podcasts and documentaries

documentaries

here is a bunch of documentaries which i would like to point out because of their exceptional quality:

space science related documentaries

• extreme astronomy – horizon: seeing stars. 720p – bbc (very good)
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnw6jY-iUI8
• destination titan – bbc (very good)
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0109ccd
• space shuttle the final mission – bbc
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012x69w

• BBC SPACE (very good) but i can’t provide a link as i can’t find any… *bummer*
  • BBC Space/1 – Star Stuff
  • BBC Space/2 – Are We Alone
  • BBC Space/3 – Staying Alive
  • BBC Space/4 – New Worlds
  • BBC Space/5 – Black Hole
  • BBC Space/6 – Boldly Go

note: for all this nasa missions i wonder how they get all the funding. and why there is so much military involvement (especially in ‘extreme astronomy’)?

energy related

• feldheim: das erste energieautarke dorf (very good)
  • http://www.anti-atom-piraten.de/2011/04/feldheim-das-erste-energieautarke-dorf/
• grenzenlose windkraft (3sat documentary about the enercon e126)
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek_lUxEuwBI
• alles im griff – arte (very good)
  • http://www.arte.tv/de/2151166,CmC=3785858.html
• deadly dust – todesstaub uranmunition und ihre folgen (very good)
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTRaf23TCUI
• quarks und co : 20110322 and 20110426
  • http://www.podcast.de/episode/2158063/Quarks%2B%2526%2BCo%253A%2B26.04.2011%252C%2BDie%2BAtom-Ruinen%2Bvon%2BTschernobyl%2Bund%2BFukushima/
  • http://www.podcast.de/episode/2109512/Quarks%2B%2526%2BCo%253A%2B22.03.2011%252C%2BMensch%2Bgegen%2BStrahlung/
• quarks und co – blackout in deutschland (very good)
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4knU0b3UiU&feature=player_embedded
• die wahre geschichte von tschernobyl (one of many versions it seems – still interesting to see the historic images)
  • http://nuoviso.tv/dokumentationen/wirtschaft/288-die-wahre-geschichte-von-tschernobyl
  • http://nuoviso.tv/ has many other interesting and inflammatory documentaries
• antiatompiraten.de (very good blog about nuclear energy; occasionally contains documentaries which are usually extraordinary)
  • http://antiatompiraten.de/

note: if you are interested in a sustainable concept on how to solve the energy problem with 100% renewables, read the books from hermann scheer:

• http://www.hermannscheer.de/de/ (very good)

podcasts (audio only)

a few different podcasts i liked very much:

• paul graham OSCON 2005 (very good) – wise words, listen carefully!
  • http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail657.html (indirect link)
  • http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/audio/download/ITC.OSCON05-PaulGraham-2005.08.02.mp3 (direct link)
• CRE028 extreme programming
  • http://cre.fm/cre028
• CRE084 LISP
  • http://cre.fm/cre084
• seradio-episode84 dick gabriel on LISP (very good)
  • http://www.se-radio.net/2008/01/episode-84-dick-gabriel-on-lisp/