PBS
Gazans try to rebuild destroyed homes and lives as fragile ceasefire with Israel holds
The first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is supposed to end on Saturday and negotiations to extend it to a second phase are now at a standstill. During the pause in fighting, some 600,000 Palestinians have returned to...
PBS
Inside a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon where Hamas is gaining popularity amid war
The killing of a top Hamas leader shook a Middle East already ten months into a brutal war. It has also galvanized Palestinian populations beyond Gaza and the West Bank, especially in Lebanon, long home to both political and armed groups...
PBS
‘To Be A Jew Today’ examines modern, multifaceted faith and struggle
In Noah Feldman’s latest book, “To Be A Jew Today,” the Harvard Law professor turns his focus to his own faith in order to understand identity, politics and culture. Feldman sits down with Amna Nawaz to discuss Jews’ relationship to...
TED Talks
TED: How to build a global pro-democracy movement | Yordanos Eyoel
Democracy is the most compelling vision we have for self-governance, says freedom advocate Yordanos Eyoel. Taking a stand against predatory and opportunist authoritarian forces, she shares how to reimagine, accelerate and protect the...
PBS
Palestinians in West Bank struggle to recover after intense Israeli military operation
The secretary-general of the United Nations denounced what he called "an excessive use of force" by Israel on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Israel said the two-day operation targeted Palestinian militants. Elsewhere,...
Crash Course
Serpents and Dragons: Crash Course World Mythology #38
This week, Mike is teaching you about the most mythic of mythological creatures: Dragons. Cultures across the world (and across Westeros) tell stories of dragons, and their power to destroy, their power to prop up kings, and their power...
TED Talks
TED: 3 steps to build peace and create meaningful change | Georgette Bennett
As the child of Holocaust survivors and a World War II refugee herself, peace builder Georgette Bennett was stunned by the human toll and tragedy of the Syrian civil war. She got to work, bringing together historical enemies to build an...
PBS
Arid Middle East Faces Political Battles Over Water Shortfalls
The Middle East is facing a water crisis, and the divisions between Israel and Palestinians have only exacerbated the problem. But whereas Israel is a pioneer in desalination and produces much of its own water, in Gaza, Palestinians...
PBS
Water Crisis May Make Gaza Strip Uninhabitable By 2020
In the Gaza Strip, 97 percent of freshwater is unsuitable for human consumption, and raw sewage pours into the Mediterranean Sea. Facilities for desalinating and treating water function on only a limited basis, as Israel controls the...
PBS
Ayaltollah Khomeni (Dec. 1, 1978)
A 1978 interview with Ayatollah Khomeini in which he discusses movement to overthrow the Shah of Iran. Originally broadcast on The MacNeil/Lehrer Report.
PBS
Retired house members discuss the challenges of partisanship
As President Donald Trump begins his first days in office, he joins a Congress that has been divided by partisanship in recent years. The NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson sat down with two recently retired members of the House of...
TED Talks
TED: The counterintuitive psychology of insurance | Orit Tykocinski
The real reason you buy insurance may have as much to do with pleasing your psyche as it does protecting your wallet. Behavioral psychologist Orit Tykocinski explores the connection between insurance and the reality-distorting risks of...
TED Talks
TED: Iran and Israel: Peace is possible | Trita Parsi
Iran and Israel: two nations with tense relations that seem existentially at odds. But for all their antagonistic rhetoric, there is a recent hidden history of collaboration, even friendship. In an informative talk, Trita Parsi shows how...
Be Smart
97% of Climate Scientists Really Do Agree
Do 97% of climate scientists really agree that humans are the main cause of climate change? Yep! Here's what the 97 percent statistic *really* means.
TED Talks
TED: The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power | Benedetta Berti
ISIS, Hezbollah, Hamas. These three very different groups are known for violence — but that’s only a portion of what they do, says policy analyst Benedetta Berti. They also attempt to win over populations with social work: setting up...
TED Talks
Eman Mohammed: The courage to tell a hidden story
Eman Mohammed is one of the few female photojournalists in the Gaza Strip. Though openly shunned by many of her male colleagues, she is given unprecedented access to areas denied to men. In this short, visual talk, the TED Fellow...
TED Talks
JR: One year of turning the world inside out
Street artist JR made a wish in 2011: Join me in a worldwide photo project to show the world its true face. One year after making his TED Prize wish, he shows how giant posters of human faces, pasted in public, are connecting...
SciShow
Future Space News of 2018
Here's a sneak peek at three missions coming up in 2018. We have rockets launching, spacecraft arriving at their destinations, and missions coming to an end.
TED Talks
Shimon Schocken: What a bike ride can teach you
Computer science professor Shimon Schocken is also an avid mountain biker. To share the life lessons he learned while riding, he began an outdoor program with Israel's juvenile inmates and was touched by both their intense difficulties...
SciShow
Placebos & Nocebos: How Your Brain Heals and Hurts You
You've probably heard how some drugs and treatments make people feel better, even when they turn out to be fake. That's the placebo effect, but how does it work? And could the same effect backfire, causing your brain to make you feel...
TED Talks
TED: The journey across the high wire | Philippe Petit
Even a death-defying magician has to start somewhere. High-wire artist Philippe Petit takes you on an intimate journey from his first card trick at age 6 to his tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.
SciShow
The Coolest Missions from India's Space Program
The Indian Space Research Organisation, or ISRO, is on its way to becoming a leader in space exploration - and they're just getting started.
TED Talks
Shimon Steinberg: Natural pest control ... using bugs!
What's the difference between a pest and a bug? Shimon Steinberg makes the case for using good bugs to fight bad bugs, avoiding chemicals in our quest for perfect produce.
Crash Course Kids
Water Fix!
How can we fix water shortages? Well, we know that shortages are a problem and can cause fighting because water is a resource. When you limit a resource, things get scary. But, in this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about...