http://www.shapeshift.net news documentary discovery Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:00:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/09/people-power-ecuador-water-or-gold/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/09/people-power-ecuador-water-or-gold/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:00:18 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8705 Bob Abeshouse reports for People & Power on how Ecuador may soon have to choose between economic growth and environmental protection. (24 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/09/people-power-ecuador-water-or-gold/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/09/nepal-deadliest-journeys/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/09/nepal-deadliest-journeys/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:56:24 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8673 Deadliest Journeys follows a young driver along The Karnali Highway in northwest Nepal, the most dangerous stretch of road in the country. (22 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/09/nepal-deadliest-journeys/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/09/the-story-of-science-how-did-we-get-here/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/09/the-story-of-science-how-did-we-get-here/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:28:32 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8683 This episode charts the story of how scientists came to explain the beauty and diversity of life on earth, and reveal how its evolution is connected to the long and violent history of our planet. (58 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/09/the-story-of-science-how-did-we-get-here/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/the-story-of-god-no-god-but-god/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/the-story-of-god-no-god-but-god/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:06:53 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8655 This second episode looks at religions in the Abrahamic tradition. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are examined in order to understand the ideas about God they share and the issues that divide them. (58 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/the-story-of-god-no-god-but-god/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/bbc-life-creatures-of-the-deep/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/bbc-life-creatures-of-the-deep/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:45:59 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8670 BBC explores the life of marine invertebrates, the earliest life forms on earth from a billion years ago. Their descendants still thrive, sharing the sea with fish but outnumbering them 10 to 1. (59 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/bbc-life-creatures-of-the-deep/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/i-know-what-i-saw/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/i-know-what-i-saw/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:11:05 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=632 Air Force generals, astronauts, military and commercial pilots, government and FAA officials from seven countries tell their UFO stories. (90 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/i-know-what-i-saw/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/natgeo-extraterrestrial/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/natgeo-extraterrestrial/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:01:29 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8582 Travel to the Blue Moon and Aurelia - two worlds scientists believe could exist somewhere in the universe but outside our solar system. (90 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/natgeo-extraterrestrial/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/lower-manhattan-birthplace-of-religious-freedom/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/lower-manhattan-birthplace-of-religious-freedom/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:18:24 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8646 Jon Meacham reminds us that the struggle over religious freedom has quite a long history in Manhattan — one that's older than the nation itself. (3:42 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/lower-manhattan-birthplace-of-religious-freedom/feed/ 2 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/bolivian-lithium/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/bolivian-lithium/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:51:43 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8296 Can Lithium to save Bolivia? As ITN's Lindsey Hilsum reports, the demand for lithium could transform Bolivia's economy. (5 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/bolivian-lithium/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/egypt-secrets-of-the-hieroglyphs/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/egypt-secrets-of-the-hieroglyphs/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:50:59 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8623 BBC docu-drama about the life of Jean-François Champollion continues as he is determined to travel to Egypt to prove his theory but poor and jobless he is reduced to buying up whatever scraps of papyrus he can find and this obsession alienates his wife. (46 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/egypt-secrets-of-the-hieroglyphs/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/egypt-the-mystery-of-the-rosetta-stone/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/egypt-the-mystery-of-the-rosetta-stone/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:03:57 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8617 BBC docu-drama about the life of Jean-François Champollion who becomes obsessed with deciphering hieroglyphs as a means to telling the age of the world and revenging France against the British who had confiscated the Rosetta Stone in 1801. (46 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/egypt-the-mystery-of-the-rosetta-stone/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/no-reservations-sweden/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/no-reservations-sweden/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:37:34 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8614 Anthony Bourdain and the No Reservations crew goes to Sweden. (44 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/no-reservations-sweden/feed/ 3 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/pagans-magic-moments/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/pagans-magic-moments/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:11:03 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8532 Is paganism a living tradition with roots deep in prehistory or just a collection of superstitions, magic tricks and witches' spells? This episode explores the origins, history and spiritual beliefs of ancient Europe. (48 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/pagans-magic-moments/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/pagans-sexy-beasts/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/pagans-sexy-beasts/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:00:20 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8538 Pagans - Sexy Beasts looks back to a time before sex was taboo, when humans saw themselves as an integral part of the natural world. (48 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/pagans-sexy-beasts/feed/ 2 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/bikram-yoga-class-in-melbourne/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/bikram-yoga-class-in-melbourne/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:00:14 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8510 An introductory video to Bikram Yoga filmed at a studio in Melbourne, Australia. Bikram is the original heated yoga, a 90 minute series of 26 postures designed to create optimal physical and emotional health. (4:20 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/bikram-yoga-class-in-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/anne-rice-loses-her-religion/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/anne-rice-loses-her-religion/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:56:16 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8545 CNN Joy Behar talks with best-selling author Anne Rice about her decision to quit organized Christianity. (10 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/anne-rice-loses-her-religion/feed/ 2 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/the-story-of-god-life-universe-everything/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/the-story-of-god-life-universe-everything/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:18:44 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8481 This first episode examines the divergence between religions that worship a range of deities and those that represent strict monotheism. (58 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/the-story-of-god-life-universe-everything/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/what-is-the-world-made-of/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/what-is-the-world-made-of/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:35:02 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8444 In this episode, BBC's Michael Mosley demonstrates how society is built on our search to find the answer to what makes up everything in the material world. (58 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/what-is-the-world-made-of/feed/ 0 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/latin-america-debates-legalizing-marijuana/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/latin-america-debates-legalizing-marijuana/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:00:13 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8541 Al Jazeera reports on a growing number of Latin American countries are debating whether or not to legalize the use and sale of marijuana, citing the US global war on drugs has failed. (6:14 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/latin-america-debates-legalizing-marijuana/feed/ 1 http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/columbia-venezuela-make-peace/ http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/columbia-venezuela-make-peace/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:53:26 +0000 shapeshift http://www.shapeshift.net/?p=8520 Is Colombia's new leader stepping back from U.S. plan to isolate Chavez? The RealNews Network reports. (10:11 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2010/08/columbia-venezuela-make-peace/feed/ 0