https://youtu.be/raVms8w61No?si=NIRDfFuXylozAZNa Burnout – When does work start feeling pointless? | DW Documentary- – -Superfluous meetings, endless paperwork and incompetent managers – sound familiar? Jobs that entail a steady stream of seemingly pointless demands can damage our health in the long-term. This film takes a humorous look at how we waste potentially valuable time in the…… Continue reading Burnout – feeling pointless?
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Detroit: From the past glory to the present hopes
https://youtu.be/132XLAomSUk?si=_D8e-BfgPkumzEjY Detroit’s Tragic Downfall | The Rise and Fall of Detroit Michigan https://youtu.be/5_bNKJyfL1Q?si=uRE4YJJEcjQUiRdr The history and modern magnificence of Detroit is exalted in this film, which places the motor vehicle at the heart of its development. Looking past the hyperbole, it offers a glimpse of the city at its best. NB the film has been…… Continue reading Detroit: From the past glory to the present hopes
Stephen Fry into Ukraine
https://youtu.be/0FO6ZJL26eM?si=BQNFpnX2LMmoek_5 Stephen Fry is invited to Kyiv by First Lady Olena Zelenska to co-host a conference on mental health in time of war. He discusses the war with President Zelensky, and tells him jokes . He meets amputees and the recently bereaved , Azov brigade survivors , and artist Nikita Titov. He experiences an air…… Continue reading Stephen Fry into Ukraine
PFAS: The Poison in Us All
https://youtu.be/t8qGtEVh7oQ PFAS chemicals are used in thousands of products aimed at making life easier. But the chemicals are now almost everywhere, including in human blood, and are being linked to severe health problems. (The video has been corrected to show that Minnesota’s ban on PFAS in food packaging begins in 2024.) (Source: Bloomberg).
Australia: Design to Survive
Could you survive in Australia 65,000 years ago? From engineering volcanic landscapes into fish farms to mastering deadly fire, the unique survival inventions that let First Nations people thrive.
TRIPPING The Bruce – TVO
https://youtu.be/ftamAliAEvs?si=6Qr6dB-HCOg_3g0N TRIPPING The Bruce (Full Documentary). TVOSet sail along the rugged northern coast of Ontario’s magnificent Bruce Peninsula in TRIPPING The Bruce. Above the pristine turquoise waters are the towering cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, and beneath the waters are dozens of sunken ships that Lake Huron has claimed. It is a stunning, primordial landscape…… Continue reading TRIPPING The Bruce – TVO
Alexander Sokurov’s Russian Ark
Russian Ark Руската съкровищница (2002)A 19th-century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200 plus years. https://youtu.be/ORMTAKh4NHI?si=d2a0NaQ2uJyhpaWx In One Breath | Alexander Sokurov’s Russian Ark (Making of)…Behind the scenes documentary on the filming of Russian Ark. Russian…… Continue reading Alexander Sokurov’s Russian Ark
Europe’s defense giants
https://youtu.be/ISebFmpZReM?si=Js8cL2IyOqGRxWrZ Can Europe’s defense giants come together?Business is booming for Europe’s biggest defense firms as countries race to rearm. There’s just one problem: The industry is incredibly inefficient, with too many players and too many weapons systems. That leads to higher costs and threatens basic interoperability on the battlefield. Can Europe come together on defense?…… Continue reading Europe’s defense giants
Stephen Fry: Willem and Frieda – Defying the Nazis
https://youtu.be/t1nrPiMoDHY During the occupation of the Netherlands during WWII, Willem Arondeus, a painter, and Freida Belinfante, a cellist, used their artistic skills to forge identity cards that saved thousands of Jews from the death camps. Stephen Fry goes on a very personal journey to Amsterdam to discover why this incredible story has remained largely hidden…… Continue reading Stephen Fry: Willem and Frieda – Defying the Nazis
Megacities of the World
https://youtu.be/0ULzxD3w_c8 Seven of the most amazing megacities around the world. Megacities in this video include Tokyo, Japan; São Paulo, Brazil; Cairo, Egypt; Mexico City, Mexico; New York, USA; Dhaka, Bangladesh; and Paris, France. …