Saturday, August 19, 2017

Ali Sethi sings Ahmad Faraz’s poem “Ranjish Hi Sahi” with a melody composed by Nizar Bazmi

Posted on Saturday, Aug 19, 2017 1:11PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 6:10

And for comparison, here is Mehdi Hassan singing a longer version of the same:

Video length: 12:45

How to Get to Mars

Posted on Saturday, Aug 19, 2017 8:41AMFriday, December 8, 2017 by Azra Raza

Note: This video was posted on 3quarksdaily five years ago by our co-editor Morgan Mies. Re-posting it today because in these chaotic times, it is good to be reminded of what beautiful things humans are capable of achieving. Please watch! Thanks Morgan.

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Bid ’em in

Posted on Thursday, Aug 17, 2017 3:02PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 1:49

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Charlottesville: Race and Terror

Posted on Wednesday, Aug 16, 2017 3:59PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 22:04

Sunday, August 13, 2017

sam shepard (1943 – 2017)

Posted on Sunday, Aug 13, 2017 3:57PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Morgan Meis

jeanne moreau (1928 – 2017)

Posted on Sunday, Aug 13, 2017 3:52PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Morgan Meis

glen campbell (1936 – 2017)

Posted on Sunday, Aug 13, 2017 3:50PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Morgan Meis

Saturday, August 12, 2017

Noam Chomsky: First Six Months of Trump Are A Horror Story

Posted on Saturday, Aug 12, 2017 11:03PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 22:29

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Kurt Anderson: The Cultural Factors Driving America’s Departure From Reality

Posted on Wednesday, Aug 9, 2017 1:07PMSunday, December 30, 2018 by S. Abbas Raza

Video length: 2:13

Monday, August 7, 2017

Triggers, Trauma, and Implicit Memory

Posted on Monday, Aug 7, 2017 12:05AMSunday, December 30, 2018 by Max Sirak

(Audio version available here!)

Last month I got a job as a ghostwriter.

Ghostwriting is a lot like being a doula. Only for books not babies. It's a long term, semi-intimate relationship based on delivering something new. I'm there to make the process as smooth and easy as possible.

The author I'm working with is a behavioral and family therapist with a specialty in children's play therapy. She has over 30 years of experience in her field and came to the point in her career when it was time to put the pen to paper (or fingers to keys, as it were) to share what she's learned. But she wanted help. So she hired me.

One of her stories is intense. It involves a repressed memory of an early childhood kidnapping flooding back into consciousness and overwhelming the woman 20 years later. Like I said, intense.