Curated Video
Dutch PM on yet to be released film that criticises Quran
1. Tilt down exterior of Elysee Palace to guards outside
2. Mid of French President Nicolas Sarkozy saying goodbye and shaking hands with Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende
3. Balkenende walking toward microphone in courtyard of...
Curated Video
Indian External Affairs Minister meets Nepalese PM
1. Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's car arriving at Prime Minister of Nepal, Girija Prasad Koirala's quarters
2. Koirala and Mukherjee walking towards media and shaking hands
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Pranab Mukherjee, India's...
Curated Video
President Barack Obama told Central American presidents that the U.S. and the wider region share responsibility to address an influx of minors and families who are crossing the southwest border of the U.S. (July 25)
Pressing for action on Friday, President Barack Obama urged Central American presidents and congressional Republicans at home to help ease the influx of minors and migrant families crossing the southwest border of the U.S.
While citing...
Curated Video
SYND 21 9 78 US STATE SECRETARY OF STATE CYRUS VANCE LEAVES JORDAN AFTER TALKS WITH KING HUSSEIN
United States Secretary of State Cyrus Vance left Jordan after today ending his first round of talks in Jordan over the Camp David peace accords.
1. SOUNDBITE (English): vs of Vance spekaing to press on airport tarmac followed by...
Curated Video
Interview with UK FM Miliband after meeting with President Assad
1. Mid of British foreign secretary David Miliband listening to reporter's question
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Miliband, British Foreign Secretary:
"I'm here on behalf of the United Kingdom, not on behalf of anybody else. The peace...
Curated Video
SYND 31-3-72 YAKOV MALIK, DELIVERS SPEECH, THREATENING TO BOYCOTT CONFERENCE
Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations, Yakov Malik, delivers speech, threatening to boycott conference
1) exterior United Nations building, tilt up tower
2) flags flying outside UN
3) interior UN chamber, United Nations, Yakov Malik:...
PBS
India's Effort To Clean Up Sacred But Polluted Ganga River
The Ganga River, known as the Ganges under British rule, is one of the most revered waterways in the world -- and also among the most polluted. Stretching from the Himalayan foothills to the Bay of Bengal, it provides water to nearly...
TED Talks
TED: The COVID-19 crisis is a chance to do capitalism differently | Mariana Mazzucato
In the face of three simultaneous crises -- health, the economy and climate -- do we have a chance to do capitalism differently? Economist Mariana Mazzucato explains why we shouldn't try to go back to normal after the pandemic but should...
Crash Course
Legal System Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig Benzine takes a first look at the judicial branch. It's pretty easy to forget that the courts, and the laws that come out of them, affect our lives on a daily basis. But how exactly these decisions are made and where each...
Crash Course
The Cold War and Consumerism: Crash Course Computer Science
Today we’re going to step back from hardware and software, and take a closer look at how the backdrop of the cold war and space race and the rise of consumerism and globalization brought us from huge, expensive codebreaking machines in...
Crash Course
Judicial Decisions: Crash Course Government and Politics
Today, Craig Benzine is going to dive into the factors that influence judicial decisions. As you may have noticed, the Supreme Court recently handed down some pretty big decisions on same-sex marriage (in Obergefell v Hodges) and the...
Crash Course
Sex Discrimination: Crash Course Government and Politics
Today, Craig is going to talk about employment discrimination, and we're going to focus primarily on women in the workforce. Discrimination against women tends to be handled somewhat differently in the courts as they are not a minority....
Crash Course
Congressional Leadership: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig Benzine explores the leadership structure of congress. We’ll break out the clone machine to examine the responsibilities of the speaker of the house, the majority and minority leaders as well as the majority and minority...
Crash Course
Progressive Presidents Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about the Progressive Presidents, who are not a super-group of former presidents who create complicated, symphonic, rock soundscapes that transport you into a fantasy fugue state. Although that would be...
Bozeman Science
Teaching Evolution is Not Optional
Paul Andersen teams up with Keith Hughes to explain why teaching evolution is not optional for high school biology teachers.
TED Talks
Darrick Hamilton: How "baby bonds" could help close the wealth gap
Hard work, resilience and grit lead to success, right? This narrative pervades the way we think, says economist Darrick Hamilton, but the truth is that our chances at economic security have less to do with what we do and more to do with...
TED Talks
TED: How to share public money fairly | Maja Bosnic
We have the right to demand budgets to be equitable, to be fair, says economist Maja Bosnic. One way to get there is to make them gender-responsive. With examples from the nearly 80 countries around the world already factoring gender...
TED Talks
TED: A climate solution where all sides can win | Ted Halstead
Why are we so deadlocked on climate, and what would it take to overcome the seemingly insurmountable barriers to progress? Policy entrepreneur TED Halstead proposes a transformative solution based on the conservative principles of free...
TED Talks
Halla Tómasdóttir and Bryn Freedman: The crisis of leadership -- and a new way forward
What should modern leadership look like? Entrepreneur and former Icelandic presidential candidate Halla Tómasdóttir thinks global leaders need to change their ways -- or risk becoming irrelevant. In a conversation with curator Bryn...
Crash Course
The Economics of Healthcare: Crash Course Econ
Why is health care so expensive? Once again, there are a lot of factors in play. Jacob and Adriene look at the many reasons that health care in the US is so expensive, and what exactly we get for all that money. Spoiler alert: countries...
TED Talks
TED: How the new generation of Latinx voters could change US elections | María Teresa Kumar
A historic number of Latinx voters participated in the 2020 US presidential election, including a record number of young people casting their ballots for the first time. Civic leader María Teresa Kumar takes a look at the issues closest...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Are the Illuminati real? | Chip Berlet
The year was 1776. In Bavaria, new ideals of rationalism, religious freedom and universal human rights competed with the Catholic church's heavy influence over public affairs. Adam Weishaupt, a law professor frustrated with the Church's...
Crash Course
How Presidents Govern: Crash Course Government and Politics
This week Craig Benzine talks about how the president gets things done. Filling the role of the executive branch is a pretty big job - much too big for just one person. It's so big that the president employs an entire federal...
TED Talks
Kristen Wenz: What if a single human right could change the world?
More than a billion people worldwide, mostly children, do not have a legal identity. In many countries, this means they can't get access to vital services like health care and education, says legal identity expert Kristen Wenz. She...