture and human rights. A panel discussion follows to complete the 2006 DeWitt Higgs Memorial Lecture event, sponsored by Earl Warren College at UC San Diego. [Public Affairs]

Renowned science scholar Naomi Oreskes hosts Chris Mooney, author of the bestselling book "The Republican War on Science", a "well-researched, closely argued and amply referenced indictment of the right wing's assault on science and scientists" (Scientific American) [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Science]

Renowned science scholar Naomi Oreskes hosts Chris Mooney, author of the bestselling book "The Republican War on Science", a "well-researched, closely argued and amply referenced indictment of the right wing's assault on science and scientists" (Scientific American) [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Science]

Dr. Judith Lewis Herman, professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School, and a pioneer in the study of post-traumatic stress disorder and the sexual abuse of women and children, joins UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler on this edition of Conversations with History. [Humanities]

Dr. Judith Lewis Herman, professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School, and a pioneer in the study of post-traumatic stress disorder and the sexual abuse of women and children, joins UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler on this edition of Conversations with History. [Humanities]

On this edition of Conversations with History, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler talks with renowned political scientist Kenneth N. Waltz, about theory, international politics, and the U.S. role in world affairs. [Public Affairs]

Distinguished geographer David Harvey joins host Harry Kreisler for a discussion of how the analytic tools of geography and Marxism can contribute to our understanding of the new imperialism. [Public Affairs] [Humanities]

Dana Priest returns to UC Santa Cruz to receive the first annual Social Sciences Division "Distinguished Social Sciences Alumni Award" and deliver a lecture on the secret CIA-run prisons for terror suspects she exposed as the national security correspondent for the Washington Post. [Public Affairs]

UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler welcomes international relations theorist Robert O.Keohane for a discussion of theory, international institutions, and the future of international order. [Public Affairs] [Humanities]

UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler welcomes international relations theorist Robert O.Keohane for a discussion of theory, international institutions, and the future of international order. [Public Affairs] [Humanities]

This program pays tribute to composer Will Ogdon with a program of his chamber works: "Two Kechwa Songs," "Three Machado Songs," "Four Tonal Songs," "Oratory," "Variation Suite for Violin and Viola," "String Quartet," and "Six Small Trios." Featuring interviews with Will Ogdon and longtime colleagues, including, violinist Janos Negyesy. [Arts and Music]

Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, in a conversation with host Harry Kreisler, looks back and reflects on the art of writing, U.S. policy toward the Third World during the Cold War, political leadership, and on his intellectual contributions. [Public Affairs] [Humanities]

Economist John Kenneth Galbraith, in a conversation with host Harry Kreisler, looks back and reflects on the art of writing, U.S. policy toward the Third World during the Cold War, political leadership, and on his intellectual contributions. [Public Affairs] [Humanities]

Pulitzer-prize winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin shares riveting details from her latest work, "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" in this installment of the Great American Writers Series, sponsored by the San Diego Public Library and the City Club of San Diego. [Public Affairs]

Bill Wulf, the president of the National Academy of Engineering and the vice chair of the National Research Council, critically assesses the state of American engineering and calls for reform in engineering education in this speech and interview with Paul Kedrosky, the executive director of the William J. von Liebig Center at the Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego. This event was also sponsored by Cal-IT2 [Public Affairs] [Science]

Education writer Jonathan Kozol deplores the state of public education and suggests that U.S. schools are anything but equal as he reads from his new book, "The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid in America" in this Great American Writers Series event sponsored by the City Club of San Diego. [Public Affairs] [Humanities]

Education writer Jonathan Kozol deplores the state of public education and suggests that U.S. schools are anything but equal as he reads from his new book, "The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid in America" in this Great American Writers Series event sponsored by the City Club of San Diego. [Public Affairs] [Humanities]