Lannan Podcasts
James Hansen with Subhankar Banerjee, Conversation, 20 February 2013 – Video

Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on February 20, 2013.

James Hansen is well known for his research in the field of climatology and for helping to bring global warming to the world’s attention in the 1980s. In recent years, he has become active in promoting efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. Hansen, Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, is the author of Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity.

In this episode he is joined in conversation with Subhankar Banerjee. The companion Talk may be found here.

You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website; you may also listen to audio recordings of this event there.

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Length: 26:53; Size: 324 MB

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James Hansen with Subhankar Banerjee, Talk, 20 February 2013 – Video

Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on February 20, 2013.

James Hansen is well known for his research in the field of climatology and for helping to bring global warming to the world’s attention in the 1980s. In recent years, he has become active in promoting efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. Hansen, Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, is the author of Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity.

In this episode he is introduced by Subhankar Banerjee and then spoke. The companion Conversation episode may be found here.

You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website; you may also listen to audio recordings of this event there.

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Length: 46:41; Size: 561 MB

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posted by Lannan Foundation on 3 March 2013 @ 10:59 am 0 Comments TrackBack URI

Omar Barghouti with Amy Goodman, Conversation, 1 February 2013 – Video

Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on February 1, 2013.

Omar Barghouti is a Palestinian researcher, commentator, and human rights activist committed to upholding international law and universal human rights. He is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Palestinian Civil Society Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. He is the author of BDS: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights.

In this episode he is joined in conversation with Amy Goodman. The companion Talk may be found here.

You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website; you may also listen to audio recordings of this event there.

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Length: 34:36; Size: 418 MB

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posted by Lannan Foundation on 8 February 2013 @ 11:30 am 0 Comments TrackBack URI

Omar Barghouti with Amy Goodman, Talk, 1 February 2013 – Video

Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on February 1, 2013.

Omar Barghouti is a Palestinian researcher, commentator, and human rights activist committed to upholding international law and universal human rights. He is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Palestinian Civil Society Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. He is the author of BDS: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights.

In this episode he is introduced by Amy Goodman and then spoke. The companion Conversation episode may be found here.

You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website; you may also listen to audio recordings of this event there.

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Length: 55:56; Size: 677 MB

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Hamid Dabashi with David Barsamian, Conversation, 5 December 2012 – Video

Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on December 5, 2012.

Hamid Dabashi was born in the Khuzestan province of Iran and received his college education in Tehran before moving to the U.S. where he received a dual Ph.D. in Sociology of Culture and Islamic Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. He is Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. His newest book, The World of Persian Literary Humanism, is forthcoming in October 2012.

In this episode he is joined in conversation with David Barsamian. The companion Talk may be found here.

You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website; you may also listen to audio recordings of this event there.

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Length: 36:15; Size: 437 MB

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posted by Lannan Foundation on 11 December 2012 @ 3:04 pm 0 Comments TrackBack URI

Hamid Dabashi with David Barsamian, Talk, 5 December 2012 – Video

Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on December 5, 2012.

Hamid Dabashi was born in the Khuzestan province of Iran and received his college education in Tehran before moving to the U.S. where he received a dual Ph.D. in Sociology of Culture and Islamic Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. He is Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. His newest book, The World of Persian Literary Humanism, is forthcoming in October 2012.

In this episode he is introduced by David Barsamian and then reads from his work. The companion Conversation episode may be found here.

In this episode he is joined in conversation with David Barsamian. The companion Talk may be found here.

You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website; you may also listen to audio recordings of this event there.

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Length: 49:55; Size: 603 MB

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posted by Lannan Foundation on 11 December 2012 @ 3:03 pm 0 Comments TrackBack URI

Chris Hedges with Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Conversation, 12 November 2012 – Video

Recorded at the Newberry Library in Chicago on 12 November, 2012.

Chris Hedges, who has written, “The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug,” is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute and publishes a regular column on truthdig.com. Hedges, a veteran war correspondent, has survived ambushes in Central America, imprisonment in Sudan, and a beating by Saudi military police. He is the author of What Every Person Should Know About War, a stark look at the effects of war on combatants and the book War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning. Hedges joined the staff of The New York Times in 1990 and was part of the team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of global terrorism. He spent seven years as The Times Middle East Bureau Chief after having worked for The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, and National Public Radio. In 2002, he received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. A graduate of the Harvard Divinity School, Hedges has taught at Columbia University, New York University, and Princeton University. His most recent book is Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. His other publications include I Don’t Believe in Atheists and Collateral Damage: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians. Hedges is currently at work on a book on poverty in the U.S. with the graphic illustrator Joe Sacco.

In this episode he is joined in conversation with Reverend Jeremiah Wright. The companion Reading episode may be found here.

You may listen to an audio recording of this event on the Lannan website.

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Length: 49:16; Size: 595 MB

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posted by Lannan Foundation on 2 December 2012 @ 5:30 am 0 Comments TrackBack URI

Chris Hedges with Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Talk, 12 November 2012 – Video

Recorded at the Newberry Library in Chicago on 12 November, 2012.

Chris Hedges, who has written, “The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug,” is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute and publishes a regular column on truthdig.com. Hedges, a veteran war correspondent, has survived ambushes in Central America, imprisonment in Sudan, and a beating by Saudi military police. He is the author of What Every Person Should Know About War, a stark look at the effects of war on combatants and the book War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning. Hedges joined the staff of The New York Times in 1990 and was part of the team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for the paper’s coverage of global terrorism. He spent seven years as The Times Middle East Bureau Chief after having worked for The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, and National Public Radio. In 2002, he received the Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. A graduate of the Harvard Divinity School, Hedges has taught at Columbia University, New York University, and Princeton University. His most recent book is Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. His other publications include I Don’t Believe in Atheists and Collateral Damage: America’s War Against Iraqi Civilians. Hedges is currently at work on a book on poverty in the U.S. with the graphic illustrator Joe Sacco.

In this episode he is introduced by Reverend Jeremiah Wright and then spoke about poverty in the U.S. The companion Conversation episode may be found here.

You may listen to an audio recording of this event on the Lannan website.

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Length: 52:20; Size: 634 MB

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Kevin Young with Colson Whitehead, Conversation, 14 November 2012 – Video

Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on November 14, 2012.

Kevin Young often finds meaning and inspiration for his poetry in African American music, particularly the blues. His seven collections include Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebellion (Knopf, 2011) and Dear Darkness. His Jelly Roll: A Blues, was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize. He is the editor of five volumes, including 2010’s The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing. His recent book The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness won the 2010 Graywolf Nonfiction Prize and combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical chorus to illustrate ways African American culture is American culture. “I don’t mean to taxonomize but to rhapsodize. Take it from me—mean mean mean to be free.”

He is the Atticus Haygood Professor of Creative Writing and English and Curator of Literary Collections and the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library at Emory University in Atlanta.

In this episode he is joined in conversation with Colson Whitehead. The companion Reading episode may be found here.

You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website; you may also listen to audio recordings of this event there.

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Length: 28:02; Size: 339 MB

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posted by Lannan Foundation on 20 November 2012 @ 7:30 pm 0 Comments TrackBack URI

Kevin Young with Colson Whitehead, Reading, 14 November 2012 – Video

Recorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on November 14, 2012.

Kevin Young often finds meaning and inspiration for his poetry in African American music, particularly the blues. His seven collections include Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebellion (Knopf, 2011) and Dear Darkness. His Jelly Roll: A Blues, was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize. He is the editor of five volumes, including 2010’s The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing. His recent book The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness won the 2010 Graywolf Nonfiction Prize and combines essay, cultural criticism, and lyrical chorus to illustrate ways African American culture is American culture. “I don’t mean to taxonomize but to rhapsodize. Take it from me—mean mean mean to be free.”

He is the Atticus Haygood Professor of Creative Writing and English and Curator of Literary Collections and the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library at Emory University in Atlanta.

In this episode he is introduced by Colson Whitehead and then reads from his work. The companion Conversation episode may be found here.

You may learn more about this event on the Lannan website; you may also listen to audio recordings of this event there.

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Length: 52:33; Size: 636 MB

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