05/17/2013

It is rumored that the military possesses technology so advanced that the likes of  it won’t trickle down to the public consumer market for years. In thinking of all the technological progress made in the last fifty years, it’s hard to imagine the scope of the military’s advancements. In this episode of “Conversations with History,” [...]

05/16/2013

What do you know about Franz Liszt? You probably know he was a composer. You might know he was a piano virtuoso. What you may not know is that he was pretty much a rock star. Although he didn’t play rock ‘n roll, Liszt went on massively successful tours, made all the money he could [...]

05/15/2013

Ten years have passed since the United States and allies invaded Iraq. Get an eye-opening look at how those ten years have shaped Iraq’s history, presented by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC San Diego. Hamid Al-Bayati, Iraqi Ambassador to the United Nations, gives an insider’s perspective on life in Iraq through Saddam Hussein’s reign. [...]