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Mimi says "The Pinky Show is like internet brain food". And just like taking your vitamins, a little Pinky Show everyday is good for you. Please browse our chronological list of videos below. The newest episodes are on top. |
 Pinky Presents: Iraq Under Occupation: Raed Jarrar decodes the misinformation type: A talk by Raed Jarrar episode number: 080704-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 1 hr 11 min summary: Do you really know what is going on in Iraq? Raed Jarrar deconstructs many of the myths surrounding the occupation. Bunny says, "If you watch this video, an hour from now all the news you read in the newspapers or see on TV will suddenly have a very different meaning for you." |
 Pinky Presents: Global Mind Change Remixed! type: Blurb episode number: 080626-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 2 min 38 sec. summary: The planet is drowning in problems, so what to do? Pinky reads you a short passage by Willis Harman; maybe you will feel your brain tilt just a bit. A remix of Sharif Ezzat's Global Mind Change meme. |
 Pinky Presents: Islands at Risk: Genetic Engineering in Hawaii type: re-presentation of an Earthjustice video episode number: 080210-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 30 min 31 sec. summary: When the biotech industry decides to use the lands and people of Hawaii as its test guinea pig, local farmers, activists, researchers, and others speak out. This excellent documentary was made in 2006 by Na Maka o ka Aina for Earthjustice, the non-profit public interest law firm. |
 What's Wrong with GMOs? type: an interview with Jeffrey Smith host: Pinky episode number: 080124-01 format: audio only running time: approx. 44 min 09 sec. summary: By now most people know that GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organisms. But how do GMOs affect us, the food we eat, and the environment? Jeffrey Smith, founder of the Institute for Responsible Technology provides a solid general overview in this interview. |
 Kicking the Apartheid Habit type: blurb host: Pinky episode number: 071222-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 3 min 30 sec. summary: A photograph sends Pinky into reflection mode regarding the logic of apartheid. Are we really ready to put discrimination behind us? |
 From Swords into Plowshares type: field trip host: Pinky episode number: 071212-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 2 min 45 sec. summary: Are those killer whales? Pinky happens across some fins making their way through a lakeside park. |
 Fear, Aggression, & Empire type: an interview with Dr. Stephen Soldz host: Pinky episode number: 071126-01 format: audio only running time: approx. 31 min 15 sec. summary: What can psychoanalysis teach us about how we Americans understand our place in the world? Dr. Stephen Soldz talks with Pinky about narcissism, projection, and an enormous lost opportunity of our post-Cold War era. |
 Americanism: The Movie! type: open call for participation narrator: Pinky episode number: 070724-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 2 min 30 sec. summary: Our first experiment in participatory filmmaking, using the YouTube website as a vehicle for communication. Pinky wants to make a movie examining the question: 'What is Americanism?'. Videotape your own response, or interview others! Then upload the video as a 'response video' at the YouTube website. Get involved! We'll put it all together! |
 Cats With Guns episode number: 070715-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 6 min 03 sec. summary: Someone dislikes one of our t-shirt designs - does the picture promote violence? Does it encourage a re-examination of non-violence? We ask angry viewer to educate us! |
 The Iraq War: Legal or Illegal? type: report narrator: Pinky episode number: 070525-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 23 min 57 sec. summary: Pinky wants some answers: Is the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq legal or illegal? Do any of the charges of illegality we've been hearing about have any legal basis at all? And why should we even care about international law anyway? Pinky and friends do the research and then tell you all the answers! Warning: This episode contains violent images that may disturb some viewers. Please pre-view and carefully consider the effect on young or sensitive viewers. |
 Banked Into Submission (The Globalizationist's Guide to Developing Poverty) type: comic narrator: Pinky episode number: 070320-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 3 min 17 sec. summary: Bunny tells Mimi about how the World Bank and IMF can be used as extremely useful tools for the cultivation of Third Word poverty. Sorry, phrases such as "structural adjustment", "austerity programs", and "conditionalities" are not mentioned in this episode! |
Defending Globalization (a mission for the educated and enlightened) type: comic narrator: Pinky episode number: 070311-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 3 min 14 sec. summary: Bunny and Mimi talk about Globalization again! This time Bunny reveals a secret about how to get First World citizens on the Globalization bandwagon while keeping those pesky Third Worlders in their place. |
Globalization (and the metaphysics of control in a free market world) type: comic narrator: Pinky episode number: 070307-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 3 min 02 sec. summary: Bunny explains to Mimi how to establish and maintain control over others via this (kind of) new thing called globalization. Is globalization the new colonialism? Will Pinky ever get that crayon off her head? |
 27,000 Holocausts type: an interview with John Burroughs host: Pinky episode number: 070211-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 30 min 02 sec. summary: Pinky calls up international law expert John Burroughs (Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy) and talks to him about the current state of nuclear weapons: Are they really a threat to the planet? If they're so dangerous, why do we still have them? What does international law have to say about nuclear weapons? How do we go about getting rid of them? How about nuclear power - is that okay? |
 Ant: Light Pollution type: blurb narrator: Pinky episode number: 070118-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 2 min 55 sec. summary: The ants' perspective of how human beings have forgotten their place in the universe. |
 Thomas Edison Hates Cats type: blurb narrator: Pinky episode number: 070117-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 2 min 36 sec. summary: The 'War of Currents' and Thomas Edison's hatred of cats. |
 Ehren Watada: a Soldier Refuses an Illegal War type: a talk by Ehren Watada host: Pinky episode number: 061222-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 38 min 35 sec. summary: U.S. Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada speaks about his decision to refuse orders to deploy to Iraq. Various points discussed include: historical precedents; the concept of 'wars of aggression' in international law; misinformation, coercion, and the public imagination; the responsibility of the individual regarding matters of war and peace. |
 What is a Crime Against Humanity? type: an interview with Peter Weiss host: Pinky episode number: 061211-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 18 min 02 sec. summary: Pinky calls up international law expert Peter Weiss (Center for Constitutional Rights) and asks him "What is a Crime Against Humanity?". Other points of discussion include how a crime against humanity is different from a war crime; the 'superior orders' defense; torture; the International Criminal Court (ICC); the importance of ordinary people taking a stand on matters of international law; more! |
 Scary School Nightmare type: dream narrators: Pinky & Ivan Illich episode number: 061127-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 5 min 53 sec. summary: Every night Pinky tries to get some sleep, only to be kept awake by a bizarre school building slideshow. Words by Ivan Illich, author of Deschooling Society. |
 The American War: The U.S. in Vietnam type: report narrators: Bunny & Pinky episode number: 060809-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 40 min 37 sec. summary: Pinky & Bunny discuss the origins of the Vietnam War (also known as the 'American War' in Vietnam). The episode is comprised of four short chapters: 1. Misrepresentations. 2. Desire and Struggle: a basic timeline of events. 3. Searching for Reasons. 4. Consequences. *This episode is dedicated to Professor Howard Zinn. Warning: This episode contains violent images that may disturb some viewers. Please pre-view and carefully consider the effect on young or sensitive viewers. |
 Students Against Rice Eaters type: blurb episode: 060422-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 1 min 36 sec. summary: Pinky tells a story about a smart student who used his knowledge for not so good things. |
 Stupid Toys type: blurb narrator: Pinky episode number: 060420-01 running time: approx. 2 min 08 sec. summary: Pinky talks about the stupidest toys she's seen recently. |
 Fabulous Imperialism!: The 1893 Columbian Exposition type: field trip tour guide: Pinky episode number: 060330-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 14 min 23 sec. summary: Pinky takes you on a field trip to Chicago, Illinois, in search of the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Included: a brief introduction to this important world's fair at the end of the 19th century; how the fair helped forge a new national identity; the role of the fair in redefining American attitudes toward the rest of the world; relationships between the fair and the development of U.S. imperialism; how the fair disappeared. |
 Ant Appeal: "Please Respect All Animals" type: blurb narrator: Pinky episode number: 060410-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 2 min 27 sec. summary: An ant from Pinky's AntFarm reads a statement from the rest of the ants. |
 Do-It-Yourself Ribbon Stickers type: blurb narrator: Pinky episode number: 060322-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 1 min 22 sec. summary: Those Support Our Troops stickers are everywhere. Make your own! |
 Crushing by Elephant type: blurb narrator: Pinky episode number: 060323-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 1 min 17 sec. summary: Pinky shares a story she recently heard from her friend Tim. Elephants are scary. |
 How to Spend 1.5 Billion Dollars type: blurb narrator: Pinky episode number: 060315-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 1 min 10 sec. summary: Pinky talks about money and what kind of stuff the government is buying with it. |
 The Health Care Crisis, Part I type: an interview with Dr. Hui host: Pinky episode number: 060110-01 format: video with audio running time: approx. 15 min 30 sec. summary: Dr. Hui explains what managed care organizations are, and their relationship to the current health care crisis in the U.S. |
 The Pinky Show Trailer type: trailer narrator: Pinky episode number: first format: video with audio running time: approx. 2 min 21 sec. summary: In a nutshell: who we are, where we live, and why we make The Pinky Show. |