T. Boone Pickens, a Texan oil tycoon, has made it his mission to promote massive new investment toward alternative energy sources. Pickens discusses his plan and efforts to make energy independence a central issue in the fall campaign. Watch or read the report.
Watch a discussion about the acclaimed one-man play Thurgood with actor Laurence Fishburne and playwright George Stevens.
R&E profiles a devout man of apparently boundless energy who teaches children how to play soccer — and a lot more. He is Spencer Rockman, director of the Rovers International Soccer Camp in New Jersey. Coach Rockman tells his story; watch online.
Jeremy Freed writes for Tavis Smiley: “The veteran comedian and actor was only 50, … it is tragic to consider that he will no longer be around to inspire us, entertain us and make us laugh.” Read more…or watch an interview with Mac from 2007.
As more companies view low-income Americans as opportunities for profit, the “poverty business” is booming. Moyers Journal and EXPOSÉ follow a team of BusinessWeek reporters as they track new corporate practices that some say exploit the working poor. Watch online.
Hosted by the International Documentary Assoc., a collection of 20 or so acclaimed docs will screen at Village East and IFC cinemas through the end of the week. A few of these docs have been previewed on Foreign Exchange. Read the full lineup here, including films about Liberia, water politics, a matador’s bio (pictured), Laos, [...]
The Best Buy website has 3 songs from the Police ‘Last Concert’ encore from August 7 at Madison Square Garden, watchable online. They do “King of Pain”, “So Lonely” and “Every Breath You Take” here.
This fall, more than 14 years after scientists first broke ground on construction, the multi-billion dollar Large Hadron Collider is expected to send its first beams of protons charging toward one another at near light speeds and then smashing head-on in carefully orchestrated collisions. Read more…
Legendary 1970s soul singer Isaac Hayes passed August 10, 2008 at his home in Memphis. His career is a testament to perseverance. Read or listen to an interview with Hayes from November 3, 2004.
