The Atlantic
Myths You Learned in Health Class
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- Myths You Learned in Health Class
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- 5:03
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Remember learning about the food pyramid in health class? As it turns out, it was based on a lot of misinformation about nutrition. In this episode, we explore the source of some of the lasting myths about healthy foods and fitness and the new science shaping health class today.
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- The Real Life 'Mad Max'
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- 6:20
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In New Jersey, bikers and hot rod racers participate in an annual MAD MAX-style event. THE NORMAL PEOPLE, a short documentary, is a visually-stunning window into that world.
Directed by Daniel Soares: https://vimeo.com/danielsoares
This film is part of The Atlantic Selects, a showcase of short documentaries curated by The Atlantic.
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- The Lucas Brothers: Comedy is Therapy
- Runtime
- 2:48
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Twin comedians Kenny and Keith Lucas reflect on the power of laughter.
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- Title
- Zimbabwe: How to Make and Break a Democracy
- Runtime
- 12:32
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- On Wednesday, Robert Mugabe, the autocratic President of Zimbabwe, was ousted and placed under house arrest by the country’s military. While Mugabe’s fate remains uncertain, the apparent coup may bring about the end of a 37-year dictatorship masquerading as a democracy. But this wresting of power shouldn’t have been necessary; it was supposed to happen ten years ago.
In 2008, international sanctions forced Mugabe to draft a democratic constitution. Danish filmmaker Camilla Nielsson obtained unprecedented access behind the scenes of a democracy-in-the-making. Her feature film Democrats, excerpted above, follows the two top political operatives steering the constitutional process: Paul Mangwana, representing ZANU-PF, Mugabe’s party; and Douglas Mwonzora, a representative of the opposing party, the Movement for Democratic Change. Filmed over the course of three years, the documentary offers a firsthand account of the fraught process of chartering a constitution—or, ...
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- The Life-Changing Act of Saying Hello
- Runtime
- 3:42
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- William Cromartie is a BART station agent who finds meaning through the simple act of saying hello. Every day, William greets 4,000 Oakland commuters—fist-bumping, shaking hands, and hugging people from all walks of life. The UC Berkeley graduate and former entrepreneur thinks it's the best job in the world.
"Agent of Connection" was directed by Ivan Cash (http://www.ivan.cash/). It is part of The Atlantic Selects, a curated showcase of short documentaries from independent creators.
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- Title
- 60 Years of Presidential Attack Ads, in One Video
- Runtime
- 8:07
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A revealing montage of six decade's worth of negative campaign ads, compiled from a retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image. (Sept 2012)
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- Are Same-Sex Couples a Model for How to Revive Heterosexual Marriage?
- Runtime
- 5:45
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Liza Mundy and Hanna Rosin discuss insights from decades of social science research.
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- Title
- How One Man Escaped the 'Hell' of Darfur
- Runtime
- 10:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A gorgeous 16mm portrait of a refugee from Darfur who has resettled in Norway. Directed by Kristian Engelsen: http://www.kristianengelsen.no/home
This film is part of The Atlantic Selects, a curated showcase of short documentaries from independent creators.
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- Title
- The Most Dangerous Form of American Extremism
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- While it may be tempting to dismiss members of the alt-right as disturbed or fringe, The Atlantic writer Luke O’Brien cautions that the group may be the most dangerous form of American extremism yet. That’s because the alt-right has capitalized on the anonymity of the internet to recruit members and proliferate its ideology. O’Brien argues that unless America wakes up to this insidious threat, the alt-right will continue to grow and become more extreme.
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- Title
- 'Grieving in a Fishbowl'
- Runtime
- 9:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Survivors of mass shootings recount their experiences coping with trauma in the public eye.
This short documentary was produced by the Glassbreaker Films initiative from The Center for Investigative Reporting. It was directed by Debora Silva.
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- This Is Probably as Close as You'll Get to Being an Astronaut
- Runtime
- 4:08
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- From the archives (October 2011): NASA's spectacular time-lapse videos of Earth, as seen by astronauts on board the International Space Station.
Read more at The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/247483/this-is-probably-as-close-as-youll-get-to-being-an-astronaut/
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- Title
- The Highs and Lows of Starting Your Own Company
- Runtime
- 3:03
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- From the archives: Ayah Bdeir describes how she created littleBits, a toy company that makes electronics accessible to everyone.
Read more at The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/280563/the-highs-and-lows-of-starting-your-own-company/
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- Title
- 'Revolutionary' Big Wave Surfing
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Professional surfer Bianca Valenti reveals how female big wave surfers are changing the tides.
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- Title
- Welcome to The Atlantic on YouTube
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Subscribe to The Atlantic on YouTube: http://bit.ly/1pE29OW
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- Title
- Would You Live in This Toxic, Closed-Off City?
- Runtime
- 11:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Norilsk, Russia. Population 177,000. It's the northernmost city in the world — and the most toxic. Filmmaker Victoria Fiore spent two years trying to gain access to this closed-off city. After a dozen failed attempts at a visa, she was finally allowed to enter.
This film is part of The Atlantic Selects, a showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- The Master of a Secret Machete Martial Art
- Runtime
- 11:03
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Tire Machet, known as Haitian machete fencing, is a mysterious martial art that only a select few have mastered. Professor Avril lifts the shroud of secrecy in this short documentary, 'Papa Machete.'
“This martial art is generally practiced in secrecy, and that secrecy dates back to its origins," says director Jonathan David Kane. "There were even moments during filming where the Professor Avril was reticent with aspects of his own practice. What he shows us in 'Papa Machete' is a rare gift, one which my team and I are truly fortunate to have been allowed to document and share with the world.”
The Atlantic Selects is a showcase of short films from independent creators curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- David Lynch on Where Great Ideas Come From
- Runtime
- 2:35
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In 2008, The Atlantic sat down with the filmmaker David Lynch as he mused about inspiration and how to capture the flow of creativity. Now, we’ve animated his words of advice. “A lot of artists think that suffering is necessary,” he says. “But in reality, any kind of suffering cramps the flow of creativity.”
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- Title
- The 'First Lady of ISIS'
- Runtime
- 11:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Tania Georgelas, the ex-wife of the highest-ranking American member of ISIS, reckons with her extremist past and attempts to build a new life.
An original documentary from The Atlantic. More: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/544688/after-jihad-documentary-film/
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- The Atlantic Live Stream
- Runtime
- 0:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Testing
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- In Conversation With Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Runtime
- 1:13:39
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The author spoke with Atlantic editor in chief James Bennet at Sixth & I Synagogue.
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- Title
- Inside East Germany's Most Notorious Women's Prison
- Runtime
- 7:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Thousands of female inmates were tortured and forced to perform labor under harsh conditions at the Women’s Prison at Hoheneck in East Germany.
Directed by Volker Schlecht and Alexander Lahl.
More: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/544634/broken-womens-prison-hoheneck/
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- Title
- Jimmy Chin: The Deeper Meaning of Climbing
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Jimmy Chin may be best known as a professional climber, skier, and mountaineer, but his recent foray into photography and filmmaking (Meru) affords him the ability to share what he describes as “some of the deeper meanings and ideas behind climbing.” In this short animation, excerpted from an interview with The Atlantic, Chin describes how a great photograph or film has the unrivaled power to capture the imagination and move people. “In the mountains, the stakes are really high and the risks are very extreme,” says Chin. “My career as a photographer...became part of my obsession to share these incredible stories.”
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- Title
- 80,000 People Are Buried in These Walls
- Runtime
- 3:36
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- More than 80,000 people currently rest in peace in San Francisco's Victorian-era columbarium, a repository for urns and memorials.
More information: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/544256/san-francisco-columbarium
Directed by Tyler Trumbo: http://www.tylertrumbo.com
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- Title
- Take a Carousel Ride Into 'The Twilight Zone'
- Runtime
- 11:38
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- It's a meta-journey through time.
For more information, see The Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/544204/the-carousel-short-film-twilight-zone-rod-serling/
Directed by Jonathan Napolitano: https://www.jonathan-napolitano.com
This film is part of The Atlantic Selects, a showcase of short films from independent creators curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- This Race Car Driver Is Defying Stereotypes at 200 Miles Per Hour
- Runtime
- 3:08
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Meet Leilani Munter, a race car driver determined to make NASCAR green.
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- Title
- Is Egg Donation Safe?
- Runtime
- 5:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Jessica Wing was a healthy Stanford University student when she donated eggs three times in order to help pay for her education. Less than ten years later, she died of colon cancer. Because Jessica had no family history of the disease, her mother, Dr. Jennifer Schneider, wondered if there might be a link between the many hormone injections necessary for egg donation and Jessica’s cancer, which was also found on her ovaries. But to her surprise, Dr. Schneider discovered that not a single study has been done on the long-term health risks of egg donation.
This film is courtesy of The Center for Investigative Reporting. It was produced by Glassbreaker Films and directed by Emily Harger and Olivia Merrion.
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- Title
- Why Are So Many Women Behind Bars in Oklahoma?
- Runtime
- 7:51
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- With twice as many women in prison as in other states, Oklahoma is the female-incarceration capital of the United States. This short documentary from the Center for Investigative Reporting investigates a tragic underlying cause for one Oklahoma woman’s imprisonment.
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- David Sedaris on Keeping a Diary in the Age of Over-Sharing
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- David Sedaris offers advice to young writers. His biggest tip? Keep a diary. Here's why.
For more, check out Sedaris' new book: https://www.amazon.com/David-Sedaris-Diaries-Visual-Compendium/dp/0316431710
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- Title
- Your Future Thoughts Are Actually Memories
- Runtime
- 3:03
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Imagining the future is indispensable to human life and society. But how do we do it?
SOURCES:
Mental time travel and the shaping of the human mind
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2666704/
The Legacy of Patient H.M. for Neurosciencehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649674/
Neural Substrates of Envisioning the Future
http://www.pnas.org/content/104/2/642.abstract
The evolution of foresight: What is mental time travel, and is it unique to humans?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17963565/
The End of History Illusion
http://www.danielgilbert.com/Quoidbach%20et%20al%202013.pdf
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- Title
- The Loudest Underwater Sound Ever Recorded Has No Scientific Explanation
- Runtime
- 7:03
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In 1997, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recorded from deep in the ocean one of the loudest sounds ever detected. No known animal could make it and no man-made source was ever found.
"The Bloop" was directed by Cara Cusumano. It is part of The Atlantic Selects, an online showcase of short films from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- The Threat of Objects Lost in Space
- Runtime
- 11:04
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- What happens to objects when they're lost in space?
ADRIFT was directed and produced by Cath Le Couteur and is part of Project Adrift at www.projectadrift.co.uk @ProjectAdrift
The Atlantic Selects is a showcase of short films from independent creators curated by The Atlantic.
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- Title
- Why Young Americans Are Questioning Democracy
- Runtime
- 2:07
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In a poll, less than 1/3 of millennial Americans said they thought it was essential to live in a democracy. Why? Yascha Mounk, an author and lecturer in Political Theory at Harvard University, explains.
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- Title
- How Stores Trick You Into Buying More Things
- Runtime
- 4:10
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- We all like to think we’re savvy shoppers, but we’re still vulnerable to these common psychological tricks.
Sources:
The Zero Price Effect: “How Small is Zero Price?” Dan Ariely, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
https://www.bostonfed.org/publications/research-department-working-paper/2006/how-small-is-zero-price-the-true-value-of-free-products.aspx
How the Offer of ‘Free Shipping’ Affects On-line Shopping
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-the-offer-of-free-shipping-affects-on-line-shopping/
On Orbitz, Mac Users Steered to Pricier Hotels
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304458604577488822667325882
How Amazon Tricks You Into Thinking It Always Has the Lowest Prices
https://www.recode.net/2015/1/13/11557700/how-amazon-tricks-you-into-thinking-it-always-has-the-lowest-prices (edited)
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- Title
- How Leonardo Da Vinci 'Augmented Reality' — 500 Years Ago
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- We may think of Leonardo Da Vinci as an artist, but he was also a scientist. By incorporating anatomy, chemistry, and optics into his artistic process, Da Vinci created an augmented reality experience centuries before the concept even existed. This video details how Da Vinci made the Mona Lisa interactive using innovative painting techniques and the physiology of the human eye.
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- Title
- Mass Shootings in the United States: 'This Is Who We Are'
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In the wake of Las Vegas, only one thing is certain, according to James Fallows: it will happen again.
Read the full article on The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/two-dark-american-truths-from-las-vegas/541692/
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- Title
- Does Technology Need to Be Ethical?
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Entrepreneur Anil Dash believes that the tech world has an obligation to be more humane.
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- Title
- The Harrowing Personal Stories of Syrian Refugees, in Their Own Words
- Runtime
- 20:01
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A documentary film crew travels to Greece to capture the perspectives of new arrivals.
“I don’t think the human mind is able to understand the suffering we’ve experienced,” says a man in Matthew K. Firpo’s short documentary, Refuge. Filmed on location in 2016 in four different refugee camps across Greece—outside Athens and on the islands of Lesvos and Leros—the film allows victims of the Syrian Civil War to share their experiences. One man describes how his sewing factory was completely destroyed, leaving him penniless and starving. Another man says he was jailed and tortured for attempting to distribute food; his brother was killed shortly thereafter. Some lost everyone and everything. “Wherever I went in Syria, I saw the injured and the dead,” yet another refugee recounts. For Firpo and his production team, Refuge was a passion project fueled by “wanting to know more about the people living these headlines. I wanted to know more about their stories, a...
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- What if Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef?
- Runtime
- 3:32
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In America, beef accounts for 37% of all human-induced methane released into the air. Methane is 23 times as warming to the climate as carbon dioxide. In a recent article, The Atlantic writer James Hamblin shows how one dietary change—replacing beef with beans—could get the U.S. 74% of the way to meeting 2020 greenhouse-gas emission goals. As Hamblin notes, it’s worth being reminded that individual choices matter.
For more, read Hamblin's article, "If Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef," here: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/08/if-everyone-ate-beans-instead-of-beef/535536/
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- Title
- How Just Six Words Can Spark Conversation About Race in America
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “We clearly are not post-racial,” Michele Norris, the celebrated former host of NPR’s All Things Considered, claims in this interview filmed at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. That’s why she created the Race Card Project: to “examine and interrogate America’s racial DNA.” Participants are tasked with condensing their experiences, questions, or observations about race and identity into just six words, which Norris then publishes and archives for posterity. So far, she’s received over 50,000 submissions, including: “Why do I do that when I see a black man?” and “I’m only Asian when it’s convenient.”
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- Title
- ‘It’s Impossible to Imagine Trump Without the Force of Whiteness'
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “The foundation of Trump’s presidency is the negation of Barack Obama’s legacy,” writes Ta-Nehisi Coates in his feature for The Atlantic’s October 2017 issue. In this animated excerpt from a recent interview with Coates about his article, the writer explains how tribalism and white supremacy paved the way for Trump. Gallup research shows that white voters overwhelmingly supported the candidate across demographics.
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-first-white-president-ta-nehisi-coates/537909/
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- Title
- When In-Person Conversation Is Better Than Texting
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “My position is not anti-technology, it’s pro-conversation,” asserts Sherry Turkle the director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self in a short interview at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. Turkle believes that technology is an important part of modern life, but also that people need time away from their phones to cultivate the best relationships with other people. She argues that there should be spaces in everyone’s home and life where there are no phones at all.
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- Title
- Unpublished Kurt Vonnegut Story, 'The Drone King': An Animation
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In the 1950s, Kurt Vonnegut wrote a short story that he never published. Recently, editors of a Vonnegut short story collection discovered it while researching old papers. The Atlantic is printing “The Drone King” for the first time this fall. This piece is an animated excerpt of a passage from the story where an intrepid businessman named Sheldon Quick tries to sell his associate on the idea of using bees as inter-office communication. The story showcases Vonnegut’s early dry wit and seems more relevant than ever in an era where communication is constantly changing.
For more, read the full story at The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/kurt-vonnegut-the-drone-king/537870/
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- Title
- Astro Teller on Why Artificial Intelligence Is Not Scary
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “Taking over the world is an intensely human thing to want to do,” says Astro Teller, in a short interview conducted at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. At Google X, Teller studies and develops artificial intelligence. Here, he argues that current frenzy over the topic might be overblown.
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- Title
- Does Swearing Make You Likable?
- Runtime
- 2:57
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- People are swearing more and more in public life with no negative consequences. Are there social benefits to swearing? And what's the psychology behind people actually enjoying it when others curse?
Read more from Olga Khazan's piece, "The Social Benefits of Swearing": https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/09/the-beloved-potty-mouth/538791/
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- Title
- Khizr Khan on the Constitution
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “Liberty requires vigilance and sacrifice so we remain standing in defense of our Constitution and its values,” says Khizr Khan. The lawyer and Gold Star father of Captain Humayun Khan, a Muslim-American soldier killed in Iraq, spoke out against President Trump at the Democratic National Committee Convention in 2016. Interviewed at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival, Khan discusses how his son’s death thirteen years ago compels him to act today.
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- Title
- Genetic Testing Is Recreating Bonds Broken by Slavery
- Runtime
- 2:10
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “These tests at their best allow new forms of connection that might not have been otherwise possible,” says Alondra Nelson, president-elect of the Social Science Research Council. Though African American communities experienced a troubled history with genetics, primarily through eugenics, individuals are now using DNA testing to answer questions about their ancestors and connect with their African heritage. Interviewed at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival, Nelson discusses how biology can provide information once lost through the transatlantic slave trade.
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- Title
- Does Grassroots Organizing Still Work?
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- “If we don’t engage, we have only ourselves to blame,” says Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, in this short interview from the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. Huerta argues that if new protest movements want to change policy, old organizing methods are still the most effective.
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- Title
- Hate Groups Are Growing Under Trump
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- According to research by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of hate groups has been increasing rapidly since 2000. Heidi Beirich, director of the Center’s Intelligence Project, links the rise in recruitment to the 2000 census that predicted whites would be a minority by 2042. Beirich says there’s been another spike following the election of Donald Trump, particularly among alt-right organizations who have attached themselves directly to the current president. In an interview filmed at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival, Beirich says that Trump’s limited commentary on hate crimes shows his lack of concern.
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- Title
- What Scientists Have Learned From Eclipses
- Runtime
- 2:59
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Humans have been obsessed with eclipses for centuries. But, what can they actually teach us about our place in the solar system? Total solar eclipses have helped bring about some of the most important astronomic discoveries. Nicolaus Copernicus’ eclipse observations helped him determine that the Earth revolved around the Sun; light spectrums of the sun’s atmosphere – only visible during a total solar eclipse – led to the discovery of helium in the 19th century. In this video we explore what scientific knowledge the few minutes under the moon’s shadow have uncovered over time.
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- Title
- The Problem With Confederate Monuments
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Towns across the American south are reckoning with whether or not to tear down Confederate statues in public spaces. For New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, taking down the monuments felt like a necessity, despite the tension it brought forth in his city. “I didn’t start the problems with race in this country, but I did force the people of New Orleans to confront them,” Landrieu reflected in in this short interview at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival.
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