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The unique Fred Friendly Seminars format asks panelists to play “roles” within a hypothetical scenario and to take actions in complex decision-making situations where there may be no one “right” answer. Confronting urgent social, ethical and public policy issues as wide-ranging as affirmative action, end-of-life care, national energy policy and bioterrorism, panelists must decide not what they think about a difficult situation, but what they would do. Panelists range from Presidents to Generals to CEOs to citizens grappling with challenges in their lives. As Fred Friendly said, “Our job is to make the agony of decision-making so intense you can escape only by thinking.”

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Minds on the Edge: Facing Mental Illness-A Fred Friendly Seminar Item# 40693 © 2009  57 Min.	DVD $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-216-0 America's frenzied debate over government health insurance has eclipsed another, no less challenging, national health care crisis-the plight of people with serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia... (more details)
Reinventing Healthcare-A Fred Friendly Seminar Item# 40081 © 2008  57 Min.	DVD $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-086-8 Can the U.S. afford to reform its healthcare system? Can it afford not to, with 46 million Americans lacking health insurance and millions more underinsured? This Fred Friendly Seminar explores the di... (more details)
Fueling Our Future: A Fred Friendly Seminar on Alternative Energy Item# 39940 © 2008  58 Min.	DVD $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-963-2 Produced in Oahu, Hawaii, during the 2008 Blue Planet Energy Summit, this Fred Friendly Seminar features a panel of high-profile environmental and political leaders tasked with envisioning America's e... (more details)
Clean, Green, and Unseen: Nanotechnology and the Environment-A Fred Friendly Seminar Item# 39765 © 2008  58 Min.	DVD (Chaptered) $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-697-6 The town of Sunnyville is thrilled with the jobs and development promised by a new factory, which will make efficient, inexpensive solar cells. However, nanomaterials used in the manufacturing process... (more details)
Forever Young: Nanotechnology and Medicine-A Fred Friendly Seminar Item# 39764 © 2008  58 Min.	DVD (Chaptered) $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-695-2 With nano-enabled drugs that destroy diseased cells and enable tissue repair, doctors may one day extend life expectancy far beyond our current capabilities-at least in countries wealthy enough to aff... (more details)
Nanotechnology: The Power of Small-A Fred Friendly Seminar Item# 39762 © 2008	DVD (Chaptered) $509.85 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $764.78 3-Year Streaming $509.85
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-691-4 As scientists develop the ability to work at levels thousands of times smaller than a human hair, a new world of possibilities-and critical concerns-opens up. This three-part series of Fred Friendly S... (more details)
Watching Me Watching You: Nanotechnology and Civil Liberties-A Fred Friendly Seminar Item# 39763 © 2008  58 Min.	DVD (Chaptered) $169.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $254.93 3-Year Streaming $169.95
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-693-8 Nanotechnology will likely transform the security and surveillance industries in the near future. Governments, corporations, and even individuals may have highly sophisticated sensors and tracking app... (more details)
Social Studies Core Curriculum Video Library Item# 35847 © 2006	DVD $2,759.00
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-4868-1 Ranging from ancient times to the modern world, this 20-program educational video collection explores cultures, events, and institutions that have shaped history. Recommended for grades 8-12. Corr... (more details)
City Under Siege-A Fred Friendly Seminar Item# 34821 © 2005  57 Min.	VHS $149.95 DVD $149.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $224.93 3-Year Streaming $149.95
VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-2598-9 DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-2599-6 A prolonged series of terrorist attacks could seriously endanger America's stability. In this Fred Friendly Seminar, moderator and Harvard Law School professor Charles Ogletree compels a team of exper... (more details)
In the Balance-A Fred Friendly Seminar Item# 34819 © 2005	DVD $299.90 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $449.85 3-Year Streaming $299.90
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-2595-8 On the front lines of the war on terrorism there are no second chances. This two-part series of Fred Friendly Seminars reflects that hard reality as it examines the most critical mission of the war: p... (more details)
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