[[!summary chatGPT: This post lists a collection of documentaries and podcasts, including space science documentaries, energy-related documentaries, and various podcasts on different topics.]] [[!meta date="2012-02-25 00:29"]] [[!tag society technology documentary podcast]] [[!img media/purple_podcasts.png caption="purple_podcasts from harenome razanajato" style="float: right" size=170x]] # 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 * * 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/)