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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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
“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
