to do ten and speak at a revolutionary event called the media festival there i not only got to promote the show but i also got to talk about the importance of bridging art and activism and on top of that i sat down with two awesome comedians and modern day philosophers joe rogan and duncan trussell for their epic podcasts is a crazy ride but now i'm back and i'm ready to break the set. a little. for she made me feel like. it's no secret that we live in a fast paced consumer society want to reproduce a gargantuan amount of waste every year a large majority of that garbage is plastic just take plastic bags for example humans use one trillion of them every year according to campaign reuse it that means every minute one million plastic bags are being discarded it's a staggering statistic that compelled my next guest to work with plastic bags an artistic medium and for over fifteen years she has created various installations turning this hideous product into something beautiful her fascination with the material letter to research more about plastic and how its waste has become an environmen

packed weekend in los angeles opportunity to do ten and speak at a revolutionary event called the media festival there i not only got to promote the show but i also got to talk about the importance of bridging art and activism on top of that i sat down with two awesome comedians and modern day philosophers joe rogan and duncan trussell for their epic podcasts is a crazy ride but now i'm back and i'm ready to break the set.

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weekend in los angeles the opportunity to attend and speak at a revolutionary event called the media festival there i not only got to promote the show but i also got to talk about the importance of bridging art and activism on top of that i sat down with two awesome comedians and modern day philosophers joe rogan and duncan trussell for their epic podcasts it's a crazy ride but now i'm back and i'm ready to break the set. a little bit more of the gibberish really feel like. it's no secret that we live in a fast paced consumer society one reproduce a gargantuan amount of waste every year. a large majority of that garbage is plastic just take plastic bags for example humans use one trillion of them every year according to campaign reuse it that means every minute one million plastic bags are being discarded it's a staggering statistic that compelled my next guest.

more peaceful world through art it's a subject that will be explored at the annual psych eyes media festival this sunday in los angeles so here to talk about this upcoming event and how to bridge art and activism i'm joined now by the founder of the movement peter joseph what is going on peter a b thank you so much for having me on of course so peter ninety five percent of public school children in the u.s. have felt the cuts to education and use really the first thing that gets cut from the school curriculum is music and art why do you think these arenas are the first to go and what does taking them away do to a child development. i think it's a lack of really poor research on one side and then on the other side i have this kind of whimsical suspicion that the powers that be are kind of very afraid of the artists of the world are kind of afraid of the experimenters that have come forward and as you so eloquently pointed out in this introduction the greatest thinkers and scientists and engineers and and those that have engaged progress have not come from the rigid establishment of academic t

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media producer. welcome. and welcome as well is festival director for asian and american media that funds and distributes filmsigital media. and also the director first of kind citywide campaign to fight chronic hepatitis, a disease that affects so many asian-americans. thank you all for coming. look forward to a fantastic conversation. let's start with you. a very successful festival, tell us about that. i know thousands of people attended. >> absolutely. thank you. it starts in march and 11 day festival here in san francisco, oakland and berkeley. we had about 3,000 people that attended. we played over hundred films, many of which were premieres. >> kristen: congr biggest hit, a documentary highlighting a role model. we don't see many asian-americans. let's take a look at bay area native that became lin-sanity. >> i tried to get in the gym and they stopped me. i'm sorry, i said i know. he looked at me confused. i was looking at him confused. then he was like, oh, i'm sorry, you are a trainer? i was like standing there. then another security guard and whispered, i think he plays on the team. >> kristen: inter

media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org hugh jackman neil patrick harris patty lupone stephen colbert audra mcdonald ...and many more come together for a celebration of america's performing arts... the pbs arts fall festival, friday nights starting in october, only on pbs. "the electric company" is brought to you by... find your voice and share it, american greetings, proud sponsor of "the electric company." agreement from the u.s. department of education's ready to learn grant, and viewers like you, thank you. you 5 words. to inspire people is to encourage them to make or do things. your signature is your name written down in your own special way. a petition is a letter that people sign to get what they want. verify means to prove something's true. preserve means to keep something the way it is and protect it. all right, so now we have... watch out for them in today's show. - and the next room of tour is the famous little green room from j.t. bookbinder's story "good night robot," about-- - the night saverstock's bedroom turned into a spaceship. - that's right. maybe you should be the tour guide. - we know all about "good night robot." my sister here used to make me read it to her every night before she

media outreach worked throughout the community to make sure that people were in union square at the celebrations and if he is activities. (applause). yes mis. >> i was fortunate enough to join the opening of the festival at the castro theater and i can't thank them enough for making us all aware of that work as well and,phd has been a kind sponsor with the coffee which we all know keeps us awake and ice -- which keeps us well well fed. yes, please give it up. and we all know the work that takes place, here to allow all of us to enjoy the city like this could not be wad without a very strong organizing work of our planning committee and so to all of you i want to say thank you again again and particularly again to shad dee alcarra. who's-who really has been a beakon of energy inside of our office at the mayor's office and neighborhood service and is sweating through our work to make sure we are well on point to have a great celebration here at city hall and so again shad dei thank you very much for your work. to all of you here tonight from the city family i want to saw thank you for joining us here as well and to really encourage you to take part of in all of the if he istivities that we have to offer

media websites. >>> thousands of bay area residents are heading for the burning man festival in nevada.s about 68,000 people. they set up a massive tent city in the area. then saturday a wooden man is torched. this is a tradition that dates back 20 years. >>> as we wrap up, i want to get another look at traffic with sal. >> westbound 580, still have the problem blocking three lanes. an accident with a fuel spill here on 580. also looking at some other commutes. the bay bridge is covered. getting into san francisco, it's really much better than it was a few moments ago. 880 is okay. southbound 101, there was a stalled vehicle, they are getting it out of the way. it's a little slow heading down to cesar chavez. >>> sal, thank you. a lot of reports of drizzle. cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. it looks like fog is breaking apart here which is very sad. but it will be -- it will be a sunny day. temperatures 6 -- 60s, 70s, 80s. kind of quiet. we're hoping the tropical rain makes it to the rim fire. >>> that's our report for this morning. we thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> be

media communications firms. >> booktv in prime time continues this week. tonight after "the communicators" we'll bring you authors from book fairs and festivals. at 8:30 p.m. eastern, we begin with oscar goodman at freedom fest. he talks about "being oscar: from mob lawyer to mayor of las vegas." after that we'll go to this year's chicago tribune printers row literary festival on "the cooked seed." then on to bookexpo america in new york city with err ya jong -- erica jong. and we finish with author and radio talk show host larry elder at the los angeles times festival of books as he discusses his memoir about his troubled relationship with his father in "dear father, dear son." booktv in prime time all week on c-span2. >> of all the handsome young officers surrounding my grandmother, who was 23 years old at the time but very beautiful, my grandfather had been trying to get to her and talk to her, but but he couldn'. but be they all rushed to go upstairs to do what they had to do they're trained to do and left her standing there. well, she fell in behind them. my grandfather fell in behind her going up the steps to the deck. she came back don'

media communication firms. >> booktv in primetime continues this week. tonight after the communicator's we will bring authors from book fairs and festivals. >> booktv in primetimeall this week on c-span2. >> more now from this forum on immigrants in america. a group of naturalist citizens share their stories of how they came to this country, succeed in every field, and how they get back to their communities. among the panelists are a medical oncologist to start his own business, and two brothers who serve in politics and the military. it's hosted by the george w. bush institute in dallas. >> thanks very much. one of the questions that came up at the end of the last session was about immigrants as human beings. one of the things i want to encourage all our panelists to talk about is their own human and personal experience. but to get to the point i want to move from a personal to the abstract for just one second. the book that i wrote that jim was kind enough to mention was about the experience of japanese-americans during world war ii. and i'm sure most of you know that after pearl harbor, over 100,000 japanese-americans were forcibly removed from their home an