In this unfiltered 2019 interview, Ricky Gervais tells reporter Charles Wooley why he refuses to censor himself, declaring that "just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right". The comedy icon also reflects on his journey from a penniless "mistake" to finding global fame at 40, discussing ...
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A powerfully moving speech from actor and icon Sir Anthony Hopkins on the illusion of life.
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Life is short. It’s ending one minute at a time. Why waste it on fulfilling other people’s expectations? This is just one of those questions presented in a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk named Fight Club.
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This video explores Friedrich Nietzsche’s provocative view on what happens when thought turns against life itself. Beginning with the problem of overthinking — when reflection becomes so sharp it cuts its own roots — we follow Nietzsche’s critique of morality, reason, and the modern mind’s obsession...
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Is math something humans invent—or something we discover? And why does it describe the universe so uncannily well?
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In December 2023, when South Africa accused Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice, I thought it was wrong to do so. Israel had been attacked. Its defense was legitimate. The blood was on Hamas’s hands.
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A student reporter, Patrick Forrest, from Fresno City College asks a question that draws a rant from President Obama.
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““For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere.””
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Our guest this week was born in 1943, in what was then British India - modern day Pakistan. Unlike most, who have learned history through books and second-hand sources, he has witnessed first-hand much of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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