[German] Quarks & Co

[Childlike Empress]

This is one of the oldest (since 1993) and best german TV-Science Shows, presented by the honorable Ranga Yogeshwar.

Here is the link: http://podcast.wdr.de/quarks.xml

As an appetizer (Appetithäppchen) i recommend the episode about self-deception (http://medien.wdr.de/m/1188324000/quarks/wdr_fernsehen_quarks_und_co_20070828.mp4).

[Childlike Empress]

This weeks edition was devoted to the moon and spent a good 15 min debunking the moon landing hoax theories - f.e. they went for independent evidence at german observatories. Link to the video: (44min, 100mb) (http://gffstream-2.vo.llnwd.net/c1/m/1243965600/quarks/wdr_fernsehen_quarks_und_co_20090602.mp4)

[DC]

oh cool, danke, didnt know they have it online.

[DC]

btw here you can watch my favorite TV series.

http://www.br-online.de/br-alpha/alpha-centauri/index.xml

Alpha Centauri from Prof. Lesch

all in German

[Childlike Empress]

Ah, Lesch. Good guy. Heard a great interview (http://mp3.podcast.hr-online.de/mp3/podcast/hr2_doppelkopf/hr2_doppelkopf_20090213.mp3?tl=html) with him recently. When asked how his fellow professors at the jesuit-run Maximilian University Munich view his work, he said "they love it - I'm their quota heretic!". Hehe. I was surprised to hear that by heretic he means protestant. I would have thought Lesch is an agnostic.

[DC]

Ah, Lesch. Good guy. Heard a great interview (http://mp3.podcast.hr-online.de/mp3/podcast/hr2_doppelkopf/hr2_doppelkopf_20090213.mp3?tl=html) with him recently. When asked how his fellow professors at the jesuit-run Maximilian University Munich view his work, he said "they love it - I'm their quota heretic!". Hehe. I was surprised to hear that by heretic he means protestant. I would have thought Lesch is an agnostic.

oh thanks. never wondered about his faith lol, i assumed hes an Atheist.

[DC]

lol i now see him in a diffrent light :(

[Childlike Empress]

http://astrocast.tv/assetts/plait_venustransit_400.jpg|http://astro.hatschie.de/A-de/lesch.jpg
Phil Plait|Harald Lesch

Eerie, isn't it?

[DC]

:eye-poppi
it is :)

[Childlike Empress]

Yesterday's extralong (89min) Quarks & Co episode (http://medien.wdr.de/m/1257883200/quarks/wdr_fernsehen_quarks_und_co_20091110.mp4) was excellent!

Woher wissen wir, dass der Käse aus Milch ist, der Erdbeer-Joghurt frische Erdbeeren enthält und die Creme gegen Zellulitis auch wirkt? Vielleicht sind wir nur der Werbung auf den Leim gegangen. Und was ist mit Zaubertricks, optischen Täuschungen und unserem Gedächtnis? Können wir da unseren Augen und unserem Gehirn trauen? Ranga Yogeshwar präsentiert die größten Tricks und Täuschungen des Alltags in der Quarks-Arena und zeigt, was wir tun können, um nicht selbst ausgetrickst zu werden


And re-delivering the disappeared Lesch-Image. Baaad, bad astronomer! :D

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9539/haraldlesch1.jpg