Stories from around California produced by graduate students at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Series: "California News Service (CNS)" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24894]

Once, he presided over the third largest newspaper empire in the entire world. He also was a celebrated author with massive biographies of both Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon to his credit. But that was all before he served three years in federal prison for fraud and obstruction of justice. From his mansion in Toronto, Conrad Black talks to California Lawyer editor Martin Lasden about his spectacular rise and fall, and the protracted legal battles that he has waged to clear his name. Series: "Legally Speaking" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24832]

Guest hosts Professor Jack Citrin and Robert Price interview Harry Kreisler, host and creator of Conversations with History, for a discussion of his career and intellectual journey. Kreisler talks about his formative experiences, his education at Brandeis and Berkeley, and his work at the Institute of International Studies as executive director. He explains the origins of Conversations, the development of his craft as an interviewer, and recalls some of the highlights of the 555 interviews he has done for the series. He concludes with his observation about how the university is changing. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24968]

Dexter Filkins is one of the most respected combat journalists of his generation. His 2008 book, The Forever War, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Nonfiction Book and was named a best book of the year by the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time and the Boston Globe. As part of a team of New York Times reporters, Filkins won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for dispatches from Pakistan and Afghanistan. In this lecture, he retraces the seven years he spent covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, using vivid images by some of the best photojournalists working today. Filkins’ intimate knowledge of many of the main actors – American, Iraqi and Afghan – in two of the most polarizing wars in American history gives him a unique perspective on these contemporary conflicts. Series: "Voices" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24901]

Journalist Mark Bowden talks about his reporting on drones, the hunt for Osama bin Laden, “Black Hawk Down” and other projects with Steve Clemons, the Washington Editor-at-Large for The Atlantic. Series: "The Atlantic Meets The Pacific" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24600]

What does the death of newspapers mean for holding powerful institutions accountable? Who’s going to carry the torch? A panel with Voice of San Diego CEO Scott Lewis, documentary filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz, and investigative journalist Carrie Lozano discusses who will become the guardian of democracy. Series: "Searching for Democracy" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24569]

Mark Danner has written about foreign affairs and American politics for more than two decades, covering Latin America, Haiti, the Balkans and the Middle East among other stories. He was for many years a staff writer at The New Yorker and contributes frequently to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine and other publications. He teaches at the University of California and at Bard College and speaks and debates widely about America's role in the world. Series: "Story Hour in the Library" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 23726]

Author and journalist Christopher Hedges speaks of the despair, destruction, love and truth that he found during his long career of covering wars and social justice throughout the world. Hedges is interviewed by Dean Nelson as part of the 17th annual Writer’s Symposium by the Sea at Point Loma Nazarene University.

Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 22837]

Blogger and author Rachel Held Evans (” Evolving in Monkey Town,” rachelheldevans.com) offers humorous stories about her life as she describes the style differences in writing for the web versus the page.Evans is presented as part of the 2012 Writer’s Symposium by the Sea, sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene University. Series: "Writer's Symposium By The Sea" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23096]

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Michael Gordon, Chief Pentagon Correspondent for The New York Times, for a discussion of his new book Cobra II, co written with General Bernard E. Trainor. In the interview, Kreisler and Gordon discuss the origins of the war plan, the key decision makers the intelligence failure before and during the war, the insurgency, Saddam’s war plan, and the implications of the war for the American military Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 11694]