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- Gates will offer insights and commentary on his own climate work. The episodes will also look at individuals who are working to find new sustainable ways to save the world from future catastrophe.
- GRAMMY®-Award winning artist and MacArthur grant recipient Rhiannon Giddens, takes you across time, around the globe and dives into cultures to uncover the hidden-and often surprising-history of the banjo.
- Looking at technology and innovations that might provide hope, Gates appears with five scientists and change makers who are focusing on net-zero and carbon-neutral emissions research.
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- In this riveting, full-length exclusive documentary 9/11 journalists, including Tom Brokaw, Savannah Guthrie, Scott Pelley, Rehema Ellis, and more than 40 others share their perspectives about what it meant to risk their lives to report on the tragic events of 9/11 as they unfolded before their eyes. See how amid the chaos, confusion, and uncertainty, these journalists sacrificed their safety to report live from the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, Shanksville, and even onboard Air Force One. And, just like the audience watching, they tried to make sense of what was happening while on the scene.
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- Last year, Elise Freshwater-Blizzard took me to Peak Cavern, and it defeated me. I'm back for round two.
- 2013– 17mTV EpisodeThe shipwreck of the Dutch East India Company's new flagship, the Batavia, and the unhappy fate of most of its passengers are described.
- 2017– 20mTV Episode
- 202330mTV EpisodeDiscover the roadmap illustrating how entertainment is moving away from the passive frame of classical realism in the form of TV and film and evolving into a spherical form of interactive engagement.
- 202330mTV EpisodeVideo games have been a part of the global entertainment ecosystem for decades. Eric explores just how far they've come as he takes a close look at the esports phenomenon in general (and Call of Duty in particular), where e-athletes can make hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of dollars competing digitally on the world stage.
- 202330mTV EpisodeInteractive film and television have taken the Choose Your Own Adventure books from the 80s and re-imagined them with high budgets, amazing actors, and talented storytellers at the helm. Eric interviews Sandeep Parikh (EffinFunny Productions) and Paul Raschid (Aviary Films) - two interactive mavens working at the forefront of these technologies.
- 202330mTV EpisodeIn a 360-degree film, the audience is immersed in the location. As you can probably imagine, when your camera shoots in every direction at once, the fundamental paradigm of filmmaking is turned on its head. Eric meets three cine-VR storytellers - Jordan Herron (Lost Broken Alone), Espii Proctor (Girl Icon), and Carrie Love (The Mr. Chen Story) - who are each defining and refining the rules of this new medium in their own way.
- 202330mTV EpisodeDigital Physicality. The concept seems paradoxical. How could something be both physical and digital? But with today's technologies, we often exist in two places simultaneously (think: working physically from home while digitally attending a business meeting). Eric meets with Jessie Schell (Schell Games) and Tyler Blust (Guesswork VR) - two new media CEOs who are trying to balance this idea of digital physicality in their work.
- 202330mTV EpisodeHow do we build the metaverse (a virtual and augmented world that you can jump into and out of with the flip of a switch) just as easily as we can now jump into and out of the internet? Eric has no freaking idea, but he know some people who do: Brian Plow from Ohio University, Elena Piech from Zero Space, and Christina Heller the CEO of Metastage who specializes in human performance capture.
- 202330mTV EpisodeAugmented Reality is a spatial, temporal medium that blends the physical with the digital. Like theater, it's an experience that exists in a specific place, at a specific time. If you change the space or, if you change the time, then you inherently change the experience. Eric pushes the boundaries of augmented reality when he meets Brian Koscho (Invisible Ground), Aiman Akhtar (Funisaurs), and Lorne Svarc (Technodramatists)
- 202330mTV EpisodeEric uses new technologies to expand his consciousness when he meets cyberdelic explorer Joakim Vindenes, VR choreographers Brandon Powers and Kelsey Burns, and digital artist / interactive savant Owen Lowery - who each invite him to explore divergent digital influences on his body, mind, and spirit.
- 202330mTV EpisodeStar Trek introduced us to the idea of The Holodeck - a special room on the Enterprise - that made you feel like you'd stepped in a completely different world. Well, that technology may now be here. Eric pushes his comfort zone to the limit by investigating John Bowditch's Mixed Reality experience Operation Big Missile and then competing against Chris Olimpo in Arcadia Stadium - a thousand feet in the air.
- 202330mTV EpisodeEric introduces us to Ethan Shaftel - writer/director of Gargoyle Doyle and Ajax All Powerful - a digital storyteller described as the Orson Welles of immersive media; a man who is seemingly able to take this Gordian knot of new technologies and iron it into a beautiful Möbius strip of meaning and adventure.
- West Africa is a place worth exploring and experiencing for yourself. The region consists of 17 countries and is a hotspot for culture, music, food, religion, art, sports, and business. And while the history of the region is colored by colonialism and the legacy of slavery, West Africans are rewriting the destiny of their respective countries, and the area more broadly. What has emerged in the new century is a new kind of West Africa-a West Africa by and for its people-a place of authenticity, vibrancy, resilience, and heart. In Discovering West Africa: Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, you will take a 10-episode tour across three West African countries. Nathan Fluellen, known as "World Wide Nate," will be your expert guide. A traveling documentarian, avid adventurer, and seasoned global citizen who has traveled across Africa to discover his own roots, he is well-equipped to guide you through new and unfamiliar terrains. Moving through the nations of Ghana, Senegal, and Cameroon, you will join Nate and a mix of local artists, chefs, musicians, entrepreneurs, sportsmen, and other locals. You will not just see West Africa, you will experience what it has to offer, while you immerse yourself in the everyday aspects of the region as if you were there in person, collecting and cooking its most traditional dishes; playing its cherished and ancient sports; and studying its history and culture through natural landscapes, small museums, elaborate monuments, vibrant naming ceremonies, spoken word poems, and local art. The people of West Africa tell their stories through the lives they live, the farms they tend to, the textiles they make, the art they create, and the stories they have chosen to elevate. And as you accompany Nate on this West African adventure, the extraordinary citizens of West Africa will guide and teach you about the places they call home. West Africa's Countries: Ghana, Senegal, and Cameroon Dive into the West African world by exploring the vibrant and diverse landscapes of the three countries of the region: Ghana, Senegal, and Cameroon. In 10 breathtaking episodes, join "World Wide Nate" as he hikes mountains, admires lakes and waterfalls, zips through jungles, and explores major capital cities. Leave no stone unturned and no place unexplored, as you move effortlessly between luscious farmland and sprawling urban landscapes, undeveloped beaches and historic towns, and nature preserves and concrete skate parks. But that's not all. Your adventure will also investigate West African culture, leisure, and history, really showing the region and all the unique artifacts and activities that comprise it. With Nate as your eyes and ears, you'll travel through Ghana, Senegal, and Cameroon to learn more about each country's: Music. Hang out with music producers mixing and matching genres to create an authentic Ghanaian sound. Learn how to drum with ancient Cameroonian instruments. And see how one Senegalese artist is using rhythm and spoken word to tell her country's story. Food. Cook with Cameroon's famous penja pepper. Make garden egg stew in Ghana. And see how one chef is making Yassa, a traditional chicken and rice dish, gourmet in Senegal. Art and Fashion. Explore how Kente cloth is made in Ghana. Spend a day touring the workshop of a renowned Senegalese artist. And observe how film is not just made but celebrated throughout Cameroon. Sports. Do kemetic yoga, an ancient Ghanaian practice. Spend time with Senegalese boxers, pro wrestlers, and off-road race car drivers. And hike Mount Cameroon. Business and Innovation. Talk to Senegal's only female textile factory owner. See how chocolate is made and marketed in Ghana. And accompany one small business owner as she supplies ingredients for, makes, and sells bouillon in a stall in Cameroon. The Past. Scale the stunning African Renaissance monument in Dakar. Visit the W. E. B. DuBois Centre in Ghana to explore the later life of Dr. DuBois. And investigate the history behind the well-preserved Senegal city of Saint-Louis. The 10 immersive episodes of Discovering West Africa: Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon is as close to an authentic travel experience as you can get from the comfort of your home. Explore the depth and diversity of experiences that Ghana, Senegal, and Cameroon have to offer, from music genres to motocross racing. Emerge from your travels with a better understanding of what the West African world is like in look and in spirit, and become familiar with the quirks and customs that make this geographic region of Africa so unique. As Seen through West African Eyes Nate sits down with a wide range of artists, poets, farmers, entrepreneurs, chefs, and small business owners and allows you to sit in on their conversations as they talk about the past, present, and future. You will attend a dinner party with friends and experience traditional dishes in Ghana. Included among the people you will meet are female skateboarders looking to level the playing field, decorated village queens, West Africa's "Oprah," and the first female mayor of Senegal. With Nate as your primary guide, Ghanaians, Senegalese, and Cameroonians will do a great deal of the talking and the exploring, allowing you to see each country through varied experiences. You will have the chance to: Admire the true beauty of the region's waterfalls, beaches, nature preserves, and deserts. Learn about the genre mixing methods that make music in Ghana so unique. Consider the legacy of slavery and the slave trade in Ghana. Understand the power of West African food, and so much more. Along the way, you will get the unparalleled opportunity to blur the boundary between tourist and local by seeing West Africa through West African eyes, becoming intimately acquainted with the people that make West Africa so special. By letting the people of this region tell their own stories, speak about their own cultures, and show you the true heart of West Africa themselves, you will have a travel experience like no other.