A Conversation With Jimmy Fallon and Sean Parker
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A Conversation With Jimmy Fallon and Sean Parker
Late-night star Jimmy Fallon conducts a wide-ranging interview with Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sean Parker, covering topics such as Parker's history as a co-founder of Napster, former president of Facebook and an investor in red-hot startup Spotify.
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Episode 7
Taking Out GE's Trash
aired: Thu, Dec 29, 2011
TerraCycle's Tom Szaky and GE's Jeff Fulgham discuss how their two companies are working together to create a new model for commercial waste disposal and reuse.
Episode 6
Funny or Die's Dick Glover: the World Laughs With You
aired: Mon, Aug 22, 2011
Featuring content from A-List celebrities like Will Ferrell to amateur filmmakers, Funny or Die has become a go-to destination for short-form comedy videos. Here, CEO Dick Glover explains the strategy behind the popular web company's success.
Episode 5
Reality Check: Is the Network in Crisis?
aired: Thu, Aug 18, 2011
There was a time, notes Steven Levy, when it was impossible to be too optimistic about the internet. But in the wake of hacking scandals, infrastructure challenges, and other major crises, has some of that optimism dimmed? A panel of experts responds.
Episode 4
The Next Generation of the Net: Makerbot, Kickstarter, OnLive
aired: Thu, Aug 18, 2011
In association with NExTWORK Conference 2011, WIRED and the Economist present "Flash Mobs," a series of short presentations by a few of the uniquely creative minds bringing us the next iterations of the internet.
Episode 3
Edward Norton: Bringing Philanthropy Into the Social Networking Age
aired: Wed, Aug 17, 2011
In a conversation with WIRED's Jason Tanz, actor Edward Norton recounts his work as a digital philanthropist to advocate for online social networks as a mechanism for funding and supporting charitable causes.
Episode 2
Kevin Kelly: The Future of the Digital Media Landscape
aired: Fri, Aug 12, 2011
From information and e-commerce to music, movies and more, the internet increasingly dominates our daily lives. Kevin Kelly, Senior Maverick at WIRED and author of What Technology Wants, explains what he sees on the horizon for digital media.
Episode 1
A Conversation With Jimmy Fallon and Sean Parker
aired: Thu, Jul 21, 2011
Late-night star Jimmy Fallon conducts a wide-ranging interview with Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sean Parker, covering topics such as Parker's history as a co-founder of Napster, former president of Facebook and an investor in red-hot startup Spotify.
Watch FORA.tv Technology Season 1
Episode 47
Khan Academy's YouTube Revolution: A New Way to Teach Everything
aired: Wed, Mar 2, 2011
Khan Academy founder Salman Khan explains the concepts driving his wildly popular (and free) YouTube-based lecture series. Could this be the groundwork for a new classroom model?
Episode 46
Autodesk's Carl Bass: The New Industrial Revolution
aired: Wed, Mar 2, 2011
The old industrial models are long gone, says Carl Bass, CEO of software giant Autodesk -- and good riddance. As technology continues to transform industries across the economic spectrum, what does the future of manufacturing look like in America?
Episode 45
Google's Johnny Chung Lee: Innovation On the Edge
aired: Wed, Mar 2, 2011
Recent scandals haven't helped hacking's bad name, but Google researcher Johnny Chung Lee explains the term in a more positive sense: the re-appropriating of existing technology in creative, innovative, and sometimes even revolutionary ways.
Episode 44
Netflix's Reed Hastings: Watch Anywhere
aired: Wed, Mar 2, 2011
Boasting over 20 million subscribers, Netflix is one of the web's most popular destinations for both on-demand video and by-mail DVD rental. In this interview, co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings gives his thoughts on the future of digital entertainment.
Episode 43
Inside Google: The Myths, the Culture and the Secret Sauce
aired: Tue, Jun 14, 2011
In his latest book, In the Plex, technology writer Steven Levy takes readers behind the scenes at one of the world's most powerful companies. How has Google managed the transition from start-up to tech giant, and what does the future hold?
Episode 42
Video Gaming Grows Up: Ian Bogost on Serious Games
aired: Thu, Mar 24, 2011
Video games often get dismissed as escapist entertainment or shoot-em-up fantasy. Increasingly though, artists, activists, and even governments are looking to games as a vehicle for communicating information and political ideas. Ian Bogost explains.
Episode 24
Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization
aired: Tue, Apr 27, 2010
Civilizations always end, says David Eagleman, leaving "nothing but ruins and scattered genetics." It takes luck and technology to survive. We may be particularly lucky to have the Internet to help manage these six requirements of a durable civilization.
Episode 23
The Future of Transparency: Bringing Government into the Digital Age
aired: Wed, Apr 28, 2010
President Obama's first executive action was the Open Government Memorandum calling for more transparent and collaborative government. Here, US Deputy Chief Technology Officer Beth Noveck explains the government's efforts to implement these changes.
Episode
Nicholas Negroponte’s XO-1 $100 Laptop
aired: Fri, Dec 12, 2008
One Laptop Per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte discusses the release and global impact of the XO-1, formerly known as the $100 Laptop, from Uruguay to Afghanistan.
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Episode 12
Minds for Sale: Jonathan Zittrain On the Future of the Internet
aired: Sun, Jan 24, 2010
Internet law professor Jonathan Zittrain imagines a future in which nearly any act of human brainpower can be bought or sold online. How will society be affected when mental activity is as purchasable and fungible as additional server rackspace?
Episode
Change by Design: How Design Thinking Inspires Innovation
aired: Wed, Jan 13, 2010
IDEO's "design thinking" approach to problem solving has been used to address a wide range of concerns, from delivering clean drinking water to improving airport security and microfinancing. In this talk, IDEO founder Tim Brown tells how it's done.
Episode
Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk On CRUSH IT!
aired: Wed, Dec 9, 2009
Gary Vaynerchuk, bombastic online video star and social media "king," describes his strategy for conquering entrepreneurial dreams with the creative powers of the Internet.
Episode
Free-Conomics With Wired Editor Chris Anderson
aired: Tue, Sep 22, 2009
Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson explains the recent phenomenon of making lots of money by charging nothing. Is everything moving toward "free now, pay later"? What are the consequences?
Episode
Electricity Theater with Omega Recoil
aired: Fri, May 8, 2009
In the late 1800s, Nikola Tesla began experimenting with transmitting power wirelessly via the earth's crust and the ionosphere. He invented what we now know as the Tesla Coil.
Episode
Will Wright on Spore, SimCity and the Sims
aired: Wed, Apr 1, 2009
Will Wright, the creator of SimCity, the Sims, and now Spore, speaks with pundit John Battelle about the creative process, user-generated content, and much more.
Episode
Eric Schmidt: Where Would Google Drill?
aired: Tue, Sep 30, 2008
Would "Drill, Baby, Drill" be part of Google's vision for green energy? Yes, but not drilling for oil.
