South Korea – A Nation to Watch
A History Channel documentary on South Korea’s meteoric rise on the modern stage.
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Boomtowns Spur Economic Growth in Mexico
Mexico is now the third biggest trading partner of the United States. But with poverty afflicting half of the country’s 120 million people, the country faces an uphill battle toward future prosperity. Correspondent Martin...
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The Beauty of Cartoon Maps – Politics & Satire
This episode delves into the world of satirical maps. How did maps take on a new form, not as geographical tools, but as devices for humour, satire or storytelling? Graphic Artist Fred Rose perfectly...
BBC Horizon: Eat, Fast and Live Longer
Michael Mosley has set himself a truly ambitious goal: he wants to live longer, stay younger and lose weight in the process. And he wants to make as few changes to his life as...
NOVA: Universe or Multiverse?
Are you up on the latest in theoritical physics? This is a pretty good primer if you want to catch up. The changing theories about our universe are as significant as the realization that...
WEED – CNN Sanjay Gupta MD Report
Medicinal marijuana is a joke, right? That’s what CNN’s Dr Sanjay Gupta thought until he started digging deeper, looking at global research materials and talking to patients whose lives were transformed by cannabis. Saying...
CocoRosie – Child Bride
The official CocoRosie video for “Child Bride”, from the excellent album ‘Tales of a Grass Widow’
NOVA – Young Artists Working Today
This is a neat film about what’s happening in art right now. It highlights young artists doing and talking about their art work and process. (115 min)
Departures – Vietnam
Two young Canadians travel to Vietnam with their Vietnamese Canadian friend so he can discover his roots through family and culture. This National Geographic video follows the adventure of the 3 guys on their...
Status Anxiety
Status Anxiety discusses the desire of people in many modern societies to “climb the social ladder” and the anxieties that result from a focus on how one is perceived by others. Alain de Botton...
Google Fiber: Super High Speed Internet
Google wants to expand its fiber to as many as 34 more cities across the United States. Here’s what you need to know about Google Fiber and how it works. Super High Speed Internet...
Super Science: Nanotechnology
Imagine a tiny robot the size of a human cell, injected by the millions into your bloodstream on a search and destroy mission: to locate cancer cells, and kill them. Welcome to the scientific...
Honey Hunters of Nepal
This short film documents men of the Gurung tribe in Nepal and their journey to harvest honey from the world’s largest honey bee, the Himalayan Apis Dorsal Laborious, each can measure up to 1.2...
