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Cultural Relativism and the Importance of Anthropology in the Modern Age | Wade Davis 36 min
Bestselling author and anthropologist Wade Davis addresses The Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 2017 College of Fellows dinner, held November 16, 2017 at the Canadian Museum of History.
Why Is US Media Becoming More Right-Wing? 18 min
Something very interesting is happening to mainstream US media, and they're openly admitting it. Why is the news becoming more right-wing? – Second Thought
The Orange Pill: There's Something Wrong With Suburbia 3 min
This video was filmed on an actual CRT monitor, in an actual pile of garbage, at the side of an actual stroad.
How Corporate Welfare Hurts You | Robert Reich 5 min
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains the policies that line the pockets of corporations while hurting ordinary Americans.
Capitalism Has Hijacked Christmas for Profit. We Need to Reclaim Its Humanitarian Origins. 22 min
In this video essay, I look at why we need a war on capitalist Christmas. Specifically, I look at the history of how capitalism stole Christmas, and how we might be able to steal it...
The News Media Is Selling You Out 25 min
The news media is in the pocket of a major industry.
The Worldwide Web of Belief and Ritual | Wade Davis 18 min
Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Elder Brothers, a group of Sierra Nevada...
Learn What It Means to Matter 3 min
Black lives matter. Blue lives matter. All lives matter. But what does it actually mean to matter? Find out by enrolling in
What Should We Do About Racist White Americans? | Daryl Davis & Quay Hanna 6 min
"What should our society do about people like me? White people from rural America who might be racist? My name is Quay Hanna." "And I’m Daryl Davis. Both Quay and I have dedicated our...
BOMBSHELL: 60% Of Pentagon Money Is Missing | The Kyle Kulinski Show 13 min
This should be on the front page of every newspaper, but it's not.
Indict Us Too: Daniel Ellsberg & Cryptome's John Young Demand US Drop Charges Against Julian Assange 23 min
As supporters of Julian Assange fear his extradition to the United States could be just weeks away, and President Biden faces growing pressure to drop espionage charges against Assange...
The Genderbread Person Isn't the Way | Zander Keig 6 min
I grew up in what I felt like was a progressive society.In school we had broken through the idea of strict gender roles; we were taught that men and women could have any career that they...
My Enemy's Letters | Jim Enderle 10 min
During his service in Iraq, Navy Corpsman Jim Enderle had an awakening experience that changed his life. Jim uncovers what it means to be human and how our perceptions prevent us from...
The Secret To Healing Trauma | Dr. Gabor Mate 7 min
Dr. Gabor Mate shares his personal journey of healing the trauma he experienced as an infant baby when his Jewish family was subject to Nazi occupation in Hungary. Trauma is not what...
Why Breakdowns Are Sometimes Necessary | Duncan Trussell 4 min
Duncan Trussell describes how a mental breakdown just might be a break through.
We The People | Mark Charles 6 min
Mark Charles explains the fundamental design of the founding documents of the United States of America that allows white, landowning men to flourish and maintain power. He examines how...
The Force That Drives Our Civilization | Charles Eisenstein 8 min
Charles Eisenstein explains how the time has come for us to re-examine the stories that we believe about ourselves in relationship with all life. When we are able to do this well, we...
America's Gun Fetish | Chris Hedges 8 min
Chris Hedges explains how guns became such an important part of the American culture.
What We Can Learn From Nature | Janine Benyus 3 min
Janine Benyus reveals the natural intelligence found in the patterns and designs of nature all around us. We live in a competent, brilliant planet and are surrounded by genius with...
What Do Animals Think And Feel? | Carl Safina 6 min
Scientist Carl Safina explains the unique ways that animals use their natural intelligence to work together for survival. He explains that love is not unique to humans. We see many ways...
How the Soil Healed Wounded Soldiers | George Monbiot 8 min
Learn how this mysterious "Angel's Glow" helped to heal the wounded soldiers, as described by George Monbiot in his new book Regenesis.
Judge Not: a Short Film about Judgement, Compassion, and Learning to Love the Cringe 5 min
Over the last couple years, I’ve tried to bring an increased awareness to the relationship between judgement, compassion, and suffering--both within myself and the larger collective...
To Be At Home In The World | Charles Eisenstein 15 min
A meditative, absorbing, intricately-edited short film about the crisis of belonging, the high price of progress, and the return journey home, as told by author/philosopher Charles...
Why Doctors Ignore Trauma | Dr. Nadine Burke Harris 6 min
Dr. Nadine Harris has been studying the effects of early childhood adversity on health outcomes later on in life. In her 30 years of studying research, the findings are clear. Childhood...
How To Have A Relationship With A Wild Animal | Steve Karlin 7 min
How does a human being develop a relationship with a wild animal? Steve Karlin, of Wildlife Associates, is a wild animal rehabilitation expert that explains how animals can sense how we...
How Trees Talk | Suzanne Simard 5 min
Scientist Suzanne Simard explains the complex intelligence of how trees communicate with one another and are super cooperators rather than competitors. This beautiful story takes you...
How To Handle Our Inner Cynicism | Mr Rogers 13 min
I didn't know much about Mister Rogers nor his classic show "Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood" until I saw the Tom Hanks film, A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood. Here's my thoughts on...
The Socialist Guide to Surviving in Capitalism 21 min
This might be controversial.
Frog and Toad: The Philosophy of Simple Living 29 min
In this video, I chat about the 1970s children’s book series Frog and Toad—written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel—including its helpful/wholesome themes and why it’s so cozy and...
The Healthy Masculinity of Ted Lasso | A Therapist Explains 21 min
A videoessay breaking down the masculinity in the apple tv show Ted Lasso, starring Jason Sudekis as a football coach. This analysis considers the healthy masculinity of characters such...
An Initiation to Game B 19 min
Follow the journey of a Game~B pioneer who—with the help of the three stewards—awakens to the realization that she must find her tribe and prevent humanity's current path toward...
Why It's So Hard To Imagine Life After Capitalism 19 min
There's a common expression, "it's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism." When the current economic model is seen more as an immutable force of nature than a...
Libelinha Venture, Rewild The Future 11 min
When Xavier and Arantxa bought their land in Central Portugal they just wanted to have a little piece of selfsufficient heaven.. But two months after the purchase a huge wildfire raged...
Anthropologist Debunks Darwin’s Most Abused Idea | James Suzman 9 min
James Suzman lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.
Jon Stewart On The Problem with Antisemitic Rhetoric and How Our Culture Talks about It 13 min
Jon Stewart gives his thoughtful take on the controversies surrounding Chappelle, Irving and West, and the impact of antisemitic rhetoric.
Magic Medicine: Can Psilocybin Cure Depression? 80 min
Over 4 years, filmmaker Monty Wates was given exclusive access to the first-ever medical trial to give psilocybin (the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms) to a group of...
Cocaine Unwrapped 84 min
COCAINE UNWRAPPED tells the story of cocaine: coca farmers in Colombia, drugs mules in Ecuadorian prisons, cocaine factories in the Bolivian jungle, dealers on the streets of Mexico, law...
A Little Movie About The Future (with My 5 Year Old Luna) 5 min
What if we imagine a more hopeful future?
We need a #HomesGuarantee 3 min
A national Homes Guarantee is a plan that will ensure every person in the U.S. (or any country) has safe, accessible, sustainable, and permanently affordable housing. It comes straight...
War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death 72 min
This critically acclaimed look at American war propaganda exhumes five decades of remarkable archival footage to show how presidents from both parties have relied on fear-driven...
Tomorrow's Children 35 min
Do politically expedient proposals for more testing prepare children for the challenges of the 21st century? What is the role of schools in a time when the mass media are children's most...
Climate Collateral: How Military Spending Accelerates Climate Breakdown 3 min
Military spending and arms sales have a deep and lasting impact on the capacity to address the climate crisis, let alone in a way that promotes justice. Every dollar spent on the...
Franciscan Mysticism: Becoming What You Already Are | Richard Rohr 62 min
The experience of god inside oneself is often called Franciscan Mysticism. It's about becoming what you already are, and the profound wisdom St. Francis imparted for living in harmony...
Awakening from the Meaning Crisis 3000 min
Do you ever feel like we're swimming in an ocean of bullshit? This ground-breaking and viral 50-part series from John Vervaeke seeks to understand why this is so, and answer the...
Occupation Inc. 42 min
A documentary about Spanish involvement in the Moroccan occupation and exploitation of Western Sahara, Africa's last colony, with Sahrawi human rights defenders Elghalia Djimi and...
The Laws of Capitalism 60 min
The laws of capitalism have elevated the interests of the few above that of the many, but we can rewrite the code and restore balance to society. In this series, Professor Katharina...
CIA Officer Frank Snepp Discusses Planting Stories In Major Newspapers 17 min
"The most important video of the year was filmed in 1983." - Edward Snowden "Please watch this detailed explanation from former CIA analyst Frank Snepp about how the newspapers and...
This Land is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons 47 min
For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons -- everything from our forests and our oceans to our broadcast...
The Race for What’s Left: The Global Scramble for the World’s Last Resources 39 min
Renowned energy expert Michael T. Klare provides an invaluable account of the new and increasingly dangerous competition for the world's dwindling natural resources. Arguing that the...
Restoring the World 35 min
Peoples of the world, this is your time and reality. If you are to prevent war and the breakdown of human civilization, you must build and restore the world—the ground beneath your feet...
The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War in the United States 85 min
Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies...
The Next American Revolution: Beyond Corporate Capitalism & State Socialism 47 min
While there's been no shortage of commentary about the structural crisis plaguing the American economic and political system, from wage stagnation and chronic unemployment to unchecked...
The New Economics 101: True Wealth in the New Economy 46 min
Economist and bestselling author Juliet Schor lays out a positive vision for rethinking our relationship to consumer goods in this accessible and timely analysis of the devastating...
The Myth of the Liberal Media: The Propaganda Model of News 60 min
If you think U.S. news has a liberal bias, this assumption-shattering film from Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, and Justin Lewis will have you thinking again. Making the common-sense case...
The Crisis of the Cultural Environment: Media & Democracy in the 21st Century 25 min
Turning to issues of media policy, George Gerbner delivers a stinging indictment of the way the so-called "information superhighway" is being constructed. By examining the logic of...
Peace, Propaganda, & The Promised Land: US Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 80 min
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions...
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire 76 min
Hijacking Catastrophe places the Bush Administration's original justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically...
Freedom of Expression: Resistance & Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property 52 min
In 1998, university professor Kembrew McLeod (Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa) made headlines when he successfully trademarked the phrase "freedom...
Framing An Execution: The Media & Mumia Abu-Jamal 50 min
The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a journalist on Pennsylvania's death row in connection with the death of a police officer, had become by the late 1990s a global symbol of inequities in the...
Dysfunctional Societies: How Equality Makes Societies Stronger 40 min
What distinguishing feature do the world's healthiest and happiest societies have in common? According to acclaimed author Richard Wilkinson, the answer is simple: they have far less...
Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood 66 min
Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food to...
Jeremy Corbyn Destroys The Establishment 8 min
Living in the Time of Dying 54 min
Living in The Time of Dying is an unflinching look at what it means to be living in the midst of climate catastrophe and finding purpose and meaning within it. Recognising the magnitude...
Noam Chomsky Explains the Beauty of Concision 6 min
How corporate news inherently supports the status quo and prevents dissident perspectives through 'concision'.
Why There's No Such Thing as a Good Billionaire 21 min
Adam Conover breaks down why billionaire "charity" is terrible for the planet, and why we should stop swallowing their myths.
TraumaZone 350 min
An epic documentary by British director Adam Curtis illustrating in seven parts state and decline of the Soviet Union and the development in Russia 1985–1999 using material from the BBC...
Southern Discomfort 79 min
Southern Discomfort is a documentary film that examines white southerners' love affair with the Confederacy. It also examines the role that state governments in the south play in...
Constructing Public Opinion: How Politicians & the Media Misrepresent the Public 32 min
The media regularly use public opinion polls in their reporting of important news stories. But how exactly do they report them and to what end? In this insightful and accessible...
Captive Audience: Advertising Invades the Classroom 45 min
For marketers who wish to reach the lucrative youth market, the relatively uncluttered medium of the school environment represents the final frontier -- access to a captive audience of...
Capitalism Hits The Fan 57 min
With breathtaking clarity, renowned University of Massachusetts Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in...
Blood and Oil 52 min
Blood and Oil offers a riveting look at how U.S. efforts to control the global flow of fossil fuels has led to endless war, alliances with authoritarian regimes like Saudi Arabia, and...
Advertising & The End of The World 47 min
Advertising & the End of the World features an illustrated presentation by Sut Jhally of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Growing Pains: the Ecological Cost of an Insatiable Economy 47 min
'Growing Pains'  is the title for a short edit (47min) of the award-winning documentary 'System Error'. A look at the global and political obsession with economic growth and the...
We Need A Library Economy 27 min
The library has been a long-standing institution in our society, but what if we applied its philosophy more broadly? Let's imagine what it would mean to realize the possibilities of this...
Bring a Farm Back to Life 2 min
Help us to get our sixth site – Maesgwyn Isaf -  up and running. With your support we can make this farm ready to welcome new entrant farmers to work this land in an agroecological way...
Don't Tell Me to Just Breathe 6 min
This beautiful and timely animation speaks to the spiralling levels of anxiety and depression the UK and other rich nations are experiencing by revealing the often silenced links between...
How To Make Communist Propaganda 18 min
Ever wonder how I make my videos? Here's a good starting point!  – Second Thought
Why Billionaires Won't Save Us 15 min
In this video essay, I look at why billionaires won't save us from climate change. Specifically, I look at how the elite philanthropy of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk function as...
We Don’t Need the CIA | The Chris Hedges Report 34 min
Chris Hedges and John Kiriakou discuss the CIA, how it has evolved, how it sees its mission, what it does, how it works, and the effects of its clandestine operations around the globe.
Into the Soil | Regenerative Farming & Food Fermentation 32 min
”A refreshing perspective on what it means to be wealthy” – Don Smith, Kiss the Ground
Behind the Shield: The Power & Politics of the NFL 2 min
Acclaimed journalist Dave Zirin of The Nation magazine tackles the politics of manhood, militarism, nationalism, and race in the NFL, America's most popular and influential sports...
The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales 3 min
Abigail Disney looks at America's dysfunctional and unequal economy and asks why the American Dream has worked for the wealthy, yet is a nightmare for people born with less.
Have You Seen This Chevron Ad? 2 min
Nothing is more precious than life.
Why the Suburbs Are Terrible for Us (and the Planet) 18 min
In this video essay, I look at why the suburbs are so terrible for people and the planet. Specifically, I look at the racist history of the suburbs in the United States in order to...
Honest Government Ad | Visit Brazil 4 min
The Brazilian Government has made a tourism ad ahead of the coming election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
How the Rich REALLY Cause Climate Change 21 min
In this video essay, I look at how the rich really cause climate change. Specifically, I look at how the focus on the richest people in the world's consumption habits (i.e. our obsession...
Time For Left To Admit Boys & Men Are In CRISIS and For Right to Accept We Shouldn't "Go Back" | Breaking Points 20 min
Krystal and Saagar are joined by author and policy expert Richard Reeves to better understand the crisis facing boys and men he tackles in his new book. A refreshing interview with zero...
The Myth of Normal: Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture 42 min
In an extended interview, acclaimed physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté discusses his new book, just out, called "The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture."
AWAKE: A Dream From Standing Rock 90 min
AWAKE tells the dramatic story of the historic #NODAPL native-led peaceful resistance at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, which captured the world's attention as one...
The Scariest Climate Science Paper I've Ever Read? 12 min
This month a paper came out that honestly chilled me. It was about tipping points in climate - a well-known concept that the climate can change abruptly if certain conditions are met in...
When Trees Meet Buildings 12 min
Architects, engineers and developers are creating increasingly greener structures - and doing it in a more literal way than ever before.
Music, Culture & Race | Greg Thomas 34 min
Greg Thomas is a passionate cultural commentator on the topic of race, and the history of black America, particularly related to musical history. In this conversation with Rebel Wisdom's...
Feminine Wisdom: Schuyler Brown & Samantha Sweetwater 70 min
In a culture dominated by abstract, male-skewed "sense-making" discussions, this 70 minute Rebel Wisdom conversation with Schuyler Brown, Samantha Sweetwater and David Fuller uncovers...
Can Capitalism Solve World Hunger? 19 min
We're often told just how productive a capitalist economy is. We produce far more than we need...so why are there still so many hungry and malnourished people? In this episode we'll...
The Psychology of the Religious Right 18 min
Let's take a dive into the minds of the religious right and discover how their distinct and zealous approach to matters of faith has affected the current political landscape.- Andrewism
How Capitalism Robs the Developing World 19 min
You've probably seen videos ask questions like "why is _____ so poor?" or "why are northern countries richer?" but most of them fail to grapple with the underlying causes of global...
The Magnitude of All Things 2 min
When Jennifer Abbott lost her sister to cancer, her sorrow opened her up to the profound gravity of climate breakdown. Abbott’s new documentary The Magnitude of All Things draws intimate...
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