A Brief History of Disbelief

in History, Religion, Video - Politics/Society | October 5th, 2008

Jonathan Miller’s Brief His­to­ry of Dis­be­lief is a BBC pro­duc­tion (2005) that offers tele­vi­sion’s first sus­tained look at the hid­den his­to­ry of athe­ism. The three-part doc­u­men­tary takes you from unbe­liev­ers with­in Ancient Greece, to the re-emer­gence of dis­be­lief in 15th and 16th cen­tu­ry Europe, through to the French Enlight­en­ment, Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Amer­i­ca and the rise of Dar­win­ian thought. We’ve post­ed Part 1 below. You can watch Parts 2 and 3 here and here.

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Tina Fey Does Sarah Palin Round #3

in Current Affairs, Video - Politics/Society | October 5th, 2008

Here’s SNL’s satire of last week’s wide­ly viewed vice pres­i­den­tial debate. Thanks to Tina Fey’s impres­sion of Palin, SNL’s rat­ing are up 40% over last year. Quite a boon for NBC.

You can get Rounds 1 and 2 here and here.

 

 

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The Global Challenges Facing The Next U.S. President

in Current Affairs, Video - Politics/Society | October 3rd, 2008

CNN recent­ly host­ed a con­ver­sa­tion with sev­er­al recent Sec­re­taries of State, and they all dis­cussed the major chal­lenges that Barack Oba­ma or John McCain will be fac­ing next year. This is no ordi­nary time, and it’s rare to find Hen­ry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, War­ren Christo­pher, Col­in Pow­ell, and James Bak­er all sit­ting on the same stage and offer­ing their advice. Below, we have post­ed the first seg­ment. You can watch the remain­ing parts here.

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The Life of “W” According to Oliver Stone

in Film, Video - Arts & Culture, Video - Politics/Society | September 25th, 2008

Rather slick trail­er. (And got to won­der how film­ing the pret­zel scene did­n’t hurt.) “W,” Oliv­er Stone’s new biopic, hits the the­aters this fall.

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Free Presidential Biographies on iTunes: FDR and Beyond

in History, Politics, Video - Politics/Society | September 16th, 2008

Thanks to PBS, you can now down­load from iTunes a four-hour defin­i­tive biog­ra­phy of Franklin Delano Roo­sevelt. FDR guid­ed the US through the Great Depres­sion, then World War II, serv­ing as pres­i­dent for an unprece­dent­ed four terms. The video pod­cast run a good four hours, and it’s part of a series called Amer­i­can Expe­ri­ence: The Pres­i­dents. Oth­er pres­i­dents fea­tured in this series include Har­ry Tru­man, Lyn­don John­son, Richard Nixon, Jim­my Carter, and Ronald Rea­gan. You can watch more videos from The Amer­i­can Expe­ri­ence series online by click­ing here.

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Tina Fey Has Sarah Palin Down

in Comedy, Video - Politics/Society | September 14th, 2008

File this under comedy/satire, Tina Fey has her Sarah Palin impres­sion nailed. If the video below ceas­es to work, you can always watch the clip (in bet­ter res­o­lu­tion, I might add) right here.

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Download Michael Moore’s New Film For Free

in Current Affairs, Film, Politics, Video - Politics/Society | September 5th, 2008

Michael Moore is get­ting wise to the virtues of free/open cul­ture. Start­ing Sep­tem­ber 23, you can down­load his new film — Slack­er Upris­ing — via the web for free. The unfor­tu­nate rub is that this down­load will only be avail­able to US and Cana­di­an res­i­dents, and it will remain free via the web for three weeks. You can get more info and sign up to down­load the film here. Below, you can also pre­view the film, which (sur­prise, sur­prise) ties into the Amer­i­can elec­tion.

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The Story of Stuff in 20 Animated Minutes

in Current Affairs, Film, Video - Politics/Society | August 25th, 2008

Here’s anoth­er good sub­mis­sion (many thanks) that came out of last week’s book give­away…

It’s an ani­mat­ed film called The Sto­ry of Stuff, which offers “a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the under­side of our pro­duc­tion and con­sump­tion pat­terns. The Sto­ry of Stuff expos­es the con­nec­tions between a huge num­ber of envi­ron­men­tal and social issues, and calls us togeth­er to cre­ate a more sus­tain­able and just world. It’ll teach you some­thing .… and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life for­ev­er.”

The film, nar­rat­ed by Annie Leonard, an expert in inter­na­tion­al sus­tain­abil­i­ty and envi­ron­men­tal health issues, can be viewed on The Sto­ry of Stuff web site, or it can be down­loaded here for free. Below, we have post­ed a quick teas­er that will give you a feel for what this film is all about.

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