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The Lavin Agency Speakers Bureau

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writers, and doers for speaking engagements.

Archives: Videos

Videos

Andrew Marantz in Conversation: Rotman School of Management

What to Do if Your Inner Voice is Cruel (6:36)

TED: Let’s Teach For Mastery—Not Test Scores

TED: An Update to the Khan Academy’s Mission

TED: The One World School House: Education Reimagined

Teju Cole on Open City

A More Effective Way of Depicting Diversity (2:28)

How Individual Action Can Create Systemic Change (1:23)

“A Big Deal”: Rutgers Fossil Fuel Divestment & the Future of Climate Justice

Fighting Climate Change In Numbers (4:23)

Everyone Knew about Climate Change. Why Didn’t We Do Anything? (5:13)

Watch the Trailer—The End/Beginning

How Mosquitoes Help Us Understand ChatGPT

Is “I Don’t Know” a Viable Answer?

Ask the Right Questions

How Can Emerging Economies Like Myanmar Develop?

Why It’s Essential to Have a Mentor (4:12)

How Did Manjit Minhas Grow Her Business? (6:24)

The Art of Pitching (5:54)

Never Work a Day in Your Life (1:22)

People Make Your Business (7:24)

The Power of Giving Back (1:30)

Putting a Face to Your Business (3:30)

Beer Business School 101: You Get What You Negotiate (1:34)

Evolving Business Through Human Connection (1:22)

The Reinventionist Mindset™️ (3:59)

Why Traditional Retail Reinvention Doesn’t Work (22:24)

Creativity is About Right Now—and Tomorrow (1:51)

Radical Collaboration: Everyone Can Be Creative (2:20)

Watch the Trailer—Rick Mercer Report

How Do You Earn a Consumer’s Trust?

AI Meets Free Speech (7:00)

The Wired Future (29:04)

How New Technology Can Enable Timeless Storytelling (4:07)

Confronting the Social Biases in AI (5:10)

How Will Artificial Intelligence Influence Military Decision-Making? (4:07)

Technology Is Making the World Better. Except When It Doesn’t. (11:52)

How Does Facebook Affect “Outrage Culture”? (3:17)

How Do We Incorporate ChatGPT Into Our Companies? (3:46)

ChatGPT Is the Most Exciting Technology Since the Internet (1:29)

The Divisive Role of Technology in Politics (1:48)

Desire Is the Foundation of Business (2:02)

Understanding Why We Want What We Want (2:09)

Finding Who We Are Through Story (2:19)

How and Why Public Schools Are (Still) Divided by Race (1:03:44)

How Black Americans Fought for Our Democracy (7:05)

The Brain Is Our Last Frontier and Consciousness Is Expanding | Dr. Heather Berlin

The 1619 Project: Understanding How Slavery Shaped America (4:25)

Fear Inc.: Confronting Islamophobia in America

Can We Build Happier Cities? (18:51)

Making Cities Happy (6:07)

How Cities Influence How We Feel and Behave (1:19:03)

Is Democracy Threatened By Predictive Software? (2:47)

The Real Business of Private Data (2:27)

UNESCO World Press Freedom Day Keynote

Want to Be Great? Find Your Unique Voice (3:30)

Cultivating Healthy, Harmonious Passions (4:51)

What is Surveillance Capitalism? (3:12)

Beyond Words: How Great Achievers Realize Their Unique Potential (4:20)

The Secret to Passionate Excellence (4:30)

Where Do Success and Happiness Meet? (6:35)

Harmonious Passion: The Practice That Grows With You (6:14)

How Real Mentoring Benefits All Parties (5:03)

How Past Success Prevents Future Breakthrough (8:06)

Better & Faster: The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas (8:14)

What is the Future of AI Integration? (4:44)

AI and the Super Future (25:35)

How to Make Innovation & Change Happen (30:00)

How to Land a Moonshot (1:29)

What is Artificial Intelligence? (5:31)

Solving the Next Pandemic Before It Happens (19:31)

What Does AI Tell Us About Humanity? (3:09)

The Power of the Exponential (3:05)

Making Proudly Frivolous Films—With a Deeper Mission (2:29)

Telling New Stories to Change Perspectives (4:33)

The Power of Images to Empower Their Subjects (3;55)

Success is not Satisfaction

Fun, Fierce, and Fantastical African Art (5:11)

The Secret History of Muslims in America

NPR’s Live From Here

How Writing Can Help Process Grief (3:08)

Choosing Hope Over Despair Is an Ongoing Process (1:37)

How to Prevent Mass Information Warfare (1:46)

Info Security for a Brave New World (15:30)

Make a Great First Impression. Learn How to Shake Hands. (5:30)

Teaching Hard History: American Slavery

National Book Festival

Hacking the Future of Technology (21:50)

How Will Social Structures Affect Our New Longevity? (6:58)

Is it Ageist to Ask How Old Someone Is? (1:49)

Ageism is Everywhere: Train Yourself to See it (11:16)

Let’s End Ageism (11:38)

David Wallace-Wells on The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (58:12)

David Wallace-Wells on The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (58:12)

Think About Data in a Human Context [17:28]

Experience the Human Side of Data [7;28]

Designing Invisible Worlds—Good Germs and Healthy Buildings

Climate Change Is a Story of Mythological Proportion (2:38)

How Will Climate Change Affect Capitalism? (2:01)

A Story of the Future of Earth (1:06:34)

Jer Thorp | Living in Data [21:52]

The Importance of Documenting Injustices [1:59]

After Juneteenth: The Promise of Freedom [1:52]

David Wallace-Wells on The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming (58:12)

Three Things We Get Wrong About Climate Change (5:48)

Empowering a Generation to Seek Social Justice and Solidarity [4:04]

Forgotten Heroes Still Leave Their Mark [3:33]

What Does Allyship Look Like? [1:16]

The Anatomy of AI

You and AI — The politics of AI

The Trouble with Bias

Identity in Play

Playing with Gender

It’s Time for Happiness: Using Our Time for Maximum Wellbeing

How to Cultivate Meaning

The Silencing of Black & Queer Voices: George M. Johnson on 15-State Ban of “All Boys Aren’t Blue”

McNally Jackson Presents: George M. Johnson (All Boys Aren’t Blue) In Conversation with MJ Franklin

George M. Johnson on “All Boys Aren’t Blue”

What one American realized about growing up Black and queer l GMA Digital

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

Roe in Limbo: A Townhall on the Leaked Dobbs Opinion

Fostering Dialogue in a Polarized World [1:35]

“After Roe”

Roe v. Wade to the present

Historical Contributions of LGBTQ+ Americans (Good Morning America)

20th Century Gay Powerbrokers and the Risks They Faced (PBS)

Sticks and Stones: On Free Speech (TEDx)

How to Become a Principled Rebel

Asian-American Identity Is Always Changing – and That’s a Good Thing

Friendship, Music, and Grief in Stay True

Changing Our Conversations around Asian America

Maintaining Family Ties Via Fax

How to Build a Team With People Who Disagree With You

How You Can Change Minds With a Single Conversation

Finding Hope (and Saving Our Democracy) in an Age of Polarization

Why the Art of Persuasion Is So Important

Rebuilding Our Institutions to Benefit Us

Reclaiming Philanthropy from the Global Elite

How to Turn Your Good Ideas Into Great Ones [1:59]

Why Diversity Is the Key to a Workplace Culture of Synergy and Respect [2:46]

The Leadership Skills You Need to Build Large, Diverse Teams [1:44]

Behind the Scenes: How 5 Gymnasts Became Cirque du Soleil Artists [9:33]

Influencing the Culture by Being Yourself [12:05]

Turning Your Unique Experiences Into Unique Success [3:50]

Don’t Burn Bridges; and Other Lessons from Eddie’s Wide-Ranging Career [31:38]

Why You Need to Be Proud of Who You Are [4:04]

Embrace Your Identity, Find Success [25:37]

PBS: To the Contrary

Why Diverse Perspectives Are so Important in the Workplace

In Conversation about Bully Market

Flipping the Boys’ Club on Its Head

TODAY: Meet The Woman Shining A Light On The Dark Side Of Wall Street

How Should Global Wealth Be Distributed?

Why Rituals Matter

TEDxCambridge: How to Buy Happiness

The Science of Smarter Spending – Buying Experiences

The Science of Smarter Spending – Investing in Others

York Circle Lecture with Markus Giesler

Darkness and Hope: Depression, Sports, and Me

Yes — Mental Health Is Physical Health

SEARCHING: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science

Finding Your Blindspot as a Leader [Columbia University] (3:14)

Making Strong Leadership Decisions [Columbia University] (4:03)

Why Hard Work Doesn’t Always Pay Off [Columbia University] (2:17)

Why Strategy Isn’t More Important Than Company Culture (2:31)

How To Achieve Long and Short Term Goals Simultaneously (3:25)

Compliance vs. Real Change: How to Achieve the Latter in Your Organization (2:45)

The 3 Keys to Making Decisions [Columbia University] (1:15)

What You Gain by Asking Questions (1:30)

How Conversation Can Spur Innovation (1:52)

Why Has Conversation Eroded, and How Can We Fix It? (1:49)

How Good Conversation Can Change Your Relationships (1:30)

Helping Machines Make Sense of Things for the Greater Good

Life Is a Juggling Act

What’s the Secret to Inspiring Your Team?

Finding Artistic Inspiration and Balancing Work and Life

How Multitasking Impedes Our Abilities

Investing in Yourself Through Sport (5:20)

Believe that You Will Succeed (6:12)

How Building With Wood Reduces Our Climate Impact (2:25)

How Does Trust Shape Our World

How Smart People Fail at Making Choices

What Sherlock Holmes and Your Brain Have in Common

Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers (12:18)

Wood Is More Technologically Advanced Than You Think (5:08)

We Need to Innovate Architecture (6:44)

Money Isn’t the Only Metric

Is Joy the Same as Happiness? (5:11)

Why We Need Joy (1:36)

Three Tools for Bringing Joy Into Your Life (5:01)

Shelby Walsh | The Future of Lifestyle

Kickstarter’s Unique Business Model: Making a Difference While Making a Profit

If You Care About Culture, Now’s the Time to Step Up.

Inspiration and Setting in Los Angeles

This Storm, and the Crime Fiction Scene

The Value of Reading Aloud

The Power of the Exponential

What is Artificial Intelligence?

How Do You Build a Moonshot? (1:30)

Guiding Consumer Habits with Choice Architecture

Why Our Screens Make Us Less Happy (9:30)

Why Nations Fail

Rick’s Rant on Canada

Talking to Canadians

Simple Ways to Help People with Depression

Yes, Mental Health Is Physical Health

How Sharing Personal Pain Can Save Lives

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Service

Why Films About Race are Still Relevant Today

On BlackKklansman

Bringing Healing Community to LA’s Skid Row

What If We Lived in a World of Total Transparency?

Why Enhancing Our Brains Is Good for Us All

Live Music and the Pandemic

In the Wake of Progress: Hope and Purpose for a Better Future

Why Religion?

In the Eye of the Beholder: Screentime and Our Relationships (8:02)

Engaging with Anxiety Can Make Your Life Better

Calming the Politics of Fear: Technology and the Anxious Brain (14:02)

Shedding the Messages That Don’t Serve Us, and Bringing In Ones That Do

Can We Create New Senses for Humans?

What If Escaping Poverty Meant Leaving Your Family Behind?

Six Steps to Make the World Better

The Role of Race and Identity in the Modern World

Live the Perfect Life, Using Data

The Secrets in Our Google Searches

The Power of a Data-Driven Mindset

How Will Social Structures Affect Our New Longevity?

Reclaiming a More Human Society Is Much Easier Than You Think

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

How to Turn Adversity into Advantage

Creativity Is About Right Now—And Tomorrow

How to Make the Most Out of Therapy

How Juneteenth Sheds a Light on American History and Identity

The Power Gap: What Real DEI Looks Like, and How to Foster It (12:30)

How We Could Change the Planet’s Climate Future

Why You Should Innovate for Communities, Not Individuals

How to Escape the Cynicism Trap

Who’s Really Behind Disinformation Campaigns?

Confronting Bias Together: Your First Step

Why Voltage Is Crucial to Companies, Academics, and Even Governments

Voltage: The Ingredient that Helps Good Ideas Get Big

Becoming a Mad Scientist with Your Life

The Art of Insubordination

Good Activism Needs Principled Rebels

The Future of the American Dream Is Green

Politics, Technology, and Storytelling: Behind the Scenes of TikTok, Boom.

A Practical Approach to Human Nature and the Business of Living

How William James Can Save Your Life

God Is Dead. But Maybe That Means We Can Truly Live.

The Historical Contributions of LGBTQ+ Americans

What Does Putin Want?

Sticks and Stones: On Free Speech

Working Through Our Anxieties Is the First Step Towards a Healthy Planet

Why Emotionally Intelligent Climate Work Matters (12:47)

Why You Can’t Pay Attention, And How To Fix Your Focus

This Could Be Why You’re Depressed Or Anxious

The Pioneer of Positive Psychology

Flourishing: A New Understanding of Wellbeing

The New Era of Positive Psychology

Abortion and the Law: From Roe to the Present

Before and After Roe v. Wade

Fostering Dialogue in a Polarized World

The Secret to Bird Feeding

In Conversation about All Boys Aren’t Blue

Gender Identity in the Black Community

Finding Joy in the Midst of Oppression

Combat Time Poverty and Enjoy Fulfilling Days

Focused People are Happy People

Why More Time, Not More Money, Is the Key to Happiness

Designing Gender

What It Means to Design For Play

Toys that Transcend Identity

Finding a Creative Solution for the Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan

“The Notion of Family” Confronts Racism and Economic Decline

The Last Cruze

The Secret History of Muslims in the U.S. | NYT Opinion

The Art of Medicine: Motivational Interviewing Skills

How Performance Coaching Can Help Your Mental Health

What Are You Doing to Condition Your Brain for Success?

Restoring Civil Discourse in America

Forecasting the Future of Media

Dear Facebook, This Is How You’re Breaking Democracy (13:30)

Here’s Why the Term “Artificial Intelligence” Is Misleading

Why Is Artificial Intelligence Sexist?

Why We Need to Rethink the Infrastructure of AI

Forgotten Heroes Still Leave Their Mark

What Does Allyship Look Like?

After Juneteenth: The Promise of Freedom

Sean B Carroll – The Making Of The Fittest

The Exchange | Sean B Carroll & Seth MacFarlane

A Series of Fortunate Events with Sean B. Carroll

PBS NewsHour: Brief but Spectacular Take on Animal Madness

The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers

Protecting Our Democracy Starts with Protecting Our Institutions

The Story of Marvel’s First Queer Latina Superhero

How to Be the Leader Who Everyone Wants to Follow

Finding Joy in the Midst of Opression

Why Visualizing Data Can Help Us Ask Better Questions

Authors’s Corner with Jer Thorp