The Talks

Alex Berezow — Author of “Science Left Behind” and Editor of RealClearScience.com

03-12-2012admin 0

Alex Berezow, a microbiologist and the editor of realclearscience.com, cowrote Science Left Behind: Feel-Good Fallacies and the Rise of the Anti-Scientific Left. It’s a controversial new book which argues that progressives (i.e., liberals) are more...

Bert Sacks – Activist Fined $10,000 for Bringing Medicine to Iraq

26-11-2012admin 0

In 1997, Bert Sacks traveled to Iraq to deliver $40,000 worth of medicine. For this, he was fined $10,000 by the U.S government in 2002 under the Trading with the Enemy Act. We discuss how...

Kirsten Grind – Author of The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual–The Biggest Bank Failure in American History

13-08-2012admin 0

At its height, Washington Mutual was the largest savings and loan in the country, but after a massive bank run during the crisis of ’08, it was bought by Chase for less than a penny...

Sam Kean – Author of The Violinist’s Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code

30-07-2012admin 0

The bestselling author of The Violinist’s Thumb talks with me about the heredity of strawberry birthmarks, the merits of pus, and how Darwinism fell out of favor with scientists in the early 1900s. He also...

The Capitol Hill Talks

The Talks

Alex Berezow — Author of “Science Left Behind” and Editor of RealClearScience.com

Bert Sacks – Activist Fined $10,000 for Bringing Medicine to Iraq

Kirsten Grind – Author of The Lost Bank: The Story of Washington Mutual–The Biggest Bank Failure in American History

Sam Kean – Author of The Violinist’s Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code

Jacob Sayles and Tony Bacigalupo – Coworking Space Founders

Jesse Bering – Author of Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? And Other Reflections on Being Human

Jonathan Lisecki – Writer/Director of Gayby

Kshama Sawant – Socialist Alternative Candidate for Washington State House of Representatives