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BBC HARDtalk - Interview with Noam Chomsky (2009) Chomsky is one of the world's
most prominent and controversial public intellectuals. He is an internationally
renowned professor of linguistics, but he is also a longstanding critic
of US foreign policy and the influence of big business over the American
government. When he published his first political critique 40 years
ago, he was fired up by the war in Vietnam. Today he is still raging
against America's influence and calls the war in Afghanistan "immoral"
Dr Aarathi Prasad - Is it better to be mixed race? This documentary asks is it a biological advantage to have parents of different ethnic backgrounds? Aarathi Prasad, a geneticist and mother of a mixed race child, sets out to challenge the ideas of racial purity and examines provocative claims that there are in fact biological advantages to being mixed race. more >> Being mixed race, thedossier
would have to agree that it is better
EMTEP Hype Newcastle - Stop and Search: Know Your Rights Some guidance on what to
do if you're ever stopped by the police in the UK. Features solicitor
Michael Crowe
Richard Dawkins - The Genius of Charles Darwin In this powerful three-part polemical series, Dawkins explains who Charles Darwin was, how he developed his theory, what it is, and why it matters. He reveals how Darwin changed forever the way we see ourselves, the world and our place in it, and hopes to convince us that "evolution is fact, backed by undeniable evidence" part 1 Life, Darwin and Everything... google video part 2 The Fifth Ape... google video part 3 God Strikes Back... google video
Martin Rees - What We Still Don't Know Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees explores the possibility that life exists on planets beyond our own; explains how scientists have had to revise long-held beliefs about the very nature of the universe, and in the process re-evaluate our place here; and reveals the logical steps that have led cosmologists and philosophers to the shocking conclusion that The Matrix scenario cannot be safely relegated to our storybooks more >> part 1 Are We Alone? google video part 2 Why Are We Here? google video part 3 Are We Real? google video
BBC HARDtalk - Interview with French socialist philosopher Alain Badiou As the world's richest economies
plunge deeper into recession could there be a whiff of revolution
in the air? Badiou has been an intellectual hero of France's anti-capatalist
left since the Paris street protests of 1968. His recent book 'The
Meaning of Sarkozy', in which he attacked the French President, has
caused a storm in France
Malin Film and Television - The History of the Devil This documentary looks at
how the concept of evil, as symbolised by the devil, has changed over
the centuries to fit the needs of governments, churches, leaders and
many others
BBC HARDtalk - Interview with writer and philosopher AC Grayling He argues that individual
liberties are not only threatened by terrorism but by government responses
to those threats. From the treatment of suspects, to personal data
collection and police surveillance he sees governments undermining
cherished individual rights
Tony Benn - Big Ideas that Changed the World: Democracy Documentary in which veteran
Labour MP Tony Benn uncovers the unsung heroes that gave the British
public the vote and traces how democracy spread from Britain across
the world. He argues that Britain's hard-won democratic freedom is
now being taken away by global big business and asks what can be done
to get it back
Jared Diamond - Guns, Germs and Steel Based on Diamond's Pulitzer
Prize-winning book of the same name, this series traces humanity's
journey over the last 13,000 years. Inspired by a question put to
him on the island of Papua New Guinea more than thirty years ago,
Diamond embarks on a world-wide quest to understand the roots of global
inequality part 2 Conquest google video part 3 Tropics google video
Alain de Botton - Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness This six-part series on
philosophy is presented by popular British philosopher Alain de Botton,
featuring six thinkers who have influenced history, and their ideas
about the pursuit of the happy life 2 Epicurus on Happiness google video 3 Seneca on Anger google video 4 Montaigne on Self-Esteem google video 5 Schopenhauer on Love google video 6 Nietzsche on Hardship google video
BBC Panorama - You can run... but can you hide? Is Britain on its way to
becoming a surveillance society. Or has it already arrived?
BBC Four/Open University - The Mark Steel Lectures A trip into the slightly off-centre world of some great thinkers. Amid the historical debate that surrounds these figures, Mark paints his own provocative picture of these figures of genius, dedication, conviction, oddness and above all, passion right
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BBC HARDtalk - Tony Benn Stephen Sackur talks to
the former Labour cabinet minister and asks him whether the British
government really is endangering fundamental freedoms stream part 2 youtube stream part 3 youtube
The Big Question - Why are we here? Professor Richard Dawkins
takes natural selection to another level and sees within it the roots
of life, love and human purpose
Dispatches - In God's Name Dispatches explores the growth and increasing influence of Christian fundamentalists more >> When you have watched the
dispatches film, please view this
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BBC Four - Atom Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries ever: that the material world is made up of atoms Part 1 - The Clash of the Titans From the discovery of atoms to the development of quantum mechanics stream google video Part 2 - The Key to the Cosmos Radioactivity, the atom bomb and the big bang. Why are we here and how were we made? stream google video Part 3 - The Illusion of Reality Parallel universes and why empty space is seething with activity stream google video
BBC - Human, All too Human: Sartre Part of series films about philosophers and their work. This one looks at Jean-Paul Sartre stream google video
Channel 4 - The Hidden Story of Jesus As Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, theologian Robert Beckford investigates remarkable parallels to the Christ story in other faiths, some of them predating Christianity by thousands of years stream google video
Paul Tickell (BBC) - Racism: A History Series looking at how racism impacts on people's lives Part 1 - The Colour of Money Examines to what extent racism is a product of 17th century economic globalisation stream google video Part 2 - Fatal Impacts Looks at Scientific Racism in the 19th century, which drew on now discredited sciences stream google video Part 3 - A Savage Legacy When the slavery of African Americans was abolished in 1865, a new age was heralded. Twenty years later these hopes evaporated stream youtube
Adam Curtis (BBC) - The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007) A series of films by BAFTA-winning producer Adam Curtis, that tells the story of the rise of today's narrow idea of freedom Part 1 - F**k You Buddy stream/download real player Part 2 - The Lonely Robot stream/download real player Part 3 - We Will Force You to be Free stream/download real player
Sam Harris - Lecture given to the IdeaCity05 conference in Toronto, June 2005 Philosopher and doctoral student in neuroscience, Harris explains the absurdity of religion. More
from Harris can be found here
Wall to Wall - 100% English Take eight people. All of them born in England. All of them white. All of them convinced they are 100% English. Convince them to provide a sample of their DNA. Then submit it to a series of state of the art DNA tests; and some of them will be in for a shock when they discover just how English they really are stream google video
BBC Newsnight - Interview with Richard Dawkins Scientist Richard Dawkins talks about his new book, "The God Delusion". He argues that the rise of religious fundamentalism is dividing people around the world, while the dispute between "intelligent design" and Darwinism "is seriously undermining and restricting the teaching of science". More
from Dawkins can be found here
Tony Robinson - The Doomsday Code Robinson investigates the insane "End Timers" with powerful political friends in the White House, who are trying to bring about the end of the world stream real player stream windows media player
Ted Honderich - The Real Friends of Terror Can suicide bombers ever be justified? Professor Honderich, Britain's leading moral philosopher, is unafraid to tell the truth as he sees it. Taking what he says is the betrayal of the Palestinian people as his starting point, Ted reveals who shares moral responsibility for recent acts of terrorism, and points a finger at the politicians. Bizarrely, David Aaronovitch gave a response to this programme, failing completely to address Honderich's "Principle of Humanity" - see here stream/download real player
Jan Irvin & Andrew Rutajit - The Pharmacratic Inquisition Christianity's Darkest Secrets Revealed. This lecture explores astrotheology & shamanism, unveiling the law of duality in christianity and other religions. Searches for truth in the pursuit of historical accuracy. The producers have addressed known errors in this lecture here stream real player download real player
Channel 4 - The Root of All Evil? In this two-part Channel
4 series, Professor Richard Dawkins challenges what he describes as
'a process of non-thinking called faith'. Dawkins is well known for
bringing to a wide audience the complex scientific concepts that underpin
evolution part two - The Virus of Faith google video
BBC Four - Jonathan Miller's Brief History of Disbelief In this first ever television history of disbelief, Jonathan Miller goes on a journey exploring the origins of his own lack of belief and uncovering the hidden story of atheism part one - Shadows of Doubt stream real player/windows media player part two - Noughts and Crosses stream real player/windows media player part three - The Final Hour stream real player/windows media player
Channel 4 - Testing God (2001) This series re-examines the relationship between science and religion and asks: is science's claim to victory premature? Programme 1: 'Killing the
Creator' examines whether science has foreclosed on the possibility
of a creator God and, if not, whether it can
GloboNews - Interview with Richard Dawkins Discussion on evolution.
Starts in Portuguese, but the interview is in English
Albert Nerenberg - Stupidity This documentary film sets out to determine whether our culture is hooked on deliberate ignorance as a strategy for success. Stupidity examines the "dumbing down" of contemporary culture, and reveals that, despite our extensive access to knowledge and information, humans continue to choose stupidity stream real player download real player
The Different View - "The Book the Church Doesn't Want You to Read" In this program, contributors
to the book: Steve Allen, Bill Jenkins, Jordan Maxwell and Tim Leedom,
discuss "The Book's" view that religious beliefs held by
many people in the world are totally unfounded
BBC Horizon - The Blind Watchmaker (1987) Did everything in Creation
fall together by chance, or was there an intelligent designer like
God? Oxford zoologist and writer Richard Dawkins, looks at the spreading
disaffection with Darwinism and argues that it should not be written
off as a worn out declaration of scientific faith
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