On April 17th, 2008 author Richard Brenne assembled a panel to discuss the seriousness of climate change. The panel consisted of NCAR Social Scientist and IPCC Author Dr. Patricia Romero Lankao, CU Atmospheric Science Department Chair Dr. Brian Toon and NCAR Senior Scientist and IPCC Report Lead Author Dr. Kevin Trenberth.

We recorded the event, which consisted of a single camera and an audio patch into the room sound system. The video content was edited and published into segments that address a single question or topic. In total 16 segments were worth publishing and can be found at the following web address: http://video.onsight-media.com/cu_salon_series/climate_change.htm

The video content was also uploaded to Current TV to reach a relevant audience.

Listen to the panel here:

Here is a list of links to each topic:
NUCLEAR WINTER AND CLIMATE CHANGE

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF INDIA AND PAKISTAN GOT INTO A NUCLEAR WAR

STUDYING CLIMATE CHANGE: ANOTHER ICE AGE?

IPCC REPORTS

HAS CIVILIZATION BEEN A GOOD IDEA?

WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE MOST VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE?

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE

WATER VAPOR: THE MOST ABUNDANT GREENHOUSE GAS

COMMENTS ON GLOBAL DIMMING

COMMENTS ON CARBON BASED PARTICULATES

THE UNITED STATES IS THE BIGGEST LOSER IN GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

CLIMATE CHANGE AGGRAVATES EXISTING STRESSES

HOW THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT WORKS

CLIMATE CHANGE: A CONTRARIAN VIEWPOINT

FINAL COMMENTS

The 60th Annual Conference on World Affairs was held  April 7th through the 11th on the University of Colorado campus. We worked with Tapes Again to provide audio recordings of roughly 400 individual panels.

The project required a coordinated effort between 5 individuals to setup audio recorders in rooms around campus, retrieve finished sessions, dump the audio to a computer for editing and then burn CD’s for immediate sale. MP3 downloads will be available at a later date and we will update this post when the links are available. The University recorded video for select panels and provided a master DVD for duplication.

Here is a list of some of the interesting panels from the conference:

1601 The Orgy of Corporate Greed
1602 Surviving Contact with Extraterrestrials
2104 Health Care: A Right or a Privilege
2302 Drunk, Anorexic and Pregnant: Celebrity Heroes
2405 The Power of Facebook
2601 The American Dream: Living in Excess
2703 Naughty Tricks and Sexy Tips
3102 The Incredible Shrinking Dollar
3104 Men, Sex and Power
3202 Iraq: We’ll Pull Out in Time. Honest.
3405 China’s Olympics: Showcase or Basket Case
3502 Life in Space: Leaving the Pale Blue Dot Behind
3506 Global Warming Is Eating Up Our Food Supply
3707 Is Transportation Going Anywhere: Alternatives

…and the list goes on and on. Stay tuned for an update on the availability of mp3 downloads of the panel sessions.

PodCorps.org is a network of independent audio/video producers who record and publish important events and interviews anywhere in the world. We were contracted to record an audio interview with Professor Paul Campos at the University of Colorado. The objective was to come away with a high quality audio recording of Professor Campos’ answers to questions being asked during a phone conversation. The interviewer on the other end of the line was recording her audio and would later mix the two tracks in Pro Tools. The subject matter dealt with “the obesity epidemic”. We will provide more information and links to the content once it is made available.