2/4/15 James Bamford tells the Los Angeles World Affairs Council that despite extensive intelligence gathering, the NSA has been unable to detect terror attacks aimed at the US.

11/18/13 Elon Musk talks to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council about Safety and Self-Driving Cars.

3/3/15 Joe Cirincione, President of Ploughshares Fund, tells the Los Angeles World Affairs Council why he thinks Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and its domestic instability make it “the most dangerous country on earth.”

1/21/15 Former JPL Director Dr Ed Stone tells the Los Angeles World Affairs Council why he thinks there is life on other planets – even life on planets in our Solar System.

2/12/15 Peter Diamandis of X Prize tells the Los Angeles World Affairs Council about flying high altitude loops with Stephen Hawking so that the renowned physicist could experience zero gravity.

11/18/13 Elon Musk talks to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council about how the technologies of SpaceX and Tesla cross-pollinate and complement each other.

11/19/15 CBS CEO Leslie Moonves tells the Los Angeles World Affairs Council what makes a hit show on television.

2/12/15 Peter Diamandis, CEO of X Prize, talks to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council about why taking risks is crucial to the American project.

1/21/15 Former JPL Director Dr Ed Stone talks to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council about the Voyager spacecrafts’ discoveries of volcanoes, oceans and geysers on other planets.

11/18/13 Elon Musk tells the Los Angeles World Affairs Council how humans could get to Mars, and live there under a transparent dome.