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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: The Opium Wars
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses the Opium Wars. Experts discuss what happened, its result, and the continuing impact on relations between Britain and China. Listening requires...
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: Greek and Roman Love Poetry
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode is about Greek and Roman love poetry. Experts discuss the transition from heroic narratives to love as a theme. Listening requires RealPlayer.
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: Spinoza
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses Baruch Spinoza. Experts discuss his life, work, and impact on philosophy. Listening requires RealPlayer.
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: The Siege of Orleans
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses the Siege of Orleans. Experts discuss what happened, its impact, and the role of Joan of Arc. Listening requires RealPlayer.
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: Ockham's Razor
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses William of Ockham. Experts discuss his life, work, and impact on philosophy. Listening requires RealPlayer.
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: Siegfried Sassoon
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode is about Siegfried Sassoon's poetry. Experts discuss his life as well as his work. Listening requires RealPlayer.
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Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Roald Dahl
The BBC provides audio clips taken from an interview with the children's author, Roald Dahl. Additional content includes a brief biography, a list of his key works, and links to other related stories on the BBC network.
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Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Richard Long
The BBC provides audio clips from an interview with Richard Long, the Turner prize winning landscape sculptor and photographer. Additional content includes a brief biography and a list of key works.
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Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Simon Wiesenthal
The BBC provides several audio clips from a 1981 radio interview with Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005 CE), the Founder and Head of the Jewish Documentation Centre. Additional content includes a brief biography and a list of key works.
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Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Alfred Hitchcock
The BBC provides audio flips from various interviews with Alfred Hitchcock, the noted English film director and producer. Additional content includes a brief biography and a list of his key works.
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Bbc Audio Interviews: John Schlesinger
The BBC provides audio clips from various interviews with John Schlesinger, the English film director best known for his Oscar winning film, Midnight Cowboy. Additional content includes links to further material found on the BBC network.
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Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Derek Walcott
The BBC provides audio clips from a 1990 radio interview with Derek Walcott, the West Indian poet and playwright. Additional content includes a brief biography, a list of key works, and links to further material on the BBC network.
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Bbc: Audio Interviews: Philip Glass
Clips from several BBC interviews of music composer Philip Glass. Links to biographical information.
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Bbc: Audio Interviews: Bob Marley
Interview clips with famous Jamaican reggae musician, Bob Marley. Includes comments on his politics and religion as well as his music.
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Bbc: Audio Interview With Joseph Heller
A profile of the author, and links to five different audio clips offer insight into the characters of Catch 22, and the art of writing fiction.
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Bbc Radio 4: In Our Time: The Venerable Bede
Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses Bede. Experts discuss the man as well as his "Ecclesiastical History of the Angle Peoples." Click on the "Listen to the latest programme" icon to...
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Bbc: Skillswise: What Are Word Types?
This Skillswise site focuses on word types,or as we call them, parts of speech. Included are a video about why learning to identify parts of speech is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information...
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Bbc: Skillswise: Negative Numbers
This Skillswise site focuses on negative numbers. Included are a video about why learning how to use negative numbers is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise...
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Bbc: Skillswise: Decimals
This Skillswise site focuses on decimals. Included are a video about why learning decimals is important, fact sheets and worksheets about using decimals, and quizzes on the information presented. Be aware that this is from Great Britain,...
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Bbc: Video Nation Filming Skills
Part of the larger Video Nation website, this section provides short instructional tips with examples for digital video recording. Topics are: recording sound, filming surroundings, the "hollywood" shot, lighting, filming conversations,...
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Bbc Future: Week of 12 03 12: Temple Grandin: Rethinking the Way We Think
Animal behavior expert and autism advocate Temple Grandin describes how different brains process information and how we can join people with different types of minds to solve complex problems. Includes video [3:23]
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Bbc Audio Interviews: Noam Chomsky
Two interviews with noted American linguist and political activist, Noam Chomsky.
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Bbc Interviews: Lucian Freud
The BBC provides audio clips from an interview with "the Ingres of existentialism," painter Lucian Freud. Additional content includes a brief biography and a list of his key works.
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Bbc News: Obama Names Oil Spill Panel Heads
A video [01:40:00] in which President Obama discusses the commission that has been created to consider causes of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the options that need to be taken to prevent a similar disaster. Duration: 1 m 40...