The Guardian
Why do so many black people love kung fu movies?
Kung fu references crop up a lot in black culture - Jim Kelly in Enter the Dragon, Wesley Snipes' Blade films and hip-hop artists like Wu-Tang Clan. This translates to the UK too. Josh Toussaint-Strauss watched a lot of martial arts...
The Guardian
The last king of Eswatini? Reporting on protests in Africa's last absolute monarchy
Cebelihle Mbuyisa is a freelance journalist who was beaten for covering pro-democracy protests in the kingdom of Eswatini. Formerly known as Swaziland, the country has been rocked in recent weeks by anti-monarchy protests calling for...
Curated Video
Animal Horror Stories
Jessi shares some of the stories she's been told about sad or terrible things that have happened to animals. But, there's always something good that can come from every situation. So she also shares how to prevent the stories from...
Curated Video
The Signs of Complicated Grief (Spotting the Symptoms)
Healing from grief is usually a long slow process, and what we think of as typical grief would be an experience that may start out intensely sad and negative and then overtime becomes less sad and with more positive reflections on the...
Curated Video
What is Existential Anxiety?
Do you sometimes feel like life is meaningless? That everything you do doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things? If so, you might be experiencing existential anxiety. In this video, I'll explain what existential anxiety is,...
Mr. Beat
Is the Death Penalty Illegal?!? | Gregg v. Georgia
In episode 62 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Supreme Court determines the death penalty is unconstitutional, but then later says it actually kind of is.
Mr. Beat
Guilty Until Proven Innocent | The Scottsboro Boys Cases
In episode 47 of Supreme Court Briefs, it's the story of the Scottsboro Boys, the nine African American teenage boys who were falsely accused of raping two white women.
PBS
What’s The Real Cost of Dying?
Since the human mortality rate seems to be holding steady at 100%, chances are you will have to make some death-related financial decisions for a loved one... or yourself!
Oxford Comma
How Mary Shelley's Fascination with Graveyards Inspired Frankenstein
From early in life, Mary Shelley found inspiration and solace at the foot of the grave. Biographical insight into this relationship with the departed clearly shows that Victor Frankenstein's journey is a terrible lesson in how to respect...
Curated Video
The Importance of Setting
A video entitled “The Importance of Setting” which explores how to revise the setting of a text to change the mood.
Oxford Comma
America Teaches "The Cask of Amontillado" Wrong
Is Poe's short story of revenge based a real events? According to some American textbooks? Yes. But the truth is more complicated. Sources: Cody, David. “‘What a Tricke Wee’Le Serve Him’: A Possible Source for Poe’s ‘The Cask of...
Debunked
How To Survive The First Hour Of A Nuclear Blast / Fallout! #SURVIVAL #MYTHS #
How To Survive The First Hour Of A Nuclear Blast / Fallout! The situation has played out in TV and movies for years, but what should you really do if a nuke detonated near you? Will the fireball automatically obliterate your entire city?...
Debunked
What Are The Limits of Human Survival? #SURVIVAL #MYTHS
How long can you survive without SLEEP, WATER, FOOD and AIR? How HOT or COLD can you go? What is the MAXIMUM HUMAN AGE LIMIT?
Curated Video
Camus and Suicide
Poet and independent scholar Jennifer Michael Hecht gives background to her book, Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It, while invoking some of Camus’ ideas on suicide.
Curated Video
Humour in Sign Languages
Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), describes unique aspects of humor that American Sign Language enables.
Curated Video
Denying Death
Poet and independent scholar Jennifer Michael Hecht describes how our modern society is “putting away death” and the negative aspects that has on community.
Weird History
The Most Feared Warriors In History
History is filled with stories of barbaric warriors who cause wanton destruction. They have been titled by ancient historians as "savages," "uncivilized," and even "the Scourge of God." But what makes them the most terrifying warriors in...
Señor Jordan
How to say "to kick the bucket" in Spanish (Día 25)
In this video we're gonna be talking about a nicer way to say: to die. You might already be familiar with the verb: morir. But if you don't like talking about death, you can always use the phrase in this video and it's the equivalent of:...
Curated Video
Struggle for Power Among the Sons of Emma and Cnut
When Cnut the Great died, the sons of Emma and Cnut as well as the sons from each of their first marriages argued for control of various parts of the kingdom. This video covers the complexities of these competing claims, political...
Curated Video
Death and Legacy of Emma of Normandy
Emma of Normandy was an influential queen of the early medieval period. From her marriage to Aethelred to her marriage to Cnut the Great of Denmark, Emma's decisions and the subsequent political reactions and tensions had far-reaching...
Curated Video
The Need To Belong
Roy Baumeister, University of Queensland, describes how, for the longest time social psychologists only paid lip service to the social world, and that his groundbreaking work The Need To Belong was motivated by an awareness that much of...
Curated Video
The Origins of "The Need To Belong"
Roy Baumeister (Queensland) reflects upon what led him to develop his influential work on “The Need to Belong”, while giving penetrating insights on the life and work of a social psychologist.