TED Talks
TED: The clean energy hub of the future | Rebekah Shirley
Why aren't more people investing in Africa's green energy? Environmental researcher Rebekah Shirley outlines the continent's immense potential for renewable power and calls for collaborative international investment -- and partnership --...
Crash Course
Personhood: Crash Course Philosophy
Now that we’ve started talking about identity, today Hank tackles the question of personhood. Philosophers have tried to assess what constitutes personhood with a variety of different criteria, including genetic, cognitive, social,...
Financial Times
Are we too obsessed with our personal carbon footprints?
FT Rethink - The conversation around climate action is often dominated by intense debates around personal behaviour. But, according to the FT’s Simon Mundy, the danger is that these debates could crowd out more important questions. He...
Curated Video
Best Practice use of Media When Teaching Economics
Educators share their tips and tricks for successfully using media in their social studies classes when teaching economics.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
D'Maris Coffman -- The Corn Laws: Seeing through the Eyes of Ricardo and Malthus
The British Corn Returns data provided the empirical basis for the fierce debate around the introduction and repeal of the 19th century British Corn Laws. Contemporary readers, like David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus, followed them as...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Sheila Dow - Why Economists Think How They Think
Economists argue over how the economy works or what is the best fiscal policy to recover from the current crisis. Sheila Dow looks behind the curtain of these debates; she seeks to find out why particular theories are being advanced, and...
TLDR News
Cigarette Law & Banking Regulations - This Week in Parliament
This Week in Parliament is a series we are currently trialling where we keep you up to date with the latest news from the UK's Parliament. This week we discuss the latest bills about tobacco and cigarette sales and the availability of...
TLDR News
Biden Vs Trump: The First Debate Highlights Explained - TLDR News
Last night, the first Presidential Debate of the 2020 Election took place in Ohio, and saw President Donald Trump and Former Vice-President Joe Biden go head-to-head for the first time. In this video, we cut through the cross-talk to...
TLDR News
Can Trump Delay The Election & Biden's Running Mate Selection: State of the Election - TLDR News
August might often be a quiet month for news, but not when there's a Presidental election less than 100 days away - well there is for now. That's because Trump has suggested that the 2020 election could end up being delayed. In this...
TLDR News
What Happens Next in the Democratic Primaries - TLDR Explains
The Democratic Primary is ramping out, and with voting imminent, we wanted to summarise what's happened so far and discuss what's going to happen next. We tell you about the top candidates (Biden, Sanders, Warren and Buttigieg), the...
Let's Tute
Developing Your Unique Style for Public Speaking
In this lesson, the teacher discusses how to develop your own unique style for public speaking by noting down your personality traits, staying natural and unique, making a connection with the audience, practicing and merging your style...
TLDR News
Who Sits Where? - Tour of the House of Commons
We discuss who sits where in the United Kingdom House of Commons, as well as some of the traditions in the chamber.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Eddie Glaude Jr. - African American Religion
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. joined the faculty of Princeton University in 2002. He is the author of Exodus! Religion, Race, and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America, University of Chicago Press, In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the...
The March of Time
Teachers
MOT 1947: U.S. TEACHERS: DRAMATIZATION: Two female teachers one at desk marking papers. '...what does this town expect for 1700 dollars a year. There must be a better way of earning a living than teaching...' Gets up & leaves.
TLDR News
Johnson vs Corbyn The First Debate Highlights - Brexit Explained
Last night Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn took to the debate stage and answered questions live on ITV. In this video we cover some of the key topics from the debate, the biggest answers as well as what this could mean for the campaigns...
Mr. Beat
The American Presidential Election of 1996
The 53rd Presidential election in American history took place on November 5, 1996. It featured a dude from Kansas, a dude from Arkansas, and another dude from Texas. At first, it wasn't looking so good for Bill Clinton. He faced the...
Intelligence Squared
Yuval Noah Harari: Junk food is a bigger threat than terrorism
Yuval Noah Harari: "McD's and Coca-Cola are a greater threat to your life than al-Qaeda and ISIS"
TLDR News
The Race for Prime Minister: Who's Winning?
For the last couple weeks, a bunch of candidates have been fighting it out to be the next leader of the Conservative party (and thus the new Prime Minister). So in this video we'll run through the latest debates and who's likely to win...
TLDR News
What Democratic Virginia Losses Mean for Biden's Midterms - TLDR News
Over the last few hours it's emerged that the Democrats lost the Virginia Gubernatorial election - with the state electing a new Repubican Governor. This clearly is bad news for Democrats in the state, but the question is what it means...
TLDR News
Truss Will Be the Next Prime Minister (probably)
Liz Truss now looks almost unstoppable in the Conservative Leadership Race, with recent polling showing her storming ahead once again. So in this video we outline why Truss is looking so strong, and why we think she's going to win.
TLDR News
What Do Democratic Candidates Stand For? - TLDR US
In this video we discuss the front runners in the Democratic leadership race and discuss what they stand for from a policy perspective. We also dive into how the process is whittled down and whose likely to make it to the next stage.
Mr. Beat
The American Presidential Election of 1992
The 52nd Presidential election in American history took place on November 3, 1992. (clip of Bush- read my lips, no new taxes) Yeah, George H.W. Bush had alienated most conservatives by straight up breaking that pledge. I mean, man, he...
TLDR News
This Week in Parliament
We are launching a new series called This Week in Parliament. The show is designed to lift the lid on parliament and discuss what has happened in parliament in the preceding week. The series starts this Saturday (13th) and runs for 4 weeks.
TLDR News
The Democratic Candidates Policy Positions Explained - TLDR News
In this video we discuss the front runners in the Democratic leadership race and discuss what they stand for from a policy perspective. We also dive into how the process is whittled down and whose likely to make it to the next stage.