PBS
The Byronic Hero: Isn’t it Byronic? (Feat. Princess Weekes)
Edward Cullen. Han Solo. Killmoklknger. Lestat. What do all these characters have in common besides being heartthrobs? They share a common ancestor: the Byronic Hero. Brooding, sensual, violent, intelligent, and single-minded, the...
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...
Cerebellum
American Transformation And Industrialisation: 1868-1890 - The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this video, documents conceived...
History Hit
The role of unbelievers throughout history
Religious belief looks more precarious in the modern world than ever before. But is that the truth? Dan Snow explores the role of unbelievers throughout history, to discover if we're uniquely unbelieving now, or whether there have always...
Curated Video
The Tragedy of the Commons and Property Rights
The video discusses the concept of the tragedy of the Commons and its relevance in modern-day environmental issues. It explains why the absence of property rights can lead to market failure, using the example of common land in the UK and...
Jabzy
Russian Plans to Invade India - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Russian Plans to Invade India
Cerebellum
The Election Process In America - The 17th and 19th Amendments
The right to vote is our single most important right as American citizens, and yet, many Americans fail to exercise this valuable right. This video looks at how the 17th Amendment provided for the direct election of senators. It also...
Makematic
Girl Culture
Clothes aren’t just functional – for centuries, girls have used them as political tools to challenge gender norms, confront dominant ideas of femininity and race and help create the culture you live in today.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Economists Often Say History Is Irrelevant. That’s A Mistake
Economists often think history isn’t relevant to their work, says Petra Moser. That’s misguided: History is both informative and accessible, and studying it deepens economists’ research. Moser applies this philosophy to her own work on...
Curated Video
Judaism and the Founding Fathers: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams—the founding generation’s preeminent intellectual leaders—differed mightily about the value of the Jews and Judaism.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Banality and Necessity of Bubbles | #5 | Venture Capital in the 21st Century
Financial speculation and bubbles are often of vital importance in fueling technological progress. Janeway reviews and distinguishes between various kinds of speculative bubbles over the past two centuries. While many have been...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Noliwe Rooks - Cutting School Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education
Noliwe Rooks is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores how race and gender both impact and are impacted by civic culture, social history and political life in the United States. She is the author of four books, the most recent...
Curated Video
Dueling Economies That Fueled the Civil War
Which economy was best for the country's future? The industrial economy of the North? Or the plantation system of the South? The stage was set for a financial fracas that would lead to the deadliest war in US history.
Amor Sciendi
This Painting is about Technology
The landscape paintings of the early 19th century weren't just about Democracy, they're also a commentary on the role of technology in human affairs. But does it lead to an extinction event, or global empathy?
Curated Video
Tevye the Dairyman Episode 1 - The Creation of Tevye
In this lecture, Professor Wisse introduces both Tevye the Dairyman and the man who created him: Sholem Aleichem. In 1894, Sholem Aleichem published “Tevye Strikes it Rich,” the first in what would become of a series of short stories...
Science360
Greenhouse Gas Emissions - History Of Climate Change Research
When was it first determined that greenhouse gas emissions were causing warming?
60 Second Histories
Emmeline Pankhurst in prison
Emmeline Pankhurst discusses the time she spent in prison and its effect upon her.
Curated Video
The Civil War Battle for Bread
When the women of Richmond, Virginia couldn’t afford to buy bread during the American Civil War, they incited the largest civil disturbance the Confederacy had ever seen.
Curated Video
War on the Water: Civil War Navies
The American Civil War wasn’t just fought on land – it took place on rivers and seas too. But the contrast between Union and Confederate navies could not have been more stark.
Curated Video
Did a Book Spark the Civil War?
It was published nine years before a shot was fired. And was written by a woman. How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin fan the flames of the American Civil War?
60 Second Histories
Protest, Action and Hunger Strike
Part of a series on women's suffrage, Emmeline Pankhurst describes the WSPU tactical intensification and hunger strike
PBS
Why Do Kids Have Their Own Bedrooms?
"Go To Your Room!" might be the most well known parental demand in America, but why do kids have their own sleeping area at all? Because while a bedroom might just seem like a "normal" thing for people who can afford a certain amount of...
60 Second Histories
Suffrage and WW1
Emmeline Pankhurst discusses the outbreak of war and women over 30 getting the vote.