National Theatre
Creating Instruments for a Post-Apocalyptic World: A Musical Journey
This video showcases the process of creating unique instruments for a post-apocalyptic world in a music and theater production. The musicians experiment with unconventional materials and sounds to bring the director's vision to life,...
Curated Video
Spelt: From Peasant Food to Grain of the Future
In this video, we explore the historical significance of spelt, a grain that was often associated with peasants and the lower class. However, we also discover how spelt has been revered by visionary figures like St Hildegard von Bingen,...
Curated Video
The Golden Age of Sci_Fi Literature
Coinciding with the Machine Age, the Golden Age of Sci-Fi Literature saw American authors combine factual science with fantastical fiction to take readers into the farthest reaches of the imagination.
Oxford Comma
High School Favorite: Not Waving But Drowning
As my school's senior English teacher I feel a personal, self inflicted pressure to convince my students that poetry has relevance and value in their lives. I want them to see that by reading and writing poetry they can share a part of...
National Theatre
The Art of Devising Theatre
The video features a discussion of the process of devising theater, where actors create a play collaboratively without a script. They explain how the process involves physical and verbal exploration, and how it can result in a unique and...
Cerebellum
Shakespeare In London: Christopher Marlowe Is Killed
Follow William Shakespeare through 16th and 17th Century London, as the bard created many of the most important works ever written. Christopher Marlowe is killed in a brawl. This video is part 4 of the series 'Understanding Shakespeare:...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Are we in control of ourselves?
Many have been sceptical of Freud's claim that unconscious desires control our lives. Yet recent studies show the conscious brain processes only a tiny fraction of the brain as a whole. Are hidden desires and secret thoughts driving our...
Cerebellum
Shakespeare In London: Becoming An Actor And Playwrite
Follow William Shakespeare through 16th and 17th Century London, as the bard created many of the most important works ever written. Shakespeare starts writing his plays. This video is part 3 of the series 'Understanding Shakespeare:...
Cerebellum
Understanding Romeo & Juliet: The Duel
Romeo and Juliet is based on the long-standing hatred between two families, it is a tale of star-crossed lovers that is perhaps the greatest tragic love story in English literature. Romeo meets Tybalt in the street, and is challenged by...
The Art Assignment
What Makes a Masterpiece?
What do we mean when we call an artwork a MASTERPIECE? Who decides which art becomes one? And what artists make them?
Science360
Psychologist Steven Clark - Sciencelives
Steven Clark, a Psychology Professor at the University of California, Riverside, has spent the last 29 years conducting research on human memory and decision-making. During that period of time, 269 people were convicted of crimes they...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Steven Fazzari: On the Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimulus 2/4
Steven Fazzari, Professor of Economics, Washington University in St Louis speaking at the breakout panel entitled "Does the Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimulus Depend on the Context? Balance Sheet Overhangs, Open Economy Leakages, and Idle...
National Theatre
Making Theatre in the Climate Crisis
This video discusses the National Theatre's initiative to reduce their environmental impact through the use of recycled materials and collaborative efforts among different disciplines. It also showcases the design elements of the play...
Curated Video
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), was born on the 18th February 1931. She was an American novelist, editor, and educator whose novels focused on the experience of Black Americans, particularly emphasizing Black women's...
Cerebellum
Understanding Macbeth: The Witches Meet On The Heath
Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. The three witches meet on the heath. Macbeth and his friend Banquo come accross them, the witches tell Macbeth that he...
Book Club for Kids
"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" Based on Author’s Experiences
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn has been an American classic for 75 years. This novel centers around a poor young Irish girl and her family struggling to make it in Brooklyn. It’s loosely based on the author’s experiences growing up in New...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Explores: Scotland History
Learn more about Robert Burns in this interview with Chicago Scots President Gus Noble.
Englishing
ESL - Genre: An Introduction
A genre is a category of literature or other form of art or entertainment (such as paintings or music) based on certain defining criteria. Genres change over time. Some become unpopular and go away while new ones spring up as trends...
National Theatre
Teaching Shakespeare: Adapting Plays for Contemporary Audiences
The speaker discusses the production of Shakespeare's play "Othello," highlighting how it deals with universal themes of stress, personal relationships, and character instability. They also mention how presenting the characters as...
Learn German with Herr Antrim
How to Talk About Books in German - German Learning Tips #40 (English) - Deutsch lernen
In this video I wanted to talk about books. I show you a few words that one needs in order to talk about books in German.
Oxford Comma
End of the World: The Second Coming
Many are surprised to learnt that both a collection of essays about 1960s culture and the most famous Nigerian novel of all time both take their titles from an old Irish poem. Keep watching for a reading, summary, and analysis of William...
Cerebellum
Understanding Macbeth: Banquo's Murder And The Return To The Witches
Macbeth tells the story of a good man gone bad, driven to murder by ugly ambition and fueled by a power-hungry wife. Macbeth has Banquo killed for fear his children will become kings of Scotland. Macbeth goes to visit the witches once...
National Theatre
Behind the Scenes of a Shakespearean Film Adaptation: From Theater to Film
This video is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by the National Theatre. The production was originally planned for the stage but was cancelled due to the pandemic, and the team came together...
PBS
Why Sci Fi is a Mirror on Society
While science fiction is associated with Mars, robots, and cyberpunk, its origin story is shaped throughout several centuries. Check out the origin of science fiction with Lindsay Ellis!