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Friday Nite Videos -- September 5, 2014

Why We Love Beethoven's Fifth. Movie: Rosewater. Laniakea: Our Home Supercluster. Science, Religion and the Big Bang. Fast Food Workers Stage Nationwide Actions.

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Why We Love Beethoven's Fifth
Da da da dum. Three short, one long. Gerard Schwarz takes us inside Beethoven's brilliant improvisations on the most famous short theme in all of music.

 

Movie: Rosewater
The true story of a journalist detained in Iran for more than 100 days for reporting on Iranian elections. Written and directed by Jon Stewart.

Laniakea: Our Home Supercluster
A team of astronomers based in Hawaii has redrawn the cosmic map, redefining our home supercluster of galaxies, which they name Laniakea (‘immeasurable heaven’ in Hawaiian).

Science, Religion and the Big Bang
Science and religion have very different stories of the origin of the universe. But does the question 'What came before?' even make sense?

Fast Food Workers Stage Nationwide Actions
Fast food workers in more than 100 cities stage strikes and civil disobedience actions, with more than 400 arrests. Chris Hayes reports.

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