Video: Intelligent Talk Television
Intelligent Talk Television showcases recent lectures given by guest speakers at colleges and universities across Iowa. The collaborative effort between IPTV and participating colleges and universities provides mentoring to students, giving them the opportunity to shoot and edit the events for broadcast on IPTV’ s digital channel and streaming on the ITTV Web site.
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How the Financial Markets Are Driving Globalism (#153)
Full Program: On Septemer 10, 2008, Iowa State University presented a lecture by James Bernard, Jr. as part of their Technology, Globalization and Culture series. Mr. Bernard is general manager of MarketWatch.com, ... 01:02:55
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The Future of Pakistan (#147)
Full Program: The Iowa Council for International Understanding presents Mr. Khalid Hasan, former press secretary for President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and currently a senior journalist for a Lahore-based newspaper, The ... 24:21
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The Global Agricultural Crisis of the 21st Century (#151)
Full Program: Agricultural ecologist Sir Gordon Conway delivered the 2008 Norman Borlaug Lecture from Iowa State University. 01:00:52
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America's Role in the World: Foreign Policy Choices for the Next President (#150)
Full Program: Ambassador Thomas Pickering was the featured speaker at Drake's Knapp Center on October 5, 2008 in the Bucksbaum Distinguished Lectureship series. 01:01:05
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International Space Station Commander Peggy Whitson (#152)
Full Program: On September 2, 2008, NASA astronaut and Iowa native Peggy Whitson addressed a standing-room-only audience at Simpson College in Indianola. 01:08:33
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T. Boone Pickens' Energy Plan (#148)
Full Program: On August 14, 2008 at a town hall meeting in Le Mars Iowa, T. Boone Pickens discussed his plan for dealing with America's energy issues. 50:22
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Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think (#146)
Full Program: Dalia Mogahed is the co-author of a new publication Who Speaks for Islam?, the culmination of a multi-year polling effort in 35 countries that disproves Western myths about Muslims. 45:10
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Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind (#145)
Full Program: SInce 1992, Dr. Robert Seyfarth has been involved in a study of communication, cognition and behavior among baboons in Botswana. 44:41
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Great Ape Trust Symposium: The Chimpanzee Mind (#144)
Full Program: Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa, a professor in the Language and Intelligence Section at the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University in Japan discusses his research with chimpanzees. 52:51
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Russia After the Presidential Elections: Is There Hope for Democracy? (#134)
Full Program: David Satter is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. A ... 05:08
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Is Global Warming Affecting Hurricanes? (#140)
Full Program: Lecturer Kerry Emanuel is an MIT professor of atmospheric science and the author of Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes. His work in atmospheric dynamics is well regarded among the meteorological ... 53:17
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The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming (#139)
Full Program: Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It, appears as a featured speaker at ISU's World Affairs Series. 52:18
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Women in Politics: Madeleine Kunin (#142)
Full Program: Madeleine Kunin is a former three-term governor of Vermont and Ambassador to Switzerland. She also served as U.S. deputy secretary of education. Ms. Kunin is currently the Marsh Scholar Professor-at-Large ... 44:47
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Statecraft: How to Restore America's Standing in the World (#143)
Full Program: Former U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross presented a lecture at Drake University on April 30, 2008 titled "Statecraft: How to Restore America's Standing in the World." Ross is a counselor and the Ziegler distinguished ... 58:02
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Censoring Freedom: How the Quest for Security Is Trumping Your Constitutional Rights (#137)
Full Program: Mark Goodman is the Knight Professor of Scholastic Journalism at Kent State University and an expert on student free expression in the United States. Mr. Goodman appeared as a featured speaker at ISU’s ... 35:17
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Dreams to Reality: Astronaut Clayton Anderson (#136)
Full Program: Astronaut and Iowa State University alum Clayton Anderson chronicles his 152 days in space as part of the 15th and 16th expeditions to the International Space Station (ISS). Mr. Anderson launched to the ...
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A Conversation About Race with James Autry & Clifton Taulbert (#135)
Full Program: James Autry and Clifton Taulbert are recognized forces in the contemporary literary world. Both award-winning authors grew up in racially torn Mississippi separated by fewer than 200 miles and the perceived ... 59:00
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"Three Cups of Tea" Author Gregory Mortenson (#133)
Full Program: Gregory Mortenson is the author of the best-selling book “Three Cups of Tea” which recounts his lifelong dedication to promote education and literacy, especially for girls, in remote, volatile regions ... 48:02
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David Plowden’s "Vanishing Point: Fifty Years of Photography" (#132)
Full Program: World-famous photographer David Plowden celebrates his 75th birthday with his new book "Vanishing Point" which includes his phenomenal black and white photographs of the prairie landscape and quiet Midwestern ... 45:11
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The Ioway Nation in the New Millennium (#131)
Full Program: Lance Foster, a member of the Ioway Nation, is a traditional storyteller, artist, teacher, and scholar and is involved in the cultural preservation and management of the Ioway culture and language. His ... 43:09
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