Our moon has winked from the heavens as a symbol and anchor, reminding us not only the cycle of life, but also of danger and death. Scientists have brought the moon into sharper focus, and astronauts have left the first footprints there. But will we ever be able to explain its lasting, mesmerizing power of attraction?
Andrew McGill
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Transcript: The Moon’s Lasting Pull
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (NASA, AUDIO FROM APOLLO 11, 1969):NEIL ARMSTRONG: Houston, tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed. NARRATION: 50 years ago, the moon became a symbol of human progress. ARCHIVAL (NASA, AUDIO FROM APOLLO 11, 1969):NASA: Okay Neil, we can see you coming down the ladder […]
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Transcript: Space Law: The Next Generation
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ARCHIVAL (NASA, AUDIO FROM APOLLO 11, 1969):BRUCE MCCANDLESS (NASA): Columbia, this is Houston reading you loud and clear. Over.MICHAEL COLLINS (ASTRONAUT): Reading you loud and clear. How’s it going?BRUCE MCCANDLESS: Oh, it’s beautiful, Mike, really is. They’ve got the flag up now, you can see […]
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Transcript: Trump, Measles, and a Study That Fueled Fear
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. ON SCREEN: RETRO REPORT PRESENTS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VACCINE TURNAROUND ON SCREEN: Measles cases are at a record high since the disease was declared wiped out in 2000. Last month President Trump urged parents to vaccinate children. ARCHIVAL (MSNBC, 4-26-19):PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: They have to get […]
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Transcript: Life After Columbine
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: The shooting at Columbine High School happened 20 years ago. Sean Graves was a freshman. SEAN GRAVES: I went to school. I went to lunch with my friends and we usually would hang out in the commons. But for whatever reason, I forgot my […]
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Transcript: Future of Aging
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. SARITA GUPTA: We are hitting a moment where the elder boom, it’s not a trend. It’s actually a whole new way of life for our country. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT: FUTURE OF AGING TEXT ON SCREEN: A COLLABORATION BY QUARTZ AND RETRO REPORT NARRATION: Robert Fulton is […]
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Transcript: Perp Walks: When Police Roll Out the Blue Carpet
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. NARRATION: Parading a suspect before the media is a storied American tradition. ARCHIVAL (CNN, 2-27-99):DEBORAH FEYERICK: It’s called a perp walk. NARRATION: But is it a tradition worth keeping? BENJAMIN BRAFMAN: It’s one of the most offensive parts of the criminal justice system. Presumption of […]
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Transcript: Future of College
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. CATHY N. DAVIDSON ((FUTURES INITIATIVE DIRECTOR, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK): The model of higher education that we’ve inherited is you go to college. You get your diploma. You go through graduation, done. We don’t live in that world anymore. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT: FUTURE OF […]
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Transcript: How A Folk Singer’s Murder Forced Chile to Confront Its Past
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. Transcript in Spanish TEXT ON SCREEN: SANTIAGO, CHILE, MIL GUITARRAS FESTIVAL NARRATION: Every year, musicians gather to pay tribute to the legendary folk singer, Víctor Jara, murdered during a military coup in Chile in 1973. JOAN JARA: He was completely committed to trying to make […]
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Transcript: Future of Water
Click here for the full video page and educator materials. PETER GLEICK: What we think of as normal and what we planned for as normal and the infrastructure that we built to deal with normal isn’t normal anymore. Normal is gone. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT: FUTURE OF WATER TEXT ON SCREEN: A COLLABORATION BY QUARTZ AND RETRO […]
