While the presidential campaign dominated U.S. headlines in 2008, there were other significant changes around the world in heads of state and regimes. Read an overview of major government shifts around the globe and bloggers’ reactions.
At the notoriously tough maximum security Sing Sing Prison in upstate New York, about 1,800 prisoners are incarcerated, most for very serious crimes. It is a forbidding place, not where you would expect to find a program offering an accredited master’s degree in religion. Watch.
At al Azhar, one of the Muslim world’s oldest and most respected centers of learning and worship, Muslims come to study and pray and to ask how to live a devout life in the modern world. They come for fatwas — religious rulings that are nonbinding. Watch. (Originally aired: 1/9/2009).
What is the future of comedy, and does it reside on ‘Teh Internets’? Join the lovely Amy Sedaris and internet memesters Ze Frank (the Show), Chelsea Peretti (black people love us), and many others who try to explain comedy and internet humor in 28 minutes flat. Watch now!
Experts also appraise Marilyn Monroe’s skin-tight costume dress from the classic 1959 comedy “Some Like It Hot”, estimated to be worth at least a hot $150k, in Hour 2 of Antiques Roadshow from Palm Springs, California. Watch all appraisals from this episode. (Originally aired: 1/12/2009).
Worldfocus will talk with experts on the region about the conflict in the Gaza Strip. Tune in on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 pm EST and join us for the discussion at the Worldfocus channel on BlogTalkRadio. Users can submit questions during the show via an online chat room.
Alpha male chimp Hondo challenges Alan Alda during a Human Spark interview. Read about the incident and about primate emotions, here….
* Diplomats pressure for a cease fire for Gaza
* Israeli forces close in on Gaza City
* Smuggling at the border between Brazil and Venezuela
* What do the people in Vietnam think of the US?
Watch.
The Dragon Chronicles follows reptile expert and conservationist Romulus ‘Rom’ Whitaker as he journeys around the world in search of the fabled beasts’ contemporary counterparts–Komodo dragons, rare salamanders, flying lizards. Watch episode online now!
John Harwood (CNBC and NY Times), Jeanne Cummings (Politico), Michael Duffy (Time), Mark Mazzetti (NY Times) and host Gwen Ifill discuss:
* President-elect Obama Wastes No Time on Economic Agenda
* Obama Names Members of National Security, Intelligence Team
* Last Senate Seats Still Being Debated
Watch here. (Originally aired: 1/9/2009)
