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Tony Robbins & Peter Guber Talk About Success on Winning Voices

2012-01-12T08:00:00.000+01:00

In Winning Voices, Peter Guber sits down with power players including Mark Victor Hansen, Magic Johnson, Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra to talk about the art of success; gleaning insight into the most important skills we have at our disposal to make big things happen. His new book, Tell to Win, is available for purchase at http://www.TellToWin.com

Anthony Robbins - New Year, New Life (2012)

2012-01-11T11:11:00.003+01:00

Stephen King Interview

2012-01-10T16:44:00.003+01:00

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Together

2011-11-25T08:00:00.000+01:00

"In their rare joint appearance at All Things Digital 5, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates discuss their contributions to the technology industry, the qualities they most respect in one another."

My Blackberry Is Not Working!

2011-11-24T12:30:00.001+01:00

Funny!

Supersize Me

2011-11-11T19:59:00.001+01:00

BBC Horizon - The Secret You

2011-10-20T10:08:00.002+02:00

"With the help of a hammer-wielding scientist, Jennifer Aniston and a general anaesthetic, Professor Marcus du Sautoy goes in search of answers to one of science's greatest mysteries: how do we know who we are? While the thoughts that make us feel as though we know ourselves are easy to experience, they are notoriously difficult to explain. So, in order to find out where they come from, Marcus subjects himself to a series of probing experiments. He learns at what age our self-awareness emerges and whether other species share this trait. Next, he has his mind scrambled by a cutting-edge experiment in anaesthesia. Having survived that ordeal, Marcus is given an out-of-body experience in a bid to locate his true self. And in Hollywood, he learns how celebrities are helping scientists understand the microscopic activities of our brain. Finally, he takes part in a mind-reading experiment that both helps explain and radically alters his understanding of who he is."

The Onion - Town's Teen-Pregnancy Spike Due To One Impressive Youth

2011-10-17T08:00:00.000+02:00

"In local news from Pennington, IL, a handsome teen who owns his own truck is responsible for over half of new pregnancies. More local news at WONN5.com."

Patriotic Teen Fails Spanish - The Onion

2011-10-16T12:36:00.001+02:00

"Jean Anne Whorton goes Beyond The Facts, talking to the high school sophomore who has become a conservative hero for refusing to learn his Spanish vocabulary."

Inside The Actors Studio - Edward Norton

2011-10-11T08:00:00.000+02:00

Stephen King acceptance speech - the Mason Award

2011-10-10T08:00:00.000+02:00

"Bestselling author Stephen King accepts the Mason Award for his "extraordinary contributions to bringing literature to a wide reading public.""

Stephen King from GMU-TV on Vimeo.

John Tierney - Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

2011-10-09T21:02:00.003+02:00

"Are you an impulsive marshmallow eater? Your success - or failure - in life may depend on how you answer that question, says John Tierney, New York Times science writer and co-author, with Roy F. Baumeister, of the new book, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. "The marshmallow test," explains Tierney to Reason.tv, "was this [experiment] where four-year-olds would be given a marshmallow. They were told they could eat but if they waited 15 minutes, they would get two marshmallows. The kids who managed to resist the marshmallow [and waited] did much better in school, did much better in life. That's what really kicked off the modern self-control movement." Drawing on groundbreaking research - including work done by Baumeister, a social psychologist at Florida State University - Tierney and Baumeister argue that willpower is like a muscle. It can be built up and toned through conditioning, and it can be overworked and strained through "decision fatigue." Eminently readable, Willpower mixes the latest developments in the study of the mind with helpful methods of self-control. In a world in which all too many things seem to scuttling into chaos, Baumeister and Tierney beautifully articulate the science of self-control."

A Good Read - An Interview with Stephen King

2011-10-04T15:54:00.000+02:00

Watch the full episode. See more A Good Read.

Made in Spain: How They Cook Back Home

2011-07-02T08:00:00.000+02:00

Inside The Actors Studio - Kevin Spacey

2011-07-01T20:24:00.000+02:00

Michel Thomas, The Language Master

2011-06-27T22:48:00.001+02:00

"Michel Thomas is one of the most brilliant language teachers in the world. His usual clients are movie stars and business leaders. This programme takes him to a Sixth Form College in London to work with school pupils, to test his claim that he can teach anyone a language in a week - with no reading, writing or homework. The film also explores his personal history - as a hero of the French Resistance during WW II."

Prince: The Glory Years

2011-06-20T20:13:00.000+02:00

Johnny Depp - Inside the Actor's Studio

2011-04-13T21:27:00.000+02:00

PART 4: http://youtu.be/CEaTOSRMifU
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Harvey Keitel - Inside The Actors' Studio

2011-04-13T21:09:00.001+02:00

PART 5 IS HERE: http://youtu.be/tLhdf5plIN0

David Allen at the Do Lectures

2010-12-04T08:00:00.000+01:00

"David Allen’s book ‘Getting things done’, has sold 2 million copies all over the world. The premise of the book is simple enough. That a person needs to move tasks out of the mind by recording them externally. That way, the mind is freed from the job of remembering everything that needs to be done, and can concentrate on actually performing those tasks.

Unlike a computer, we can not add more ram to our brains. So we have to free up ram so we can think more. That’s why David’s book is so amazing. That is gives you a system to take all that stuff and get of your head, so you can do more. Brilliant stuff."

The Bridge

2010-12-02T22:30:00.001+01:00

"People suffer largely unnoticed while the rest of the world goes about its business. This is a documentary exploration of the mythic beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge, the most popular suicide destination in the world, and those drawn by its call. Steel and his crew filmed the bridge during daylight hours from two separate locations for all of 2004, recording most of the two dozen deaths in that year (and preventing several others). They also taped interviews with friends, families and witnesses, who recount in sorrowful detail stories of struggles with depression, substance abuse and mental illness. Raises questions about suicide, mental illness and civic responsibility as well as the filmmaker's relationship to his fraught and complicated material." -imdb.com

David Allen shares what Getting Things Done is all about

2010-10-06T07:01:00.002+02:00

BizConf 2010: David Allen from Hashrocket on Vimeo.

Made in Spain

2010-03-13T08:59:00.000+01:00

"The scent of saffron, the sound of flamenco, the sights of Spanish culture and a spirited chef creating classic dishes can now be found together in one captivating program. Made in Spain is a series exploring the culinary and cultural riches of Spain and is hosted by Chef José Andrés, creator of multiple celebrated Washington, D.C.- based restaurants, including Jaleo and minibar by josé andrés.

Made in Spain highlights the extraordinary cooking traditions of a country whose food and wine is capturing the world’s imagination. In every episode, José brings the exciting flavors of his native Spain to the American audience with easy and informative recipes created in his Washington, DC kitchen using products found here in the U.S.

Each cooking segment is woven into a gastronomic and cultural tour of one of Spain’s 17 vibrant regions, where José introduces the viewer to many of Spain’s great cheese makers, wine makers and restaurateurs. Traveling throughout Spain, José takes the viewer to the source and inspiration of the dishes he prepares back in his kitchen, demonstrating that the flavors made in Spain can be created right here at home."

Why Are Thin People Not Fat?

2010-03-06T08:59:00.002+01:00

"The world is affected by an obesity epidemic, but why is it that not everyone is succumbing?

Medical science has been obsessed with this subject and is coming up with some unexpected answers. As it turns out, it is not all about exercise and diet.

At the center of this programme is a controversial overeating experiment that aims to identify exactly what it is about some people that makes it hard for them to bulk up."

Noam Chomsky - Distorted Morality

2010-02-19T08:00:00.000+01:00

"In this remarkable documentary Distorted Morality, Noam Chomsky offers a riveting but devastating critique of America’s current war on terror arguing, in fact, that it is a logistical impossibility for such a war to be taking place."