Curated Video
First Impression - Appearance: How to Look the Part
We form a first impression of someone within a few seconds of meeting them. It's vital that you know how to create the right first impression for you. And the first thing that people notice is your appearance. So, you need to look the...
Curated Video
The Impact of Missionaries
Three diverse researchers describe the profound impact that missionaries have had on communities both in the USA and abroad. Featured are: Nile Green, Professor in World History and an expert on Islamic History and religion in the world...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yascha Mounk - Cultural Appropriation
Yascha Mounk is a writer and academic known for his work on the crisis of democracy and the defense of philosophically liberal values.
Born in Germany to Polish parents, Yascha received his BA in History from Trinity College Cambridge...
All Ears English
2109 - Fortune 100 Speaker Jessica Kriegel on 3 Culture Questions You Must Ask in a Job Interview
You are in an interview- and the job seems great, but how do you know if the culture of the organization is going to be a good fit for you? Today workplace culture strategist Dr. Jessica Kriegel shows us 3 key questions that we can ask...
Weird History
What Viking Parties Were Like
Ancient Norse seafaring Vikings were well-known as explorers, traders, and warriors. But when they got down, they weren't messing around. Sure, Norse Sagas tell of epic voyages, and etymological studies have granted insight into the...
The Guardian
How 'voodoo' became a metaphor for evil
Voodoo' has come to represent something evil when it appears in popular culture. 'Black magic', witchcraft – it's always portrayed as something to be feared. But in reality, Vodou, as it's correctly written, is an official religion...
The Business Professor
Diffusion of Innovations Theory
What is the Diffusion of Innovations Theory? Diffusion of innovations is a theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread. The theory was popularized by Everett Rogers in his book Diffusion of...
The Business Professor
Organizational Culture
What is organizational culture? Organizational culture includes the collective or shared values, attitudes, beliefs, and visions.
Curated Video
Our Need For Ritual
David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue describes how we all share the need for ritual.
Curated Video
Off Base
Intellectual historian Stefan Collini, University of Cambridge, details how C.P. Snow’s celebrated lecture The Two Cultures has broadly permeated the public consciousness in a way that typically obscures Snow’s central ethical motivation...
Curated Video
Enumerating Possibilities
Historian David Armitage (Harvard) uses the example of international intervention to show how history can help us guide today's decisions.
Curated Video
Enlarging The Conversation
Historian David Cannadine, University of Princeton, describes how he believes the time is ripe for historians to increasingly interact with geneticists and neuroscientists in an attempt to better address the fundamental question of what...
Curated Video
Making Progress?
University of Cambridge historian Stefan Collini describes how both C.P. Snow and F.R. Leavis used the example of the Industrial Revolution to give their very different views on the nature of human progress.
Curated Video
Cultural Differences
Social psychologist Roy Baumeister, University of Queensland, describes how, while cultural differences clearly exist, he’s more focussed on studying the essence of what it means to be human.
Curated Video
The Human Condition
Social psychologist Roy Baumeister (Queensland) describes how, notwithstanding our various cultural differences, what really interests him is the investigation of factors and motivations common to all of us.
Curated Video
Portugal’s Influence on Brazil
Portugal’s Influence on Brazil explores the influence of Portugal on Brazil and the differences in history and culture.
Curated Video
Defining Art
A video entitled "Defining Art" which discusses the difficulty of defining art.
Vlogbrothers
What is The Oldest Song?
In which Hank sings the oldest song we know of...the Seikilos Epitaph. Most songs from this period were written with only the lyrics, but the Seikilos Epitaph, buried as part of a funeral, contained an unmistakable chord chart. And so,...
Vlogbrothers
Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things
In which Hank discusses some ways in which we base our lives on stuff that are just completely made up.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Does The Phoenix Symbolise?
This video is answering the question of what does the phoenix symbolise.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Are Dragons?
This video is answering the question of what are dragons.