* A Brazilian politician runs for mayor under the name “Barack Obama”. Watch.
* From China to Guantanamo Bay to Albania–the journey of dozens of men. Watch.
* Shopowners stand up to the powerful Sicilian mafia. Watch.
From WWII hero to national security risk: what happened to Oppenheimer after he ushered in the atomic age? In recreations within the story, actor David Strathairn portrays Oppenheimer. Watch full episode now.
Follow the 2,000 mile migration of monarch butterflies from North America to a sanctuary in Mexico. Watch full documentary now!
Updike, most famous for his four ‘Rabbit’ novels, passed away on Tuesday of cancer at age 76. Over his lifetime he was awarded the Pulitzer not once, but twice, and published more than 50 books. See more about Updike from PBS programs.
Meet violinist Philippe Quint. Born in St. Petersburg, he made his orchestral debut at age 9 and emigrated to the U.S. to train at Julliard. He’s now an international star who plays a Stradivarius on loan. Watch now.
30 years ago, there were no daily business news program on television…until Nightly Business Report came along. See NBR’s 30th Anniversary site–with video from 1979, reporters’ favorite stories, interviews with Steve Forbes and Warren Buffett on the last 30 years of financial news, and much more. See features.
The economic crisis affects all income and social brackets. The rising costs of everything from shelter to medicine have taken the luster out of baby boomers and seniors’ “golden years” or worse, put them into deep debt. Americans over 50 account for about a 25% of all delinquent mortgages. Watch program now.
Political blogger David Sirota and Wall St. Journal columnist Thomas Frank talk about their hopes and expectations of this administration. Also, Nation columnist Patricia Williams and Princeton professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell about the significance of this milestone. Watch now.
Masterpiece Theatre recently aired a two-part version of Emily Bronte’s ‘Wuthering Heights’. For a limited time–until Feb. 1, 2009–you can watch both parts in their entirety, online. Watch now.
Watch the full episode of “Is that Skunk?” online, tell us your skunk stories, see adorable baby skunks, or guess how the filmmakers got the gross-out skunk-spray shot. All that and more at Nature online…go now!
