Lectures & Documentaries 2010

[bonsaye]

I'm a fan of documentaries, human interest and psychology pieces, and how-it's-made sort of films. So when somebody linked me to the Russian-hosted Best Documentaries blog, I was in bliss! Shortly after, I discovered the @Google YouTube series, and found myself watching and listening often. In 2008, I started tracking my viewership of these things, and it's always been interesting to take a look back at the end of the year and see what themes have emerged.

Want to watch (original links)
In Debt We Trust
Islam & Science
Exploration of the Mind: Intuition
The Stuff of Thought (how we use words to frame and form our ideas)
BBC: How Does Your Memory Work?
Secular Believers
Obsession: Radical Islam
How Mad Are You?
David McWilliams: Follow the Money
Pop Culture Paganism
Tom Chatfield: Fun, Inc.
Prisoners of Debt: Inside Global Banking
Oliver the ... Chimp?
Construction of Dubai's Palm Islands
Return to Africa: Witch Children (misuse of exorcism)
How Positive Thinking is Undermining America
Max Barry on Risk

Watched this year (updated links)
Body Shock (an 8-year-old wants a sex change)
Dan Gardner: The Science & Politics of Fear
Jeney Pribyl: God's Holiness
Amelia: La La La Human Steps
Consuming Kids
Gypsy Child Thieves
Louis Theroux: Hypnotists
Elizabeth Gilbert: A New Way to Think About Creativity
Leonard Mlodinow: How Randomness Rules our Lives
If You Can Read This: The Philosophy of Bumper Stickers
Penn & Teller: Area 51
Evan Grant: Cymatics
David Blaine: Street Magic
We Are Wizards
Barry Schwartz: Why Less is More
The Four Ways Sound Affects Us
Babyfaced Bodybuilders
Medicine and the Supernatural: Martin Lloyd-Jones
Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Education Revolution (a TED talk)
National Geographic: Inside the Secret Service
National Geographic: Girls in China
Chocolate: The Bitter Truth
Bruce Schneier: Reconceptualizing Security
Beer Wars
A Time To Tell (Boy Scouts video for boys about sexual abuse