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Erikka Yancy — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:10:34 +0000

Hello Brave New Conversation Members!

If you haven’t all ready joined us, you’re missing all the action over on the Brave New Conversations Facebook page!

Come over and join the fun! We won’t be updating this blog any longer, but you can interact, exchange ideas and talk about your favorite Conversations and more on Facebook.

A Foo Fighter’s Democratic Disillusionment

Erikka Yancy — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:09:04 +0000

Health care, the housing crisis, the economy, education, expanding and expensive wars — young people, Progressives and Democrats just like you and me turned out in droves in 2006 to vote Democrats into office to start making steps to change the direction in which the country was headed. November 4, 2008 felt like the end of a very long engagement, we could see change coming. You weren’t the only one that was disappointed when, like Godot, it never arrived.

Chris Shiflett, best known as the lead guitarist for the Foo Fighters, sits down for a conversation with Brave New Foundation’s Christopher Sprinkle to talk politics, rock and roll and what it’s going to take to get real action from the Dems.

Don’t be left out of the Conversation: if you can’t make the taping join our Facebook page for exclusive pictures and updates from the taping.

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EVENT DETAILS:

WHO & WHAT: A Brave New Conversation with Foo Fighter Chris Shiflett

WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 6:30pm

WHERE: Brave New Studios, 10536 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232.

HOW: RSVP at http://bncshiflett.eventbrite.com.

In case you missed it: Marianne Williamson

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:11:33 +0000

Did you miss our Conversation with best-selling author Marianne Williamson too? Don’t worry — we recorded the first ten minutes live to hold you over until the full, completed episode is released.

In case you missed it: Thom Hartmann

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:04:50 +0000

Did you miss our Conversation with Thom Hartmann? The completed episode hasn’t been released yet, but while you’re waiting you can watch the first ten minutes recorded live:

New & Improved ‘Wall Street 2′ Trailer

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:38:41 +0000

The folks behind Wall Street 2 were kind enough to release a new and improved trailer to hold you over until our Conversation with Oliver Stone is released! Check it out here:

There are some great quotes there — I’m excited! Are you?

Billy Bragg: Say NO to Banker Bonuses

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:56:38 +0000

British singer Billy Bragg joined us for a Brave New Conversation about his music and his activism. The episode will be released soon, but in the meantime Billy is continuing to do what he does best: take action! He’s withholding his taxes in protest of the excessive bonuses (£1.5 billion!) Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will give its bankers — after being given billions of taxpayer money in bail outs!

Now Billy needs your help. He’s created a Facebook group, NoBonus4RBS, to get the word out. Here’s Billy in his own words explaining why you should help:

In case you missed it: Moby

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:51:31 +0000

In case you missed it, you can watch the first ten minutes of our Conversation with Moby here:

And check out these photos of Moby in our studio:

Moby joined us for a Brave New Conversation about veganism, food politics, music therapy and more!

Brave New Foundation members in the LA area get to attend the live tapings in our cozy studio.

Brave New Foundation members can attend the studio tapings.

In the control room during the taping of Moby's Conversation.

In case you missed it: Oliver Stone

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:47:33 +0000

In case you missed it, you can watch the first ten minutes of our Conversation with Oliver Stone here — the full-length episode will be released to members in just a few weeks!

And check out these pictures of Oliver Stone in our studio:

Oliver Stone and Robert Greenwald in Conversation.

Oliver Stone in our studio.

Oliver Stone and Robert Greenwald chat for a bit before filming.

Wall Street 2 Trailer

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:03:02 +0000

Hey Oliver Stone fans — the Conversation with Oliver Stone and Robert Greenwald won’t be out for a few more weeks, but here’s the new trailer for Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps to hold you over while you wait!

A Conversation with Moby

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:10:35 +0000

When you think of politically-minded Christian activists, do words like Conservative and right-wing come to mind?

With his rock-star status, long-time support of Move On and his very public faith, musician Moby shatters those preconceived notions.

On January 25th, the Grammy-winning musician joins us in our studio to discuss his politics, his music, the social issues that matter to him and more with Brave New Foundation associate producer Crystal Page.

What would you like to hear Moby and Crystal talk about? Let us know in the comments below!

WHO & WHAT: A Brave New Conversation with Moby

WHEN: Monday, January 25, 2010 at 6:30pm

WHERE: Brave New Studios in Culver City, California, but you can follow along as we live-tweet the Conversation on Twitter. We’ll also be streaming the first 10 minutes live—join us on Facebook for more details!