![]() Invisibilia (Latin for all the invisible things) is about the invisible forces that control human behavior – ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions. Here’s the description of the podcast from the NPR site: Literally couldn’t wait to get into the car to be consumed by the stories being shared. Here’s what I’ve been listening to and what I’d recommend you give a try. When you commute an hour each way, you can power through a lot of content. So, I’ve been hitting the podcasts pretty hard. No spoilers here – if you haven’t listened, I suggest you head to the Serial site and tune in. I’d tune in straight away, ear buds at the ready, waiting to see what new evidence had been located that made Adnan’s incarceration seem questionable. I binge listened to the first five episodes, then waited with baited breath for the weekly updates that would be posted around 10.00pm on a Thursday night in Australia. Serial reinvestigated the evidence and sparked massive Internet interest in the case. ![]() Her ex boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was arrested and found guilty of her murder and has been incarcerated since 1999. It was a twelve episode podcast recounting the murder of Hae Min Lee, a high school senior whose body was found in a city park in Maryland. Serial, a podcast from the creators of This American Life and hosted by Sarah Koenig, got me hooked last year. I started with breakfast radio, switched channels over the course of a few days, then realised that the presenter’s tendency to drag a story out over a laborious 20 minutes really wasn’t how I wanted to spend my waking hours. Get up at the crack of dawn, get ready, then spend the next hour in the car making my way to work. Enough time to tune into a bit of breakfast radio, listen to some banal commentary and maybe a good tune, then turn into the school gate and begin the working day. My daily commute to work used to be 8 minutes tops. ![]() Can they identify satire? When is it apparent that someone has been duped? What is a comment like the following saying? You could follow it up with a discussion about YouTube comments and see what they make of them. The Onion site does say that their content is not appropriate for people under the age of 18, but I’ve been thinking about how you could use this as a discussion starter with students to discuss their digital lives. What’s quite hilarious is the comment thread on YouTube, where it’s apparent that some people are convinced it’s a genuine video. Comedian Bob Odenkirk has praised the publication stating, “It’s the best comedy writing in the country, and it has been since it started.” The publication’s humor often depends on presenting mundane, everyday events as newsworthy, surreal or alarming. It satirizes the tone and format of traditional news organizations with stories, editorials, op-ed pieces, and man-in-the-street interviews using a traditional news website layout and an editorial voice modeled after that of the Associated Press. The Onion ’s articles satirically comment on current events, both real and fictional. Here’s what it’s about, according to Wikipedia! Now before you go and get all fired up wondering why I’d post such an inappropriate video, keep in mind that this was published on a site called ‘ The Onion‘. George Lucas must be rubbing his hands with glee. Posted to YouTube four days ago, it’s already clocked up 40,014,984 views. If it wasn’t for the profanity, this would be a great starter for a science lesson.Īnd for those of you who were transfixed in a movie theatre in 1977 when a Star Cruiser emerged across the screen in the opening scene of the original Star Wars, then settle back and watch the trailer for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Seth Sentry sums up the disappoint of many with his song, Dear Science. The fact that our phones are talking to us and Google can send us an ad about the coffee shop we’re walking past in a country we’ve never visited before demonstrates that we’ve come a long way, but the hoverboard in the true Back to the Future sense remains elusive. I don’t know about you, but I remain disappointed that we all aren’t powering ourselves to the local shops on our hoverboards as promised in the original 1989 movie. The car uses hydrogen fuel cell technology and you can learn more about it by following this link. Fox) and revisiting location scenes from the movies is a bit of a stroke of genius to promote their new vehicle. Bringing together Doc and Marty (Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. If you missed pretty much every form of media celebrating Back to the Future day on October 21st, then relive a bit of the magic here with this more than impressive effort from Toyota. It’s been a big week for reliving the past.
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