Hollywood, Health & Society’s panel on July 31 at the Writers Guild of America, West—“Pregnant Pause: To Have (or Not Have) a Baby on TV”—explored a range of topics on abortion, childbirth and maternal health. Featured speakers were Dr. Willie Parker, OB/GYN and author of “Life’s Work: A Moral Argument…
Watch U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and recovery counselor Cortney Lovell discuss opioid epidemic during our recent panel. Murthy told a standing-room audience that addiction is an illness.
Hollywood, Health & Society’s panel “Atomic Football: The Nuclear Playbook in a Strange New Era” was a night to think about the unthinkable: nuclear proliferation and war, near-catastrophic errors when it comes to keeping arsenals secure, the use of cyber attacks and the grim prospect of terrorists getting their hands…
Hollywood, Health & Society, a program of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, commemorated the 20th anniversary of “In the Gloaming” at the Ray Kurtzman Theater at CAA on March 30 with a screening of excerpts from the film, followed by a panel discussion on HIV and Hollywood. In…
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry and investigative journalist/documentarian Eric Schlosser chat about the history of near-misses and the real dangers of nuclear catastrophes. Watch the “Nuclear Nightmare ” video referenced during the panel here: Bill Perry’s D.C. Nuclear Nightmare…
Eric Chien, Technical Director of Symantec’s Security Technology and Response division, reveals why everyone should be concerned about the security of their devices.
Nuclear weapons expert and Ploughshares Fund Director of Programs Paul Carroll discusses Iran, North Korea and the worldwide threat of nuclear weapons.
Hollywood, Health & Society director Sandra de Castro Buffington brought together experts in the field of global health for this health briefing at the Writers Guild of America, West. HH&S, a program of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, offers briefings and panel discussions on health issues to movie and…
