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Sci-fi Journal - Oct'16

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Sci-Fi Journal for October 2016 with hosts James Hinsey, Marc Morisseau, Adam Tuchman, and Calvin Watts III, live at TempleCon at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, RI. Madame Ximon and Grant Garvin open TempleCon on Thursday night of the con. James interviews Mike Godwin of Emerald 3D who make personalized figurines. Marc introduces our regular segments starting with Calvin doing Game Over covering upcoming home video releases and video games news. Calvin presents the trailer for "Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare".

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"How to Raise a Black Son In America" (5 minutes)

As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was playing with water guns in a dark parking lot with his white friends. In a heartfelt piece, the poet paints the scene of his father's furious and fearful response.

"Ecosystems, War and Climate Change" (4.5 minutes)

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"A Letter to All Who Have Lost in this Era" (17.5 minutes)

Summer, 2016: amid populist revolts, clashing resentments and fear, writer Anand Giridharadas doesn't give a talk but reads a letter. It's from those who have won in this era of change, to those who have, or feel, lost. It confesses to ignoring pain until it became anger. It chides an idealistic yet remote elite for its behind-closed-doors world-saving and airy, self-serving futurism — for at times worrying more about sending people to Mars than helping them on Earth. And it rejects the 

100 Mile Meals

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Travel down the Southern California Coast to the mystical destination of Big Sur. Here we show you the wide variety of companies using local produce, bread, seafood, and meats. Enjoy gardening tips with our, In the Garden, segment talking about drip irrigation.

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"How Africa Can Keep Rising" (15.5 minutes)

African growth is a trend, not a fluke, says economist and former Finance Minister of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In this refreshingly candid and straightforward talk, Okonjo-Iweala describes the positive progress on the continent and outlines eight challenges African nations still need to address in order to create a better future.



"Koch Brothers Exposed" (56 minutes)

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"How the Panama Papers Journalists Broke the Biggest Leak in History" (13 minutes)

Gerard Ryle led the international team that divulged the Panama Papers, the 11.5 million leaked documents from 40 years of activity of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that have offered an unprecedented glimpse into the scope and methods of the secretive world of offshore finance. Hear the story behind the biggest collaborative journalism project in history.