?? Growing up in a Quaker household, Jocelyn Bell Burnell was raised to believe that she had as much right to an education as anyone else. But as a girl in the 1940s in Northern Ireland, her enthusiasm for the sciences was met with hostility from teachers and male students. Undeterred, she went on to…
Documentary
America, Crime, Documentary, History, Insurrection
Inside the January 6th Capitol Riot
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Over the last year, Trumpism has advanced three grand lies: against the significance of the pandemic, against Biden’s clear win in the presidential election, and against the fact of a violent insurrection at the Capitol on January 6th. In response to that third lie – that there was no violent insurrection – there is ample…
Birds, Documentary, Film
Film: Bob of the Park Knows New York City Birds. But He’s Ruffled a Few Feathers
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
If you grab binoculars and head to Central Park in New York, you may see a warbler, a robin and Robert DeCandido, also known as “Birding Bob.” If you can’t spot him, you’ll definitely hear him. Among dedicated birders, some consider his use of recorded bird calls a disturbance to birds and bird-watchers alike, while…
Documentary, Film, Insurrection
Frontline: American Insurrection
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Not so long ago — Full film available at PBS’s Frontline website or via YouTube.
Coronavirus, Culture, Documentary
Frontline: Death Is Our Business
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
How COVID-19 reshaped the grieving process at Black-owned funeral homes in New Orleans.
Coronavirus, Documentary, Public Health
Film: Inside a Covid I.C.U., Through a Nurse’s Eyes
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Documentary, Music
Monday Music: How Olivia Rodrigo Wrote ‘Drivers License,’ the Biggest Song of the Year (So Far)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
America, Authoritarianism, Congress, Documentary, Never Trump, Politics, Trump, Trumpism
Frontline: Trump’s American Carnage
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
In the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, FRONTLINE investigates how Donald Trump’s presidency laid the groundwork for bitter divisions, violence and ultimately insurrection. “Trump’s American Carnage” investigates Trump’s siege on his enemies, the media and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what…
Congress, Crime, Documentary, Radical Populism, Trump, Trumpism, Violence
Inside the U.S. Capitol at the Height of the Siege
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
At 2:12 p.m. on Jan. 6, supporters of President Trump began climbing through a window they had smashed on the northwest side of the U.S. Capitol. “Go! Go! Go!” someone shouted as the rioters, some in military gear, streamed in. It was the start of the most serious attack on the Capitol since the War…
Documentary, Film
Film: A Year of Ping Pong
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Documentary
Smithsonian Channel’s Top 10 Most-Watched Videos of 2020
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
0:00 – Intro to Top 10 Most Watched Videos of 2020 00:23 – Unleashing a Medieval Trebuchet 2:27 – Lioness Won’t Let Cub’s Father Near 6:25 – Bombing Exposes the Navy’s Need for New Boat 10:13 – 15th Century Weapon of War Fired 100 Arrows at Once 12:22 – Terrifying Dwarf Croc Holds Its Breath 15:28 – Egyptologists Open Newly-Discovered Pyramid 18:50 – Roman…
Adventure, Documentary, Environment, Film, Nature, Weather
Film: Glacier Exit
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
2020 Presidential Election, America, Courts, Documentary, Economy, Film, Law, Trump
Frontline: Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Supreme Court
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
With the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett days before the 2020 presidential election, conservatives solidified a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court — and the chance to shape American life and policy for a generation. Behind it all was a powerful Republican from Kentucky: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for whom Barrett’s confirmation was…
2020 Presidential Election, America, Coronavirus, Culture, Documentary, Economy, Elections, Film, Trump, Voting Rights
Frontline: A Nation in Turmoil (Full Film)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Filmed across the country this past year by a production team headed by Mike Shum and Blair Woodbury, “American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil” captures the diverse perspectives of a number of people — a pastor, a barber, a doctor, an activist and more — as they deal with COVID-19 in their communities, respond to…