Science360
What does a civil engineer do? - Careers in Science and Engineering
What's it really like to be a civil engineer? What does a civil engineer do all day? Ken Maschke shows us some of the latest engineering projects taking place at Thornton Tomasatti and what his typical day is like inside and outside the...
Kult America
How did I learn Polish?
One of the hardest languages in the world, Polish is a tough challenge for foreigners and people always ask me how did I manage to learn it. So on today's episode of Kult America I am going to tell you the story of my journey through...
Michigan Radio
Mice Evolving at Warp Speed
Changes to a neighborhood park in Illinois have affected the Northern White-Footed mice who live in the forest nearby. Scientists who study living mice today compare them to museum samples of dead mice to understand how they've changed...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Randall Horton - Teachers Make a Difference - Sterling Plumpp
Randall Horton is the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Literature, and, most recently, the GLCA New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction. He is...
The Art Assignment
Body in Place | Maria Gaspar | The Art Assignment
This week we meet with Maria Gaspar, an artist deeply invested in her community on the west side of Chicago. For her assignment, she asks you to engage with your community by adding yourself to the picture.
Next Animation Studio
Jussie Smollett found guilty of staging hate crime
Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been found guilty of five of six counts of felony disorderly conduct in Chicago.
The March of Time
Colonel Frank Knox publisher
MOT 1935: REPUBLICAN HOPEFULS: Chicago skyline. Colonel Frank Knox (1874-1944) publisher of Chicago Daily News seated at his desk talking w/ two other men about 'printing the facts' turning newspaper page saying a 'new idea about...
The March of Time
1952: DELEGATES IN CHICAGO: MS Clint Tonotle, SOT reporting from Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, PAN to seated delegates, MS Colonel Jack M. Arvey, Illnois Democratic national committeeman, sitting w/ others.
MOT 1952: DELEGATES IN CHICAGO: MS Clint Tonotle, SOT reporting from Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, PAN to seated delegates, MS Colonel Jack M. Arvey, Illnois Democratic national committeeman, sitting w/ others.
The March of Time
1952: YOUNG MEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB: VS George Hooper behind La Salle Hotel podium SOT, speaking for Dwight D. Eisenhower, VS Sam Young speaking for William H. Taft, likes him but doesn't think he can win. (Demolished 1976)
MOT 1952: YOUNG MEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB: VS George Hooper behind La Salle Hotel podium SOT, speaking for Dwight D. Eisenhower, VS Sam Young speaking for William H. Taft, likes him but doesn't think he can win. (Demolished 1976)
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Need for Sustained Stimulus
In part 3 of INET's exclusive interview with Robert Skidelsky, he says that today Keynes would push for continued stimulus, because he believed that the economy would not simply bounce back without it
The March of Time
1950: DENVER, COLORADO: WS Union Station on Wynkoop Street, Beaux-Arts architecture. BURLINGTON ROUTE: Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Zephyr (E5A) diesel locomotive slow into station, across & out of frame. Passenger car sign: Silver Princess
MOT 1950: DENVER, COLORADO: WS Union Station on Wynkoop Street, Beaux-Arts architecture. BURLINGTON ROUTE: Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad Zephyr (E5A) diesel locomotive slow into station, across & out of frame. Passenger car sign:...
Learn German with Herr Antrim
German for Beginners #25: Emotions & Facial Expressions
Learn how to talk about the following emotions and facial expressions in German: happy (fröhlich), sad (traurig), angry (wütend), furious (zornig), surprised (überrascht), embarrassed (verlegen), confused (verwirrt), shy (schüchtern),...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ann Cook - Teachers Make a Difference
In this series of videos "60 Seconds with ..." I've asked each person to tell me (in a minute or less) about that one special teacher who made a difference in their life.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
12 On Intellectual Pluralism
In late 2015, JW Mason and Arjun Jayadev went to speak with Axel Leijonhuvud, in retirement in Pismo Beach, to ask about his work and the intellectual paths not taken after 1968. Over a couple of days with him and his wife Earlene, they...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
INET's Interview with Robert Skidelsky
In this extensive interview, one of the world's foremost scholars of John Maynard Keynes explains the many ways Keynes's insights are more relevant than ever
Next Animation Studio
Wildfires more common during Cretaceous
Findings published in the journal Cretaceous Research reveal that during the Cretaceous, 145 to 65 million years ago, wildfires were much more common than previously thought. During the Cretaceous, temperatures were higher and there was...
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...
The Wall Street Journal
Are We There Yet?
Is lightning-fast mass transit a reality that is closer than you think, or a pipe dream? Hear from a transit pioneer and a regulator on the outlook for high-speed transportation in the U.S.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Nicholas Wapshott: The Humble Hayek (3/5)
Let us be humble, and appreciate the limits of our knowledge -- such was Hayek's credo, as Nicholas Wapshott explains in part 3 of this INET interview.
Mr. Beat
How Jane Addams Changed the World
Mr. Beat tells you all about Jane Addams, one of the most important figures in American history.
Next Animation Studio
New skyscraper proposed for Chicago
American architectural firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill has unveiled updated design plans to build a 1,422-foot tall skyscraper in Chicago.
Kult America
Death, Heritage, and Poland
Last September I received a phone call informing that my estranged father had passed away. At his funeral in Chicago a family member presented me an old photo album, but she was unsure of who it once belonged to, though they suspected...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar - Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity
Jeffrey Ogbonna Green Ogbar was born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, California. He received his BA in History from Morehouse College in Atlanta. He earned his MA and Ph.D. in U.S. History with a minor in African studies from...
Weird History
Mystery of the Lake Michigan Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle isn't the only watery region with a reputation for unexplainable events and tragedies. For centuries, a triangular portion of Lake Michigan has been ground zero for sunken ships, disappearing crews, and vanishing...