Archive for the ‘movies 2001’ Category

Charlie Rose with Ahmed Rashid; Richard Holbrooke; Michael Kinsley & Michael Elliot & Richard Berke; David Halberstam

Amazon.comCharlie Rose talks with Ahmed Rashid, correspondent for The Daily Telegraph and the Far Eastern Economic Review, about the challenges the Taliban will present. Next, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Richard Holbrooke, talks about coalition building. Then, three journalists, Michael Kinsley, Editor-at-Large of Time Magazine, Michael Elliot, Editor of slate.com, and Rick [...]

Charlie Rose with David Remnick, Malcolm Gladwell & Adam Gopnik; Stanley Tucci; Linus Torvalds

Amazon.comFirst, a look at The New Yorker with its editor, David Remnick, and two of its reporters, Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Gopnik. The publication is in its 76th year and earlier this year it won a record five National Magazine Awards, including an award for general excellence. The three staffers discuss their own contributions to [...]

Charlie Rose with Herb Kelleher; Thelma Golden, Adia Millett & Sanford Biggers; Yogi Berra

Amazon.comA conversation with the chairman and CEO of Southwest Airlines, Herb Kelleher about the success of his airline and how he was able to put it on the map. Then, deputy directory at the Studio Museum in Harlem and featured artists Sanford Biggers and Adia Millett discuss a new exhibit, Freestyle, which presents the [...]

Charlie Rose with Henry Kissinger

Amazon.comThe hour with former Secretary of State under Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger. Kissinger is on to talk about his new book, Does America Need A Foreign Policy?, which deals with a uniquely American paradox. As Kissinger describes, America is at once the preeminent world power heading into the new millennium and a country lacking a [...]

Charlie Rose with Harold Levy; William Styron, David Halberstam & Joanne Prichard Morris

Amazon.comHarold Levy, the Chancellor of New York City Schools, talks about the state of public education in New York and how it can be improved. He discusses the benefits of a new program that works to match businesses with particular schools with the goal of fostering partnerships and a senses of public responsibility to education. [...]

Charlie Rose with Javad Zarif; Jim Hoagland; Brian Ross

Amazon.comTonight, a conversation on the war against terrorism, which begins with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran, Javad Zarif. Jim Hoagland, of The Washington Post, talks about Tony Blair’s recent speech and George Robertson. Finally, Brian Ross of ABC News, talks about the investigation into the September 11 terrorist attacks.This product is manufactured [...]

Charlie Rose with Eric Lander

Amazon.comDr. Eric Lander, director of the Whitehead Institute’s Center for Genome Research, discusses his and his team’s effort to decode DNA. He describes the mapping of the human genome as the compilation of “parts list.” Over the next 25 years, Lander expects scientists to work towards understanding how these various parts fit together and function [...]

A Beginners Guide to Animation: Sculpting Characters With Clay

A Beginners Guide to Animation: Sculpting Characters With Clay

Charlie Rose with Walter Isaacson; Barry Schuler; Bill Geist

Amazon.comOn the day of the announcement that Walter Isaacson will be replacing Tom Johnson as chairman and CEO of CNN, Isaacson discusses leaving Time Warner after 23 years, and his goals for the future of CNNThen, chairman and CEO of AOL Inc, Barry Schuler discusses helming the world’s largest Internet provider and the rise and [...]

Charlie Rose with Daniel Schacter; Gail Buckley; Sergey Brin & Larry Page

Amazon.comDaniel Schacter, chairman of the department of psychology at Harvard University, tells you everything you’ve always wanted to know about memory, as detailed in his new book, The Seven Sins of Memory, which establishes a framework to explain the reasons behind the most common memory miscues. Later, journalist Gail Buckley on her new book, [...]