Harold Bloom interview on Harry Potter, the Internet and more (2000) Manufacturing Intellect 2024-10-19 | Harold Bloom interview on Harry Potter, the Internet and more (2000)
Ray Bradbury: Story of a Writer documentary Manufacturing Intellect 2020-08-28 | A rare and illuminating portrait of famed writer Ray Bradbury during his early career. The short story "Dial Double Zero" is featured in the documentary as Bradbury creates it.Check out these Bradbury books on Amazon!Ray Bradbury's Best Short Stories: geni.us/tIPPnxZen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity: geni.us/w4Qt7qvSomething Wicked This Way Comes: geni.us/6niA7EJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Somerset Maugham interview (1955) Manufacturing Intellect 2020-08-23 | Filmed at Somerset Maugham’s villa at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the Mediterranean, this program features the author and playwright in a far-ranging 1955 conversation with British critic and journalist Alan Pryce-Jones.Check out these Maugham books on Amazon!The Razor's Edge: geni.us/MLzXThe Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham: geni.us/uEr8OCollected Short Stories: geni.us/Usx3VJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeMaugham speaks about a recent trip to the Far East; the writing of Of Human Bondage; his time as a medical student at St. Thomas Hospital; his view of Moby-Dick, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Leaves of Grass as the best American books; his challenges in writing both plays and fiction and his reasons for ceasing to write for the stage; his admiration for Rudyard Kipling, whose imperialist notions Maugham acknowledges to be outmoded; and his views on Sinclair Lewis, Voltaire, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Proust, French Impressionism, opera, and creative writing schools. He also discuses The Razor’s Edge.Checking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Margaret Mead interview on Cultural Anthropology (1959) Manufacturing Intellect 2020-08-23 | Providing an intriguing window into cultural anthropology as it was practiced and conceptualized during the mid-20th century, this 1959 NBC interview features renowned researcher Margaret Mead discussing her work with one of her students, William Mitchell. Check out these Margaret Mead books on Amazon!Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century: geni.us/JmBEkMead's, Sex and Temperament: In Three Primitive Societies: geni.us/DA9iOsComing of Age: The Sexual Awakening of Margaret Mead: geni.us/YoS8AJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeMead explains her views on what Mitchell describes as the “happy savage” myth, largely dispelling the notion while referencing the idea of cultural ethos—the “emotional tone” of a society—and its variation from group to group. She also deftly articulates (several decades ahead of her time) the manner in which Western development and influences erode the cultural traditions and physical territories of indigenous peoples. Even today, viewers will find Mead’s views on polygamy, morality, women’s roles, and other topics riveting and highly relevant.Checking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Robert Moses interview on Building New York City (1959) Manufacturing Intellect 2020-08-22 | Over a desktop model of the Manhattan Bridge, Robert Moses speaks from his Babylon office in this 1959 NBC interview. Check out these Robert Moses books on Amazon!The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York: geni.us/REs5Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York: geni.us/6sIDkRobert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City: geni.us/haEw5kJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeMoses talks with landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke about urban planning, its implementation, and its political and financial dimensions. Readily acknowledging his reputation as an undiplomatic figure, Moses advances his notion that planners are people who make “pretty pictures” and propose plausible, attractive ideas, but they are not people who get things done. He discusses Jones Beach, the Lincoln Square slum-clearing project, and Manhattan public art installations. Further discussion centers on planning in other cities, particularly Flint, Michigan, and Los Angeles, as well as conflicts he has observed between reform-minded and status quo politicians and planning challenges experienced by western European societies.Checking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Igor Stravinsky interview with Robert Craft (1957) Manufacturing Intellect 2020-08-21 | Famous for music that bewildered and, in some cases, even outraged the public, Igor Stravinsky was nevertheless a sincere and enthusiastic communicator when it came to discussing his work. Check out these Stravinsky books and movies on Amazon!Conversations with Igor Stravinsky: geni.us/0rZt9JThe Life of Igor Stravinsky: geni.us/EMBiFBUCoco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky: geni.us/6dWExjJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeThis 1957 NBC program opens with the composer at his piano as he creates a “sketch” or initial concept for a new piece; it then records a detailed conversation between Stravinsky and his protégé, respected American musicologist and conductor Robert Craft. The Russian émigré contemplates his youthful studies under Rimsky-Korsakov; the hostility with which The Rite of Spring was received; his fondness for the Paris milieu that included Picasso and other members of the modernist avant-garde; his reasons for conducting his own work, whenever possible; and his eulogistic piece written for Dylan Thomas, originally intended as an opera.Checking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
A Conversation with Bertrand Russell (1952) Manufacturing Intellect 2020-07-11 | Romney Wheeler interviews British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic Bertrand Russell at Russell's home in Surrey, England.Check out Bertrand Russell's INCREDIBLE books on Amazon: The History of Western Philosophy: geni.us/AGrTQ1NThe Writings of Bertrand Russell: geni.us/Lun5XTWhy I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays: geni.us/0OyfIxWJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Marcel Duchamp interview on Art and Dada (1956) Manufacturing Intellect 2020-03-13 | Filmed amidst the Arensberg collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where 35 works by Marcel Duchamp are gathered, this 1956 interview features the artist talking with James Johnson Sweeney, former director of the Guggenheim Museum. Check out these Duchamp books on Amazon!The Essential Duchamp: geni.us/aU4FThe Writings of Marcel Duchamp: geni.us/8vuDADialogues With Duchamp: geni.us/U1A3Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Duchamp describes his transition away from Impressionism toward a Cubist, and then post-Cubist, approach, providing commentary while standing before Nude Descending a Staircase (“I was not aware of Italian Futurism when I painted it”) and The Large Glass (“The two crackings are symmetrically arranged and there is…almost an intention there…a ready-made intention, in other words, that I respect and love.”). These concepts are paradoxically, although quite logically, articulated alongside his desire for “dryness” and mechanical precision. Viewers also gain insight into Duchamp’s thoughts on painting for an “ideal” public—a notion he clearly distinguishes from ivory-tower elitism.Free Audible Trial with Two Free Audiobooks: amzn.to/2LBdkZlChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Robert Frost reads Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and “The Drumlin Woodchuck” (1952) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-12-02 | Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/2qwCEnkb2_ECheck out The Complete Poems of Robert Frost on Amazon! geni.us/vitcRkqVisit our Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Robert Frost interview + poetry reading (1952) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-12-02 | Featuring Robert Frost at his home in Ripton, Vermont, this 1952 program opens out in the fields with the poet feeding his horses, then moves to his living room where he proceeds to discuss topics spanning his long and fruitful career. Check out The Complete Poems of Robert Frost on Amazon! geni.us/vitcRkqVisit our Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Frost tells of his boyhood in San Francisco and his father’s participation in local politics; his family’s move to New England when he was still a boy, following his father’s death; the poet’s own political views, including his mixed opinions about Republicans; the importance of adversity in the development of art forms; his belief that poetry will likely always suffer from neglect; and his dim view of foundations supporting and rushing to the rescue of art, potentially rendering art a by-product. Frost also reads two of his poems: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Drumlin Woodchuck.”Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Cellist Pablo Casals interview + performance (1955) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-11-29 | In a home interview in Prades, France, cellist Pablo Casals - Pau Casals i Defilló - talks with former student Madeline Foley about style, technique, conducting, family, his introduction to music, and his voluntary exile from Franco’s regime. Hear him perform one of Bach's suites for unaccompanied cello and a tribute to his native Spain. Listen to Casals perform Bach's Cello Suites on Amazon: geni.us/yAHNfaCheck out "The Cello Suites: JS Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece": geni.us/wdoOJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time. He made many recordings throughout his career, of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, also as conductor, but he is perhaps best remembered for the recordings of the Bach Cello Suites he made from 1936 to 1939. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy (though the ceremony was presided over by Lyndon B. Johnson).Checking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Eamon de Valera interview on Irish Independance (1955) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-11-26 | Eamon de Valera—first president of the Republic of Ireland—converses with Grinnell College professor Curtis Baker Bradford inside Leinster House, the country’s parliamentary headquarters. Check out "Éamon de Valera: A Will to Power" on Amazon: geni.us/KGTV3Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259De Valera discusses various facets of Irish life and events from preceding decades, including those that led to the Easter Rising in 1916, the partition of Ireland by a British act of parliament in 1920, his rise to elected office, and his subsequent visit to the United States. De Valera also sheds light on some of his political and cultural objectives, such as economic development and the restoration of the Irish language, as well as his feelings about Ireland’s position as a small nation, the dark implications of global warfare in the 20th century, and his admiration of Mahatma Gandhi.Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Poet Carl Sandburg interview (1956) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-11-26 | Although his father never learned to read and seemed to question the inherent value of literacy, Carl Sandburg’s mother loved books and encouraged their appreciation.Check out these Carl Sandburg books on Amazon!Selected Poems: geni.us/bMa6deAbraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years: geni.us/vpbzLJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Ultimately, Sandburg rose to the highest literary circles of his day—and yet he was able to come to terms with his father’s tradesman persona and view him as a man “superior to books.” So he says in this absorbing 1958 interview. The conversation, steered by the network’s Director of Public Affairs Service Programs, Edward Stanley, encompasses early political experiences from Sandburg’s childhood; his college years and subsequent hobo wanderlust; his attempt to discover a basic definition of poetry; and detailed discussions centered on his Lincoln series. Sandburg also reads his poem “Phizzog” and performs folk songs.Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Arnold Toynbee interview (1955) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-11-25 | Professor Arnold Toynbee—eminent British historian and author of the ten-volume work A Study of History—talks with Harvard teaching fellow Christopher Wright in this NBC interview from 1955. Watch Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles on Amazon: geni.us/OqhVeHeJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeIn this interview, Toynbee describes about how it took 27 years to complete his series and why he chose to study history on the level of civilizations rather than of single nations. Pointing out that his mother was also a historian, he discusses the path that led him to that field as well, then articulates his feeling that history is meaningless if not utilized for present-day insight; that one can discover patterns in the past without making heavy-handed predictions about the future; that there are about 20 large historical units, such as Western history, Greek history, Indian history, and others; and that the great religions of the world represent the ultimate structure of history.Checking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Disney World in the 1970s Manufacturing Intellect 2019-10-02 | A rare glimpse at Florida's Disney World in 1973.Check out these Disney books on Amazon!Secret Stories of Extinct Disneyland: geni.us/dtkgTecWalt Disney's Disneyland: geni.us/X2wI0arWalt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination: geni.us/YWODJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Frank Lloyd Wrights Last Dream: Monona Terrace (1997) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-10-01 | He intended it as a gift to his hometown of Madison, Wisconsin. It became one of the most contested buildings in American architectural history. Check out these Frank Lloyd Wright books on Amazon!Frank Lloyd Wright: American Master: geni.us/WaaKve7Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography: geni.us/0Yln7q3The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: geni.us/AAteuJJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259This classic program presents the story of Frank Lloyd Wright’s vision of a civic center on the shore of Lake Monona, a project that took nearly 60 years to complete. Filmed extensively at Monona Terrace, as well as Taliesin and Oak Park, the program chronicles the controversy and achievement of Wright’s long career, featuring architects, former apprentices, Wright historian John Holzhueter, Wright archivist Bruce Pfeiffer, and former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, who presided over construction of the Monona Terrace project. Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School (1999) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-10-01 | This documentary examines the origins of the Prairie School style as exemplified by the buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright and his associates. Check out these Frank Lloyd Wright books on Amazon!Frank Lloyd Wright: American Master: geni.us/WaaKve7Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography: geni.us/0Yln7q3The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: geni.us/AAteuJJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259The story of the style—inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement, Louis Sullivan, and the Midwest—is elaborated upon by art historians and architects and through the words of Wright himself, as played by noted actor Richard Henzel. Video clips and archival photos illustrate the style, while a graphical deconstruction of a Victorian house details the contrast between that style and Wright’s vision of the new American home.Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
A Conversation with Frank Lloyd Wright (1953) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-09-17 | Filmed in several locations, this 1953 interview features the icon of 20th-century architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, in discussions of his life, work, and philosophy. Check out Frank Lloyd Wright books on Amazon!Frank Lloyd Wright: American Master: geni.us/WaaKve7Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography: geni.us/0Yln7q3The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: geni.us/AAteuJJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeWright divulges two of his earliest influences, one logical (Louis Sullivan) and the other somewhat surprising (his mother). The house in Oak Park is shown and discussed, as is the Fallingwater house and Wright’s homes—Taliesin in Wisconsin and Taliesin West in California. A rural church that Wright designed is discussed as are interiors and exteriors of the Johnson Factory Building. Exploring his public persona, the architect makes no apology for choosing honest arrogance over hypocritical humility. He claims his greatest achievement will always be his next design.Checking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on sales. And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Taliesin West in the 1970s Manufacturing Intellect 2019-09-17 | A rare glimpse into Taliesin West a decade and a half after Frank Lloyd Wright's death. Included in this video is an appearance by Frank Lloyd Wright's wife. This video is from 1973.Check out Frank Lloyd Wright books on Amazon!Frank Lloyd Wright: American Master: geni.us/WaaKve7Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography: geni.us/0Yln7q3The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: geni.us/AAteuJJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
10 Buildings That Changed American Architecture (2013) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-09-11 | This film tells the stories of ten influential works of architecture, the people who imagined them, and the way these landmarks ushered in innovative cultural shifts throughout our society.Check out more Architecture books on Amazon!A History of American Architecture: amzn.to/34AW5jMArchitecture: A Visual History: amzn.to/2Q3i5k5101 Things I Learned in Architecture School: amzn.to/2NSl2REUnderstanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning: amzn.to/2N7wOIkJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d622591: Virginia State Capitol - Thomas Jefferson and Charles-Louis Clérisseau (Greco-Roman, Palladian)2: Trinity Church - Henry Hobson Richardson (Richardsonian Romanesque)3: Wainwright Building - Adler & Sullivan (Chicago School)4: Robie House - Frank Lloyd Wright (Prairie Style)5: Highland Park Ford Plant - Albert Kahn, Edward Gray6: Southdale Center - Victor Gruen Associates7: Seagram Building - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson8: Dulles International Airport - Eero Saarinen9: Vanna Venturi House - Robert Venturi10: Walt Disney Concert Hall - Frank GehryFrom American architectural stalwarts like Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, to modern revolutionaries Frank Gehry and Robert Venturi, this film examines prominent buildings designed by pioneering architects of our time, whose legacy is visible in our environmental and cultural landscape.Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Guggenheim Museum Grand Opening in New York (1959) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-09-09 | This news report, "Frank Lloyd Wright Stirs Hubbub in New York", showcases the opening of the Guggenheim Museum on October 21, 1959.Check out these Frank Lloyd Wright books on Amazon!"Frank Lloyd Wright: American Master": amzn.to/2ZIfpN8"Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography": amzn.to/2ZMvGAD"The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright": amzn.to/2PY0SbA"Fallingwater Rising": amzn.to/2ZLI3gdJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Toni Morrison interview on God Help the Child (2015) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-09-09 | Author Toni Morrison explains her pen name alter ego versus her true self and presents her latest book, "God Help The Child: A Novel."Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Four Girls and Toni Morrison (1994) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-21 | Toni Morrison was winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature. Her life and work have meant a lot to a whole generation of young African American women. Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeThis video reveals a personal portrait of Professor Morrison while analyzing her intentions and techniques of composition. Interwoven are scenes of four students discussing her as a role model. They ponder "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved," the work for which she received the 1988 Pulitzer Prize. They cite a quote from "Jazz" as revealing much of her authorial intent. The students conclude that part of her significance lies in her being a black thinker and also offering to black Americans a sense of belonging here in America, as opposed to a rootlessness or searching for a vague sense of "belonging" in Africa.Checking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Celebrating Toni Morrisons Life and Work (2012) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-20 | The luminaries of contemporary African American letters - poets, novelists, critics and actors - gathered in October, 2012 to pay tribute to Toni Morrison, read from her writings and share what it has meant to their lives and work.Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Toni Morrison interview on Love (2003) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-20 | Toni Morrison discusses civil rights, gentrification, and her book, "Love, A Novel."Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Toni Morrison interview on A Mercy (2008) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-20 | Author Toni Morrison on her new novel, "A Mercy" about a young child in early America.Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Toni Morrison interview on her Life and Career (1990) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-20 | Toni Morrison exists in two worlds: the visible world, bustling around her, and the world of her novels, whose characters tell about an interior reality hidden from the eyes of strangers. In her work, Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison has transported millions of readers into the experience of being black in America and confronting the realities of race. In this program, Morrison discusses the characters in her work, the people in her life, the power of love, and how the invented world of fiction connects to life.Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7j Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
RARE Toni Morrison interview on Beloved (1987) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-19 | In this rare news interview, Toni Morrison discusses her newest novel, Beloved, her career, and her vision for the future of literature.Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Toni Morrison interview on Jazz (1993) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-10 | Novelist Toni Morrison looks back on her youth and family and presents her newest book, "Jazz."Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Toni Morrison interview on The Bluest Eye and Paradise (1998) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-09 | Toni Morrison gives insight into her works "Paradise" and "The Bluest Eye," criticizes sloppy criticism, and explains the challenge of writing about race for African-American writers.Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Toni Morrison interview on Woman.Life.Song with Clarissa Pinkola Estes and others (2000) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-09 | A conversation with Jessye Norman, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Toni Morrison, and Judith Weir about Weir's "woman.life.song," a collaborative effort to express universal experiences of womanhood.Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Toni Morrison interview at Princeton (1992) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-09 | Winner of numerous awards, most notably the Nobel Prize for Literature, Toni Morrison made it possible for a new generation of African-American writers to have a voice in the mainstream literary dialogue. Her evocative, multilayered tales illuminate the black experience and have the power to change how readers look at American history. In this program, Morrison explains her statement that “American literature is incoherent without the contribution of African-American writers.”Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Toni Morrison interview on OJ Simpson (1997) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-09 | A discussion about the book, "Birth of a Nation'hood: Gaze, Script, and Spectacle in the O. J. Simpson Case." With Claudia Brodsky Lacour, Andrew Ross, Toni Morrison, and Armond White.Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
A Day with Toni Morrison (1978) Interview + Reading Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-08 | An interview with a young Toni Morrison. The video also shows Toni Morrison going shopping, at a party, and at work. Her commentary provides an incisive look behind her written words, and at the vision, technique, and lifestyle of this award-winning author. She reads from The Bluest Eye, Sula, and Song of Solomon.Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Young Toni Morrison interview (1977) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-08 | Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison discusses her third novel "Song of Solomon," her deep love of writing, the importance of storytelling, and more in a 1977 conversation with WTTW's John Callaway. Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
The Life of Toni Morrison documentary (2015) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-08-08 | Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison is America's first lady of literature. Her books encompass black American history but live and breathe in the present, rich in vivid characters, haunted by ghosts. Born poor in Ohio in 1931, she now lives in New York. She talks as she writes - with warmth and wit. Contributors include Angela Davis (whose biography she edited) and singer Jessye Norman.Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon!Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwHJazz: geni.us/wUuyFHBeloved: geni.us/JvOc7jJoin us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Slavoj Zizek debates Jordan Peterson [HD, Clean Audio, Full] Manufacturing Intellect 2019-04-27 | Slavoj Zizek and Jordan Peterson debate on the concept of Happiness: Capitalism vs Marxism. The event was billed as “the debate of the century”, “The Rumble in the Realm of the Mind”, and it did have the feel of a heavyweight boxing match: Jordan Peterson, local boy, against the slapdash Slovenian Slavoj Žižek in Toronto.Check out these Peterson and Zizek books on Amazon!Peterson's "Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief": geni.us/p2e8ItPeterson's "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos": geni.us/BPjIImZizek's "The Sublime Object of Ideology": geni.us/5lIQZizek's "The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto": geni.us/n0zNJ5Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLeChecking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos by earning me a small commission! And if you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!
Maya Angelou interview on Martin Luther King and Racism Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-22 | “I was a mute from the time I was seven and a half until I was almost 13. I didn’t speak. I had voice, but I refused to use it.”Check out our Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259As a child, Maya Angelou was traumatized by abuse. For five years, she was silent, but in time, she found her voice, and that voice has been heard around the world. A single mother at age 16, she embarked on a remarkable career as an actress and entertainer, as a journalist, educator and civil rights activist, and finally, as one of the world’s most eminent authors and poets.Her autobiographical work, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, created an international sensation when it was first published in 1970. Her books and poems made her one of the world’s favorite authors and one of America’s best-loved public speakers. President Clinton requested that she compose a poem for his first inaugural in 1993; she read that poem, “On the Pulse of the Morning,” to an audience of millions on live television.A close friend and associate of both Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King as well as Malcolm X, Maya Angelou shared her hard-won wisdom — and the vivid memories of her remarkable life — through her books, poems, films and through her interviews with the American Academy of Achievement.
Brain Surgeon, Dr. Keith Black interview (2001) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-21 | From a segregated elementary school in Alabama, Keith Black emerged as an award-winning scientific prodigy, practicing transplant surgery on laboratory animals and publishing his first scientific paper while still in his teens. In medical school, he discovered his life’s passion, the human brain.Check out our Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Although it is famously regarded as the most difficult specialty in medicine, Keith Black has excelled in brain surgery, not only through his fantastic dexterity, but through a series of visionary discoveries that have revolutionized the treatment of brain cancer. Among other innovations, he identified the compound that enables chemotherapeutic drugs to penetrate the blood-brain barrier, and pioneered a vaccine-like treatment to mobilize the body’s immune response against cancers of the brain.In little more than 20 years, Keith Black has performed over 5,000 brain tumor operations, extracting cancers so inaccessible that other surgeons had dismissed them as inoperable. Patients from all over the world come to Dr. Black’s facility at Cedars-Sinai, to be treated by the man they regard as a miracle worker.
Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider interview on DNA (2000) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-20 | Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr. Carol Greider are pioneers in the study of telomeres, segments of DNA that help determine the number of times a cell divides, an event that affects the life span and health of cells, and the development of some cancers.Carol Greider was a graduate student of Dr. Blackburn’s at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1985, when she discovered the enzyme telomerase, which creates telomeres. This discovery has spawned a whole new field of research, with Dr. Blackburn and Dr. Greider in the forefront.Blackburn and her team at the University of California, San Francisco succeeded in more than doubling the life span of cells in the laboratory, research which may hold promise for controlling age-related and degenerative disorders. Greider’s research at Johns Hopkins University focuses on the biochemistry of telomerase, and on the consequences of telomere dysfunction, including the role of telomeres in cancer.In awarding Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine, the awards committee noted that their discoveries “…have added a new dimension to our understanding of the cell, shed light on disease mechanisms, and stimulated the development of potential new therapies.”Donate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259
National Gallery of Art Director, J. Carter Brown interview (2001) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-19 | J. Carter Brown’s interests may not have won him many friends in school, but his subsequent career made him one of the best-loved figures in the cultural life of his country. For 23 years, he served as Director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., building one of the world’s greatest collections of art, and keeping it available to the public, free of charge.He more than tripled the Gallery’s annual attendance, drawing record crowds with once-in-a-lifetime exhibitions like “The Treasures of Tutankhamun” and “Treasure Houses of Britain.” He doubled the Gallery’s exhibition space and massively enlarged its holdings, persuading collectors to donate their treasures to the nation. Critics howled when he commissioned architect I. M. Pei to build a modern gallery alongside the existing neoclassical structure, but the result was an undisputed triumph, named by the American Institute of Architects as one of the ten best buildings ever built in the United States.When J. Carter Brown died in 2002, he was not only mourned as the man who had transformed a great arts institution, but as a populist who had brought great art to the masses.Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259
Linda Buck interview on the Science of Smell (2005) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-18 | Linda Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for unlocking a mystery that had baffled scientists for centuries. From infancy, we depend on our sense of smell to identify which foods are fit for consumption, and to warn us of impending danger, as in a fire. Although science had made great strides in understanding the mechanics of human vision and hearing, it was unable to answer the simple question: how do we smell the things we smell?Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259In 1988, Dr. Buck, a postdoctoral fellow at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in New York City, set about applying the latest discoveries in genetics to this persistent puzzle. Dr. Buck conducted a series of experiments with the mouse genome, and discovered a family of genes specifically dedicated to creating the 1,000 olfactory receptors of the mouse nose. A similar family of genes create the 350 olfactory receptors in the human nose, possibly the largest family of genes in the entire human genome. With each cellular receptor responsive to a single, specific scent, each of the roughly 10,000 odors we can distinguish are perceived by different combinations of these receptors. These patterns are reproduced in the cells of the brain, enabling us to recognize odors years after we first encounter them.When Dr. Buck published her findings, the reaction in the scientific community was unanimous; she was showered with every major honor in American science. In making the 2004 award, the Nobel Committee cited Buck for her “discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system,” but these words only begin to convey the fundamental nature of this breakthrough. Dr. Buck’s subsequent research is uncovering the neural circuits that underlie our most basic instinctive responses, such as appetite, fear and aggression. Linda Buck has taken a revolutionary step forward in our understanding of the workings of the brain.
George H.W. Bush interview (1995) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-17 | “This aggression will not stand.” With these words, George Herbert Walker Bush committed the United States to the liberation of the oil-rich Kingdom of Kuwait, after it had been occupied by the Republic of Iraq in August of 1990. Over considerable opposition, Bush rallied the country to the cause, and assembled an unprecedented international coalition.Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259George H. W. Bush devoted his life to his family and to his country. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve and flew combat missions in World War II while still a teenager. After enjoying success in business, and raising his family, he entered political life, serving as Congressman, Vice President and finally President of the United States.His administration saw the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, renewal of the Voting Rights Act, and successful American military actions in Kuwait and Panama. Over the course of his career, he involved himself in many of the most contentious political debates of the age, but through it all he retained the personal goodwill of political allies and adversaries alike.
Champion Sled-Dog Racer, Susan Butcher interview (1991) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-16 | “I have been known to walk in front of my team for 55 miles, with snow shoes, to lead them through snow storms, in non-racing situations, where I could have just as easily radioed for a plane to come and get me.”Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Susan Howlet Butcher was an animal lover, a business woman, a wife and a mother. She was also called “the best competitive dog sled racer in the universe.” Before her, there were many women who competed in sports, but not many who entered the race called the Iditarod, one that took her 1,152 miles across the Alaskan wilderness, enduring 100 m.p.h. winds, Arctic blizzards, snow blindness, wild animals, thin ice, sleep deprivation, avalanches, and every other hardship nature can inflict in the land of the midnight sun.Butcher won this race four times in five years, so often that “Iditarod,” as well as the sport of mushing, became synonymous with her name.It would be hard to say whether Alaska found Butcher or Butcher found Alaska. Drawn to the great northern wilderness from her love of animals and disdain for cities when she was 20 years old, she became an outspoken advocate for wildlife and the environment, and educated the public about the proper care of animals.Combining an arduous training schedule for herself and her dogs with an ability to focus on a goal with extraordinary discipline and singleminded force, Susan Butcher was a true champion — one of those few who exemplify a given sport in the minds of millions.
1-800-Con-Man: Running a National Scam out of Prison (1991) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-15 | Of all the con artists 60 Minutes has featured, Miami's Danny Faries is one of the most notorious... and inventive. For four years, while in jail on a murder charge, Faries ran a massive credit card scam - all without leaving his 6 x 8 foot cell. It was called, "The Jailhouse Shopping Network". A hilarious confrontation between Mike Wallace and creative con man Danny Faires, who used a telephone in his jail cell to run an illegal nationwide shopping network scam.Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259
James Cameron interview on Directing (1999) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-15 | “Everyone around me had basically said, ‘You stink. You suck. You don’t know what you’re doing.'”Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259James Cameron was out of luck. After working for years as a model builder, production designer and second-unit director on low-budget horror films, he had been fired from his first job as director in a feature film. Stranded in Rome, swiping rolls off of room service carts, he had hit bottom. But he had an idea for another film; that idea became The Terminator. The script was easy to sell, but no studio wanted to take a chance on Cameron as director. His unbridled enthusiasm won over a few brave producers and star Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film was a runaway international hit and Cameron was on his way.Aliens and True Lies consolidated Cameron’s reputation as a director of action films, but he wanted more. Cameron’s Titanic went on to become the first motion picture to gross more than $1 billion worldwide and also earned an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards, including Oscars for Director, Cinematography, Film Editing and Best Picture. It became the top-grossing motion picture of all time, until it was surpassed by Cameron’s Avatar, a breathtaking science fiction spectacle photographed in a revolutionary 3D process invented by the director himself. With these historic achievements in motion picture production, Cameron has become, in the words of Titanic‘s Jack, “King of the World.”
After Attica: Life as a Prisoner (1971) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-14 | In the aftermath of Attica's bloody inmate riot, Morley Safer reports on conditions in America's prisons and goes inside Colorado State Penitentiary, a maximum security prison.Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259
Ehud Barak interview on his Life and Career (2001) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-14 | With no time to mobilize reserve officers, the battalion commander asked the raw recruits in the boot camp for a volunteer to lead an ammunition convoy 50 miles in the dark across a desert plain, without roads or landmarks. Ehud Barak stepped forward. Only 17, and undersized for his age, the unathletic youngster seemed an odd candidate for military heroism. An introverted nonconformist who had been expelled from the high school on the communal farm where he was raised, he was nevertheless confident that he could read the map and find his way across the desert.Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259He succeeded in this mission and many others. As a member of Israel’s most elite commando force, he crossed borders in disguise and rescued hostages from hijacked airplanes. As a rising officer, he commanded a tank battalion in the fiercest battles of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. He retired from the military after 36 years as Chief of Staff, commander of the armed forces, and Israel’s most decorated soldier.On leaving the military, he answered the call of his friend and mentor, Yitzhak Rabin, to enter politics and join Rabin’s cabinet. After Rabin’s death, Ehud Barak became leader of Israel’s Labor Party, and only four years after entering political life, won election as Prime Minister of Israel. As Prime Minister, he brought Israel closer than ever before to a final peace agreement with the Palestinians. As Minister of Defense in a subsequent multi-party coalition government, he continued his work to obtain a lasting peace while preserving his nation’s security.
Edward Albee interview (2005) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-13 | Edward Albee exploded onto the theater scene at the end of the 1950s with plays that foreshadowed the turbulence of the decades to come. Adopted as an infant, he rebelled against his socially prominent adoptive family, and fled to Greenwich Village to pursue a literary career. His 1959 play The Zoo Story and 1960’s The Death of Bessie Smith won him an early reputation as a fearless observer of human alienation and the American scene.Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf provoked an unprecedented controversy in 1962 when the trustees of the Pulitzer Prize Committee overrode the judgment of their own drama jury to deny Albee the award, but Albee’s unblinking portrait of a tortured marriage has long since become an undisputed classic of world drama. The Pulitzer Committee soon honored Albee for another family drama, A Delicate Balance, in 1966, and awarded him a second prize for Seascape in 1975.While the Broadway stage turned away from serious drama in the 1980s, Albee ignored the fads of the moment and maintained his own high standards. Three Tall Women enjoyed a sold-out New York run in 1994 and earned him his third Pulitzer. His 2002 success, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, once again demonstrated his unique gift for treating the most unusual and disturbing matter with clear-eyed humor and humanity. And more than 40 years after its premiere, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf was back on Broadway, as powerful as ever.
Refuseniks: The Israeli Anti-War Movement (2002) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-12 | Bob Simon speaks with a group of elite Israeli combat soldiers called "refuseniks," who are willing to defend Israel with their lives but refuse to fight in the occupied territories.Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259
Tenley Albright interview on her Life and Career (1991) Manufacturing Intellect 2019-02-12 | In 1956, only months after becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal, Tenley Albright entered Harvard Medical School as one of five women in a class of 135. She practiced as a surgeon, medical educator and public advocate before joining MIT as a Visiting Scientist. In 2005, Dr. Albright founded MIT Collaborative Initiatives to promote the value of collaboration across multiple disciplines and the principles of systems thinking in solving today’s complex social issues.Dr. Albright believes the discipline and dedication she learned on the road to becoming a world champion figure skater helped prepare her for her career in medicine and beyond. As a skater, she won five consecutive national championships, and was the first American woman ever to win the world title and the first American woman to win Olympic gold.Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellectDonate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259
