Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:19:59 -0500 ISU Lectures Series http://www.lectures.iastate.edu Podcast Maker v1.4.0 - http://www.lemonzdream.com/podcastmaker Spring 2011 Lectures Series at Iowa State University en 2008 Iowa State University ISU Lectures Program lectures@iastate.edu http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/camp06_144.jpg http://www.lectures.iastate.edu 144 96 Podcasting no ISU Lectures Series Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us and Why it Matters James J. Zogby is author of the newly released Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us and Why it Matters as well as What Ethnic Americans Really Think and What Arabs Think. He is the founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI) and cofounded several other organizations serving the Arab American community, including the Palestine Human Rights Campaign, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and Save Lebanon, a private non-profit, humanitarian relief organization. Following the signing of the Israeli-Palestinian peace accord in Washington Zogby served as copresident of Builders for Peace, a private-sector committee to promote U.S. business investment in the West Bank and Gaza. He writes a weekly column on U.S. politics, “Washington Watch,” for the major newspapers of the Arab world. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Zogby_3.9.2011.mp3 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:13:13 ISU Lectures Series From Idea to Novel: A Writer and Activist at Work Author and environmentalist Rick Bass is the author of more than twenty books, including the autobiographical Why I Came West and the short story collection The Lives of Rocks. A Texan by birth, Bass worked as a gas and oil geologist in Mississippi after earning a degree from Utah State University. His career as an author grew out of a pastime of writing short stories during his lunch breaks. In 1987 Bass moved to the Yaak Valley in the northern Rockies, where he has been active in protecting the land from roads and logging and serves on the board of the Yaak Valley Forest Council and Round River Conservation Studies. His first short story collection, The Watch, set in Texas, won the PEN/Nelson Algren Award; and his 2002 collection, The Hermit’s Story, was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. His latest novel, Nashville Chrome, draws on the rise and fall of the Brown trio, the true-life country music trailblazers who pioneered the 1950s sound from which the novel takes its title. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Bass_3.9.2011.mp3 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:04:45 ISU Lectures Series Putting Labels Aside: Not Left, Not Right, Just Forward John Avlon is a founding leader of No Labels, an organization of citizens who are asking their leaders to put labels aside and do what is best for America. John Avlon was the youngest and longest-serving speechwriter in Mayor Giuliani’s City Hall. After the attacks of September 11th, 2001, he and his team were responsible for writing the eulogies for all firefighters and police officers lost at the World Trade Center. He is senior political columnist for The Daily Beast, a CNN contributor, and the author of Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America as well as Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Avlon_3.8.2011.mp3 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:01:19 ISU Lectures Series Fighting Hunger: A DNA Engineer’s Path to Science and Success Charles Stewart, Jr., is a research associate at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where he works to understand how plant enzymes make an array of chemicals important to medicine and agriculture. Using the 3D protein structure as a roadmap, he studies the evolution of protein function and how proteins can be engineered to improve the quality and quantity of the world's food supply. Stewart was the first graduate of Science Bound, Iowa State's program to increase the number of ethnically diverse Iowa youth pursuing science, technology, engineering and math careers. He earned a degree in agricultural biochemistry from Iowa State in 2000 and was a member of the George Washington Carver Internship Program. He also served as National President of the Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences. Stewart went on to earn a PhD in plant biology from Cornell University. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Stewart_3.7.2011.mp3 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 00:37:59 ISU Lectures Series Stuff White People Like Christian Lander takes a satirical look at upper-middle-class white culture on his blog and in his book Stuff White People Like. He continues his anthropological study of how to survive modern white society in his sequel Whiter Shades of Pale. Lander was working in corporate communications at a California interactive agency when he started his blog, "Stuff White People Like," a tongue-in-cheek comprehensive list of everything upper-middle-class Caucasians enjoy, from The Wire and McSweeney's to eating outside and self-importance. When the site amassed 20 million hits, he caught the eye of Random House, publisher of both of his books. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Lander_3.2.2011.mp3 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:08:43 ISU Lectures Series DNA at the Dinnertable: The Global Politics of Genetically Modified Food – Lisa Weasel is the author of Food Fray: Inside the Controversy over Genetically Modified Food. She is interested in the social dimensions of science and technology, particularly how issues of ethics, equity and politics relate to the life sciences. Her work encompasses a broad range of interdisciplinary topics, from feminist science studies and gender equity, to public engagement with science, to the relationship between biotechnology and sustainable agriculture and food security in the developing world. Weasel earned a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Cambridge. She is an associate professor of biology at Portland State University. This episode may only be received by computers connected to the Iowa State University network. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu/pod/Weasel_2.24.2011.mp3 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:13:50 ISU Lectures Series The Religion of Thinness Michelle Lelwica looks at our culture's devotion to thinness, exploring how we struggle with body image and the cultural messages tied to America's obsession with weight and appearance. She is the author of The Religion of Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers behind Women's Obsession with Food and Weight as well as Starving for Salvation: The Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems among American Girls and Women. Lelwica studied religion at Harvard Divinity School, where she received her Doctorate of Theology in the area of Religion, Gender, and Culture. She is currently an associate professor in the Religion Department at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. This episode may only be received by computers connected to the Iowa State University network. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Lelwica_2.24.2011.mp3 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:11:44 ISU Lectures Series Business Innovation & the Environment Kim Jordan is CEO and cofounder of New Belgium Brewing, the third-largest craft brewer in the United States well known for its production of Fat Tire. New Belgium is also recognized for its environmental commitment and progressive business practices. These include producing electricity from solar and wind power as well as methane harvested from its process wastewater treatment plant, and diverting over 99% of brewery waste from the landfill. Under Jordan’s leadership, New Belgium has developed a set of interwoven programs that include employee ownership, open-book management and high-involvement culture. She is on the board of 1% for the Planet whose member companies donate at least 1% of their annual net revenues to environmental organizations worldwide. She also serves on the Colorado Renewable Energy Authority. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Jordan_2.22.2011.mp3 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:04:41 ISU Lectures Series Diversity in the Environmental Movement: Our Collaborative Opportunities Jerome Ringo worked for more than twenty years in the petrochemical industry before turning to a career in conservation and environmental justice. After observing the negative impacts of pollution on primarily poor and minority communities along the Gulf Coast, he became a vocal advocate for clean energy as well as increased minority participation in the environmental movement. Ringo has served as board chair for the National Wildlife Federation, was a representative at the 1999 United Nations Sustainable Development Conference, took part in the 1998 Kyoto Treaty negotiations, and appeared in the Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth. He currently serves on the board of directors at Apollo Alliance and is the Senior Executive for Global Strategies with Green Port. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Ringo_2.21.2011.mp3 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 00:55:15 ISU Lectures Series Reflections on the Greensboro Four On February 1, 1960, four African American freshman from North Carolina A&T State University had had enough of continued segregation in the South and sat down at Greensboro’s "whites only" Woolworth lunch counter. They promised to return to the lunch counter everyday until they were served. The number of sit-in student demonstrators increased each day and soon the movement spread to other lunch counters in fifty-four cities in nine states. The Greensboro sit-ins continued for five months until the F. W. Woolworth Company finally agreed to integrate their lunch counters. Joseph McNeil of the Greensboro Four who started it all, will tell his story. This episode may only be received by computers connected to the Iowa State University network. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/McNeil_2.15.2011.mp3 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 00:58:25 ISU Lectures Series The Next Phase of Martian Exploration: The Search for Life Peter Smith is a professor at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and was responsible for the $420 million Phoenix Mars Mission, part of NASA's search for elements of life in our solar system. During the five months of operations, the probe conducted science experiments and relayed more than 25,000 pictures of the Red Planet. Smith has participated in many of NASA’s space missions, beginning with the Pioneer Venus mission and later the Pioneer Saturn project. His association with Mars began in 1993 when NASA accepted his camera proposal for the Pathfinder mission. In 1997 the camera returned images from the Martian surface and monitored the forays of the Sojourner Rover. Smith is a recent recipient of the American Geographical Society’s prestigious Cullum Geographical Medal and is the first Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair in Integrative Science at the University of Arizona. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Smith_2.10.2011.mp3 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 00:56:46 ISU Lectures Series Black Faces of War Robert V. Morris is the author of the new illustrated history Black Faces of War: A Legacy of Honor from the American Revolution to Today. The grandson and son of two decorated army officers, Morris founded the Fort Des Moines Memorial Park and the WWII Iowa Tuskegee Airmen Memorial at the Des Moines International Airport. His documentary Tradition And Valor was broadcast on Iowa Public Television and preceded the release of his book by the same name. Morris is a graduate of the University of Iowa, taught journalism at Iowa State University and is a past-president of the NAACP Iowa-Nebraska Conference. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Morris_2.7.2011.mp3 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:01:04 ISU Lectures Series Will Climate Change Impact the Sustainability of Iowa Farms? Gene Takle is director of Iowa State's Climate Science Initiative team that was established in response to the public concern over global climate change and its impact on every segment of society. After receiving an undergraduate degree in math and physics from Luther College, he earned a doctorate in physics at Iowa State and then stayed on for a joint faculty appointment in the departments of Agronomy and Geological and Atmospheric Sciences. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Takle_2.6.2011.mp3 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:21:23 ISU Lectures Series Giving AVATAR Its Voice: Creating the Na'vi Language Linguist Paul Frommer found himself on an unexpected Hollywood adventure when he was hired to create the language spoken by aliens on the distant moon of Pandora. Frommer developed the Na’vi language for James Cameron's Avatar, including its grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. He worked personally with the actors to perfect Na’vi pronunciation and handled all translations, from script, to song lyrics, to dialogue for Wii and X-Box video games related to the film. Frommer has an eclectic background that includes teaching in Malaysia with the Peace Corps, working as a strategic planner and business writer in the corporate world and, more recently, as a professor in the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. Frommer earned a doctorate in linguistics from USC, with a dissertation on aspects of Persian syntax. He also created the Martian language for the Disney film John Carter of Mars. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Frommer_2.3.2011.mp3 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:02:32 ISU Lectures Series Drilling into Plate Boundaries: Studying Earthquakes Three Miles under the Ocean Demian Saffer is an associate professor of geohydrology at Pennsylvania State University and a distinguished lecturer with the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. His research looks at the role of fluids in earthquakes, faulting, and heat transport. He has been involved in the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program and is currently part of the leadership team for NanTroSEIZE, a series of drilling expeditions aimed at understanding subduction earthquakes and tectonics off of southwestern Japan. As part of this ambitious project, the team will drill several boreholes penetrating the plate boundary fault system, including one to the subduction megathrust at a depth of 6.2 km. This episode may only be received by computers connected to the Iowa State University network. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Saffer_2.3.2011.mp3 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 00:53:50 ISU Lectures Series Evolution and Creation: Conflicting or Compatible? Patricia Kelley, a Distinguished Lecturer for the Paleontological Society, seeks to bridge the divide between evolutionary science and the beliefs of the great religious traditions. Kelley is faculty in the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a Centennial Fellow of the Paleontological Society. She holds a PhD in geology from Harvard University. Her own research focuses on the evolution and paleoecology of Coastal Plain molluscs. She is especially interested in predator-prey interactions and their role in the evolution of snails and clams. http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ITS/Podcasts/Kelly_1.20.2011.mp3 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:00:00 -0600 Podcasting no 01:15:35