Flashpoint Television: February 2012

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Flashpoint 436 Super Pacs (2012)

Flashpoint 436 Super Pacs (2012) from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

A discussion of campaign finance changes since Citizens United and the role of Super Pacs in both benefitting and hampering productive political discourse.

We do not pretend to be experts, we are just informed citizens who care. Panelists include: James Dee, Mariel Golden, Dillon McConnell, Stefanie Doucette, Jacob Klein and Alfred Snider.

Flashpoint is a regular program of issues and ideas sponsored by the Lawrence Debate Union at the University of Vermont. http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/The_Team.html

The Flashpoint website is at
http://flashpointtv.blogspot.com/

Flashpoint programs in archive can be found on this ftp site labeled with show number and title (0390showtitle).

Flashpoint 435 Contraception Controversy (2012)

Flashpoint 435 Contraception Controversy (2012) from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

A discussion of current birth control issues linked to public funding as featured in current political discourse, particularly the Republican party presidential nomination contests.

We do not pretend to be experts, we are just informed citizens who care. Panelists include: James Dee, Clint Carrick, Becca White, Alex Corredera, Jacob Klein and Alfred Snider.

Flashpoint is a regular program of issues and ideas sponsored by the Lawrence Debate Union at the University of Vermont. http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/The_Team.html

The Flashpoint website is at
http://flashpointtv.blogspot.com/

Flashpoint programs in archive can be found on this ftp site labeled with show number and title (0390showtitle).

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Flashpoint 434 - Sports Sickness (2012)

Flashpoint 434 - Sports Sickness (2012) from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

A discussion of the benefits and costs of a widespread social fascination with spectator sports. Recorded the day before the super bowl.

We do not pretend to be experts, we are just informed citizens who care. Panelists include: James Dee, Mariel Golden, Dillon McConnell, Stefanie Doucette, Jacob Klein and Alfred Snider.

Flashpoint is a regular program of issues and ideas sponsored by the Lawrence Debate Union at the University of Vermont. http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/The_Team.html

The Flashpoint website is at
http://flashpointtv.blogspot.com/

Flashpoint programs in archive can be found on this ftp site labeled with show number and title (0390showtitle).
http://uvm.edu/~debate/watch

Thanks to Vermont Community Access Media for their support.
http://vermontcam.org/

Flashpoint 433 - Arab Spring One Year On (2012)

Flashpoint 433 - Arab Spring One Year On (2012) from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

A discussion of Arab liberation movements in Syria, Egypt and Libya since January 2011.

We do not pretend to be experts, we are just informed citizens who care. Panelists include: James Dee, Mariel Golden, Dillon McConnell, Stefanie Doucette, Jacob Klein and Alfred Snider.

Flashpoint is a regular program of issues and ideas sponsored by the Lawrence Debate Union at the University of Vermont. http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/LDU/The_Team.html

The Flashpoint website is at
http://flashpointtv.blogspot.com/

Flashpoint programs in archive can be found on this ftp site labeled with show number and title (0390showtitle).
http://uvm.edu/~debate/watch

Thanks to Vermont Community Access Media for their support.
http://vermontcam.org/

Flashpoint - Since 1991

Flashpoint is the regular television program of the Lawrence Debate Union at the University of Vermont. The program now has over 420 shows to its credit. Flashpoint is a program of issues and ideas. Debaters and coaches from the LDU pick a topic and research it intensively before the program.

Available as podcasts at http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/Flashpoint/

The program consists of a fast-paced discussion of the topic and its related issues. Experts are not sought for the program, because it attempts to show that intelligent citizens can learn about an issue for themselves and then have informed and logical opinions -- which is what citizens should do. If you have comments about our program, please contact us at debate@uvm.edu.

The program has been filmed at the University of Vermont and around the world, but is mostly filmed at the studios of Vermont Community Access Media (VCAM) in Burlington. It is aired on Burlington cable channel 15 three times a week. It is also available through Burlington Telecomm. Selected programs can also be viewed online as streaming videos at this and other sites. Older programs can be seen at http://debate.uvm.edu/flashpoint.html.

Remember our motto, "Think for yourself!"

The programs here can be downloaded or viewed depending on whether they are in the QuickTime or the RealPlayer format. Many are available as streams from Vimeo. Some episodes were provided via Google Video. When Google Video ceased accepting new files, we moved to Vimeo.com as our video server. If you cannot get an episode that is in GoogleVideo, simply search by episode number using the search box at the upper left and you will find the Vimeo version that has replaced the GoogleVideo. Let us know if any videos are failing to serve. alfred.snider@uvm.edu

See our complete Flashpoint video archive at
http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/watch/ They are available by episode number and program title.

See a list of all of our websites at http://alfredsnider.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-websites-index.html

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