TED Talks
TED: How to govern AI — even if it's hard to predict | Helen Toner
No one truly understands AI, not even experts, says Helen Toner, an AI policy researcher and former board member of OpenAI. But that doesn't mean we can't govern it. She shows how we can make smart policies to regulate this technology...
Crash Course
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois
As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, Black Americans were searching for ways to think about how and where they would fit into a post-slavery society. There were several competing schools of thought. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B....
PBS
How governors are working on solutions amid intense political polarization
At a time of intense polarization across the country and bitter partisan battles in Washington, some of the nation’s governors are attempting to find a way forward to solve their own states’ problems. Judy Woodruff sat down with two...
PBS
How 7,000 Years of Epic Floods Changed the World (w/ SciShow!)
Strange geologic landmarks in the Pacific Northwest are the lingering remains of a mystery that took nearly half a century to solve. These features turned out to be a result one of the most powerful and bizarre episodes in geologic...
SciShow
How Washington Became a Ship Graveyard: A SciShow Field Trip #3
Olympic National Park is temporarily closed as Washington, the US, and the world work to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We filmed this series in early January and are currently at home practicing social distancing. We hope...
SciShow
How the White House Killed Two Presidents
Working in the White House in the 1840s may have been more hazardous than we thought.
SciShow
How 18th-Century Medicine Killed George Washington
What killed George Washington? Turns out it was probably related to the bloodletting and other 18th-century medicine his doctors applied.
SciShow
6 Construction Failures, and What We Learned From Them
Things can go wrong in scientific experiments sometimes, but when it comes to engineering, getting things wrong can be disastrous.
TED Talks
TED: How Black queer culture shaped history | Channing Gerard Joseph
Names like Bayard Rustin, Frances Thompson and William Dorsey Swann have been largely erased from US history, but they and other Black queer leaders played central roles in monumental movements like emancipation, civil rights and LGBTQ+...
PBS
Journalist Terence Smith Reflects On Decades Of Reporting On American Presidents, Wars
On our bookshelf tonight, NewsHour's old friend and former longtime media
correspondent Terence Smith's memoir: "Four Wars, Five Presidents: A
Reporter's Journey from Jerusalem to Saigon to the White House." Smith
spoke with Judy...
PBS
50 Years of Military Integration (July 31, 1998)
Journalist Haynes Johnson, historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss, and retired Army Lt. Gen. Julius Becton discuss the 50th anniversary of President Harry S. Truman's executive order that formally integrated the armed forces.
PBS
Peniel Joseph: Dark Days, Bright Nights
In observance of Martin Luther King Day in 2010, Ray Suarez speaks with historian Peniel Joseph about his book "Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama."
PBS
At Mt. Vernon, remembering the enslaved people who built America (SRL)
A tour guide at George Washington's Mt. Vernon, who is also a distant relation of a person who was enslaved at the Virginia estate, offers his perspective about American history, slavery and the founding fathers. This story was produced...
PBS
Dream 'Remembered (August 28, 2003)
A panel of historians and activists reflect on the historic 1963 March on Washington and the enduring significance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
PBS
House Democrats In Trump Districts Tread Delicately On Impeachment
Only seven of the 235 House Democrats have not articulated support for the impeachment inquiry. Each represents a district President Trump won in 2016. John Yang traveled to upstate New York to find out what constituents are saying to...
PBS
Founding Fathers (July 5, 2004)
Ray Suarez speaks with three historians, Richard Brookhiser, Ron Chernow and Jan Lewis, about what the founding fathers might have thought of America today.
PBS
The Remarkable Political And Diplomatic Legacy Of James Baker
Former Secretary of State James Baker’s distinguished career and service to every Republican president from Gerald Ford to George W. Bush has elevated him to elder statesman status. Now, his life, career and legacy are examined in a new...
PBS
Why Black Women Face A Triple Threat From Breast Cancer
For Black women in America, a breast cancer diagnosis brings with it a
disturbing statistic. Black women are less likely to develop breast cancer
but 40 percent more likely to die from it than white women, according to
the Centers for...
PBS
Interview with Shah of Iran (November 14, 1977)
A 1977 interview with the Shah of Iran in which he discusses relations with the United States. Originally broadcast on The MacNeil/Lehrer Report.
PBS
Michael Beschloss (2007 Author Interview)
Book:Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989
Associated Press
Guaid urges free, fair elections in Venezuela
Venezuela's opposition leader said Wednesday that he wants the European Union to broaden sanctions against members of the Venezuelan government as a way to push toward free presidential elections in the country.
PBS
The True Story Behind One Of The Most Damaging Spies In American History
She’s been called one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history. Ana Montes passed secrets and information to the Cuban government for almost 17 years until her arrest just days after the 9/11 attacks. After nearly two decades behind...