Nate Hagens This week’s Frankly unpacks humans’ current identification with the label “consumer.” Consumption is something much deeper and more nuanced than shopping or spending. Nate highlights the ways that it shows up across our whole lives –from basic needs and stability to status and mental escape. He outlines a “consumption pyramid” framework that acts… Continue reading The Consumption Pyramid
Month: February 2026
History of Paris
Paris. A city that’s been conquered by Romans, besieged by Vikings, ruled by emperors, and liberated by its own people. For over 2,000 years, it’s stood at the center of European history—surviving plagues, revolutions, occupations, and wars. What began as a small Celtic fishing village on an island in the Seine became the capital of… Continue reading History of Paris
PL: Amerykańskie Odpowiedniki Polskich Zwierząt
W Ameryce Płn. w słynnym USA żyje wiele zwierząt bardzo podobnych do zwierząt europejskich, jakby amerykańskich odpowiedników polskich i europejskich zwierząt. Z czego to wynika? Czym one różnią się od siebie? Które są większe, silniejsze, sprytniejsze? W dzisiejszym odcinku przyjrzymy się tym siostrzanym gatunkom zza oceanu i porównamy je z naszymi, polskimi. 👉 Patronite ►… Continue reading PL: Amerykańskie Odpowiedniki Polskich Zwierząt
PL: Piekielna Inteligencja Krukowatych
Krukowate to inteligencja wśród ptaków. Potrafią rozpoznawać ludzkie twarze, nawiązywać relacji z konkretnymi ludźmi, a nawet mścić się na tych, którzy wyrządzili im krzywdę. Jakim cudem małe ptasie mózgi mogą być tak wydajne? Dlaczego krukowate rozwinęły tak wysoką inteligencję? Dowiedz się Co Chodzi Ci za Oknem – Kruk, Gawron, Wrona, Kawka? – Czarne Ptaki Krukowate… Continue reading PL: Piekielna Inteligencja Krukowatych
Against Bach’s Intent?
Performing the Goldberg Variations is a public rite of passage for many contemporary pianists, but that wasn’t the case before the early 20th century. This video is a reception history focusing on the long path the Goldberg Variations took from being privately admired to publicly proclaimed in the modern era. We’ll look at how modern… Continue reading Against Bach’s Intent?
Andrew Lambert on the British Empire’s Strategic Challenges and America’s Today
Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London and No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One, joins the show to discuss how the British Empire maintained the balance in Europe between the fall of Napoleon to the summer of 1914.
Karl Popper & John Eccles in Discussion
#philosophy#epistemology#karlpopperSir Karl Popper and Sir John Eccles discuss various topics in a 1971 discussion with Dutch philosopher Fons Elders. Among other things, they discuss the nature of science, Popper’s falsifiability criterion, the notion of truth, determinism, the conscious self, Popper’s three worlds, reductionism, and a few social-political issues. #philosophy#epistemology#karlpopper#science#eccles#philosophyofscience#debate
The Proof That Epstein Blakmailed Bill Gates ?
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Consuming Kids: Relentless Multi-Billion Dollar Marketing Machine
Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children’s advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on… Continue reading Consuming Kids: Relentless Multi-Billion Dollar Marketing Machine
America Before Columbus
History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But scientific evidence tells a very different story: When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living there. America wasn’t exactly a New World, but a very old one whose inhabitants had built… Continue reading America Before Columbus