Awakenings

This is a true story! It happened to a friend of a friend of mine! No, but it did happen, and it Robin Williams IRL was Oliver Sacks. It's a crazy story and you have to come along to hear it..Some stuff to watch:encephalitis lethargica footage from 1925:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lNVtUlroZcOliver Sacks talking about it plus footage of the real people described in Awakenings:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNum0dTYalk&t=379sWaking up after years asleep fun edited science video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdkKSCsFUSoDocumentary of the incident from 1973 featuring young sprightly Sacks plus footage of Leonard and others INCLUDING THE BALL THROWINGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGq04Opx9DY&list=PLC3C1CE99A7A65B41&index=1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Do you like science? Do you like movies? Well, have we got a combo for you! Every two weeks join us, real life physicists Freda and Abi, while we break down the science behind some of the best and worst movie plots out there. We also get real about the depiction of scientists and their working environment in movies and lay it all on the table with our WTF moments. We're not about debunking, we're here to show our appreciation to the art of movie magic but reserve the right to laugh and shout as well as applaud where deserved! Here comes the science... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.