Check out this clip of “Pingu,” modified by the scientists in Oregon to include strange grammatical constructions. They want to see how brains react to mistakes in grammar, even when the listener isn’t fluent in the language being spoken! How would your brain react? Watch now…
Meet Bills, a flautist from Julliard premiering his own composition at the Miller Theater at Columbia U. Learn why he chose to play the flute, his advice for younger flautists, and the depth he finds in classical music. Watch him perform an elegy by composer Jean Danjean. Watch now…
A look at how 9/11 is still affecting the lives of many New Yorkers. The 1/2 hour includes: The difficulties that have plagued the rebuilding effort; some of the people suffering from severe health problems because of their work at ground zero; and people who lost family or friends on 9/11. Watch.
Innovative and painstakingly thorough novelist and nonfiction writer David Foster Wallace died this weekend at age 46. You can watch a few interviews Wallace did with Charlie Rose more than 10 years ago…read more.
Developer Larry Silverstein held the lease at World Trade Center on 9/11, and he has been a major player in the rebuilding saga at ground zero. 7 years later, there’s not a single completed structure on the site. Watch interview…
Charlie Rose discusses the U.S. government’s takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with Mohamed El-Erian, PIMCO; Gretchen Morgenson and Floyd Norris, both of The New York Times; and Nouriel Roubini of New York University.
“Beyond Human: The New Age of Cyborgs and Androids” is a two-hour series on the future of bioengineering and robotics. It originally aired on PBS in May 2001, and is now watchable in its entirety at a number of online video sites. Read more..
In 2006, Democratic Republic of Congo held its first elections in 45 years — supported by more than $450M from the United Nations. This documentary paints a nation haunted by war, threatened by corruption, and trying to move to a democratic and more promising future. Watch.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson helps the JOURNAL make sense of the volatile election season. She’s analyzed gender and politics, life after the early primaries, and how the Internet has changed the campaign and politics itself. This week, she analyzes the Republican Convention. Watch interview.
A roundup of all streaming video online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
