Curated Video
The Harlan County Coal Wars
Harlan County coal miners in the 1930s went on a labour strike protesting about the conditions. Coal companies and the local police forces put them under. It broke out into civil unrest and Unions were established.
Professor Dave Explains
Diabetes and Insulin: A Triumph for Recombinant DNA Technology
Having talked a lot about diseases caused by pathogens, and the breakthroughs with antibiotics and vaccines to address them, it's time to check out some other maladies that are more directly related to human physiology. Let's start with...
Curated Video
Emma Tenayuca: Latina Labor Activist
Latina labor leader, Emma Tenayuca, led a major food-industry strike in her early 20s and was eventually ostracized for her political beliefs.
Curated Video
Romania, Turda Salt Mines
Since 1992, Salina Turda has been a halotherapy center and a popular tourist attraction. In 2008, the salt mine enters a broad process of modernization and improvement within the pale of program PHARE 2005 ESC large regional/local...
History Hit
George Orwell's 1984 with Dorian Lynskey: The ongoing relevance of 1984 and beyond
Why is 1984 one of the most important novels of the 20th century? What would Orwell advise in the face of fake news? Do you think George Orwell would be surprised at 1984's ongoing relevance? George Orwell's 1984 with Dorian Lynskey, Part 3
Weird History
Actor Woody Harrelson's Dad Was a Hit Man
When Woody Harrelson first rose to fame on the sitcom Cheers in 1985, his father had already made headlines for a much more nefarious reason. Charles Voyde Harrelson was given two life sentences for the murder of Texas judge John H. Wood...
Makematic
Body Talk
Throughout history girls have been told what they can and cannot do with their bodies. But through activism and creativity, girls have fought to take back control.
The Wall Street Journal
Jeb Bush Remembers His Father
Reflecctions on the Public Life and Legacy of George H. W. Bush
Economics Explained
The Economy of Communist China
China was once the wealthiest in the world and now it was struggling to feed itself, it was these kinds of conditions that gave rise to the political system that would go on to define china in the latter half of the twentieth century....
The Wall Street Journal
Cities Fueled By Data
Daniel Doctoroff, chairman and CEO of Sidewalk Labs, speaks with the WSJ's Matt Murray about what it takes to build the first city that is powered by data.
60 Second Histories
Life as a WW1 Nurse in France
A WW1 nurse who describes her uniform and shows how she still likes to be fashionable even among the horrors of war.
Curated Video
David Blaine: The Celebrity Magician and Endurance Artist
The video provides a brief biography of David Blaine, including his early interest in magic and his breakthrough moment when he submitted a video of his tricks to the ABC network. It also highlights some of his most notable stunts, such...
Curated Video
How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football
It’s America’s national sport – but when football almost came to a crashing halt following the deaths of 19 players in 1905, US President Theodore Roosevelt made a decisive play.
Jabzy
English Self-Defence - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about English Self-Defence
Curated Video
The Windshield Wiper: A Female Innovation
The first mass-produced car in America was basically a lawnmower with leather trim, but it was a start, right? This is the story of Mary Anderson and the Windshield Wiper - an invention that happened by a stroke of fate!
Makematic
Hey, Where's My Girlhood?
Throughout American history, young girls have worked in fields, factories and homes to provide for themselves and their families - and sacrificed their childhood. The same thing is still happening today.
Amor Sciendi
Matisse and Hemingway
There are similarities between the French Artist Henri Matisse and the American author living in Paris Ernest Hemingway. What made their style so popular in the early part of the 20th century? Full Hemingway passage: "Chapter IX"...
National Film Board of Canada
An Overwhelming Passion
In this concise portrait, director and art director Brigitte Haentjens talks about what inspires her work in theatrical creation. Her artistic choices are a response to a deep, dark need to rummage through a text until light bursts...
Weird History
Here's What Nuclear Families Ate in the Postwar Era
In the years after WWII, Americans became more affluent than they had been in previous generations. Veterans were going to college and buying homes in droves, the population boomed, and cities around the country grew rapidly. ...
AllTime 10s
10 Shocking Facts About The British Empire
The British Empire began with the creation of overseas colonies in the 16th century and stretched right up to the latter half of the 20th century. At its peak in the early 1920s, it controlled 23% of the world's surface and 458 million...
Curated Video
Bright Lights, Gritty City
In the space of just 40 years, the majority of Americans packed their bags for a new life in the city. So what brought on this seismic shift from rural to urban dwelling? And what was the fallout?
60 Second Histories
Rosa Parks: refuses to give up her seat on the bus
In the second of 3 clips, Rosa Parks tells the story of how she made a protest against the segregation laws by refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
History Hit
Rodin and the art of ancient Greece: The burghers of Calais and dance movements
Learn the history and intent of the Berghers of Calais, be it in England or in Calais. Finally, what inspired Rodin to capture motion and how did he inspire future generations of artists? Rodin and the art of ancient Greece, Part 4
Hip Hughes History
What is a Liberal? Ideology Explained
A summary of social liberalism through the lens of political ideology.