http://www.shapeshift.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:35:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this edition of Inside Story, Al Jazeera asks how Hillary Clinton will match up to being the face of the US abroad and what this will mean for the Middle East. (23:00 min, 2 segments) ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/12/hillary-clinton-the-us-abroad/ The Power of Nightmares, subtitled The Rise of the Politics of Fear, is a BBC documentary film series comparing the rise of the Neo-Conservatives in the U.S. and the radical Islamist movement. (55 min, 6 segments)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/12/the-power-of-nightmares-1/ 12/2/2008 - Retracing the Mumbai Attacks (3:15 min); 11/30/2008 - How the Deadly Mumbai Attacks Unfolded (2:23 min) Al Jazeera ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/12/how-mumbai-attacks-unfolded/ Prophecies by Mother Shipton, Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus, the Hopi Indians and others... The producers did a good job pulling all the prophecies into something interesting, a global perspective that relates to us today. (87 min, 9 segments) ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/12/prophecies/ In 1466, at 17, Lorenzo d'Medici foils a murderous plot against his father and saves his family from a coup d'etat. He ushers in another Medici chapter in the history of Florence and the Renaissance. (44 min, 6 segments) ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/the-magnificent-medici/ Airport Protests Put Thai Economy in Peril (2:21 min) Al Jazzera; Thai Police Negotiate With Protesters (2:01 min) Bloomberg; Thailand Protests Roar Ahead (2:09 min) NTDTV. ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/thailand-airport-protests/ This PBS docu-drama explores why Darwin’s "dangerous idea" matters perhaps even more today than it did in his own time. (110 min, 11 segments) ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/darwins-dangerous-idea/ Banned from the Bible tells the stories of the ancient books that have been prohibited from becoming part of Bible canon. (88 min, 12 segments) ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/banned-from-the-bible/ In the Berber city of Marrakech, in the foothills of Morocco's Atlas Mountains, Al Jazeera's 48 team reveal the hidden side of life in a city regularly visited by millions for its exotic chic, but truly seen by few. (24 min, 2 segments) ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/48-marrakech/ A BBC documentary about the rise and fall of the most influential and successful independent record label in British rock music history - Factory Records in Manchester. (88 min, 9 segments)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/factory-joy-division/ Al Jazeera reports on a small grocer in a big city keeping up with the Thanksgiving demands of a very diverse community. (22 min, 2 segments) ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/cousins-supermarket/ Obama questions General David Petraeus and current Ambassador to Iraq Ryan C. Crocker about the criteria for success in Iraq and Iran. (13:57 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/obama-iraq-iran/ In the world of academia Noam Chomsky is the most cited author alive. He talks to Inside USA about healthcare and politics in the United States and around the world. (22 min, 2 segments) ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/inside-usa-noam-chomsky/ Posing as an undercover medical coordinator and closely guarded throughout her trip, National Geographic's Lisa Ling captures a rare look inside North Korea - something few have ever been able to do. (47 min in 7 segments)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/inside-north-korea/ With enfettered access to the region, BBC tries to investigate what really went on inside South Ossetia with the Russia Georgia conflict. (13 min in 3 segments)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/inside-south-ossetia-bbc/ Discovery Channel's documentary of the construction of the world's longest multi-use tunnel for storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (44 min, 5 segments) ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/kuala-lumpur-mega-tunnel/ To give some context to the big 3 U.S. car companies' plea for a bailout, we are rerunning this 2006 documentary film (92:25 min, 10 segments) that explores the birth, limited commercialization, and subsequent death of GM's battery electric vehicle. ]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/who-killed-the-electric-car/ President-elect Barack Obama has asked former Sen. Tom Daschle, a staunch proponent of universal healthcare, to be secretary of Health and Human Services (4:07 min). Plus, Daschle talks about healthcare and Obama (20 min in 2 segments).]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/tom-daschle-health-czar/ A compelling BBC documentary about Near Death Experiences. (58:00 min in 6 Segments)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/the-day-i-died/ European doctors have successfully given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells. The ground-breaking procedure could revolutionize how doctors carry out organ transplants in the future. (2:15 min)]]> http://www.shapeshift.net/2008/11/stem-cells-in-surgery/