In this bonus episode with Yuval Katz:

• the entrepreneurial journey, including an overview of the business model

• the future of http://www.check123.com; what’s next?

• in the pipeline: Check123’s discussion space, and the need to explore the controversial

• Yuval's own motivation and hopes for peace and humanity

• final surprises - a new tool called ‘Video text’ (Chrome extension)

• invitation for users and contributors

Main episode: https://soundcloud.com/shortfilmsteacherslove/s2-ep6

Notes: http://tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep6

Q1: How many American teenagers look to online video to answer questions on any topic?

Q2: When it comes to exploring art, how does an encycolpedia deal with subjective analysis?

Q3: What was the ‘day-job’ of the filmmakers who explained the origin of life in 2 minutes?

Find out the answers in this fascinating interview with the co-founder of the world’s first video encyclopedia.

Notes: tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep5

Aaron Gulyas discusses the outline and structure of his new book, “Teaching History with Newsreels & Public Service Shorts”

Notes: http://tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep5

Q1: What were the two secrets of America’s prosperity in the 1950s, as discovered by an alien from Mars?

Q2: Why did Jerry Fairbanks suggest we were on the ‘brink of disaster’ in 1972? Was it the hippies?

Q3: What was happening to Japanese Americans in 1944 that led to the production of ‘A Challenge to Democracy’?

Listen for answers as Aaron Gulyas inspires and delights us with modern American History and his new book “Teaching History with Newsreels & Public Service Shorts”

Notes: http://tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep4

“Is mindfulness a kind of non-religious praying?” Talking spirituality, meditation and poetry with dying and bereavement expert, Annie Whitlocke.

Notes: http://tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep4

Q1: How do you explain mindfulness to someone?

Q2: Is it possible to ‘make peace’ with the dark emotions of grief, sadness and depression?

Q3: When was the last time you slowed down enough to notice the really important things in life?

Death doula Annie Whitlocke shares 3 films with the answers to these questions.

Notes: tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep3

Confessions of a small-fry filmmaker interviewing an animator, and why awards matter. A bonus extra from my conversation with animator, nurse and educator Cath Murphy.

Full interview: https://soundcloud.com/shortfilmsteacherslove/s2-ep3-animation-for-learning-cath-murphy

Notes: http://tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep3

Q1: When can making impulsive decisions be disastrous?

Q2: How can animation be used as therapy?

Q3: What can students learn from funny animations about birds?

Animator, nurse and educator Cath Murphy shares 3 films with the answers to these questions.

Notes: tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep2a

Extra insights into Teach With Movies (TWM):

• a brief history

• the future of TWM

• advice to teachers about using films in class

• advice to filmmakers on telling moving image stories to a post-literate generation

Extras from the conversation with James Frieden & Deborah Elliott

Notes: http://tinyurl.com/SFTL2Ep2a

Q1: What does loquacious mean? What about laconic? How would you explain the difference?

Q2: Is it possible to experience deep empathy with someone you’ve never met, even someone from another culture?

Q3: Is poetry still relevant to teenagers today?

Deborah Elliott and James Frieden from Teach With Movies (http://www.teachwithmovies.org) share 3 films with the answers to these questions.