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TOP TRAVEL VIDEOS: “AERIAL AMERICA – SOUTH CAROLINA” (SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL)
Take flight on a journey that showcases South Carolina. From Fort Sumter, where the first shots of The War Between the States rang out, to Sullivan Island, the Ellis Island of Slaves, to the cypress swamp where freedom fighter Francis Marion helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War.
Artwork Video Tour: Joan Mitchell’s “City Landscape” (Art Institute Chicago)
On this episode of Art Institute Essentials Tour, take a closer look at City Landscape, painted by Joan Mitchell in 1955. “I paint a little, then I sit and look at the painting, sometimes for hours. Eventually, the painting tells me what to do.” In City Landscape, a tangle of various colors—pale pink, scarlet, mustard, sienna, and black—evoke the streets of a bustling metropolis. The spontaneous energy conveyed in the composition is at odds with Mitchell’s slow and deliberate process.
Business: “How Tesla Became Most Valuable Auto Company” (WSJ Video)
Tesla’s stock has more than tripled since the start of the year, giving it a market capitalization larger than many behemoths of American industry. But its rise wasn’t necessarily driven by fundamentals. WSJ explains.
Illustration: Jacob Reynolds/WSJ
Politics Monday: Tamara Keith And Amy Walter On 2020 Election (PBS Video)
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including what to look for in upcoming state primaries, President Trump’s campaign messaging about former Vice President Joe Biden and Biden’s deliberations about choosing a running mate.
New Travel & Wine Videos: “Burgundy & Champagne” Vineyards In France (2020)
Filmed and Edited by: Matteo Bertoli
Burgundy is a historical region in east-central France. It’s famous for its Burgundy wines as well as pinot noirs and Chardonnay, Chablis and Beaujolais. The area is crisscrossed by a network of canals and studded with grand châteaux, some now luxury hotels. The capital, Dijon, of mustard fame, is home to the imposing Palace of the Dukes, where the distinguished Musée des Beaux-Arts was established in 1787.
Champagne was a province in the northeast of the Kingdom of France, now best known as the Champagne wine region for the sparkling white wine that bears its name in modern-day France. The County of Champagne, descended from the early medieval kingdom of Austrasia, passed to the French crown in 1314.
Ocean WildLife Videos: Shark “Sardine Feeding Frenzy” Off South Africa
Off the coast of South Africa the sardine run is underway. Sharks, birds and even a surprise guest gorge themselves on thousands of sardines.
Travel Economics: “How Airlines Can Survive The Pandemic” (WSJ Video)
After an unprecedented drop in air travel due to the coronavirus, passenger airlines are being forced to make long-term, make-or-break decisions at a time of great uncertainty and minimal cash flow. So how are they planning to survive? WSJ finds out.
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Food & Nature: “The Wild Harvest – Mid Summer” With Chef Alan Bergo
Filmed and Directed by: Jesse Roesler
Produced by: Credo Nonfiction
Featuring: Alan Bergo, Forager Chef
Edited by: Sam Kaiser
From James Beard Award-winning filmmaker Jesse Roesler and renowned Forager Chef Alan Bergo, The Wild Harvest is a new foraging & cooking series that celebrates the beauty and bounty of nature and explores what’s culinarily possible with easily foraged wild foods. This series is being created safely during quarantine using social distancing measures.
Episode 3 features the bounty of mid summer in the northern hemisphere including a wild greens salad, walleye wrapped in squash leaves with chanterelles and a blueberry desert that captures the spirit of the pine barrens. Featured foraged ingredients include Lamb’s Quarters, Chickweed, Purslane, Bee Balm, Chanterelles, Wild Blueberries, Sweet Fern, Hazelnuts.
We hope to release a new episode every 3-4 weeks for free, but are currently seeking sponsors.
Foods & Flavors: “The Story Of Vanilla” (CBS)
With so many of us staying at home these days and spending more time in the kitchen, vanilla sales, of all things, are booming. Correspondent Seth Doane travels to the island of Madagascar – which supplies 80% of the world’s vanilla – to learn more about the extraordinarily colorful (and sometimes unsavory) story of a familiar spice, and why this valuable cash crop can be worth more by weight than silver.
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