The ancient Japanese sport of sumo is in well-documented crisis. Years of controversy and scandal have hurt the sport's ability to attract new talent. But new energy is brewing in Tokyo's Ryōgoku district, where the sport is slowly...

Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (Institute for Advanced Study) examines the curious structural relationship between quantum mechanics and relativity.

In this video educators will learn about how to develop critical thinking skills in their social studies classes using media, such as: compare claims, assess credibility and reflect on one’s own process of reasoning.

My own memories around 9/11.

This is the grand finale of Virginia Woolf’s famous essay A Room of One’s Own. Join us to find out how she brings all the strands of her argument together, and ends it with a poetic bang. What does Woolf see for the future of...

How Religious is Iceland?

In this video I discuss JMW Turner's painting Ploughing Up Turnips, Near Slough and the Enclosure movements in England before the Industrial Revolution.

Kara Walker's fountain addresses public monuments and the stories they tell us about history.

Samuel Lawrence, planetary scientist and lead lunar exploration scientist, discusses what we’ve learned about the Moon and some of the more interesting questions that we hope to answer when humans return in the Artemis program. HWHAP...

Overview of the history of German music, from Classical composers Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms to contemporary pop musicians.

Responding to the challenge of climate change requires understanding more about climate variability and the changes expected. Jim Kinter, director of the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA), explains how scientists there are...

Is obscenity Constitutionally protected? What makes something obscene as opposed to a work of art? Journey through Supreme Court precedent in examining the Miller Test which is used today.

Dr. Yong Zhao is an internationally known scholar, author, and speaker. His works focus on the implications of globalization and technology on education. He has designed schools that cultivate global competence, developed computer...

Whether we're talking about race or economic class, most religious congregations in the United States are super homogeneous. This reflects the sociological principle called "homophily," or in simpler terms, "birds of a feather flock...

The Spanish Influenza was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history - and the first time it was mandated to wear a face mask in public in the United States.

Why are we creating an education shortage? The value of going to college and learning critical thinking skills is on the rise, but access is shrinking. Professor David Deming warns that if we don't put some serious work into fixing these...

Lots of presidential candidates make bold promises, but only one candidate in this year's presidential election is offering the promise of eternal life. That's Zoltan Istvan, the first-ever presidential candidate from the Transhumanist...

After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. What are Elon Musk's plans for the moon? What is the space conference like in...

Ian Goldin, the director of the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford, talks about the school's new partnership with INET. Interviewed by Peter Leyden at King's College, April 2010.

David is an ambidextrous thinker who likes big ideas. As a “Tech Ethicist,” he explores our evolving relationship with social media and tech from an ethical, legal, and emotional perspective. Utilizing his background as an attorney,...

As part of its initiative to ensure that the Internet continues to spawn growth and innovation, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce held a symposium on "Cybersecurity and Innovation in the Information Economy" on July 27, 2010 in Washington DC....

Join us for an overview of Margaret Atwood’s world. We’ll show you how key issues and events in the real world have shaped her ideas in Hag-Seed. An award-winning Canadian writer, Atwood draws inspiration from many things, including...

Coinciding with the Machine Age, the Golden Age of Sci-Fi Literature saw American authors combine factual science with fantastical fiction to take readers into the farthest reaches of the imagination.

Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada and WSJ Tokyo Bureau Chief Peter Landers discuss the future of transportation technology and its effects on the world around us.