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We stand at a precipice. On one side is “reality”: the original, authentic, lived human experience. And on the other side is the metaverse: the world of constantly mediated experience. In the middle is hyperreality, that blurry space between the real world and the mediated world. And, living as we do on this side of the electronic media revolution, it is the only place we have ever known.
This week we open the vaults of The Film Archive, a vast treasure trove of archival footage on everything from old documentaries to CIA training films to educational cartoons to Duke Ellington performances…and much much more.
What is the future of nuclear power, and have the nuclear priesthood been defrocked? Find out in this week’s GRTV Feature Interview.
Eric Dion of The Film Archive joins us to discuss the valuable collection of archival footage that he has amassed and shares through his website and YouTube channel.
This week on the New World Next Week: Citizens in Tokyo turn up radioactive “hot spots”; The Supreme Court of Canada rules against hyperlink libel; and the Greeks take to the streets as austerity bites.
Arnie Gundersen, an energy advisor with 39-years of nuclear power engineering experience, joins us to discuss the ongoing problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, as well as the lessons that can be learnt from the disaster. We start with an update about conditions at the site and then talk about the relationship between the nuclear power regulators and the industry itself. We finish by contemplating the long-term effects of the Fukushima disaster on the industry and the possibility that Fukushima will prompt a fundamental reform in the way we think about power generation.
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