Month: November 2021

What Makes Art Valuable?

https://youtu.be/vwoO-LMX6MU What makes a piece of art worth tens of millions dollars at auction? A number of things, but not always the things you’d think. BBC’s The World’s Most Expensive Paintings chronicles the world’s ten most valuable paintings, by way of journalist Alastair Sooke’s guided tour of the collectors, locales, and Christie’s and Sotheby’s auction…… Continue reading What Makes Art Valuable?

Carl Sagan Predicted The Current Junk Science Disaster

https://youtu.be/1Ox8fqPCbMM “Science is a way of skeptically interrogating the universe. with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us something is true, to skeptical of those in authority, then we are up for grabs for the next political charlatan who comes along”…… Continue reading Carl Sagan Predicted The Current Junk Science Disaster

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

https://youtu.be/ZXU9vqVdudM hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ MDR-Rundfunkchor ∙ Solisten ∙ David Zinman – – -I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen II. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras III. Herr, lehre doch mich IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen ∙ V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit ∙ VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt VII. Selig sind…… Continue reading Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

WWII America’s historical myths

https://youtu.be/JSJA5KzUSOk?si=v09ASMKrFV068qwF Was World War II really a “good war?” In this roundtable session, historians debate America’s various contested memories of World War II, from the still-popular view of the “good war” to other alternative memories presented at home and abroad. How was the notion of the “good war” shaped during the war and afterwards? Chair:…… Continue reading WWII America’s historical myths