bienvenue à friars in motion
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V.S. Ramachandran
V.S. Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor of Neurosciences and Psychology at the University of
The Uniqueness of the Human Brain
40/40 Vision Lecture: Neurology and the Passion for Art
John Searle
Searle, John - (Ph.D. philosophy, Oxford; currently Professor of Philosophy, UC Berkeley.) In philosophy of mind, Searle is known for his critique of computationalism, his theory of intentionality, and his work on the problem of consciousness. His early work was on Speech Acts.
Beyond Dualism
James Randi
...internationally billed as The Amazing Randi, is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a debunker of pseudoscience.
The Search for the Chimera
Howard Zinn
The author of "Peoples History of the United States" gives an hour and a half speech here about the rheotoric of war and the need for reform. Zinn also deals in perspective, how we should look at the past and hisory, and therefore how we should act in the present.
Embracing Humanity: Truth in the Time of War
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Adam Curtis
Curtis previously taught politics at Oxford University but left for a career in television. He currently works for BBC Current Affairs. He is noted for making programmes which express a clear (and sometimes controversial) opinion about their subject, and for narrating the programmes himself.
The Power of Nightmares (parts 1 through 3)
This film explores the origins in the 1940s and 50s of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Middle East, and Neoconservatism in America, parallels between these movements, and their effect on the world today. Not yet broadcast in the United States... (see also: The Century of the Self)
"Baby it's Cold Outside pt.1"
"The Phantom Victory pt.2"
"The Shadows In The Cave pt.3"
Remembering a Jack Kerouac
"Jack took a stand there in the night"..."So be sure."
DOCUMENTARIO
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Fernando Arrabal with Fernando Arrabal
Fernando Arrabal (born August 11, 1932 in Melilla (Spain) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist and poet of Spanish origin. He settled in France in 1955.
"What do you mean your not God?"
A Fondo
A pair of literary interviews from A Fondo (TVE; Spanish television)--en español
Jorge Luis Borges
Fernando Arrabal (born August 11, 1932 in Melilla (Spain) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist and poet of Spanish origin. He settled in France in 1955.
"What do you mean your not God?"
A Fondo
A pair of literary interviews from A Fondo (TVE; Spanish television)--en español
Jorge Luis Borges
Julio Cotrázar
Brian Burton, a.k.a. Danger Mouse
Brian Joseph Burton, better known by his stage name Danger Mouse, is an American producer and DJ whose most recent work is with Cee-Lo as the duo Gnarls Barkley. He came to prominence in 2004 when he remixed The Beatles (more commonly known as The White Album) and rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album to create The Grey Album. He has also produced the second Gorillaz album, 2005's Demon Days, which earned him a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year. In addition, he worked with rapper MF DOOM on the collaboration DANGERDOOM.