[[!summary chatGPT: This post lists a collection of documentaries and podcasts, including space science documentaries, energy-related documentaries, and various podcasts on different topics.]]
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# documentaries
here is a bunch of documentaries which i would like to point out because of their exceptional quality:
## space science related documentaries
* extreme astronomy - horizon: seeing stars. 720p - bbc (very good)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnw6jY-iUI8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnw6jY-iUI8)
* destination titan - bbc very good)
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0109ccd](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0109ccd)
* space shuttle the final mission - bbc
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012x69w](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012x69w)
* BBC SPACE (very good) but i can't provide a link as i can't find any... *bummer*
* BBC Space/1 - Star Stuff
* BBC Space/2 - Are We Alone
* BBC Space/3 - Staying Alive
* BBC Space/4 - New Worlds
* BBC Space/5 - Black Hole
* BBC Space/6 - Boldly Go
**note:** for all this nasa missions i wonder how they get all the funding. and why there is so much military involvement (especially in 'extreme astronomy')?
## energy related
* feldheim: das erste energieautarke dorf (very good)
* [http://www.anti-atom-piraten.de/2011/04/feldheim-das-erste-energieautarke-dorf/](http://www.anti-atom-piraten.de/2011/04/feldheim-das-erste-energieautarke-dorf/)
* grenzenlose windkraft (3sat documentary about the enercon e126)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek_lUxEuwBI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek_lUxEuwBI)
* alles im griff - arte (very good)
* [http://www.arte.tv/de/2151166,CmC=3785858.html](http://www.arte.tv/de/2151166,CmC=3785858.html)
* deadly dust - todesstaub uranmunition und ihre folgen (very good)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTRaf23TCUI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTRaf23TCUI)
* quarks und co : 20110322 and 20110426
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* http://www.podcast.de/episode/2109512/Quarks%2B%2526%2BCo%253A%2B22.03.2011%252C%2BMensch%2Bgegen%2BStrahlung/>
* quarks und co - blackout in deutschland (very good)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4knU0b3UiU&feature=player_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4knU0b3UiU&feature=player_embedded)
* die wahre geschichte von tschernobyl (one of many versions it seems - still interesting to see the historic images)
* [http://nuoviso.tv/dokumentationen/wirtschaft/288-die-wahre-geschichte-von-tschernobyl](http://nuoviso.tv/dokumentationen/wirtschaft/288-die-wahre-geschichte-von-tschernobyl)
* http://nuoviso.tv/ has many other interesting and inflammatory documentaries
* antiatompiraten.de (very good blog about nuclear energy; occasionally contains documentaries which are usually extraordinary)
* [http://antiatompiraten.de/](http://antiatompiraten.de/)
**note:** if you are interested in a sustainable concept on how to solve the energy problem with 100% renewables, read the books from **hermann scheer**:
* [http://www.hermannscheer.de/de/](http://www.hermannscheer.de/de/) (very good)
## podcasts (audio only)
a few different podcasts i liked very much:
* paul graham (very good) - wise words, listen carefully!
* OSCON 2004:
* OSCON 2005:
* CRE028 extreme programming
* [http://cre.fm/cre028](http://cre.fm/cre028)
* CRE084 LISP
* [http://cre.fm/cre084](http://cre.fm/cre084)
* seradio-episode84 dick gabriel on LISP (very good)
* [http://www.se-radio.net/2008/01/episode-84-dick-gabriel-on-lisp/](http://www.se-radio.net/2008/01/episode-84-dick-gabriel-on-lisp/)