Schooling Online
Flying Through Film: Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot - Theme of Poverty and Social Class
Be inspired by a Northern English working-class lad who defies the odds! This lesson explores the theme of Poverty and Social Class in Stephen Daldry’s film Billy Elliot. Discover how Billy pursues his love of ballet despite his family’s...
Weatherthings
Hurricane Florence - The Meteorology, and the Impact on Society
Florence was a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic in 2018 but after it made landfall on the North Carolina coast as a Category 1 and weakened to a tropical storm it did most of its damage. This slow-moving storm left record rainfall and...
Mediacorp
The Polarizing Politics of Cow Slaughter in India
Listen to two individual perspectives on why the cow has polarized India and why compassion for the cow may be missing from both sides. Deciphering India, The Sacred Cow part 9/9
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Much Ado About Nothing - Theme of Gender
Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the role of gender in Much Ado About Nothing. Decide for yourself: does Shakespeare support or challenge traditional gender roles? Along the way, learn how to analyse important...
Religion for Breakfast
Ancient Greek Sacrifice: Why did they do it?
When we think about animal sacrifice, ancient societies such as the Greeks come to mind. But why did they ritually slaughter animals? What did this do for their society?
Mr. Beat
When The Supreme Court Said Eugenics Was Fine: Buck v. Bell
The state of Virginia passes a law saying that stupid or immoral people are not allowed to have kids and must be sterilized. A woman named Carrie Buck fights back. Yes, this all actually happened.
Weatherthings
Hurricane Irma - The Meteorology, and the Impact on Society
Intense Hurricane Irma made 7 different landfalls in 2017 and became one of the most expensive hurricanes in the last hundred years, moving from the Caribbean to the Bahamas to the United States. Dozens of people were killed by the storm...
Tom Nicholas
Semiotics - WTF? Introduction to Saussure, the Signified and Signifier | Semiotics explained
In this episode of What the Theory, an introduction to semiotics, in particular the approaches of linguists and semioticians Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce. Signs, semiotics as well as the concepts of the signifier and...
The Wall Street Journal
Income for All
Andrew Yang, entrepreneur and a Democratic presidential candidate, has made universal basic income a central issue of his campaign. Hear his perspective on guaranteed income for every American, and what legislative challenges that policy...
Curated Video
The Role of Technology in Boosting Productivity in the Workplace
The video focuses on the impact of technology on productivity in businesses, specifically in the operations department. It discusses the benefits of technology, such as automation and robotics, in improving the production process and...
Mediacorp
Using Technology in Indonesia to Protect Indigenous Land Rights
This video highlights the use of technology, specifically drones, to help indigenous communities protect their native rights and reclaim their lands from powerful resource companies. It showcases the impact of technology in empowering...
Mediacorp
Rush Hour and Technology in Indonesia
This video explores how technology, particularly mobile apps, has become an integral part of life in Indonesia. It highlights the ways in which these apps solve problems, such as ordering food and services while stuck in traffic, and how...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Andrew W. Lo - Financing Public Education
Prior to MIT Sloan, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School as the W.P. Carey Assistant Professor of Finance from 1984 to 1987, and as the W.P. Carey Associate Professor of Finance from 1987 to 1988. His research...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nikhil Goyal - Democratic Education
Nikhil Goyal is the author of the new book Schools on Trial: How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice (Random House).
PBS
How Fictional Pandemics Reflect the Real Thing (Feat. Lindsay Ellis and Dr. Z)
Although we are currently living through a pandemic that has disrupted our lives and will shape the course of humanity, pandemics have been around since the dawn of civilization, as have stories about fictional pandemics. So now seems...
ACDC Leadership
Pollution, the Government, and MSB=MSC- Microeconomics Topic 6.2
Should we end pollution? Could we even if we wanted to? Mr. Clifford explains marginal social cost, externalities and the role of the government. Don't forget to watch the very end.
TLDR News
Office Work Automation: You Aren't Too Creative To Be Replaced
Over recent years we have seen more and more jobs being replaced by robotics. But what will happen when AI comes for white collar and office work? Are you really too creative to be replaced?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Diane Ravitch - Reign of Error
Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. Diane Ravitch’s Blog is dianeravitch.net and has received more that 17 million hits in 30 months. From 1991 to 1993, she was Assistant...
Curated Video
Rent Seeking: Taking Without Giving
The video explains the concept of rent seeking, which is the behavior of seeking profits without creating new wealth for others. It provides a classic example of a lord setting up a chain across a river to charge fishermen a fee, which...
Religion for Breakfast
Can A Robot Be a Priest?
A Japanese company has programmed a popular robot, Pepper, to perform Buddhist funeral rites. But will society ever accept artificial intelligence as religious authorities and ritual specialists?
Curated Video
Frederick Douglass' Composite Nation
Abolitionist and social reformer Frederick Douglass believed that the U.S. could become the greatest nation in history – if it accepted the defining principles set out in his speech, Composite Nation.
History Hit
A History of Unbelief: Irish identity and Catholicism, Part 1
Why is Catholicism so entrenched in Ireland? Is there still a link between Catholicism and Irish identity? Is Irish Atheism about a lack of practice or core lack of belief? A History of Unbelief, Part 5
TMW Media
Engineering Careers: The future of engineering
Do engineers estimate the time and cost required to make things? What does the future of engineering look like? Engineering Careers, Part 2