60 http://www.uctv.tv en-us Copyright 2011 Regents of the University of California University of California Television UCTV UCTV delivers documentaries, faculty lectures, cutting-edge research symposiums and artistic performances from each of the ten UC campuses. UCTV knowledge@uctv.tv UCTV delivers documentaries, faculty lectures, cutting-edge research symposiums and artistic performances from each of the ten UC campuses. UCTV: UC Santa Barbara Voices New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter argues for a new Enlightenment in his newly-released book “Denialism.” From genetically modified grains to pharmaceuticals, Specter contends that Americans have come to mistrust institutions and to view science as a political constituency that isn’t always looking out for the public’s best interest. He champions a renewed approach to new technologies, while acknowledging their limitations and threats, and an end to the war against progress in this time of mankind’s greatest scientific advances. Series: Voices [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 18570] 18570denialism-how-irrational-thinking-hinders-scientific-progress-harms-the-planet-and-threatens-our-lives Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:22:53 PDT 59:30 denialism, Michael Specter, mistrust, , UCTV: UC Santa Barbara Voices Professor Mahlendorf discusses some unexpected reader responses to her recently acclaimed memoir, “The Shame of Survival: Working Through a Nazi Childhood”, and the ghosts they raised up for some readers and for herself. Series: Voices [Humanities] [Show ID: 19388] 19388hauntings-ghosts-from-a-nazi-childhood Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:30:37 PDT 59:30 Nazi, Germany, world war II, Ursula Mahlendorf, , History UCTV: UC Santa Barbara Voices A lawyer, diplomat and educator, Ambassador Kampelman helped pursue President Reagan's goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons in his role as Ambassador and Head of the United States Delegation to the Negotiations with the Soviet Union on Nuclear and Space Arms in Geneva. He is one of the very few people to be officially honored by two Presidents. He received the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Reagan in 1989 and the Freedom Medal from President Clinton in 1999. More recently, he has worked with Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn in their efforts to promote a world free of nuclear weapons. Series: Voices [Humanities] [Show ID: 19389] 19389zero-nuclear-weapons-for-a-sane-and-sustainable-world Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:31:08 PDT 57:30 nuclear war, Ambassador Kampelman, nuclear proliferation, , International Affairs