Speeches, Debates & Interviews
Live Interview: Why Are There So Few Black Men In The Teaching Profession?
June 27, 2023
At ISTE Live 23 in the Philadelphia Convention Center:Â Daniel Mollenkamp talks to Sharif El-Mekki, the CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development, about his teacher pipeline and why there are so few Black men teaching in American public schools.
Reporting Tips: How AI, Predictive Analytics, Spy Tools and More Affects College Students
April 24, 2023
Interested in reporting? Quoted giving away trade secrets about covering AI, predictive analytics and spy tools affect college students in this new guide from Education Writers Association.
Debate: 'Immigration: A conversation over the rights and responsibilities of those immigrating and the countries they migrate to'
November 02, 2019
A guided conversation immigration. With the reactionary ghost of George Orwell, apparently.
"...The following conversation was based off the guiding question: What are the real debates surrounding immigration in an increasingly globalized world?, as inspired by historian and professor Yuval Harari's book "21 Lessons for the 21st Century"."
Debate: 'Should the American political structure be reformed? If so, how?'
April 12, 2019
With James Chillemi. National Week of Conversation, as part of the National Conversation Project and #ListenFirst initiative for Citizen Jane Blog. Video
Debate: 'Who owns information?'
November 09, 2017
A conversational debate tying together human genome sequencing, Saudi Arabia's decision to give a robot citizenship, ethical dilemmas, self-driving cars, and the market. Read a transcript of this debate I participated in, "Who Owns Information?", (especially the second round).
Quoted in Vapor Vanity: 'Altria Stops Selling Some E-Cig Brands That Appeal to Kids'
November 06, 2018
Putting Altria's decision to pull flavors into a properly skeptical context.
Debate: 'Motion: Mandated vaccinations are incompatible with the values of a free society.' Against.
March 11, 2019
Motion: 'Mandated vaccinations are incompatible with the values of a free society.' Pro- James Chillemi. Against- Daniel Mollenkamp.
Interview: 'Conversation On Leadership'
March 04, 2019
Response to questions:Â What makes a good leader? What're you looking for in a presidential candidate?
Debate: 'Motion: The US withdraw from the UN?' Against.
November 01, 2018
Motion: The United States should withdraw from the United Nations.Â
For: Tim Hassan
Against: Daniel Mollenkamp
A conversational debate.
Catalan Referendum: Stanford University Roundtable
November 28, 2017
A roundtable at Stanford University, hosted by student groups, on the Catalan referendum.
'Us' Conflict and Mobile Journalism
January 05, 2018
Appearance in Archit Sinha's conflict journalism series, for Us. "American photojournalist Daniel Mollenkamp talks about conflict journalism and new mobile technologies. Watch this video to see some of his photojournalism work from South Sudan."
Metaphysics and Mescaline: Using Drugs To Rediscover Spirituality
March 10, 2014
College Lecture: Philosophy Club at The College of William and Mary. It concerns Aldous Huxley and and the attempt to posit a laicized, or at least new, form of spiritualism.