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‘Doc’ Noss Finds Gold at Victorio Peak
Foot clinic doctor Milton Ernest “Doc” Noss said he discovered gold in the hills of Southern New Mexico in 1937. (Source: Unsolved Mysteries)
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The Founding Fathers
Seven hours! A thorough examination of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. Produced by The Biography Channel (People Profiles Documentaries) 0:00 Washington 1:08:56 Jefferson 2:13:45 Franklin 3:13:27 John Adams 4:16:33 Madison 5:07:01 Hamilton 6:18:42 Jay
‘breadcrumb trail’: About SLINT
A documentary made by Lance Bangs on the Louisville, Kentucky based band Slint with a focus on their seminal final album, Spiderland. (Source: Killer Potato)
‘WHAT DOESN’T KILL ME’: Vic Chesnutt Documentary
Directed by Scott Stuckey. Vic Chesnutt was an accomplished American singer-songwriter from Athen, Georgia. Paralyzed from a drunken driving accident, Chesnutt died from suicide at 45 in 2009.
JFK Assassination: A Witness Remembers
A witness to the murder of President John F. Kennedy, Pierce Allman, recounts the booming gun, the first lady’s screams and a conversation with Lee Harvey Oswald. (Source: LA Times)
Tangled Up with Dylan: The Ballad of AJ Weberman
In 2006, A.J. Weberman, along with some of his former students, appeared in a documentary film about his exploits as a Dylanologist. The film includes a performance by Peel and Weberman of “The Ballad of A. J. Weberman,” a tribute…
Ethan Lim: Cambodian Futures in Food
This is Culinary Futurism. Filmmaker Dustin Nakao-Haider follows Chicago-based chef Ethan Lim as he creates vibrant dishes inspired by the rich, complex history of Cambodia. Drawing on his family’s culinary legacy of over half a century, Lim’s award-winning cooking imagines…
The Power Broker Robert Moses Interviewed in his Office
Over a desktop model of the Manhattan Bridge, Robert Moses speaks from his Babylon office in this 1959 interview for NBC. Check out these Robert Moses books on Amazon: “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York”:…
MIKE & IKE Factory Tour
JUST BORN is a candy company in Pennsylvania that produces MIKE & IKE! Those candies you love until you hate them are surprisingly complex to produce. (Source: Just Born Quality Confections)
Why This Billionaire is Spending Millions to be Young Again
Blueprint is a public science experiment to determine whether it’s possible to stay the same biological age. This requires slowing down aging processes as much as possible and then reversing the aging that has happened. Currently Bryan Johnson’s speed of…
Carly Simon on Her Marriage to James Taylor
Journalist Dan Rather interviews Carly Simon on her marriage to James Taylor, which made them one of music’s greatest power couples.