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21) Facing the Music
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In their fifth major film together, acclaimed documentary makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson step inside the halls of Sydney University's Music Department, where sublime music is being made in a setting that's far from serene. It's budget time at the University and Professor Anne Boyd is in a panic. As gifted young students pursue the mysteries of musical creation, Boyd is fighting to preserve basic standards after nearly a decade of relentless...
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Lead effectively-right from the start. In this course, adapted from the podcast How to Be Awesome at Your Job, executive coach Pam Fox Rollin teaches the rules for rising leaders.
As a new leader, you have to hit the ground running. In this course, adapted from the popular podcast How to Be Awesome at Your Job, host Pete Mockaitis and executive coach Pam Fox Rollin explore the rules for rising leaders. Learn how to switch the story from "me" to "us":...
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The exploding cork. Endless tiny bubbles floating up and up in the glass. An indulgence. A celebration. A seduction. A triumph. This is the essence of Champagne, isn't it? But it's not just bubbles in a glass that makes the wine, or the mystique. Only sparkling wine produced within the boundaries of the Champagne region is truly Champagne. At first glance, the region is not an obvious source of romance. Champagne's history is grim and bloody, swept...
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The Babushkas of Chernobyl journeys into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone several decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster in April 1986. The tightly regulated 1000 square mile Dead Zone remains one of the most radioactively contaminated places on Earth, complete with military border guards.. Surprisingly, a defiant, spirited group of elderly women scratches out an existence in this lethal landscape. The resilient babushkas are the last survivors...
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About this episode: Tanzania Sanjayan meets the most famous chimpanzees on Earth, but he also finds they're stranded and, penned in by people. The chimps are genetically doomed, unable to mate with other populations and what's worse, their proximity to villagers means they've even been known to hunt human babies. As a result, Dr. Jane Goodall has worked out a plan that may resolve the problem. Bangladesh In Bangladesh, solutions are harder to...
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Season two hits the road with a new roster of Southern ingredients. Vivian and Ben open a second restaurant, plant heirloom apple trees, go pier fishing, hunt ramps and pick up pecans. We'll tag along as Vivian prepares something special for 400 food writers and chefs down in the Delta, fixes holiday meals to meet her family's high standards, and returns to New York City to cook the meal of her career at the James Beard House.
27) King and Country
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World War I is renowned for the mindless slaughter of millions, and in 1917 the battle of Passchendaele, also known as the 3rd Battle of Ypres, succeeded in becoming one of the most bitterly fought battles of the war. Simultaneously at staff HQ another battle was fought between senior officers as to the style and conduct of the war, with heavy criticism of the huge number of casualties.. From the mud of the battlefield walked Private Hamp, the sole...
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While discussing politics at their dinner table, filmmaker Julie Winokur’s 17-year-old son called her ‘one of the most intolerant people he had ever met.’ The accusation stopped Winokur in her tracks and made her realize that she actually wasn’t listening to people with different political views. In fact, she was as much to blame for the divisive tone of politics in America as the people whom she blamed. So rather than continue to be a part...