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PBS Broadcaster David Brancaccio Signs With The Lavin Agency
One of America's Most Insightful Journalists
The Lavin Agency is proud to welcome to
our roster David Brancaccio. Every week millions of Americans
watch him bring clarity to the most complex social, political,
and business issues of our time. As anchor and reporter
at NOW on PBS, the Emmy-winning investigative news
and interview program, Brancaccio brings an intelligence
and a down-to-earth style that prompts viewers to engage
community and global challenges and to work for change.
And in his college lectures, Brancaccio takes audiences behind the headlines
to show them how corporate dealings and government policies
affect society, democracy and the working American.
More
Information on David Brancaccio's Speaking Engagements
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Tim Flannery on Panel for Richard Branson's $25 Million Climate Change Prize
Will Help to Evaluate New Technologies to Clean CO2 from Earth's Atmosphere
After reading The Weather Makers,
Tim Flannery's book on climate change, Richard Branson pledged
three billion dollars toward weaning the world off fossil
fuels. Last week he offered $25 million for the person who
comes up with the best way of removing significant amounts
of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. To bring things full
circle, Flannery has been chosen as one of the judges. In
his galvanizing campus speeches, he discusses the history,
science and politics of climate change, before moving on
to what must be done to make a difference—and how to go
about doing it.
Click
here to read more about Tim Flannery
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America's Leading Political Blogger Signs With Lavin Agency
Markos Moulitsas Zúniga of dailykos.com Re-defining Politics in America
Daily Kos is the most-read political blog
in the world and has almost single-handedly changed the
rules of American political life. Markos Moulitsas' website—the
online gathering place for liberal America—has reinvigorated
political advocacy among its millions of readers. Wielding
an incredible influence on average voters and high-ranking
politicians alike, Daily Kos is one of the finest examples,
in our information age, of bringing the voice of the people
to those in power. In person, a kinetically energetic Moulitsas
discusses the state of political life in America, and where
it is going.
Click
here to read more about Markos Moulitsas
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Hip-Hop Historian Jeff Chang Releases Companion Piece to
Can't Stop Won't Stop
Total Chaos: The Art and
Aesthetics of Hip Hop Contains Writings by Pioneers
of the Movement
Jeff Chang's Can't Stop Won't
Stop, the definitive history of the Hip-Hop Generation,
was a national bestseller, won multiple awards, and catapulted
him into the top rank of cultural journalists. Now, Chang
has edited Total Chaos, a collection that brings
together the voices of the pioneers, innovators and mavericks
of Hip-Hop. Their contributions trace Hip-Hop's unstoppable
influence, examining how it has transformed other art forms,
such as literature, fashion, dance, design, photography
and film. Rolling Stone calls it, "provocative...an
uncommonly inspired anthology."
Click here to read a Q&A with Jeff Chang about his new book
More information on Jeff Chang's Keynote Speeches
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Win
a Free Copy of Davar Ardalan's My Name Is Iran
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My Name is Iran
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Davar Ardalan's memoir, My
Name is Iran, is a stunning literary debut that explores
both her personal journey from the U.S. to revolutionary
Iran, and back again, as well as the role of women in
general in Islam. Email us at info@thelavinagency.com,
and if you are one of the first three, we'll send you
a copy for free!
More
Information on Davar Ardalan's Speaking Engagements
Mira Nair Signs on to Direct New Johnny Depp Film
Shantaram
Will Begin Shooting Later This Year
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Mira Nair
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Mira Nair's next project will be
with A-list actor Johnny Depp. Shantaram follows
the story of an Australian heroin addict who escapes from
a maximum-security prison and reinvents himself as a doctor
treating the destitute in the slums of Bombay. Also on
the horizon for Nair is the much-anticipated theatrical
release of The Namesake, which will be in theatres
this March.
Click
here to learn more about Mira Nair
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