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Of Beauty and Consolation Episode 7 Martha Nussbaum

https://youtu.be/z7jvmddhgK4 Journalist Wim Kayzer interviews Martha Nussbaum. The American philosopher studied at New York University and Harvard. Later she wrote…

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Maggie Nelson: Bluets

On Sex, sexual desires and more by Persis Bekkering/nrc Amsterdam, July 29th 2021--Twelve years ago Maggie Nelson wrote Bluets, something…

3 years ago

British art history

Grand mural projects by Jeremy Musson Amsterdam, 23 July 2021--In her book, Lydia Hamlett unpacks the literary, cultural and political…

3 years ago

Life as a “comfort woman”: the story of Kim Bok-Dong

https://youtu.be/qsT97ax_Xb0 Madame Kim passed away on January 28, 2019, making this interview possibly the last sessional interview of her 92…

3 years ago

First-Time Gorilla Mom Can’t Stop Showering Newborn With Kisses

https://youtu.be/xnb1ekW1ViE Calaya is a first-time mother at the Smithsonian Zoo who couldn’t stop kissing her newborn right after she gave…

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Agafia. Hermit Surviving in Russian Wilderness for 70 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFK3DJ7Kn6s Soon after this film aired, Agafia found a helper who has now been living with her for more than…

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How big is the universe … compared with a grain of sand?

How big is the universe ... compared with a grain of sand? 'You'll never get your head around how big…

3 years ago

Why Write ?

Read Rilke or the Artist as a Teacher Part III Amsterdam, June 30 2021-- Writers are often asked: why do…

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Incomprehensible Rainer Maria Rilke

And yet so rich and easy Part II Amsterdam, 30 june 2021-- One often hears that Rilke's poetry is so…

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