In this 5-minute clip, from 1974, Mr. Rogers demonstrates how to use a (now old-fashioned) 1970s manual voting machine. From season 7 of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. Watch now!
The Nov. 1 episode of Theater Talk features an interview with Radcliffe and Griffiths of the popular revival of Equus. Watch them warble in an excerpt from the interview, or watch full episode.
This week on Reel 13:
* A young conspiracy theorist
* A ménage à trois
* A beautiful girl in a subway station
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This entire program is devoted to an interview with Dick Zimmer, the Republican candidate for the United State Senate in New Jersey. Zimmer is running against the Democratic incumbent, Senator Frank Lautenberg.(originally aired: 11/1/2008)
R & E and the UN Foundation released a new survey about religion and America’s role in the world. They found that nearly 80 percent of Americans agree that sometimes US involvement in world affairs causes more harm than good. Watch. (Originally aired: 10/24/08).
* U.S. considers talks with the Taliban
* More countries on the edge of financial collapse
* Series: “How they see us” — East Africa
* Australian Nobel Scientists plead for climate change
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R & E has a report about a born-again preacher in Juárez, Mexico who takes care of the poorest of the poor - unwanted, drug-addicted, mentally ill street people with …
The republic of Chechnya has been embroiled for years in a war for self-determination against Russia. Film crews accompany Russian troops on “cleansing missions” in Grozny, and spend 24 tense hours at a Russian checkpoint. They also go undercover in the border regions where a radical Islam increasingly motivates Chechen fighters. Watch. (Originally aired: 8/25/2007).
A contributor from Bath, Maine has an 1853 French Napoleon coin with a bent, split edge and a great bit of family lore: it’s said that the coin was shot by Annie Oakley and that Annie herself gave the coin to two of the contributor’s great-grand uncles. History Detectives conducts ballistics tests to find out. Watch. (Originally aired: Season 6, Episode 1).
Watrous works in the lab at the U. of Oregon where The Human Spark team filmed Alan Alda getting a brain scan. One of Scott’s most important responsibilities is making sure that nothing that can react with a magnet gets anywhere near the MRI machine. Watch interview…
