Wednesday, April 2, 2014

The Story of the Jews, Episodes 3, 4, and 5. By Simon Schama.

The Story of the Jews. By Simon Schama. Video. PBS. Episodes 3, 4, and 5.









The Story of the Jews, Episodes 1 and 2. By Simon Schama.

The Story of the Jews. By Simon Schama. Video. PBS. Episodes 1 and 2.





Fembots Have Feelings Too: An Interview with Amy Purdy. By Brian Merchant.


Amy Purdy. Paralympics photoshoot.


Fembots Have Feelings Too: An Interview with Amy Purdy. By Brian Merchant. Motherboard, December 6, 2012.

Amy Purdy, Paralympian and Dancing Contestant. By K.S. Wang. Motor Trend, March 13, 2014,

Through the Eyes of a Fembot: Amy Purdy website.

“Borderline miraculous”: Amy Purdy leaves Dancing With The Stars audience and judges in tears with inspirational story. Daily Mail, April 1, 2014.

Amy Purdy Gets Leg Jokes Out of the Way. Video. Jimmy Kimmel Live, April 2, 2014. YouTube. Also at IMDb. Hulu.

Amy Purdy Gives Amazing Performance on Dancing with the Stars. Gossip Cop, March 31, 2014.

Amy Purdy Cracks Jokes at Herself on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Video. Lauren Solomon, April 2, 2014. YouTube. Also at AOL TV Replay, and here.

Amy Purdy: Greeting adversity. Video. poptech, December 11, 2012. YouTube. Also at Pop Tech.

Living Beyond Limits: Amy Purdy at TEDxOrangeCoast. Video. TEDx Talks, June 8, 2011. YouTube. Also at TED.

Amy Purdy and Mark Balas: Salsa (Dancing with the Stars 2014 week 4). Video. DWTS Vault, April 8, 2014. YouTube. Also here.

Amy Purdy and Derek Hough: Contemporary (Dancing with the Stars 2014 week 3). Video. DWTS Vault, April 1, 2014. YouTube. Also here.

Amy Purdy and Derek Hough: Swing (Dancing with the Stars 2014 week 2). Video. dancingwts09, March 24, 2014. YouTube. Also here.

Amy Purdy and Derek Hough: Cha-cha-cha (Dancing with the Stars 2014 week 1). Video DWTS Vault, March 18, 2014. YouTube. Also here.

On My Own Two Feet: Amy Purdy website.


Amy Purdy is a Jacksonian pioneer on a new frontier. She shows the same grit and heroic spirit of those Jacksonian pioneer women who took the risk to settle an untamed land and build a new nation.