Rebellion
As time creeps by, the exercise of reward and punishment and the friction of social inequality within the microsociety of prison take their toll, fraying nerves among the prisoners and generating anxiety among the guards. In this episode, two inmate...
Transcript: the following morning. Their attention is now concentrated on the planned breakout. After bracing themselves all day for it, they've just discovered
Prescribing Beauty
What does it mean to be beautiful, to be ugly? Is ugliness a disease that must be “cured” with high-tech surgery and chemical injections? Prescribing Beauty explores compelling questions about physical attractiveness, examining how facial featur...
Transcript: , AND WATCHING HIS MOVEMENTS ON A TELEVISION SCREEN. BUT IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING AN ENTIRE FACELIFT PROCEDURE, BRACE YOURSELF. NOT ALL OF THE FACELIFT IS
Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale
In the 1960s, new treatments known as clotting factor concentrates were expected to transform hemophilia into a manageable condition. But these pooled-plasma drugs also carried a hidden risk of viral contamination, and by the mid-1980s, 10,000 hemop...
Transcript: . >> I COULD SEE THE IMPACT BECAUSE I HAD LEO WHO WAS ABOUT TWELVE OR THIRTEEN BEFORE IT BECAME AVAILABLE AND WAS WEARING BRACES AS A RESULT OF MANY
Innovate or die: the high stakes of 21st-century business
How can organizations avoid complacency and create catalysts for innovation? This program delves into survival strategies used by businesses that are constantly evolving and placing themselves at the frontline of the innovation battle. Expert guests...
Transcript: INVESTMENT BANKS TO COMMERCIAL BANKS, OLD IDEAS ARE UNDER SIEGE AND THE INDUSTRY IS BRACING FOR A NEW WAVE OF INNOVATION. A NEW
Swirl Like a Leaf
Poetry offers a way for individuals to make sense of themselves, understand their motivations and fears, gain insight into their past and their future. As this program shows, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Robert Bly, and Marilyn Chin have all found routes to...
Transcript: THE PETALS OF MY EYELIDS STIFFEN AND SOMETHING IN ME BRACES AND I DON'T CRY! AND WHEN WE CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE AND MY DAD ORDERED ME NOT TO CRY
The Civil War: Episode 3—Forever Free (1862)
This program charts the events that led to Lincoln’s decision to set the slaves free. Convinced by July 1862 that emancipation had become morally and militarily crucial to the future of the Union, Lincoln had to bide his time and wait for a victor...
Transcript: RHODES. McCLELLAN HAD PLENTY OF RESERVES WAITING OUTSIDE SHARPSBURG, BUT HE NEVER USED THEM. LEE, OUTNUMBERED 3-TO-1, BRACED FOR A NEW ATTACK ALL THE NEXT
Banksy Does New York
On Oct. 1, 2013, the elusive British street artist known as Banksy launched a self-proclaimed month-long residency in New York City, posting one unique exhibit a day in an unannounced location, sparking a 31-day scavenger hunt both online and on the...
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Cartel Land
Content Advisory: Video contains usage of explicit language. Viewer discretion advised.
In this Sundance award-winning film, Director Matthew Heineman and Executive Producer Kathryn Bigelow gain unprecedented, on-the-ground access to the riveting s...
Transcript: government! It's on you whatever happens here. You're in the mouth of the wolf now, my little ones! Brace yourselves! Good afternoon, everyone. It's very
The Destruction of Memory
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Tim Slate and narrated by Tony Award-winning actress Sophie Okonedo, this powerful documentary proposes hope: As crimes of cultural destruction are increasingly reported, perpetrators can be brought to justice and awa...
Transcript: soil was at risk. I braced for being deployed, but it wasn't until the Iraq War that I actually did get deployed. The Iraq Museum being looted was a
The life & death of King John
Shakespeare’s play about the weak and despicable King John, who tries to fend off the royal claims of Arthur, Duke of Brittany, who is supported by the King of France. In spite of the support of Faulconbridge, John alienates the English nobility a...