Atheist Planet

Aired June 22, 2010



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Aired 6.20.2010


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"The famous 19-meter tall statue of Jesus at the Solid Rock Church near Monroe, Ohio, known as 'King of Kings' and 'Touchdown Jesus', has been destroyed by a fire after being struck by lightning. The metal frame is all that remains of the styrofoam and fiberglass statue."



You don't mess with Zeus

Aired 6.16.2010

"Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He explains what they are, and how they get us into trouble."

Aired June 7, 2010 on ABC News



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"Author Ayaan Hirsi Ali rejects the argument that Muslim-American Faisal Shahzad, the prime suspect in the May 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt, was acting less out of zeal for his faith than as a reaction to personal economic woes. Referring to Islamic terrorism in general, Hirsi Ali asks, "Why don't we take these people at their word? Why don't we examine their convictions?"



Complete video at:
http://fora.tv/2010/05/25/From_Islam_to_America_Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali

"In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs -- from space probes to the LHC -- are first to suffer budget cuts. Brian Cox explains how curiosity-driven science pays for itself, powering innovation and a profound appreciation of our existence."

"In this new five-part series, leading scientific figures - Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, James Dyson, David Attenborough, Robert Winston, Paul Nurse, Jim Al-Khalili, Kathy Sykes and Olivia Judson - celebrate the British scientists and inventors who literally created the modern world. The second programme in the series looks at the scientific spark that ignited the Industrial Revolution in Britain. James Dyson tells the story of how a young James Watt was inspired to perfect the steam engine that would change the world forever. Jim Al-Khalili explains how Joseph Priestley, a clergyman with a fascination for gases, discovered the very air we breathe and started a craze for soda water. David Attenborough talks about his hero Joseph Banks, the great naturalist who sailed to the South Seas and founded Kew Gardens on his return. And Robert Winston reveals the extraordinary story of John Hunter, surgeon, anatomist... and body-snatcher."
(Part 2 of 5)


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"This scene is from the 2008 TV remake of the 1961 film, A Raisin in the Sun (an adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's play). "In my mother's house, there is still god!"

In this version, they left out the best line: "All the tyranny in the world will never put a god up in the heavens."

Aired June 1, 2010

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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"Photographer Brian Skerry shoots life above and below the waves -- as he puts it, both the horror and the magic of the ocean. Sharing amazing, intimate shots of undersea creatures, he shows how powerful images can help make change."

Aired May 30, 2010


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"We may only be a small island, but Britain's great scientists and inventors have literally created the modern world, from the invention of the steam engine, computers and the world-wide web, to the discovery of the theory of evolution and the atom. In a new five-part series some of Britain's leading scientific figures tell the stories of the people behind these innovations. The first programme begins 350 years ago when a small group of friends, colleagues and rivals defied everything that was known about the world at that time. Stephen Hawking and Jim Al-Khalili explain how Isaac Newton saw mathematics at the root of everything, from gravity to light."

(New Series, Part 1 of 5)

Aired June 1, 2010



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