Video: Elizabeth Gilbert talks about finding your creative genius
With wit and humor, the author of “Eat, Pray, Love” talks about artistic creativity, imagination, and fear of success.
Video: Green Smoothie Power
Sergei Boutenko charms us while explaining the connection between diet and disease.
Video: ‘Dear Matafele Peinem” by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
The most interesting part of the United Nations Climate Summit was not a speech by any of the world leaders in attendance, but a poem read by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, a … Continue reading
Video: Translators Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld read from Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai
Open Closed Open by Yehuda Amichai, translated from the Hebrew by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld. Biographies Chana Bloch, is the author of Blood Honey and Mrs. Dumpty, and co-translator of … Continue reading
Video: Our Survival Depends On Keeping The Oil In The Ground
Humanity’s survival depends on not burning two-thirds of our global oil reserves, so we must act now by limiting fossil fuel extraction. The highly biodiverse Amazon basin is a keystone … Continue reading
Video: “Renegade” by Kate Tempest
Kate Tempest is the most exciting thing to happen to the English language in a long time.
Video: “Big Ugly Men” by Kate Tempest
In this wild poem, Gloria the Barmaid is trapped after hours in the bar with Clive and Spider.
Video: “The Ballad of Terry and Clive” by Kate Tempest
In November 2013, performance poet Kate Tempest and Battersea Arts Centre embarked on a journey together to tour the award winning show Brand New Ancients. … Continue reading
Video: John Oliver discusses student debt
Published on Sep 7, 2014 John Oliver discusses student debt, which is awful, as well as for-profit colleges, who are awfully good at inflicting debt upon us. … Continue reading
Video: Facing a Post-Antibiotic Age
The emergence of pathogens resistant to even our antibiotics of last resort has raised the specter of a “post-antibiotic age” in which drugs to fight infections may be useless. This … Continue reading
Video: Stubborn as a Mule
Dr. Cornell West makes an historical and ethical argument for justice in this award-winning film.
Video: Performance poet and rapper Kate Tempest
Brand New Ancients: the first of a three part series performed by spoken word artist Kate Tempest during a 2013 tour through England and ending in New York City.. Directed … Continue reading
Video: Edward R. Murrow’s “Good Night and Good Luck” Speech
50 years later, Edward R. Murrow’s famous speech Is still a damning critique of the corporate media. This video is made up of two excerpts of Ed Murrow’s brilliant 1958 speech that … Continue reading
Video: John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt – The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt discuss their book “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,” at Cambridge Forum. They argue that a group of pro-Israel activists are manipulating U.S. foreign … Continue reading →