TLDR News
America's Debt Crisis Explained: Why Politicians Just Can't Agree - TLDR News
Currently, the US is having a major argument about the debt ceiling, with many republicans refusing to see the ceiling shifted. So in this video, we unpack the argument, why Republicans are so upset and what happens if the Democrats...
TLDR News
Is The US Testing Enough COVID Patients Is America Leading the World - TLDR News
The US has seen a significant increase in the number of COVID cases they're testing but are they doing enough? In this video, we discuss the American COVID testing programme, the issues that are being faced and question whether the...
TLDR News
Did Trump Drain The Swamp? Trump's 2016 Promises Analysed - TLDR News
We've been analysing some of 2016 promises and few rank higher than the endless chant to "drain the swamp". So in this video, we discuss how Trump's done. Has he drained the swamp and improved Washington or just filled it with more...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How Science Advances, "One Funeral at a Time"
What happens to a subfield of science when a superstar of that field passes away unexpectedly? Christian Fons-Rosen argues that new research activity in the sciences–and economics?– increases after the death of a superstar, as...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Hans-Joachim Voth: The Euro Crisis - The Spanish Perspective
Welcome to our new video series called "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today. This episode features...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marty Linsky - What Makes Great Teaching
Marty Linsky was Co-Founder of Cambridge Leadership Associates (CLA) and has been on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School for over 30 years. He is the author of over a dozen books and chapters, including Leveling the Playing Field,...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Women of Parliament Unite on Abortion
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Ten years after access to the drug RU486 was severly limited in...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Q&A: Political Economy of Structural Adjustment (7/7)
Richard McGregor, Deputy News Editor of the Financial Times, moderates this panel discussion at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 10, 2011.
Economics Explained
Here Is Why The Stock Market Is At An All-Time High: Why Do People Care
The S&P 500, an index that measures the stock performance of the 500 largest companies in the USA, closed out this week at it’s highest level ever. The USA releases it’s worse GDP figures in history? The stock market rose the next day,...
Next Animation Studio
Snowden says Biden was ‘deeply involved’ in E.U. spy scandal
Danish media says the Danish spy agency helped the U.S. to spy on European politicians from 2012 to 2014.
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Gilded Age - Developments In Farming
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Gilded Age uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of...
Kult America
Robert Biedron - Interview In English
Recently I met a president of a Polish city and former parliament member named Robert Biedron. He declares to be an atheist, gay, and refugee-supporter and it might seem to be very dangerous position for a politician, but here he is,...
Englishing
Lesson on BROAD Negatives - ADVERBS (scarcely, barely, fairly)
In this lesson, Mr. P./Marc will delve into "broad negatives". He will first review how to make a negative statement by showing a formula. He will then explain what broad negatives are and how they are formed. He will give four different...
Kult America
Ukrainian Parliament Altercations
Have you ever noticed how many fist fights happen in the parliament of Ukraine? I was curious about the story behind them so here you have it - top 4 Ukrainian fist fights!
Next Animation Studio
Prizes handed out to year’s funniest scientific studies include study to see if beards protect you from punches
The 2021 Ig Nobel awards, rewarding ‘research that first makes people laugh and then makes them think,’ has seen 10 Ig Nobel prizes handed out, including one to a study suggesting men evolved beards to protect their faces in fist fights.
The Economist
Is Emmanuel Macron the EU's most powerful politician?
Mr Macron has revolutionised French politics. Now the French president is trying to reform the EU and nudge Donald Trump in a more liberal direction. Has he replaced Angela Merkel as the most important person in Europe?
Professor Dave Explains
The Difference Between Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Governments are typically concerned with curbing both unemployment and inflation, and there are two ways they approach this, fiscal policy and monetary policy. These are tools that can be used to speed or slow economic growth. What are...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Ziblatt - How Democracies Die
Daniel Ziblatt is Professor of Government at Harvard University and a faculty associate at Harvard's Minda De Gunzburg Center for European Studies. Ziblatt's teaching and resarch is in comparative politics, with a focus on...
The March of Time
Arlington Citizens committee
MOT 1949: ARLINGTON CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE: WS House w/ stone bricks. DRAMATIZATION: INT WS Arlington lawyer Malcolm Miller (L) talking w/ members at table. CU Newspaper 'Governor Calls Special Session.' VS Member '...we've got to get a...
TLDR News
Does America Have Too Many Elections? - TLDR News
America feels like it's always in an election cycle, with 2020 feeling like moments ago and the 2022 midterms just around the corner. So we ask if having so many elections actually harms American democracy and if they'd be better off...
Curated Video
Comparing Francisco Goya's Women Laughing and Men Reading
Women Laughing depticts a risqué scene, unusual for the reserved and somewhat prudish Goya. The style and composition of this painting closely resembles Men Reading, which was painted next to Women Laughing on Goya's wall. Could the...
Englishing
Expressions with BE (about to, due to, on the verge to, etc)
There are millions of expressions with the verb to be. Although, there are few that can be used for a future intention. In this lesson Mr. P./Marc explains those expressions that can be used when you are talking about a future intention....
The Guardian
Murder, corruption and cattle barons in Kenya
The Guardian investigates the causes behind the murder of Tristan Voorspuy, a former British army officer shot on his ranch by nomadic herders in March. The central Kenyan county of Laikipia has become the epicentre of a bloody conflict...
TLDR News
3 Plans to Reduce UK Energy Prices
Britain's energy crisis is getting pretty intense, with bills expected to rise sharply in the coming days. So in this video we'll examine and evaluate 3 different plans to solve the crisis; as proposed by (likely) future PM Liz Truss,...