Today’s episode explores some very big picture history: David talks to palaeontologist and science writer Henry Gee about the story of the human species from origin to peak to inevitable decline. When and how did Homo sapiens see off the competition from its rivals in the human and animal world? Why did that point mark the start of an inexorable drift towards extinction? In what ways are our strengths as a species also our fatal weaknesses? And how near are we to the end?
Part two of this conversation, which takes the story of human species from the hunter-gatherer period to the present and beyond to explore how long we have left, is available tomorrow on PPF+. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
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Nos 40 anos da retomada da democracia, como a literatura brasileira retrata a ditadura militar? Neste episódio, Ana Kiffer, Ana Cristina Braga Martes e Cadão Volpato, autores de livros com memórias desse período, falam sobre escrever o que foi sufocado na política, nas universidades, nas famílias e nas relações. Na conversa, os autores debatem temas que atravessam seus livros: desde a brutalidade daqueles anos e o impacto nas famílias à subversão criativa. A conversa, mediada pelo jornalista Eugênio Bucci, aconteceu em 19 de junho, durante A Feira do Livro 2025.
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ARRI which still builds cameras in Germany is to close two factories as the ongoing retraction in filmmaking continues to bite.
The closure of the two facilities which produce ARRI lighting equipment (which by the way, is the best in the industry) will result in 150 job losses in Germany.
This is a real chance for Canon or Sony to save ARRI and in return be the dominant player in cinema.
If the company continues without a buyer, the future doesn’t look particularly bright – despite having the best sensor technology of any cinema camera company, and THE industry standard cinema camera with the Alexa 35.
What an amazing foothold in the market they have.
And yet, says ARRI this week:
“Like many companies in the film industry, Arri is undergoing a significant transformation to address lasting shifts in market demand while reinforcing its core strengths”
Source: Bloomberg: https://archive.ph/cOwK1
The problem is that high-end cinema is almost dead thanks to endless sequels, shitty multiplexes and a shift to streaming, the quality of filmmaking just hasn’t been there and the urge to leave the house has never been less.
The other problem is that the massive boom in streaming has also faltered and there’s now a glut of content, a total over supply of crap and the work has dried up at such an extent that it has rippled throughout the entire ecosystem – even going so far as to tanking the value of vintage glass on eBay!
Where once you couldn’t let a day pass without seeing 30 silly commercials on Sky TV shot with old anamorphic lenses, the bubbles and cinematic fashions have all seem to have gone away leaving just a general uninteresting slop in its place.
With the threat of Ai, it’s obvious that a further dramatic transformation of the commercial videography world will happen.
But as Nikon has shown with their purchase of RED, a company like ARRI would be an ideal target for Sony and can be an ongoing success story if only the 90 year old folk that run our favourite Japanese companies grew an imagination.
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