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MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF SAMBA – MANCHESTER DAY 2024 (July 27th 2024) (4K UHD 60fps)
Manchester Day 2024 took place in the town on Saturday July 27th 2024.
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21 Jul 2026
new channel name is not portuguese, it’s from my conlang btw, it means cookie, but it looks portuguese cause the tildes are cute ok? damn my hand’s been fucked for 2 months, when will it stop hurting i know it’s psychosomatic cause i’m sick in the head but i can’t do anything about it aaa
Correction:
12:12 word on the right was meant to be “worm” but i misspelled it
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EPISODE 490
Bridges open up the world of a song: they’re a breath of fresh air and a point of contrast, typically delivered right before the final chorus. But sometimes they accomplish even more, changing the whole meaning of a song by introducing a note of doubt, or even defiance. This is what the best artists do, from Beyoncé to the Beatles to Taylor Swift, but some critics are concerned that the bridge is in danger of being demolished. On this episode, Charlie and Nate speak to songwriter and artist Tayla Parx, who’s worked with everyone from Ariana Grande to Panic! At the Disco, to learn why the bridge matters more than ever — and why an artist might still want to skip it altogether.
CREDITS
Reanna Cruz: Producer
Iris Gottlieb: Illustrator
Charlie Harding: Host, Executive Producer
Dion Lee: Art Director
Brandon McFarland: Audio Engineer
Nick Ripps: Video Editor
Nate Sloan: Host
Lissa Soep: Editor
Zach Tenorio & Jocie Adams: Theme Composers
Switched On Pop is a co-production of Vox Media Podcast Network, Vulture, and Rock Ridge Productions.
Links: Newsletter
9 Aug 2026
Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers is one of the most famous paintings in history, but it is also disappearing from the inside out.
In a specialized laboratory in Hamburg, scientists fired high-powered X-rays at microscopic fragments of the canvas to uncover a startling chemical betrayal. The vibrant “Chrome Yellow” that Van Gogh used to capture the light of Southern France is quietly turning into a dull, muddy green. This transformation is happening atom by atom, triggered by the very thing Van Gogh worshipped: light itself.
In this video, we dive into the fascinating intersection of art and chemistry to explain why these iconic flowers don’t look the way they did in 1888, and why modern science may be the only thing buying them more time.
Key Highlights:
The unstable chemistry of “Chrome Yellow” and why Van Gogh chose it.
How particle accelerators at DESY and the ESRF are being used to “read” the atoms in the paint.
The discovery of “CR6” to “CR3” chromium transformation.
Why other masterpieces (like those using Vermilion) are also at risk.
What museums are doing today to slow down this invisible decay.
Featured Artwork: Sunflowers (1888/1889)
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Scientific Experts: Letizia Monico and Koen Janssens (University of Antwerp)
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