Posts Tagged ‘history’
Ancient Aliens: Unexplained Structures
Friday, December 24th, 2010Posted in Uncategorized |
Hard and Soft Power across the East and West
Thursday, November 4th, 2010Historian and diplomat Joseph Nye gives us the 30,000-foot view of the shifts in power between China and the US, and the global implications as economic, political and “soft” power shifts and moves around the globe.
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His description of soft power, hand movements, posture and unlabored breathing suggest he is also a practitioner of Tai Chi.
Masterful Prankster
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Nate DiMeo recounts amazing historical nuggets via his podcast The Memory Palace. This tale of a truly epic prankster is incredibly entertaining and touching.
Past nuggets:
The Sisters Fox – The Birth of Spiritualism
These Words, Forever – The Immortality of Radio Waves
The Hollow Earth – A Journey to Terra Obscura
High Societies – Episodes of Unintentional Inebriation
The Moon in the Sun – Life on the Moon
A Fresh Face on the Height of Rome
Saturday, April 24th, 2010In this first video of a four part historical retrospective on Rome in the first century, Rome rises under Caesar Augustus‘ compassion and violence. This miniseries is part of PBS‘s Empires series, a program that brings life and vivid imagining capabilities to periods of time that would otherwise seem much farther away. All four parts of this series provide a wide range of historical data in a format that keeps it interesting for the viewer.
Topics covered in the other Empires miniseries include The Kingdom of David, The Medici, Ancient Japan, and Martin Luther.
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