Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mike Klonsky - Teachers Make a Difference - My Influencers
Mike Klonsky is a retired educator, writer, school/community activist, BBall coach. He hosts a radio program Hitting Left on WLPN 105.5 FM Chicago. He became one of the leaders of the modern small schools movement. His academic work...
PBS
Would Your Neighbors Save You From a Flooding Home?
Climate change is amplifying extreme weather events like hurricanes, heatwaves and other disasters. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of how best to prepare for this stuff? Moving inland? Buying flood insurance?...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Explores: German Dank Haus
Rosa Gallagher is interviewed at the Dank Haus (Chicago, Illinois). Rosa gives a tour of the Stein Museum giving a historical background of the German stein.
Curated Video
Lollapalooza: The Ultimate Music Festival Experience
Lollapalooza is a popular music festival that has been running for 25 years. Learn about its origins and how it became a huge success.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Irwin Collier - How Economists Used to Be Made
Economists aren't born, they're made. Irwin Collier digs into archives to find out how Paul Samuelson and his generation were made. What did they learn, and how did they learn it? While today's graduate schools focus on quantitative...
TLDR News
Does Benford's Law Prove Biden Election Fraud: The Truth of the Mathematical Law - TLDR News
Since the election, Trump and his supporters have claimed that it was rigged. Short on hard evidence, some turned to statistics and found Benford's Law, a mathematical law that some claim could prove Biden's guilt. In this video, we...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Institutions, Democracy, and Economic Development
Without access to experiments as natural scientists do, economists sometimes rely upon "natural experiments” to exploit the effect of democracy on various economic outcomes. University of Chicago professor and the co-author of Why...
Next Animation Studio
80-story wooden skyscraper planned for Chicago
Architectural firm Perkins and Will, along with engineers Thronton Tomasetti and the University of Cambridge conceptualized a wooden skyscraper to be built along the Chicago River in 2017.
SWPictures
Chicago: Leading the Fight Against Climate Change
This video discusses how Chicago is becoming a leader in the fight against climate change through the implementation of green roofs. The video also highlights how this approach is literally a life-saver for the elderly and poor who may...
Science360
Local 3D printing hubs bring manufacturing back to U.S. Smart America Expo
Imaginestics is a start-up out of West Lafayette, Indiana, founded by Nainesh Rathod. At the Smart America Expo, Rathod was part of a team that demonstrated the potential impact of "Smart Shape Technology" on 3D printing and local...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Explores: Scotland History
Learn more about Robert Burns in this interview with Chicago Scots President Gus Noble.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Explores: German History
Interview with Dr. Reinhard Andress, German professor from Loyola University who points out interesting artifacts found in the Dank Haus museum.
The March of Time
1952: INFORMATION: Anchor Frank Blair at desk on set, SOT saying Democrats in turmoil over policy, leader, Truman may change mind, party bosses uncommitted, Civil Rights issues, anti-discrimination law, introducing Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey.
MOT 1952: INFORMATION: Anchor Frank Blair at desk on set, SOT saying Democrats in turmoil over policy, leader, Truman may change mind, party bosses uncommitted, Civil Rights issues, anti-discrimination law, introducing Minnesota Senator...
Kult America
Do I have Polish citizenship - Q&A 1
On this episode of Kult America I will answer some of your questions in my first Q&A! We'll talk about my citizenship, american food, what do I miss about America and why am I so obsessed with standing in three countries at once? By the...
The Art Assignment
Exquisite Corpse | Hugo Crosthwaite | The Art Assignment
This week we come to you from Rosarito, Mexico AND Chicago, IL to bring you an assignment from Hugo Crosthwaite. Hugo asks you to create a collaborative drawing by playing the Surrealist game Exquisite Corpse.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Explores: Chief O'Neill's Pub
Learn about Irish culture in this visit to Chief O'Neill's pub in Chicago.
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.