The Silver Platter

Pandora's Box

November 2024 •English

Pandora's Box is a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television series which examines the consequences of political and technocratic rationalism. The episodes deal, in order, with communism in The Soviet Union, systems analysis and game theory during the Cold War, economy in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, the insecticide DDT, Kwame Nkrumah's leadership in Ghana during the 1950s and 1960s and the history of nuclear power.

The Western Tradition

November 2024 •English

Covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen Weber presents a tapestry of political and social events woven with many strands — religion, industry, agriculture, demography, government, economics, and art. A visual feast of over 2,700 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art portrays key events that shaped the development of Western thought, culture, and tradition.

Crash Course Economics

November 2024 •English

In which Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you all about economics.

101 East

November 2024 •English

Bold, untold stories from across Asia and the Pacific. Al Jazeera's in-depth, weekly current affairs programme from the world's most populated region.

Wasted Windfall

November 2024 •English

Three part documentary series about the discovery and exploitation of North Sea oil and its political and economic consequences.

Teenage Boss

November 2024 •English

Hosted by Australia's star mathematics teacher, Eddie Woo, follow fifteen teenagers from across Australia, as they take control of the family finances for a month, with some surprising (or perhaps not so surprising) results.

[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control

November 2024 •Japanese

Kimimaro works two jobs to make ends meet. He could go from pauper to prince in a parallel world called the Financial District—if he’ll invest his future as collateral in a dangerous game. Winning gets you more wealth, but losing could erase you from existence. When the destructive forces at play compel Kimimaro to confront the most powerful player, can he save the real world from total collapse?

Hunting

November 2024 •Chinese

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

November 2024 •Japanese

Suddenly summoned to a fantasy world and betrothed to the princess, Kazuya Souma is crowned the new king. Unlike the royalty before him, he won’t be using swords and magic to rule; will administrative reform really get this kingdom back on track?

Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy

November 2024 •English

The people, ideas, and events that created our current world economy.

SpangaS: Leergeld

November 2024 •Dutch

Fatos e Versões

November 2024 •Portuguese

Cristiana Lôbo receives in the studio, renowned journalists from newspapers and magazines to talk about the main themes of the week in Brasilia, revealing what is happening behind the scenes regarding politics, economy and the judiciary.

No Mercy, No Malice With Professor Scott Galloway

November 2024 •English

Irreverent, insightful and innovative, NYU business school Professor Scott Galloway takes his classroom following to TV.

Visionaries: Small Solutions to Enormously Large Problems

November 2024 •English

An anthology series of seven documentary films written and directed by Tony Gailey and Julian Russell. Each piece examines the work of a living person who is a revolutionary thinker in their field. What the subjects have in common is a creative contribution to humanity that has the potential to elicit a paradigm shift—either by addressing global socioeconomic problems, or providing a radical scientific model to understanding a complex system.

Great Age

November 2024 •Chinese

Precht

November 2024 •German

German talkshow hosted by Richard David Precht, a well known german philosopher and publisher, in which he speaks with a guest about a topic from culture, science, economy or politics in every episode

The Things My Dad Failed to Teach Me

November 2024 •Polish

La belleza nos une

November 2024 •Spanish

El Laberinto del Tíbet

November 2024 •Spanish

Operasyon

November 2024 •Turkish