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The best free cultural & educational media on the web
≡ Category: Philosophy, Religion | ≅ 5 Comments
When the Dalai Lama paid a visit to Emory University, he offered an introductory lecture to Tibetan Buddhism. The lecture is not exactly what you’d normally get in the university classroom. The talk is not entirely linear. And he spends some time speaking in English, then speaks in his native tongue (with the help of an interpreter). [...]
≡ Category: Most Popular, Video - Arts & Culture | ≅ 39 Comments
Looking for great cultural and educational video? Then you’ve come to the right place. Below, we have compiled a list of 46 sites that feature intelligent videos. This list was produced with the help of our faithful readers, and it will grow over time. If you find it useful, please share it as widely as [...]
≡ Category: Harvard | ≅ 4 Comments
The folks who publish the Harvard Business Review have conducted a study of Twitter, surveying 300,000 Twitter users in May 2009 to see how people are using the service. And here are the top level findings: “Although men and women follow a similar number of Twitter users, men have 15% more followers than women.” “An average [...]
≡ Category: Television | ≅ Leave a Comment
As many may now know, David Carradine was found dead this morning in Thailand. Above, we feature him acting in the popular 1970′s television series Kung Fu. ”In this clip from the pilot episode of Kung Fu, Caine (David Carradine) is discussing life with a fellow expatriate. Their discussion touches on the unity of opposites, which is symbolised [...]
≡ Category: Current Affairs | ≅ Leave a Comment
Michael Eric Dyson, the Georgetown sociology professor and public intellectual, talks here about how civil rights movements have historically built upon one other. MLK took pieces from Gandhi, and the gay rights movement is now drawing on the black civil rights movement of the 60s. The clip runs about 7 minutes, and you can watch the [...]
≡ Category: Language Lessons, Media, TED Talks | ≅ 2 Comments
Today, we’re featuring a guest piece by Tony Yet, a Chinese student, who is helping lead an effort to bring TEDTalks to China. This is part of a larger TED Open Translation Project, which wants to move  TEDTalks “beyond the English-speaking world by offering subtitles, time-coded transcripts and the ability for any talk to be translated [...]
≡ Category: Current Affairs, Education | ≅ 5 Comments
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: Is it possible that higher education might be the next bubble to burst? Some early warnings suggest that it could be. With tuitions, fees, and room and board at dozens of colleges now reaching $50,000 a year, the ability to sustain private higher education for all but the very [...]
≡ Category: Business | ≅ 1 Comment
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