Dr. Lockwood will discuss the topic of his 2009 book, Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier. The infamous Rocky Mountain locust … Continue reading "#20 Dr. Jeffrey Lockwood, University of Wyoming: Legend of the Lost Locust"

Our guests and several partners have spent the last 20 months building a brewery that will not only bring craft beer to Nepal, but will also provide well-paying jobs. The … Continue reading "#19 Charlie Sturdavant of Golden City Brewery and Lhakpa Sherpa of Golden’s Sherpa House Restaurant: Golden City Brewery Goes to Nepal"

In today’s climate of soaring gas prices, international conflicts, and concerns about food availability and quality, there are highly profitable opportunities emerging in sustainable land development. Quint Redmond’s firm, Agriburbia®, … Continue reading "#18 Quint Redmond Agriburbia: Growing Sustainable Communities by the Bushel"

It’s hard to love Interstate 70, a highway that mostly makes the news for snow closures, construction delays, and endless debates over how to ease the horrendous traffic jams. But … Continue reading "#17 Bill Philpott Interstate 70: The History of the Highway We Love to Hate"

Jonathon Stalls started walking West from the Atlantic Ocean in Delaware on 1 March 2010. After walking 3,030 miles across the USA, he has much to say about trusting strangers, … Continue reading "#16 Jonathon Stalls: The Endless Benefits of Life at 3 MPH – Walking Across America."

A mere five days after its test launch, a systems engineer working on NASA’s Orion Multipurpose Crew Exploration Vehicle will share his experiences working on the project, and participating in … Continue reading "#15 Jim Clawson, Systems Engineer Orion EFT1: The First Flight of America’s Newest Spaceship."

Every generation of Americans has faced grand challenges and responded with a new world vision and a transformed society. Many, if not all, of these past struggles were sustained and … Continue reading "#14 Dr. Mark Eberhart Science, Energy and the National Strategic Narrative."

Our speakers are Dr. Dendy Sloan and Dr. Cynthia Norrgran, coauthors of Neuroscience, Memory, and Learning, and their much-anticipated joint presentation is entitled Three Minds and Memory. Drs. Sloan and … Continue reading "#12 Dr. Dendy Sloan and Dr. Cynthia Norrgran: Three Minds and Memory"

Ultrashort laser pulses, only a few 100 millionths of a billionth of a second can now be routinely created, and are finding their way into real world applications. For example, … Continue reading "#11 Dr. Jeff Squier, Department Head of Physics at Colorado School of Mines – Laser Pulses: Focusing Light in Time & Space"

In 1860, in a rare moment of honesty prevailing over boosterism, Denver’s Rocky Mountain News admitted that the young city of Denver was a sepia-toned settlement still embarrassingly “treeless, grassless, … Continue reading "#9 Jason Hanson, Author: A Ditch in Time: The City, The West, and Water"