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One of the most ambitious sites devoted to smart video is Fora.tv, a San Francisco based outfit that wants to be the go-to site for speeches, panel discussions symposiums and the like.

Fora.tv has arrangements with many lecture societies, think tanks and big book stores.  When one of them sponsors a speech or panel discussion, a Fora.tv crew shows up and records it.

Fora has hundreds of videos on scores of topics, in the arts, current events, business, science and more.

Check this one with two smart guys: Chad Hurley and Steven Chen - YouTube founders - in conversation with Wired reporter Chris Anderson at the Commonwealth Club:

Chad Hurley & Steven Chen