TED Talks: Liz Coleman's Call to Reinvent Liberal Arts Education
Category: News & Current Affairs
Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education -- one that dynamically combines all areas of study to address the great problems of our day.

Al Jazeera English - Witness: The Colony
Category: Documentaries
Filmmakers Brent Huffman and Xiaoli Zhou traveled to Senegal in West Africa to explore the onslaught of Chinese economic might and its impact on long-standing African traditions.

Raindrops Over Rwanda Interview: Honoré Gatera
Category: Documentaries
During his first ever trip to the US, Honoré Gatera sat down with Charlie Annenberg at Link TV headquarters in San Francisco to talk about the making of "Raindrops Over Rwanda" and Honoré's personal experiences during the genocide.

Borgen - Episode 1: "Decency in the Middle"
(Episode 1) The final countdown toward election day is full of surprises on multiple fronts as Denmark prepares for parliamentary elections. Birgitte Nyborg, facing her first election as party leader, decides at the last minute to head in her own direction.

Borgen - Episode 2: "Count to 90"
(Episode 2) Birgitte Nyborg is undeniably the winner of the election, doubling her party's seats in parliament. Focus now turns to the negotiation of alliances and the forming of a new government.

Borgen - Episode 3: "The Art of the Possible"
(Episode 3) After only a few short months as prime minister, Birgitte Nyborg has negotiated her first finance bill into place. But before the final ratification, several members of parliament withdraw their support.

Borgen - Episode 4: "100 Days"
(Episode 4) Katrine Fønsmark gets the scoop of her life when an anonymous source contacts her with important security policy information. The pressure is on Birgitte Nyborg to shut up the case -- will she succumb or decide to go her own way?

Borgen - Episode 5: "Men Who Love Women"
(Episode 5) Birgitte puts forth a proposal for gender quotas on Danish companies' boards of directors, which meets resistance both in and out of government -- and the country's most powerful businessman gives Birgitte an ultimatum.

Borgen - Episode 6: "State Visit"
(Episode 6) Birgitte faces her first state visit, as the president of the former Soviet republic Turgisia is coming on official business that just might fuel the export of Danish wind-energy technology.

Borgen - Episode 7: "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil"
(Episode 7) When surveillance equipment is found in the offices of an extreme left-wing political party, it looks like the work of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service - but why?

Borgen - Episode 8: "The Silly Season"
(Episode 8) It is summer, and not much is going on in Parliament. That is, until Michael Laugesen announces that he has written a book -- to be released in a few days -- containing disclosures of all sorts from his years in politics.

Borgen - Episode 9: "Divide and Rule"
(Episode 9) Though Birgitte is surprised at the Defense Minister's choice of new fighter jets, she allows him to announce the decision on the government's behalf -- and then unpleasant rumors begin to surface.

Borgen - Episode 10: "The First Tuesday in October"
(Episode 10) Birgitte is hard-pressed in the opinion polls leading up to the start of a new year in Parliament while the Labour Party is picking up headway and clamouring for more influence.

NHK Presents: Nuclear Plant Crisis - From Bad to Worse (Part 1)
Category: Documentaries
This two-part NHK documentary special looks at why the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has been much worse and has dragged on much longer than initially expected.

NHK Presents: Nuclear Plant Crisis - Impact on People & Communities (Part 2)
Category: Documentaries
There are no signs that the March 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant crisis will be brought under control soon. The plant continues to emit radiation, which has spread far and wide, seriously disrupting people's lives.