The Hidden Compass Video Library

Welcome to the Hidden Compass Video Library — a place for intriguing interviews, lectures, and conversations with journalists, filmmakers, and experts from around the world! Whether you want to learn more about penguins as a catalyst for conservation or about the challenges facing journalists covering migrants and asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, there’s something here for everyone.

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Have fun exploring!

Talks and Discussions

• The Future of Water: An Ocean Explorer and Shark Ecologist on the
  Element Flowing Through the World | Cristina Zenato
• The Future of Night: An Award-Winning Night Sky Photographer on the
  Importance of Darkness | Sivani Babu
• The Future of Travel: An Award-Winning Travel News Reporter on Where We’re Headed and How We Choose to Get There | Lebawit “Lily” Girma
• The Future of Empathy: A Psychology Professor on How Immersive Stories Could Help Spark a More Empathetic World | Dr. Raymond A. Mar
• A Historic Shift Toward Inclusion: An Epidemiologist on the Future of Blood Donation | Dr. Lauren Crowder
• Supernovae Insights: A Global Supernova Expert on What These
  Star Explosions Reveal About Nearly Everything | Dr. Andrew Howell
• Restoring the Redwoods: A Forester on the Roles Humans Should Play in
  Repairing Iconic Ecosystems | Ben Blom
• The Warrior-Wildlife Shift: A Maasai Elder and a Nonprofit Director Champion Community-Led Conservation in the Amboseli | Daniel Ole Sambu and Amy Baird
• The Matter of Everything: An Accelerator Physicist on the Experiments that Unlocked Matter and Ushered in the Modern World
• Seeking Co-Existence: A Multimedia Storyteller Explores Human-Elephant Conflict in India | Kim Frank
• Uncharted Territory: Two Expeditioners Probe the Unexplored Amazon and Reconsider the Modern Explorer | Lucy Shepherd and Vivian Smith
• Into the Darkness: A Pioneering Underwater Cave Explorer on the
  Courage We Need Above Ground | Jill Heinerth
• The Impossibly Objective Lens: A Photojournalist’s Reflections on the Story Behind the Camera | Sarah Pabst
• Penguins as a Catalyst for Change: How a Vulnerable Species Group Can Inspire Global Conservation | Dr. Pablo Borboroglu
• Hummingbirds, Hybernation, and Human Medicine: What the World’s Tiniest Birds Reveal About Our Future | Dr. Anusha Shankar
• Solving the Plastic Waste Crisis: Reframing our Relationship with Trash | Lillygol Sedaghat
• Tangled Connections: Exploring the Relationship Between the Press and the Public | Rachel Scott
• Reports From the Border: A Journalist’s Challenges Covering Migrants and Asylum Seekers | Meghan Dhaliwal
• The Age of Climate Decision: Unmasking the Evolving Role of Humans in Climate Change | Dr. Paul Andrew Mayewski
• Reimagining Travel in the 21st Century: Creating a More Connected and Peaceful World | Aziz Abu Sarah

Film Screenings and Live Filmmaker Q+As

• “In Tété’s Footsteps” Screening and Exclusive Q + A

Panel Discussions

• Journalism, Technology, and Well-being | Lauren Leader, Gina Masullo, and Lissa Soep, moderated by Sivani Babu and Sabine K. Bergmann
• Reclaiming Exploration | Geoffrey Lipman, Anna Jaffe, Sivani Babu, and Sabine K. Bergmann, moderated by Sharanjit Leyl
• The Next Legacy: Celebrating 100,000 Readers and Beyond! | Lance Garland, Sivani Babu, and Sabine K. Bergmann, moderated by Andria Borba

Storyteller Conversations

• Ellen Murray | “A Tempest of Dread at the End of the World”
• Dr. Irene Salter | “Thought Experiment”
• Robin Catalano | “The Bitter Taste of Fortune”
• Rachel Wisniewski | “A Devilish Pursuit”
• Mike Bernhardt | “The Tides of War”
• Edmée van Rijn | “Into the Whirlwind”
• Colin Daileda | “Lost in the Shallows”
• Maud Rowell | “Into the Shimmering Void”
• Amanda Castleman | “Love in a Time of Abundance”
• Kim F. Stone | “The Great Basin Buckaroos”
• Lance Garland | “Out of Desolation”
• Alexandria Scott | “Wade in the Water”
• Paul Fischer | “Gazawood Dreams”
• Anna Polonyi | “Proving the Love of Rosa Bonheur”
• Allison Torres Burtka | “Beyond the Waves”
• Craig K. Collins | “The Time of the Painters”
• Megan Dohm | “The Lost Midwives of Ocracoke”
• Colin Daileda | “The Many Futures of Chellanam”
• Wesley Morgan | “Portraits of a Vanished Army”
• Amanda Castleman | “Beyond the Lid of the World”
• Melinda Misuraca | “Finding Valentina”
• Rebecca Deurlein | “Only the Stones Remain”
• Shoshi Parks | “Enduring the Promised Land”
• Rachel Blaser | “Flickering Imprints”
• Eric Dusenbery | “Through the Lens of our Forebears”
• Meenakshi J | “The Crucible of Patrimony”