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UpNorth Forum: Public Conversations
NPR President Vivian Schiller
National Public Radio's new CEO, Vivian Schiller, talked with NCPR Station Manager Ellen Rocco, Adirondack Bureau Chief Brian Mann and public radio listeners in a roundtable held in the Cantwell Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library. The conversation ranged widely: including the impact of the crisis in print journalism on public broadcasting, the role of new media in serving local communities, the future of NPR, initiatives in investigative reporting, and more.
Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org
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Vermont author and activist Bill McKibben just returned from a trip to India. He was meeting with environmental groups and government officials to promote a new initiative called 350.org. The organization aims to reduce the amount of carbon being pumped into the atmosphere. Scientists say CO2 particles have already risen to dangerous levels, just below 390 parts per million. McKibben wants governments, industries and private citizens to bring that level down below 350 parts per million. He spoke about the effort on Saturday in Newcomb, at the annual meeting of the Adirondack Nature Conservancy.
John C. Bogle
The Lake Placid Institute held it's third Adirondack Roundtable presentation with Jack Bogle, Founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc., and President of the Bogle Financial Markets Research Center. The theme of Mr. Bogle's presentation is also the title of his latest book, Enough: True Measure of Money, Business and Life. Mr. Bogle was introduced by LPI Board member Dan Deighan.
The Lake Placid Institute held it's second Adirondack Roundtable presentation with author and Adirondack resident Russell Banks. Mr. Banks discussed the "Portrayal of Abolitionist John Brown." Roundtable Chair Jack Bogle gave some opening remarks and LPI Board Member Lex Dashnaw introduced Mr. Banks.
The Lake Placid Institute kicked off its annual Adirondack Roundtable series with a speech by former Vermont Governor Madeline Kunin. She addressed issues discussed in her latest book, Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead. The governor's talk is preceded by an introduction by Marilyn Heimerdinger, co-chair of the Lake Placid Institute.
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In this program broadcast live from the Old Forge Library, News Director Martha Foley moderates a conversation about the future of Adirondack communities, conservation in the Park, and the role of Adirondack media. Guests include APA member Lani Ulrich from Old Forge, Elizabeth Folwell, Adirondack Life editor from Blue Mountain Lake, and Brian Mann, chief of NCPR's Adirondack Bureau, now celebrating its tenth year of operations.
Elinor Tatum
Elinor Tatum is the publisher and editor in chief of the New York Amsterdam News, the oldest and largest Black newspaper in New York City. Tatum, a St. Lawrence University alumna and trustee, addresses the Contemporary Issues Forum at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY.
How US politics has interacted with the domestic issues in Iraq and Afghanistan could be a factor in the fateful presidential election of November, 2008. Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan, has written extensively about Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and South Asia. He addresses the Contemporary Issues Forum at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY.
Environmentalist Bill McKibben delivered the first address in The Contemporary Issues Forum at St. Lawrence University in Canton. The author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy says that the wealth of communities must counterbalance the wealth of markets to provide sustainable alternatives to a world fixated on growth. He is introduced by SLU President Dan Sullivan.
As the the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq approaches, a community forum was held at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Canton to explore a question on the minds of most Americans, regardless of political stripe: "Where to from here?" Panelists included Karl Schonberg and Assis Malaquias, both on the faculty of St. Lawrence University, Dan Bradburd of Clarkson University, and Capt. Jim Wilkes (ret.) of Angel Tracks, a support organization for returning soldiers and their families. The discussion was moderated by NCPR's news director Martha Foley, and was followed by audience Q & A.
John C. Bogle
In this year's final Adirondack Roundtable sponsored by the Lake Placid Institute, we hear John C. Bogle, founder and former chief executive of The Vanguard Group, Inc., one of the two largest mutual fund organizations in the world. In his latest book, The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism, he looks at the inequalities and inefficiencies that result from the shift from "owner capitalism," with its emphasis on the production of tangible assets, toward "manager capitalism," where the interests of investment managers collide with the interests of business owners and shareholders. Mr Bogle is introduced by Marilyn Heimerdinger.
Brian Mann
In the second talk in the Adirondack Roundtable series hosted by the Lake Placid Institute, NCPR's Adirondack Bureau Chief Brian Mann examines the American political divide. His view counters the conventional wisdom of red states and blue state. Central to his forthcoming book, Welcome to the Homeland, is the notion that it is the rift between rural and urban voters, and the extra weight given to rural America by the structure of the US Senate and the Electoral College system, that best explains the political success of modern conservatism.
Mann is introduced by Jack Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group of investment funds.
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times financial editor and columnist Gretchen Morgenson talks about the ongoing corporate scandals and the questionable executive, accounting and board behaviors that threaten the integrity of US financial markets. This is the first of a series of Adirondack Roundtable talks sponsored by the Lake Placid Institue that NCPR will record.
National Public Radio's chief operating officer Ken Stern took time from a visit to the station to answer listener questions about NPR, public radio, and a host of related issues. He was joined in the studio by NCPR's station manager Ellen Rocco, news director Martha Foley and program director Jackie Sauter.
National Public Radio's chief operating officer Ken Stern took time from a visit to the station to answer listener questions about NPR, public radio, and a host of related issues. He was joined in the studio by NCPR's station manager Ellen Rocco, news director Martha Foley and program director Jackie Sauter.
Jeffrey Dvorkin, National Public Radio Ombudsman, takes questions from NCPR listeners on issues of media accountability, the independence of NPR News, quality of service, editorial guidelines, business practices and more in a wide-ranging community discussion of public broadcasting standards. Dvorkin will speak at 7:30 pm tonight in the Student Center at St. Lawrence University in Canton NY.
UpNorth Forum: Sen. Max Cleland Addresses St. Lawrence University Democrats: After the Election, What Now?
03/07/05
A largely partisan audience of 150 people turned out on an icy North Country evening to hear Former Georgia Senator Max Cleland speak at St. Lawrence Univerity March 7, 2005. The talk was sponsored by the St. Lawrence University Democrats. Senator Cleland was introduced by St. Lawrence student Molly Ryan, to whom he served as academic advisor during Ryan's Washington Semester studies at American University.
John Zogby speaking at the Foreign Press Center
John Zogby, president and CEO of Zogby International, the noted political polling organization, spoke at SUNY Potsdam on October 25, 2004, as an American Democracy Project lecturer. In his talk, entitled The Armageddon Election, Zogby brings into focus the unique challenges presented by the upcoming tight presidential election, and examines the role of polls and polling in the American political process. His talk was followed by a lively and extensive question-and-answer period, available below.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, left, and Bay Buchanan
A debate on the major political parties' respective platforms for this year's presidential election, featuring Bay Buchanan and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, was held at St. Lawrence University, Tuesday, October 5. Bay Buchanan is a political commentator for CNN and veteran of six presidential campaigns. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend was Maryland's first female lieutenant governor, and a deputy assistant attorney general in the US Justice Department.
David Goodstein
Man has nearly depleted the energy source we once thought inexhaustible, according to California Institute of Technology Vice Provost and Professor of Physics David Goodstein in his new book Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil. Goodstein delivered the Van Sickle Endowed Lecture at Clarkson's convocation August 23, 2004.
Goodstein makes the case that global oil production will peak and then begin to decline sooner than most people think, possibly even in this decade, and that all efforts to deal with the problem on an emergency basis are doomed to fail. A return to coal for heating and cooking will increase greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and eventually tip earth's climate into a new state hostile to life.  April 18,2004Nearly 100 people gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Canton for the "Freedom to Marry" forum last night. St. Lawrence County gay and lesbian couples, supporters of same-sex marriage and clergy shared their experiences.
 August 21, 2003An Intimate Evening with Billy Collins Poet laureate Billy Collins came to the Thousand Islands to read his poetry, take audience questions, and sign books in the century-old Clayton Opera House. About 200 people gathered in the bunting-decked hall to attend the reading, presented here in full, exclusively from NCPR Online.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer invoked the progressive legacy of Republican President Theodore Roosevelt to outline what he considers to be the core values of the Democratic Party. Spitzer spoke as guest of honor at the St. Lawrence County Democratic Committee annual dinner at SUNY Potsdam.
 May
31, 2003Presidential hopefuls and other Democratic luminaries gathered in Lake Placid over the weekend for a rally held by New York’s Democratic Rural Conference. The group hopes to focus attention on rural issues—everything from farm policy to poverty to acid rain. The gathering was also a chance for Democrats to test their stump speeches, as they try to win back small-town America.
Carol Rossi-Fries
The commencement speaker at SUNY Potsdam this year was eigth-grade social sciences teacher Carol Rossi-Fries. Chosen as the 2003 Teacher of the Year by New York State, she had much to share with the newest class of graduates from what was once known as the "State Teachers College." The audience included some of her former students.
 April
29 , 2003Why the Left Hates America Daniel J. Flynn drew a full house to Hepburn Auditorium at St. Lawrence University for a talk sponsored by the St. Lawrence University Republicans. The conservative author developed themes from his book Why the Left Hates America, which criticizes US academia for (among other things) a narrowly race-based view of diversity, intolerance of political conservativism, and a lack of appreciation for US contributions to world culture.  February
15, 2003Rally and Walk for Peace in Iraq Hundreds turned out in the zero-degree chill in Canton NY as part of an international day of protests supporting peace with Iraq. Audio includes complete addresses of rally speakers in St. Lawrence University's Gunnison Chapel, and conversation with walkers and onlookers.  October
7-8, 2002UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter--The Iraqi Threat: How Real Is It?" Scott Ritter, former chief weapons inspector for the United Nations Special Commission in Iraq, made the case against unilateral military action in Iraq. He addressed North Country audiences at both St. Lawrence and Clarkson Universities.  April
26, 2002Paul Hawken on Natural Capitalism Author and businessman Paul Hawken envisions a new kind of economy, one that protects natural resources, creates more jobs, and gives businesses a competitive advantage. He spoke at Clarkson University, Potsdam, as a part of Clarkson's Environmental Sustainability Initiative and the North Country Sustainable Energy Fair. |
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