Interviewer and film critic Warren Etheredge continues his powerhouse show The High Bar with this interview with filmmaker Miranda July. They talk about her recently release second feature The Future, and whether technology helps or hinders our search for intimacy: http://thehighbar.tv/2011/08/25/miranda-july-on-connectivity/
We have two new videos on the playlist for Rebekka Armstrong, HIV+ Playboy Playmate and fitness expert. One is a Public Service Announcement about the importance of Women protecting themselves from HIV and the other (actually Part 1 and 2) is the E! True Hollywood Story on Rebekka from the year 2000. We’re so proud …
Astronomer Phil Plait is one of three guests invited on MSNBC science editor Alan Doyle’s online talk show. They talk about the recent discovery of two Earth-sized ‘exo-planets’ and what it means for our search for life on other planets: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/20/9591482-quintet-gangs-up-on-alien-worlds
You read right! Dr. Phil Plait is finally addressing the 2012 Mayan doomsday scenario in his new topic ‘2012: We’re All (not) Gonna Die: Astronomer and author Phil Plait will take you through the claims made by the doomsday-mongers and show why there’s nothing to fear. No mega solar flares, no galactic alignment, no giant …
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That’s an understatement. Every year Astronomer Phil Plait picks his favorite astronomical images of the year and posts them on his Bad Astronomy blog, hosted by the Discovery Channel. But this year he had so many he had to have three categories: Space Pictures (in or from near-Earth orbit), Solar System Pictures and Deep Space …
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Journalist Quinn Norton has two new articles in Wired magazine about the Occupy movement – one an overview of the various movement in North America and their successes or failures in the court system, the other specifically on the short life of Occupy Boston. These articles are part of a special series from Quinn Norton, …
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Debbie Almontaser finds a lot to like in the new TLC reality show ‘All American Muslim’ in this Huffington Post blog post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debbie-almontaser/allamerican-muslim_b_1123547.html
Activist, author and filmmaker Jen Marlowe continues the struggle for justice for the family of recently executed Troy Davis. His sister, Martina, who dedicated her life to freeing her brother, also recently passed from cancer. Read Jen’s insightful article for CounterPunch: http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/02/the-twin-struggles-of-martina-davis-correia/
Loung Ung, author, activist and survivor of the Cambodian genocide will have her third memoir published by HarperCollins in April 2012. It is called Lulu in the Sky: a Daughter of Cambodia finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness.
Astronomer Phil Plait and his funny but informative TEDx talk are on the front TED page today! Check it out: http://www.ted.com/