Instructional Video7:28
SciShow

This Is What Climate Change Feels Like

12th - Higher Ed
Hank brings you the SciShow news of the week. Recent record high temperatures and other extreme weather events around the world are climate change in action; a new fossil of an ancient human ancestor; some disturbing discoveries about...
Instructional Video5:24
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: History vs. Henry VIII - Mark Robinson and Alex Gendler

Pre-K - Higher Ed
He was a powerful king whose break with the church of Rome would forever change the course of English history. But was he a charismatic reformer who freed his subjects from a corrupt establishment or a bullying tyrant who used Parliament...
Instructional Video11:44
TED Talks

TED: The need for family reunification -- to make families whole again | Elizabeth Zion

12th - Higher Ed
I want all families to be made whole, to be reunified, to be together -- as is our right, says writer, poet and student Elizabeth Zion. In this profoundly moving talk, Zion shares the impacts of family separation, including her personal...
Instructional Video11:11
TED Talks

Chuck Plunkett: When local news dies, so does democracy

12th - Higher Ed
Nearly 1,800 newsrooms have shuttered across the US since 2004, leaving many communities unseen, unheard and in the dark. In this passionate talk and rallying cry, journalist Chuck Plunkett explains why he rebelled against his employer...
Instructional Video13:08
TED Talks

TED: How the Panama Papers journalists broke the biggest leak in history | Gerard Ryle

12th - Higher Ed
Gerard Ryle led the international team that divulged the Panama Papers, the 11.5 million leaked documents from 40 years of activity of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that have offered an unprecedented glimpse into the scope and...
Instructional Video17:26
TED Talks

TED: Why we need to end the War on Drugs | Ethan Nadelmann

12th - Higher Ed
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Is the War on Drugs doing more harm than good? In a bold talk, drug policy reformist Ethan Nadelmann makes an...
Instructional Video10:35
TED Talks

How a strong creative industry helps economies thrive | Mehret Mandefro

12th - Higher Ed
When global leaders think about which industries can fuel economic growth, the arts are often overlooked. But filmmaker Mehret Mandefro says the creative sector actually has the power to grow economies -- while also helping safeguard...
Instructional Video16:42
TED Talks

Rayma Suprani: Dictators hate political cartoons -- so I keep drawing them

12th - Higher Ed
"A political cartoon is a barometer of freedom," says Rayma Suprani, who was exiled from her native Venezuela for publishing work critical of the government. "That's why dictators hate cartoonists." In a talk illustrated with highlights...
Instructional Video8:07
TED Talks

TED: How to support and celebrate living artists | Swizz Beatz

12th - Higher Ed
Legendary hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz is on a mission to revolutionize the way artists do business. In this glorious talk, he shares some of the ways he's helping fellow creatives thrive, including a roving art fair that gives artists...
Instructional Video4:54
SciShow

Could an Old Vaccine Help Against COVID-19?

12th - Higher Ed
By studying population-level epidemiological trends, researchers have noticed that an old vaccine for tuberculosis may provide some protection against COVID-19.
Instructional Video5:57
Crash Course

The Black Women's Club Movement Crash Course Black American History

12th - Higher Ed
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Black American Women were struggling with both racism and misogyny as they fought for their rights. Black Women formed clubs and organized to make sure civil and political rights were extended...
Instructional Video11:52
Curated Video

Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about Nationalism. Nationalism was everywhere in the 19th century, as people all over the world carved new nation-states out of old empires. Nationalist leaders changed the way people thought of themselves...
Instructional Video10:21
TED Talks

P.J. Parmar: How doctors can help low-income patients (and still make a profit)

12th - Higher Ed
Modern American health care is defined by its high costs, high overhead and inaccessibility -- especially for low-income patients. What if we could redesign the system to serve the poor and still have doctors make money? In an...
Instructional Video17:58
TED Talks

Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery

12th - Higher Ed
In this moving yet pragmatic talk, Kevin Bales explains the business of modern slavery, a multibillion-dollar economy that underpins some of the worst industries on earth. He shares stats and personal stories from his on-the-ground...
Instructional Video20:02
TED Talks

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Want to help Africa? Do business here

12th - Higher Ed
We know the negative images of Africa -- famine and disease, conflict and corruption. But, says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, there's another, less-told story happening in many African nations: one of reform, economic growth and business...
Instructional Video16:31
TED Talks

Paul A. Kramer: Our immigration conversation is broken -- here's how to have a better one

12th - Higher Ed
How did the US immigration debate get to be so divisive? In this informative talk, historian and writer Paul A. Kramer shows how an "insider vs. outsider" framing has come to dominate the way people in the US talk about immigration --...
Instructional Video11:41
TED Talks

Myriam Sidibe: The simple power of hand-washing

12th - Higher Ed
Myriam Sidibe is a warrior in the fight against childhood disease. Her weapon of choice? A bar of soap. For cost-effective prevention against sickness, it’s hard to beat soapy hand-washing, which cuts down risk of pneumonia, diarrhea,...
Instructional Video19:25
TED Talks

Alan Russell: The potential of regenerative medicine

12th - Higher Ed
Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.
Instructional Video9:13
TED Talks

Annie Lennox: Why I am an HIV/AIDS activist

12th - Higher Ed
For the last eight years, pop singer Annie Lennox has devoted the majority of her time to her SING campaign, raising awareness and money to combat HIV/AIDS. She shares the experiences that have inspired her, from working with Nelson...
Instructional Video15:52
TED Talks

TED: A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels | Monica Araya

12th - Higher Ed
How do we build a society without fossil fuels? using her native Costa Rica as an example of positive action on environmental protection and renewables, climate advocate Monica Araya outlines a bold vision for a world committed to clean...
Instructional Video18:54
TED Talks

TED: This country isn't just carbon neutral -- it's carbon negative | Tshering Tobgay

12th - Higher Ed
Deep in the Himalayas, on the border between China and India, lies the Kingdom of Bhutan, which has pledged to remain carbon neutral for all time. In this illuminating talk, Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay shares his country's...
Instructional Video8:05
TED Talks

TED: A highly scientific taxonomy of haters | Negin Farsad

12th - Higher Ed
TeD Fellow Negin Farsad weaves comedy and social commentary to cleverly undercut stereotypes of her culture. In this uproarious talk/stand-up hybrid, Farsad speaks on her documentary, The Muslims Are Coming!, narrates her fight with the...
Instructional Video13:17
TED Talks

T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison: The most powerful woman you've never heard of

12th - Higher Ed
Everyone's heard of Martin Luther King Jr. But do you know the woman Dr. King called "the architect of the civil rights movement," Septima Clark? The teacher of some of the generation's most legendary activists -- like Rosa Parks, Diane...
Instructional Video6:58
TED Talks

TED: How I became an entrepreneur at 66 | Paul Tasner

12th - Higher Ed
It's never too late to reinvent yourself. Take it from Paul Tasner -- after working continuously for other people for 40 years, he founded his own start-up at age 66, pairing his idea for a business with his experience and passion. And...