Brain Food

Politics, Satire, Science, Education, Documentaries....What more do you want?

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Richard Dawkins - Science, it works, bitches!

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This Is Water

In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education.

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BBC, Rupert Murdoch - Battle With Britain

In the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch has been accused of corrupting British media and contaminating politics. Yet the caricature image of him as the 'Dirty Digger', the sinister head of a global media empire, in fact obscures deeper, more significant truths - not least about Britain itself.

Rupert Murdoch can be seen as an agent of change, a revolutionary almost, who has been a vital part of the transformation of Britain over the last 45 years. He rode the wave of social change that swept a gloomy postwar country into the modern world and his ability to understand what people wanted and give it to them made him rich and powerful. Yet his part in this cultural, political and industrial revolution also brought Rupert Murdoch into conflict with the establishment and vested interests in all their guises. It may even have ultimately cost him his life's ambition - to see the business he has built carried on inside the family by one of his children. Steve Hewlett tells the story of Rupert Murdoch's 40-year battle with Britain.

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BBC Panorama - The Russians Are Coming

Russian money has poured into London, but is organised crime coming with it? Reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates a death in a Russian prison that has brought the threat of violence to the UK. Could a whistleblower found dead on the streets of Surrey be the latest victim of the Russian crime wars?

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Crash Course On Slavery

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Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero - Alfred Russel Wallace

The story of Alfred Russell Wallace, a man who independently came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection at the same time as Darwin. Wallace has since become a forgotten hero in the story of evolution, but Bill Bailey wants to change that.

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America Kickin' Ass

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The Images Put On Board The Voyager Space Craft

According to Jimmy Carters letter, included with the images, Voyager is expected to last well over a billion years just floating through space. So long after humanity has destroyed itself and our footprint on this planet has eroded to dust, this space craft and these images will be the only record of our existence and all that any other alien species will be able to learn about us. 127 pictures amounts to all of humanity's imprint on the universe.

See what you can learn about humanity from just these pictures.

Full Album here

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Lu Guang's The Polluted Landscape: the camera never lies, even in China - audio slideshow

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Rowan Atkinson's Archbishop Sketch

The church is fun you know.

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Frankie Boyle On Religion

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Out Of Sight Out Of Mind

Since 2004, drone strikes have killed an estimated 3,115 people in Pakistan. Less than 2% of the victims are high profile targets, the rest are children, civilians, and alleged combatants. Above is the story of every known drone strike and victim in Pakistan.

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Ignorance Is Bliss

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Jon Stewart Interviews George Carlin

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Time-Lapse Earth

A compilation of shots.

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European Banking

"Give me all the money in my account"