Here are a few other YouTube gems I just happened across; interviews with Stephen Jay Gould, Ernst Mayr, and E.O. Wilson conducted in the year 2000.
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Great post. Its a pleasure listening to Gould and Mayr. They are sorely missed.
Great finds! Once in a while you can make some brilliant finds on YouTube by sheer luck or accident without even searching for them; maybe I'll post links to some of that stuff in a response some time. In any case, I'm subscribing to that channel and if anyone wants a nice mix of goofy stuff, classic rock, and awesome science videos, check out RevTyson's channel.