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On Being Podcasts
On Being is a conversation that has been building for over two decades with wise and graceful lives — across spiritual inquiry and science, social healing and the arts. You likely know us through On Being with Krista Tippett, our Peabody award-winning show that began on public radio — now…
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The Art of Life
A documentary about the art of living outside of conventions, in deep integrity with one’s essence. Featuring Michael Behrens. By the team that brought you https://www.TheWisdomOfTrauma.com . As a rising star in the field of abstract mathematics, Michael discovered that he could see beauty and pattern where others could not.…
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Real World Forensics
In recent years the little-known research group Forensic Architecture began using novel research methods to undertake a series of investigations into human rights abuses. While providing crucial evidence for international courts and working with a wide range of activist groups, NGOs, Amnesty International and the UN, Forensic Architecture has not…
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The School of Thought
We need to teach young people how to thinkrather than what to think – Margaret Mead Why? We are entering one of the most pivotal times in human history, and our ability to adapt and think rationally is becoming increasingly important to our selves, our society, our economies, and our…
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Cool Hunting
A really smart and established website that selects interesting content from around the web. Home
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The Way to Go
Ancient sports for children in Ireland’s most ethnically diverse town. Ballyhaunis in the west of Ireland is at first glance a traditional farming town, a place that in the past has been deeply affected by the emigration of its young. But today Ballyhaunis is unique in an Irish context. The…
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Millennials Observed
Making Sense: Were you born in the last 30 years or so – Listen up! Excerpt of Simon Sinek from an episode of Inside Quest. 15 minutes worth watching and 27 million plus views on Twitter, and over 7 million on YouTube.http://www.insidequest.com/ This clip published on YouTube Oct 29, 2016…
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The Age of Stupid
The Age of Stupid Drama-documentary-animation hybrid starring Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from 2008 and asking why climate change wasn’t stopped before it was too late. It’s the year 2055 and the world has been ravaged by climate…
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We Photograph Things That Are Meaningful To Us
Birdhead ‘We Photograph Things That Are Meaningful To Us’ TateShots Shanghai based photographers Ji Weiyu and Song Tao, aka Birdhead, make art about everyday life in their home town. The duo take us on a tour around the Chinese city to discover how they work. In 2004 artists Ju Weiyu…
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Moving Tunes
COMMENT; ‘You know, this guy came into my scope just at the right time. With all the ugly stuff going on in the world and particularly the U.S. I have fallen into despair. This music represents human redemption to me. This is truly the best thing that has happened all…
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The Theory of Beauty
TED collaborates with animator Andrew Park to illustrate Denis Dutton’s provocative theory on beauty — that art, music and other beautiful things, far from being simply “in the eye of the beholder,” are a core part of human nature with deep evolutionary origins. • Uploaded on YouTube Nov 16, 2010
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Joan Gardy Artigas
“Profession isn’t the most important thing. One’s identity, spirit, and creations are what matters” Private View: El Racó Inside the studio of Catalan ceramicist and Miró collaborator Joan Gardy-Artigas • Throughout his illustrious career, Catalan sculptor Joan Gardy-Artigas has worked alongside some of the leading artists of the twentieth century,…
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The Future from the Past – Worlds Fair 1939
From the perspective of the 21st century, it’s hard to imagine what a marvel the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair would have been to its visitors. Still living in the heavy shadow of the stock market crash of 1929, the many people who flocked to the big exhibition found not…
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Walkabout 1971
Walkabout is a 1971 survival film directed by Nicolas Roeg starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, and David Gulpilil • Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his “walkabout”: a ritual separation from his tribe. Walkabout is…
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Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot with English & Arabic Subtitles • Waiting for Godot (/ˈɡɒdoʊ/ god-oh[1]) is a play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait for the arrival of someone named Godot who never arrives, and while waiting they engage in a variety of discussions and encounter…
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Poor Kids Tell
Poor Kids (Documentary) – Real Stories * 3.5 million children are growing up in poverty in the UK. It’s one of the worst rates in the industrialised world and successive governments continue to struggle to bring it into line. Struggling & without a voice, ‘Poor Kids’ shines a light on…
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Play with Particles
Play with your particles – A wee distraction from the rigidity of life – http://particle-love.com
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Education for Change
In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools’ dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. An important, timely talk for parents and teachers. This RSA Animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir…
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The Walled Off Hotel
Graffiti artist Banksy has opened a hotel in the West Bank. • The Walled Off Hotel features artworks exploring the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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What about water
What about water • From the stuff we drink and swim in, to the steam that eases congestion and the ice that reduces swelling, water is all around us (and even in us). Heck, it kind of is us. “Water makes up about two thirds of who we are, and influences 100…
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The Responsibility of Intellectuals
Noam Chomsky (Credit: Getty/William B. Plowman) – Noam Chomsky’s Essay – February 23, 1967 • Noam Chomsky’s “Responsibility of Intellectuals” after 50 years: It’s an even heavier responsibility now Written amid rising opposition to the Vietnam War, Chomsky’s greatest essay has added resonance in the age of Trump TOPICS: 1960S, DONALD TRUMP, DONALD TRUMP RESISTANCE, FOREIGN POLICY, GEORGE…
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Submarine Sandwich
Submarine Sandwich A film within PES’s cooking film ‘Trilogy’. • “Submarine Sandwich” | Written and Directed by PES | Animated by PES and Dillon Markey | Director of Photography: Eric Adkins | Edited by Sam Welch | Produced by Sarah Phelps | Production Design by Hannah Alpert | Sound Design…
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The Sciences Explained
https://www.scientificamerican.com/the-sciences/#
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Picasso’s Nude in a Red Armchair
• Tate’s conservation team investigate whether Picasso completed this painting in a day. The back of the canvas of this Picasso painting is inscribed with the words ’Boisgeloup 27 Juillet 1932’ leaving some experts to question whether the painting was completed in a day. In Tate’s conservation lab the team…
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Freedom in Liberland
• Sometimes it’s easier to start your own country than to change the one you’re in. According to the internationally recognized law of terra nullius (“nobody’s land”), if no one has a claim on land, anyone at all can claim it as their own. Or at least they can try.…
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Be the Best at What You Do
It can feel impossible to move toward your dreams. You know exactly what you want to do, but there are endless obstacles in your way. • How to Become the Best in the World at What You Do Source: How to Become the Best in the World at What You Do…
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Is Science Important?
Science is Important when we need to know how a fungus or infection can mutate or evolve, and become resistant to antibiotics, and in some cases stealthily kill young and old seeming healthy people very quickly. • A collection of thoughts from leading scientists, public figures, …and you. Rebecca Nesbit studied butterfly migration…
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We are One
• Young Irish Muslims talk about growing up in Ireland, Islamophobia and choosing to wear the hijab Read more: http://on.irishtimes.com/BEQPiIp
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The Original Christians
A fresco inside the catacomb of Priscilla in Rome, November 2013. The catacomb was used for Christian burials from the late 2nd through the 4th century CE. Photo by Reuters/Max Rossi Christians were strangers The Roman empire became Christian during the fifth century CE. At the century’s start, Christians were –…
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A Musical Slave in Dublin
The Musical Slave – “NO PLAN” (a song about a horse yard in Dublin) • In a part of Dublin known as the Liberties – which is also where the Vikings settled 1000 years ago – there is a small community of rebel horse-owners. And a few years ago,…
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Cast Iron Cooking
Guide to easy cooking with cast iron ! Check us out on Facebook! – facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty MUSIC Promenade En Provence Licensed via Audio Network Made by BFMP www.buzzfeed.com/videoteam. Published on YouTube Oct 26, 2016
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A Bigger Plan
http://www.partofabiggerplan.com
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