interviews

In the world of academia Noam Chomsky is the most cited author alive. He talks to Inside USA about healthcare and politics in the United States and around the world. (22 min, 2 segments)

Channel News Asia interviews Bikram Choudhury and explores the success of Bikram Yoga. (9:12 min)

On this week-end celebrating American independence, it seems appropriate to post this interview (56:00 min video) by Charlie Rose of Noam Chomsky. Rose steers the conversation so Chomsky can speak about values that make United States a great nation, values worth living up to, in addition to his usual critical views of the country. Not surprisingly, they are just the flip side of the same coin. It’s a great discussion for the 4th of July.

Noam Chomsky, widely considered the most important living intellectual, talks with BBC’s Francine Stock at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral, December 2002. (23:28 min)

Two technology giants in a rare joint appearance at All Things Digital 5, discuss the tech industry’s past, present and future and the qualities they most respect in one another. (8 short video segments)

An hour with Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft. He talks about the company’s current projects including Vista, Zune, and Xbox 360, and his decision to leave the day to day operations at the company to pursue the work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (56:40 minutes)