Is Cancel Culture Really a Threat To America? Michael Hobbes 2022-02-07 | Thanks for watching! For more info and links to all the music, sounds and images I used in this video, see here: michaelhobbes.substack.com/p/is-cancel-culture-really-a-threat. Sign up for my newsletter or else I'm gonna start reminding you to like and subscribe in the videos!
Anatomy of a Moral Panic: The Free Speech Crisis Michael Hobbes 2022-04-13 | This is the first episode in a series about how moral panics spread through the mainstream media. I know no one has ever asked you this on here before, but if you enjoy this kind of thing, like and subscribe! TRANSCRIPTmichaelhobbes.substack.com/p/panic-on-the-editorial-page?s=wCREDITSCircle by Cuputo from NounProject.comNewsroom/Wall St footage by David HoffmanImages by flickr users pml2008, Geoff Livingston, Anthony Crider, Maarmie, Greg Jordan, barnyz and Karen
What America Got Wrong About Ebonics Michael Hobbes 2017-10-04 | In 1996, teachers in California decided to try something different with their students. The country still hasn't forgiven them. http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/ebonics
How White Parents Stopped School Integration Michael Hobbes 2017-08-14 | Hey remember how we used to super care about desegregating our schools and now we don't anymore? That's not an accident! This is what happened in my city. Something similar probably happened in yours.This video is a companion piece to this Pacific Standard article I wrote: psmag.com/magazine/the-afterlife-of-big-ideas
We all know womens brains are biologically inferior Michael Hobbes 2017-03-27 | These are the kinds of things women had to put up with before modern sexual harassment laws. This is a companion piece to my Highline series "I Misremember the '90s." The full video is here: http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/misremembering-the-90s-pt-1and a bit more context is here: rottenindenmark.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/sexual-harassment
How Does America Vet Refugees? Michael Hobbes 2017-02-15 | "It's harder to get to the U.S. as a refugee than through any other route." — David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee
The Multinational Corporations That Boycott Campaigns Cant Reach Michael Hobbes 2016-04-11 | The worst corporate human rights violations aren't being committed by Monsanto, Halliburton or Shell. They're being done by companies you've never heard of, and based in countries where our advocacy campaigns can't reach. This video is based on an article I wrote for Foreign Policy: http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/11/the-untouchables-zimbabwe-green-fuel-multinational-corporations
Why Do Megaprojects Fail? Michael Hobbes 2016-03-15 | From Boston's Big Dig to San Francisco's Bay Bridge, it seems like every major infrastructure project opens years late and goes billions over budget. So why do these projects keep getting built? And who should citizens blame when they fail?This video is based on the work of Bent Flyvberg, a researcher at Oxford. Here's one of his article, about why megaprojects fail so often: http://bit.ly/1pILzS5And an interview with more examples: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2015/05/bent_flyvbjerg.html
Topsy the Elephant Michael Hobbes 2015-06-10 | This is the story of an elephant, electrocuted 100 years ago. Her name was Topsy, and she was famous at a time when people were still amazed by an elephant. This story appears in ‘I Am Not Jackson Pollock,’ published in 2004: http://www.amazon.com/Am-Not-Jackson-Pollock-Stories/dp/0312421869Haskell gave me and Stefan permission to make this. I hope he likes it. And yes I am the last person on the planet with a blog http://rottenindenmark.wordpress.com
The Uganda Outside Michael Hobbes 2015-05-06 | Just some footage I shot with my silly little phone and some silly little thoughts I had on a recent trip to Uganda. For more bellyaching about the tribulations of being a development worker, check out my blog: http://rottenindenmark.wordpress.comOr go read some articles I wrote about this and other stuff: michaelhobbes.contently.comHere’s the songs I used in this video: ‘Fables’ – Andrew Hung Download his excellent EP here: soundcloud.com/andrew_hung/sets/rave-cave-ep-level-1‘Learning to Relax (Synths Stem)’ - Dan Deacon soundcloud.com/dan-deacon/learning-to-relax-stem-synths): ‘Feel the Lightning (drums stem)’ – Dan Deaconsoundcloud.com/dan-deacon/feel-the-lighting-drums-stemBuy Dan Deacon’s wonderful album here: http://dandeacon.bigcartel.com/product/gliss-riffer-cd-pre-order‘It’s Lonely Around People, Too (Teen Daze Remix)’ – Mountain Rangesoundcloud.com/teendaze/mountain-range-its-lonelyBunch more remixes available here: http://mountainrange.bandcamp.com/album/its-lonely-around-people-too-remixes
Explained: Why is the AIDS epidemic so severe in America? Michael Hobbes 2015-03-08 | Every year, more than 13,000 people die of AIDS in the United States. In Britain, Germany and France, it's less than 250. What explains the difference? This video is based on an article I wrote in The New Republic last year: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117691/aids-hit-united-states-harder-other-developed-countries-whyAnd before you yell at me in the comments: Yes, differences in AIDS surveillance systems also explain some of the variance. I wrote about this here: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117789/aids-data-country-why-its-difficult-compare-themThanks a lot to Forrest Gray for letting me use his beautiful song, 'Sunset', in this video:soundcloud.com/search?q=forrest%20grey%20sunsetThanks also to Dan Deacon, for releasing the stems of his excellent music on Soundcloud:soundcloud.com/dan-deaconFor more information on the article and other essays and videos, see http://rottenindenmark.wordpress.com
Explainer: What Does the European Flag Mean? Michael Hobbes 2014-09-26 | We all know the flag of Europe is 12 stars on a blue background. But why 12? Why blue? And hey, what does Europe need a flag for anyway? This is my first animation, so go easy on me in the comments!
Mother Meditation - Professor Blastoff Michael Hobbes 2014-07-23 | The voice of Kyle Dunnigan and the laughter of Tig Notaro and David Huntsberger.
