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Ian McKellen: The People Speak

Posted on Saturday, Feb 4, 2017 2:16PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 5:24

[Thanks to Sughra Raza.]

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“Politics” by William Butler Yeats read by Stephen Conteaguero

Posted on Friday, Feb 3, 2017 1:03PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 5:29

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Alain de Botton on Thoreau and Civil Disobedience

Posted on Thursday, Feb 2, 2017 9:38AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 5:28

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Why Germans Can Say Things No One Else Can

Posted on Wednesday, Feb 1, 2017 12:47PMFriday, December 8, 2017 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 4:11

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Scott Aaronson: What is Mathematical Truth?

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 31, 2017 2:22PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 8:20

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jaki liebezeit (1938 – 2017)

Posted on Sunday, Jan 29, 2017 6:16AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Morgan Meis

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mary tyler moore (1936 – 2017)

Posted on Sunday, Jan 29, 2017 6:12AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Morgan Meis

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charles bobo shaw (1947 – 2017)

Posted on Sunday, Jan 29, 2017 6:10AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Morgan Meis

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Poetry of Protest: Dastoor, Dastor – Habib Jalib

Posted on Saturday, Jan 28, 2017 6:56AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Azra Raza

Note: For Abbas.

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Michael Lythgoe reads “Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa

Posted on Friday, Jan 27, 2017 1:24PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 4:03

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Noam Chomsky – How to Deal with the Trump Presidency

Posted on Thursday, Jan 26, 2017 2:00PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 11:18

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Dan Ariely: The Corruption Experiment

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 25, 2017 11:05PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 3:31

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Cédric Villani: Mathematics: Beauty vs Utility

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 24, 2017 2:31PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 9:10

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william onyeabor (1946 – 2017)

Posted on Sunday, Jan 22, 2017 9:11AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Morgan Meis

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jimmy snuka (1943 – 2017)

Posted on Sunday, Jan 22, 2017 9:08AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Morgan Meis

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buddy greco (1926 – 2017)

Posted on Sunday, Jan 22, 2017 9:04AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Morgan Meis

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The Greatest Innovations from Formula One Racing

Posted on Saturday, Jan 21, 2017 9:47AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 11:59

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Lars von Trier “Melancholia” – Ending scene

Posted on Friday, Jan 20, 2017 10:13AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 3:26

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We will miss the basic decency of President Barack Obama

Posted on Thursday, Jan 19, 2017 3:54PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 3:11

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What is Consciousness Good For? Barry Smith and Nicholas Shea present a new research project bringing together philosophy, psychology and neuroscience

Posted on Thursday, Jan 19, 2017 12:31PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 22:22

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