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Global Spirit: Breaking Bows and Arrows
Global Spirit: Breaking Bows and Arrows
Set on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, the award-winning film "Breaking Bows and Arrows" explores the challenging emotional terrain of personal and societal reconciliation after a bloody, inter-tribal war.
Global Spirit: Art and the Creative Spirit
Global Spirit: Art and the Creative Spirit
This episode of Global Spirit seeks answers to eternal questions about the nature of art and creativity by looking at various sacred art forms, and by engaging with artists keenly aware of the spiritual aspect of the creative process.
Global Spirit: Rumi, Bridge to the Heart
Global Spirit: Rumi, Bridge to the Heart
Surprisingly, the bestselling poet in America today is a thirteenth-century Sufi poet and mystic named Jalaluddin Rumi. What makes Rumi's writings so enticing and unforgettable?
Global Spirit: From the Heart of the World - The Elder Brothers' Warning
Global Spirit: From the Heart of the World - The Elder Brothers' Warning
In this episode, host Phil Cousineau speaks with BBC filmmaker Alan Ereira about his beautiful, sobering documentary, a warning to give up our self-destructive ways and honor the planet, before it is too late.
Global Spirit: Oneness: The Big Picture
Global Spirit: Oneness: The Big Picture
In this Global Spirit episode, guests Deepak Chopra and Riane Eisler share their philosophical insights on Oneness, a concept deeply embedded in the core teachings of many great religions and almost all mystical and shamanic traditions.
Global Spirit: Sound of the Soul
Global Spirit: Sound of the Soul
Does music have a special transcendent power? What is "the hearing of the heart"? Experience the healing power of music from the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.
explore: Witchcraft and Space
explore: Witchcraft and Space
Category: Documentaries
In part one of the eerie Halloween special, "explore: Witchcraft and Space", visit the town of Salem where, in 1692, mass hysteria led to the hanging of 19 innocent people. Hear the stories of historians attempting to piece together what really happened.
In Focus: Profit, Pollution and Deception - BP and the Oil Spill
In Focus: Profit, Pollution and Deception - BP and the Oil Spill
Category: News & Current Affairs
This episode of In Focus looks into the ways the oil and gas giant BP is trying to clean up the Gulf of Mexico and the risks posed by some of their methods for people and the environment.
Sleepless in Gaza: Day 55b
Sleepless in Gaza: Day 55b
Category: Documentaries
In this episode of Sleepless in Gaza, "Sleepless Girl" Diana goes to meet Amer Zahr, a Palestinian-American stand-up comedian, at his premiere show in Ramallah.
TED Talks: Stewart Brand proclaims 4 environmental 'heresies'
TED Talks: Stewart Brand proclaims 4 environmental 'heresies'
Category: News & Current Affairs
The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the U.S. State Department is a foretaste of his major new book, sure to provoke widespread debate.
Mapping the Future: The Angelo Coast Range Reserve
Mapping the Future: The Angelo Coast Range Reserve
Category: Documentaries
The UC Natural Reserve System's Angelo Coast Range Reserve in Mendocino County has become the focus of a number of national climate change research efforts. Find out how the environment is responding to a warming planet.
TED Talks: Itay Talgam and Ravin Agrawal
TED Talks: Itay Talgam and Ravin Agrawal
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this installment of TED Talks, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, and collector Ravin Agrawal delivers a glowing introduction to 10 of India's most exciting young contemporary artists.
In Focus: The Search for Eternal Youth - Anti-Aging Creams
In Focus: The Search for Eternal Youth - Anti-Aging Creams
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode of In Focus, the line between medicine and cosmetics is blurring-- particularly with anti-aging products. Although manufacturers are required to corroborate their claims with scientific studies, the search for the fountain of youth often leads to unregulated markets.
In Focus: Miracles Included - Israel's Hi-Tech Revolution
In Focus: Miracles Included - Israel's Hi-Tech Revolution
Category: News & Current Affairs
The Israeli army set up its own science department in the 1950s in order to develop military technology to match that of its Arab neighbors. Today, Israel is one of the global players in the military hi-tech sector.
TED Talks: Shai Agassi and William Kamkwamba
TED Talks: Shai Agassi and William Kamkwamba
Category: News & Current Affairs
Forget about the hybrid auto, Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. And, William Kamkwamba shares the moving tale of how he, at age 14, in poverty and famine, built a windmill to power his family's home in Malawi.