An unlikely musical collaboration, Doors keyboardist, Ray Manzarek, and slide-guitarist extraordinaire, Roy Rogers, write, record and perform their second album, Translucent Blues. It's truly an insider's look into the process of creation between two cultural icons. Given the filmmaker's…
Set in Central California’s stark dairylands, amidst industrialized agriculture and the shadow of drought, LUSO-FORNIA is an immersive vision of a Portuguese immigrant community that turns to Catholic ritual to find meaning and control in their world. It all culminates with a “bloodless”…
1987 (UK) 4 x 30 minute episodes Airing in September and October 1987 and broadcast on Saturday evenings, this four-part Channel 4 series – directed by Sally Potter Examined emotions through the eyes of men, women and children of different ages, backgrounds and cultures. Each half-hour…
In allen Städten der Welt steigen die Immobilienpreise immer weiter und damit die Mieten. So wird Wohnen zur sozialen Frage des Jahrhunderts. Seit der Finanzkrise erleben wir in den Metropolen der Welt einen so nie dagewesenen Immobilienboom mit kontinuierlich wachsenden Boden- und Hauspreisen.…
Lacanian discussion
Lacanian talk
Six renowned physicists reflect on the mystery of so-called “dark energy” – the surprising acceleration in the expansion of the universe that was discovered by two groups in 1998 and later awarded with a Nobel Prize. Featured researchers: - Freeman Dyson (1923-2020), mathematical…
Five leading physicists describe different aspects of some of today’s most captivating mysteries, from dark matter and dark energy to the cosmological constant problem, to the question of the peculiar state of entropy at the Big Bang. Featured researchers: - Justin Khoury, Professor of Physics,…
Five eminent physicists illuminate how black holes, once thought impossible and later highly improbable, are now an indispensable part of physics, from redefining our concept of information to observational astrophysics. Featured researchers: - Nima Arkani-Hamed, permanent faculty member, Institute…
Five eminent historians give us a sense of both the excitement and frustration of life as a professional historian on the front lines of research. Featured researchers: - RIchard Janko, Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical Studies, University of Michigan - Darrin McMahon,…
Nine accomplished physicists describe crucial aspects of their personal trajectories of how they became the professional scientists they are today. Featured researchers: - Nima Arkani-Hamed, permanent faculty member, Institute for Advanced Study - Claudia de Rham, Professor of Theoretical…
Five accomplished historians describe how specific personal experiences were crucial in triggering their interest in history and inspiring them to become historians. Featured researchers: - David Cannadine, Dodge Professor of History, Emeritus, Princeton University. - Linda Colley, the Shelby M.C.…
