Events

Streaming media of Hoover events.

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MOST RECENT EVENTS

• Hoover Media Fellow Seminar Features New York Times Reporter Matthew Bai
  September 22, 2009
  Hoover media fellow Matthew Bai discussed “How Baby Boomers Ruined American Politics” at a seminar September 22. Referring to President Barack Obama’s inauguration speech where he cited Scripture “the time has come to set aside childish things,” Bai said he believed it was a comment on a generation, baby boomers, that he believes have failed to meet the challenges set before it.

  An audio recording of the event is available here (24:29)

• Presentation of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
  August 06, 2009
  Radosław Sikorski, the foreign minister of the Republic of Poland, presented the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in honor of Hoover research fellow Robert Conquest and the Hoover Institution for their unique efforts to rescue and preserve the archival legacy of Poland. The award was presented to Conquest and John Raisian, the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and senior fellow, on August 6, 2009 at the Hoover Institution.

  An audio recording of the event is available here (22:42).

• Seminar features Hoover media fellow Len Downie
  April 21, 2009
  Len Downie, vice president at large and former executive editor of the Washington Post, spoke about “The Future of News” Tuesday at the Arrillaga Alumni Center. His talk was cosponsored by the Hoover Institution and the Stanford University Department of Communication.

• Seminar features Hoover media fellow John Judis
  March 04, 2009
  Hoover media fellow John Judis, who is on the staff at the New Republic, delivered a talk titled “Obama’s Challenge” on Wednesday, March 4, at 4:00 p.m. The event took place at the Lane, Lyons Lodato Room at the Arrillaga Alumni Center, on the campus of Stanford University.