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Documentary
Monday – April 22, 2019
Pink Floyd Recorded An Album That Was Too Trippy For Them
After the immediate worldwide success of Dark Side of the Moon and the lengthy tour that followed its release, Pink Floyd’s album …
Categories Documentary Interesting Music
Friday – April 19, 2019
Conan Learns How To Survive In The Australian Bush
Conan dusts off his vest from the ’80s club scene to taunt deadly spiders and forage for Jack Daniels nips.
Categories Comedy Documentary Interesting
Hiking With Kevin: Colin Jost
During a ‘wandering hike’ in Central Park, SNL’s Colin Jost chats with Kevin Nealon about life on SNL, Staten Island, his bout …
Categories Comedy Documentary Interesting Unexpected
Thursday – April 18, 2019
Tuesday – April 9, 2019
Why Your Rent is So Damn High
In 2017 about 43 Million Americans spent more than $485 billion on rent, which is the most money ever spent on rent. …
Categories Corporations Documentary Government Interesting Videos
What to Pack for War in Syria | Diary of a Combat Medic
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took the last ISIS stronghold on the 23rd of March, 2019, marking an end to the 5-year …
Categories Documentary Government Interesting Military
The First Openly Married Couple to Work at a Legal Brothel
Violet Vause and Kayden Blake are like every other married couple. They’re in love, they own several cats, and are planning to …
Categories Documentary Gender Interesting Unexpected
Friday – April 5, 2019
Why Tucker Carlson Pretends To Hate Elites
Why would Tucker Carlson, who used to brag about being an “out-of-the-closet elitist,” use his primetime Fox News show to rail against …
Categories Documentary Fact Check Government Interesting Thinking
The Hidden War Over Grocery Shelf Space
There’s a hidden market in the supermarket — Vox’s Phil Edwards explains.
Categories Corporations Documentary Dystopia Food
Sunday – March 31, 2019
Ricky Gervais’ Funniest Ever Interview | 60 Minutes Australia
In all his years interviewing so-called “funny” people, Charles Wooley has often been faced with the sad truth that many of them …
Categories Comedians Documentary Interview
Monday – March 18, 2019
This Fun Fact Will Change the Way You Watch the Movie Airplane!
How specific is the parody in Airplane? Huge chunks of dialogue in the classic comedy are taken verbatim from Zero Hour! Everything …
Categories Comedy Documentary Interesting Videos
Wednesday – March 13, 2019
Mueller’s Investigation Has Created An Underworld Of Online Sleuths
Sorting through the data of the dead — their pots, their knives, and the rocks they cooked on — in order to …
Categories Documentary Fact Check Interesting Politics Videos
Hiking with Kevin – Hilary Swank
Holy Crap – I’m in love now! What a smart, funny, insighful person – and the chemistry between them is great.
Categories Comedians Documentary Interesting Interview
Saturday – January 26, 2019
How China Plans to Grade 1.3 Billion People
China wants to grade its people based on how good or bad a citizen they have been. A dozen cities are already …
Categories Documentary Government Interesting Technology
Friday – January 25, 2019
Trump’s Shutdown Is Making America Less Safe: A Closer Look
Seth takes a closer look at how President Trump is still holding the government hostage over his demand for a border wall …
Categories Comedians Documentary Government Politics Trump
Sunday – January 20, 2019
Despotism (1946) – Anything Look Familiar?
Released after WWII, this amazing film illustrates the thesis that all communities can be ranged on a scale running from democracy to …
Categories Documentary Government History Interesting Videos
Wednesday – January 16, 2019
The REAL Reason Cannabis Was Prohibited (Hint: Corporations)
It’s sad to see how much our world has been destroyed over the past 70 years as well as the health & …
Categories Corporations Documentary Fact Check Government History Interesting Videos
Saturday – January 12, 2019
Jimi Hendrix On An Acoustic Guitar
The only 2 known videos of Jimi playing them online. “Apologies for the stopping image in the first half that features ‘Hear …
Categories Documentary Interesting Music
Friday – January 11, 2019
Why Evangelical Christians Love Israel
Thomas Morton joined a group of born again Christians as they toured the Holy Land and found out the real reason why …
Categories Documentary History Politics Religion
Wednesday – January 2, 2019
The Streets are Alive, with the Sound of Hitler
During the filming of the Sound of Music, the city of Salzburg refused to allow Nazi flags to be hung off buildings …
Categories Documentary History Interesting TIL
Monday – December 31, 2018
The New Year’s Eve Song, Explained
The U.S. associates “Auld Lang Syne” with the New Year, but not everyone does.
Categories Documentary Interesting Videos
Saturday – December 29, 2018
China Builds Fake Paris, London and Jackson Hole
Tianducheng, or “Sky Capital City,” is a real estate development modeled after Paris, complete with its own Eiffel Tower.
Categories Documentary Interesting Videos
Thursday – December 27, 2018
How Middle Earth Shaped Classic Rock
Ever heard of this guy Tolkien? Ever listened to 70’s rock? For your pleasure:
Categories Documentary Videos
Wednesday – December 26, 2018
Why “Buy One, Get One Free” Isn’t a Great Deal
Unless, of course, it’s on sale too. That’s just basic math.
Categories Documentary Fact Check Thinking