TED Talks
TED: What comes after tragedy? Forgiveness | Azim Khamisa and Ples Felix
On one awful night in 1995, Ples Felix's 14-year-old grandson murdered Azim Khamisa's son in a gang initiation fueled by drugs, alcohol and a false sense of belonging. The deadly encounter sent Khamisa and Felix down paths of deep...
SciShow
Patenting Person Parts
Since the advent of genetic engineering, a lot of weird questions have cropped up, particularly with regard to what information a company can patent. Individual genes, as they are discovered, are now immediately patented and can be...
Wonderscape
Challenges of the American Dream for Black Men in the U.S.
Examine the disparities faced by Black men in America in pursuit of the American Dream. Learn about the impact of public policies, particularly within the criminal justice system, and how these have contributed to inequalities. Explore...
Wonderscape
Life After Ellis Island: Immigrants' Journey in America
Discover what happened to immigrants after leaving Ellis Island. Learn about their challenges and contributions to American society, from settling the West to facing new laws and prejudices. Explore the evolution of immigration policies...
Curated Video
Society's Impact on Literature
A video entitled “Society’s Impact on Literature” which evaluates the level of impact that society has on literature.
Cerebellum
American Transformation And Industrialisation: 1868-1890 - The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this video, documents conceived...
Step Back History
A Tour of American Hate Groups
This video, I build upon the research I did for my project for Awesome video, and look into the history of America's hate groups. These range from history deniers; to people in white hoods; to the current usage of Pepe the frog. Let's go...
Curated Video
Washington, Seixas, and Giving Thanks
Ratification of the Constitution was a contentious process, but America’s Jews, in contrast to many other religious groups, supported ratification by large margins.
Weird History
WW I Inventions That We Use Today
Also known as the Great War, World War I was a horrific world conflict that lasted for roughly four years (1914-1918). You know a bit about WWI from history class: the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, "the War to End All Wars," Allied...
The Telegraph
Janet Daley america will soon wake up to Wokeism
Do not be fooled by the dominance of the woke movement; it is already running out of steam. In this week’s Off Script Janet Daley joins Steven Edginton to discuss America and Britain: what divides the two nations and what unites them.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Khalil Gibran Muhammad - Big Data
Khalil Gibran Muhammad is professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the Suzanne Young Murray Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies. He is the former Director of the Schomburg Center...
Weird History
Why Parents Used To Mail Their Babies
When American Parcel Post services launched on January 1, 1913, citizens suddenly found themselves with a revelatory new way of getting objects from point A to point B. And back in those days, "objects" often meant parcels in the form of...
Weird History
What Dating Was Like In the Victorian Era
Dating in the Victorian era in America and in Britain meant navigating through a fog of modesty, prudence, ritual, corsets, top hats, calling cards, and your inner voice feverishly whispering etiquette book platitudes: "There is no...
Zach Star
7 Tips for Life Science Majors
This video will go over the top 7 tips to being a successful student in the life sciences majors. 1. Maintain a 3.0 GPA or Higher. 2. Join a club on campus related to your science major. 3. Build your career network as soon as possible....
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Baldrige Award Ceremony for 2008 Award Recipient
Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, and Baldrige Foundation Chair Joe Alexander present the 2008 Recipients with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-the nation's highest honor for performance excellence...
The Recount
Elon Musk Will Buy Twitter For $44 Billion | Recount Live
After weeks of speculation over how serious he was, Twitter has accepted Elon Musk’s buyout offer for roughly $44 billion. The move will take the company private. Should you be nervous? And what will the future of Twitter look like?...
The Recount
Elon Musk Will Buy Twitter For $44 Billion | Recount Live
After weeks of speculation over how serious he was, Twitter has accepted Elon Musk’s buyout offer for roughly $44 billion. The move will take the company private. Should you be nervous? And what will the future of Twitter look like?...
Curated Video
RR0235/A USA: FBI Recruitment
Various of FBI film of "Hogan's Alley" training centre; World Trade Center tower collapsing; FBI Director Robert Mueller; SOT Robert Mueller, FBI Director; various of FBI & Police recruitment fair in Paterson, New Jersey; SOT Jan...
Curated Video
SYND 2-1-74 REPORT ON EXILED CUBANS IN FLORIDA FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER CASTRO TAKEOVER
Report on exiled Cubans fifteen years after Castro takeover.
1. gv street of Little Havana in Miami
2. ms people and shops in Little Havana
3. various of Castro and Che Guevara library footage
4. various of people on Little Havana...
Macat
An Introduction to Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone
How important is connectedness in a community? Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam details the early 21st century theory of the decreased value of social capital. A short analysis...
American Public Media
American Radio Works: After the Projects
Discussion of the future of public housing in America. Will the tearing down of public housing and the moving of poor people to mixed income neighboorhoods help them escape from poverty? Includes a historical perspective.
Backstory Radio
Back Story Radio: Beyond Numbers: A History of the u.s. Census
This BackStory Radio episode explains the revolutionary idea to actually count the number of people in an area and explores how the notion of who counts has changed over time. It is provided in audio and transcript segments.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Take Two: Changing Life Through Work
A look at what Americans are doing to change their lives. Job security and satisfaction are not what they used to be and Americans are changing themselves and reinventing the culture of work. (January 25, 2006)
Other
Reading Through History: Daily Life and Popular Culture in the 1990s
This video provides an introduction to daily life in the 1990s as well as highlighting some of the broad trends in popular culture during that decade. [10:11]