TED Talks
TED: How film changes the way we see the world | Ava DuVernay
People told me this was an unadaptable book, so the only logical thing to do was to try to adapt it, says writer, producer and filmmaker Ava DuVernay of her work taking the award-winning title "Caste" from page to screen. In conversation...
PBS
How Plate Tectonics Transformed Los Angeles
Despite the profound changes we’ve made here in recent history, the epic saga of Los Angeles' natural history is still visible - and even striking - if you know where and how to look for it.
SciShow
7 New Species Discovered in Cities
Scientists are discovering new species at the bottom of the ocean and deep in the rainforest, but there are also plenty of new animals being discovered in cities around the world!
TED Talks
TED: Kung Fu, Star Trek and the many paths to spirituality | Rainn Wilson
Do you feel overwhelmed by the complex issues facing our world, not to mention your own personal problems? Spirituality is the key to staying grounded and hopeful -- even for skeptics, says actor and author Rainn Wilson. He explains why...
Curated Video
Car museum boasts new exhibits and exterior after multi-million dollar refurb
SOURCE: AP HORIZONS, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:21SHOTLIST:AP Television Los Angeles, US - 24 August 20161. Wide pan of exterior of...
Curated Video
Port workers start clearing backlog
1. Wide shot of trucks moving past docks Port of Long Beach
2. Close shot of cargo container being lifted
3. Close shot of Port of Long Beach sign on crane
4. Wide shot of container being moved
5. Close shot of trucks carrying...
Curated Video
Bakery in LA doing booming business selling cupcakes with files in them
1. Entrance to The City Bakery
2. Baker Maury Rubin discussing "Paris Hilton Visitor's Cake" with clients
3. Wide of tray of "Paris Hilton Visitor's Cakes"
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Maury Rubin, Baker:
"The cake itself is a very simple...
Curated Video
Reaction from stars and media to nominations
Los Angeles, December 18, 2003
1. Set up Uma Thurman
2. Photographer, pull out to Thurman talking to media
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Uma Thurman, Golden Globe nominee:
"I was completely excited, also that Alicia said 'Bill Kill', and that...
Curated Video
Sarah Palin and family load up on freebies from Oscar week festivities
AP Television
Los Angeles, 3 March 2010
1. Wide exterior of Interior Illusions locations of the Silver Spoon Oscar Suite Retreat Benefiting Red Cross Haitian Relief
2. Pan interior of Silver Spoon suite
3. Pan of table with gifts
4....
Crash Course
Los Angeles Uprisings: Crash Course Black American History #45
In this episode of Black American History, Clint Smith teaches you about the complicated history of racial tension in South Central Los Angeles. You'll learn about the Watts Rebellion of 1965, a 6-day uprising in response to police...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Scale: Level 4 - Scale Models
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on thinking in scale. TERMS Phenomena - observable events in the natural world (require explanations) Time - an irreversible series of events Space - the dimensions...
TED Talks
TED: Super speed, magnetic levitation and the vision behind the hyperloop | Josh Giegel
What if your hour-long commute was reduced to just minutes? That's the promise of the hyperloop: a transit system designed around a pod that zooms through a vacuum-sealed space (roughly the size of a subway tunnel) at hyper-speed,...
TED Talks
TED: When workers own companies, the economy is more resilient | Niki Okuk
Another economic reality is possible -- one that values community, sustainability and resiliency instead of profit by any means necessary. Niki Okuk shares her case for cooperative economics and a vision for how working-class people can...
TED Talks
TED: New ways to understand life in a pandemic | Aaron Maniam
Poet and policymaker Aaron Maniam describes how the language we use to explain COVID-19 shapes the way we think about it -- whether it's as a "war," a "journey" or, as he suggests, an "ecology." He encourages us to explore a range of...
TED Talks
Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley
Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face,...
TED Talks
TED: uber's plan to get more people into fewer cars | Travis Kalanick
uber didn't start out with grand ambitions to cut congestion and pollution. But as the company took off, co-founder Travis Kalanick wondered if there was a way to get people using uber along the same routes to share rides, reducing costs...
TED Talks
Benjamin Wallace: The price of happiness
Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world's most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled (notorious) Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique...
TED Talks
Thom Mayne: How architecture can connect us
Architect Thom Mayne has never been one to take the easy option, and this whistle-stop tour of the buildings he's created makes you glad for it. These are big ideas cast in material form.
TED Talks
Rishi Manchanda: What makes us get sick? Look upstream
Rishi Manchanda has worked as a doctor in South Central Los Angeles for a decade, where he’s come to realize: His job isn’t just about treating a patient’s symptoms, but about getting to the root cause of what is making them ill—the...
TED Talks
Van Jones: The economic injustice of plastic
When we throw away our plastic trash, where does it go? In this hard-hitting talk, Van Jones shows us how our throwaway culture hits poor people and poor countries "first and worst," with consequences we all share no matter where we...
TED Talks
TED: Why a good book is a secret door | Mac Barnett
Childhood is surreal. Why shouldn't children's books be? In this whimsical talk, award-winning author Mac Barnett speaks about writing that escapes the page, art as a doorway to wonder -- and what real kids say to a fictional whale.
Crash Course
World War II Part 2 - The Homefront Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about World War 2, as it was lived on the home front. You'll learn about how the war changed the country as a whole, and changed how Americans thought about their country. John talks about the government...
TED Talks
Fabian Oefner: Psychedelic science
Swiss artist and photographer Fabian Oefner is on a mission to make eye-catching art from everyday science. In this charming talk, he shows off some recent psychedelic images, including photographs of crystals as they interact with...
TED Talks
TED: What time is it on Mars? | Nagin Cox
Nagin Cox is a first-generation Martian. As a spacecraft engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cox works on the team that manages the united States' rovers on Mars. But working a 9-to-5 on another planet -- whose day is 40...