December, 2016
Malissa Shriver, Executive Director of Turnaround Arts, explains how adding arts programs to a disadvantaged school can improve academic performance.
October, 2016
Eugene Volokh, UCLA law professor and publisher of the blog "The Volokh Conspiracy" discusses challenges to free speech on campuses today.
Malissa Shriver is Executive Director of Turnaround Arts. Adding Arts to the curriculum of poorly performing schools can improve the academic performance of an entire school.
May, 2016
Carey Nachenberg, author, UCLA professor and cyber-security expert discusses cyber warfare and cyber-security.
March, 2016
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of the UC Irvine Law School discusses the U.S. Supreme Court and the Scalia vacancy.
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of the UC Irvine Law School speaks to the PLATO Society of Los Angeles about the Supreme Court Vacancy, nominee Merrick B. Garland and the 2016 election.
January, 2016
Terry McCarthy, Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award winning journalist, speaks about his experiences as a correspondent.
February, 2016
Olga Oliker, Director of Russia and Eurasia Program at CSIS, discusses Vladimir Putin and Russian foreign policy.
An in depth briefing on Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Policy today. Russia's relationship with the U.S.
September, 2015
E. Randol SChoenberg tells about his work recovering Nazi-looted art and the fight for Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer" (the subject of the 2015 film "Woman in Gold")
November, 2015
Barbara Coombs Lee, president of Compassion & Choices speaks on death with dignity.
May, 2015
James Gelvin, professor of history at UCLA and author of The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War discusses the past, present and future of the Islamic State.
March, 2015
Roman Catholic Archbishop Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles discusses immigration reform.
A speech by Archbishop José H. Gomez of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Immigration reform and the social policies of the Church.
January, 2015
Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey discusses alternate sentencing for mentally ill offenders.
February, 2015
A. Scott Berg, Pulitzer prize winning biographer talks about Wilson his 2013 biography of the 28th president of the United States.
September, 2013
Michael Govan, CEO of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art talks about challenges of building a museum for the 21st century.
November, 2014
David Medine, Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board speaks about security privacy in the post Snowden era.
A talk by David Medine, Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board in Washington D.C. He speaks about Digital Privacy in the post Snowden era.
