The Hotel on Place Vendome Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris

Set against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, The Hôtel on Place Vendôme is the captivating history of Paris's world-famous Hôtel Ritz-a breathtaking tale of...

Extinction A Very Short Introduction

Most people are familiar with the dodo and the dinosaur, but extinction has occurred throughout the history of life, with the result that nearly all the species that have ever...

Tom McCaffrey: Adventures in Comedy

Featuring interviews with comedy legends Janeane Garofalo, Jim Gaffigan, Margaret Cho and many more, this film shadows one comic’s (Tom McCaffrey) experiences doing stand-up and...

Roy Jackson: Ugly People Cause Problems

Roy Jackson has been making people laugh his whole life with his innate ability to find humor in just about anything. On Jackson's debut album, Ugly People Cause Problems, he...

Mike O'Brien: Tasty Radio

Tasty Radio is a sketch comedy album written and performed by Mike O’Brien, along with a long list of guest stars. It was recorded a few years ago at Broadway Sound in New York...

Judy Toll: Shareaholic

Judy Toll was a comedian and writer whose life was an open book on stage. In her first and only album (she lost a long battle with cancer in 2002), you can hear her best stand-up,...

Brooks McBeth: This Ain't Shakespeare

Filmed live in Seattle, Joel McHale introduces us to his friend and fellow comedian, Brooks McBeth. Brooks has an edgy, but yet still endearing style of comedy that has made him a...

Michelangelo, God's Architect The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece

The untold story of Michelangelo's final decades—and his transformation into one of the greatest architects of the Italian RenaissanceAs he entered his seventies, the great...

Indebted How Families Make College Work at Any Cost

How the financial pressures of paying for college affect the lives and well-being of middle-class familiesThe struggle to pay for college is one of the defining features of...

Long Live the Queens: Mighty, Magnificent and Bloody Marvellous Monarchs History’s Forgotten

Powerful and influential kings have long dominated our view of global history, their queens often relegated to the shadows, their influence, deeds and sacrifices unacknowledged...

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