Crash Course
Imperialism Crash Course World History
In which John Green teaches you about European Imperialism in the 19th century. European powers started to create colonial empires way back in the 16th century, but businesses really took off in the 19th century, especially in Asia and...
TED Talks
TED: Why we're storing billions of seeds | Jonathan Drori
In this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity -- one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion...
MinutePhysics
How To Tell If We're Beating COVID-19
This video is a collaboration with Aatish Bhatia about how to see the COVID-19 tipping point - we present a better way to graph COVID-19 coronavirus cases using a logarithmic scale in "phase space" - plotting the growth rate against the...
TED Talks
TED: The state of the climate crisis in 2021 | Climate Action Tracker
2021 is a critical year for climate change. According to the Paris Climate Agreement, governments must decide now on how to reduce the amount of carbon they pump into the atmosphere in order to avoid the most devastating consequences of...
Crash Course
Economic Schools of Thought: Crash Course Economics
We talk a lot about Keynesian economics on this show, pretty much because the real world currently runs on Keynesian principles. That said, there are some other economic ideas out there, and today we're going to talk about a few of them....
Crash Course
Globalization and Trade and Poverty: Crash Course Economics
What is globalization? Is globalization a good thing or not. Well, I have an answer that may not surprise you: It's complicated. This week, Jacob and Adriene will argue that globalization is, in aggregate, good. Free trade and...
Crash Course
International IP Law: Crash Course Intellectual Property
This week, Stan Muller teaches you how intellectual property law functions internationally. Like, between countries. Well, guess what. There's kind of no such thing as international law. But we can talk about treaties. There are a bevy...
Bozeman Science
ESS3C - Human Impacts on Earth Systems
In this video Paul Andersen explains how humans are impacting the Earth through farming, mining, pollution and climate change. According to the NGSS wise management can reduce impacts on the planet. This will become more important as...
Bozeman Science
Human Population Size
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the world population has undergone exponential growth since the industrial revolution. Predicting the future world population is difficult because each country will grow at different rates....
PBS
Religious Diversity
Paul Solman talks with author Robert Putnam about his new book "American Grace," which delves into the role of religion in the United States.
Bozeman Science
Human Population Impacts
In this video Paul Andersen talks about the impacts of human growth on the environment and on themselves. The population, affluence, and destructive technology of a population impact the environment according to the IPAT equation. An...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Population pyramids: Powerful predictors of the future - Kim Preshoff
Population statistics are like crystal balls -- when examined closely, they can help predict a country's future (and give important clues about the past). Kim Preshoff explains how using a visual tool called a population pyramid helps...
SWPictures
Avoiding Cholera
New ReviewStriking in areas where vaccines tend to be out of reach, the 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami produced fears of an immediate cholera epidemic. But one district in southern India showed the world how to defy the odds—clearing contaminated...
Curated Video
India Local Culture
New ReviewIndia’s dramatic changes over the past decade and a half have created opportunities and growth never before imagined by the country’s billion plus people. These changes have brought new ideas, attitudes, values, and hope into the...
Curated Video
What is the G20?
New ReviewThe G20 is a powerful, informal group of nineteen countries and the European Union. It also includes a representative from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The list evolved from an effort to include major developing...
Curated Video
Digital Currency
New ReviewIn a globalized world, digitalization has deeply shaped the way people of different countries and cultures interact—and now transact—with one another. The latest addition to the global payment system is a version of currency called...
Curated Video
Beyond Apartheid in South Africa
New ReviewLearn more about the challenges that exist when it comes to doing business in South Africa. Yes, South Africa’s government has made a strong commitment to privatization and has been striving to attract foreign investment, but the country...
Curated Video
Argentina and Ecuador: Understanding the Currency Crisis
New ReviewThough the early 1990s may have been characterized by financial optimism, Argentina was in a recession as Brazil’s 1998 monetary crisis sent shockwaves across the regional and global markets. Travel north to Ecuador and there was a very...
Curated Video
Debate on Globalization
New ReviewBecome knowledgeable on the debate regarding globalization, the development of an increasingly integrated global economy. Global business has been growing rapidly in recent decades for a number of political, economic, technical, and...
Curated Video
Germany Foreign Manager
New ReviewIf you are going to be managing in Germany, it's best to spend as much time as possible learning about business practices and customs before you arrive. Your colleagues will appreciate your efforts to do business their way and will...
Curated Video
Germany Economy
New ReviewGermany's economic development has been shaped in large part by its lack of natural resources. Learn more about the historical highlights that have shaped Germany’s modern economic successes and the country’s complex economic system....
Curated Video
Developing a Global Mindset
New ReviewOver time, the expansion of trade and the exchange of ideas and cultures have led to an increasingly interconnected global economy. As countries, companies, and people reassess how to operate globally, it’s clear that the way we interact...
Curated Video
Germany Demographics
New ReviewGermany is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. In fact, in the Rhine-Ruhr Valley, there are no obvious boundaries between cities. It’s just a mass of urban sprawl. Explore commonalities among German cities, which tend...