Eric Schlosser

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NYT Bestselling Author, 'Fast Food Nation,' 'Reefer Madness,' & 'Command and Control'
Renowned Investigative Journalist
Producer and Documentary Filmmaker
Finalist, Pulitzer Prize in History (2014)

Writer and filmmaker Eric Schlosser explores subjects too often ignored by the mainstream media, shedding light on worlds deliberately hidden. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, and Command and Control, a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in History. Schlosser has also helped to produce several films, including Fast Food Nation, There Will Be Blood, Food, Inc., Food, Inc. 2, and Food Chains. Schlosser was the co-creator and co-director of the bomb (2016), a multimedia installation staged at the Tribeca Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, and the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies in Oslo.

Schlosser has lectured at universities throughout the United States and spoken at the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, the Parliaments of the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Norway, as well as at the United Nations. Schlosser’s expertise, engaging speaking style, and understanding of contemporary issues impacting daily life make him an excellent choice as a speaker who can educate, inspire, and foster meaningful discussions among audiences.

Virtual Panel - Past excesses of meat industry, and with Covid19 | Environmental Working Group [5:56] - Get Sharable Link

Virtual Panel - Past excesses of meat industry, and with Covid19 | Environmental Working Group [5:56]

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Moderating - The World-Ending Fire: Eric Schlosser interviews Wendell Berry | Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future [1:12:25]

Video Opinion - Prisons in America are broken. Why is the UK imitating them? | The Guardian [4:31]

In Conversation - America’s Nuclear Arsenal: Illusion of Safety? | World Affairs Council [59:16]

News Interview - The dangers in management of our complex nuclear arsenal | CBS News [19:16]

Movie Trailer - Food, Inc. | Participant Media [2:15]

Film Trailer - Command and Control | American Experience Films [2:18]

Film Trailer - The Bomb [2:14]

Film Trailer - Food Chains | Screen Media Films [2:19]

Talks & Conversations with Eric Schlosser

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The Harms of Our Industrial Food System

As seen on NPR, The Atlantic, Real Time with Bill Maher, and more, ERIC SCHLOSSER says mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies that are inefficient, barely regulated, and sometimes dangerous. In this presentation, Schlosser lays out a roadmap to a more sustainable, humane, and delicious future.

Labor and Our Industrial Food System

Investigative journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist ERIC SCHLOSSER shares the stories of our food workers as part of a greater picture of the American lived experience. Farmworkers, meatpacking workers, and restaurant workers are the foundation of our food economy—but they are also among the poorest, most exploited, most likely to be undocumented workers in the country. If you eat, you are connected to these men and women with every bite.

The New Nuclear Arms Race

Right now, ERIC SCHLOSSER sees that the world faces three great existential threats: climate change, viral pandemics, and nuclear weapons. Of the three, nuclear weapons pose by far the greatest immediate danger yet receive the least attention--a fact that only increases the threat.

AI, Nuclear Weapons, & the Risks of Complex Tech

Nuclear weapons, commercial airliners, driverless cars—all three are machines that can go wrong in unexpected ways. As the world grows more and more dependent on complex technological systems, we must keep in mind the flaws inherent in them and maintain a sense of humility about them. In this talk, ERIC SCHLOSSER highlights that everything we create is imperfect, often in hidden ways, with potentially catastrophic consequences that need to be managed.

The War on Drugs

Since Ronald Reagan declared the War on Drugs in 1982, millions of Americans have been arrested and imprisoned for non-violent drug crimes—and yet today illegal drugs are less expensive and more readily available than forty years ago. ERIC SCHLOSSER argues that we urgently need to end the drug war and rethink how we treat people who abuse drugs.