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How Stephen King Predicted Trump’s Rise Decades Ago
Stephen King sat down with NowThis to talk about President Trump and the eerie similarities between Donald Trump and his “Dead Zone” character ‘Greg Stillson.’ “Dead Zone” is a novel King wrote…
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Being 35 and Single
An Argentine woman, documenting her relationships, begins an intimate investigation searching for love and answers: must she settle down or continue to be a free spirit in order to be happy?
Richard Branson: Daredevil Entrepreneur
Richard Branson, who has severe dyslexia, is one of the most successful businessmen in history. Watch this documentary short about his life, one filled with newspapers, records, airlines and promotional stunts for his Virgin companies.
Martin Scorsese: ‘Italianamerican’
In 1974, master filmmaker Martin Scorsese released a documentary about his Italian-American family. The opening scenes include his father on the couch talking about delivering vests for his cousin, while his mother makes pasta sauce in the kitchen.
Lucian Freud: Painted Life
A BBC documentary about the revered painter Lucian Freud, grandson of Sigmund Freud, who invented psychoanalysis. Lucian Freud was born in Germany but raised in Britain. He loved horses and other animals, but is best known for his depictions of…
The Pathology of the Rich: Journalist Chris Hedges on The Real News
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges discusses the psychology of the super rich; their sense of entitlement, the dehumanization of workers, and mistaken belief that their wealth will insulate them from the coming storms.
Studs Terkel and Mike Royko at a Chicago Bar
Short video of oral historian Studs Terkel and 1972 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Mike Royko at Lawry’s, a Chicago bar. Someone orders a Sharp’s non-alcoholic beer for Royko, another patrons laughs, and then Royko wants in on the joke.
‘Good Ol’ Charles Shulz’: Documentary about the Creator of ‘Peanuts’ Comic Strip
A PBS American Masters documentary about Charles M. Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000), an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium and is still…
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: In the Wake of Disaster
In 1989, a tanker ran aground off the coast of Alaska, causing one of the worst oil spills in United States history. Nearly 25 years later, the lessons of the Exxon Valdez continue to resonate. Watch this Retro Report documentary…
Tupac Shakur on Life and Death
“If I was white I would have been like John Wayne… I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play” — Tupac Shakur Interview by Benjamin Svetkey March 1994 Microcassette recorder Related profile appeared in Entertainment Weekly
The Real Walter White
When AMC’s Breaking Bad premiered in 2008, one of Alabama’s most successful meth cooks was already knee-deep in building a massive meth empire. His name? Walter White. In this documentary, Walter tells us the secret behind his product. How he…