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The Cuban Missile Crisis: A 13-Day Standoff That Almost Led to Nuclear War
This video provides a detailed account of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a pivotal moment in history that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962. This video outlines the events leading up to the crisis and the tense...
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The Suez Crisis: A Turning Point in Colonial Power
This video provides a detailed historical account of the Suez Crisis of 1956, a significant event in international relations and decolonization. The video highlights the political motivations and consequences of the crisis, including the...
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Daniel Goleman's 6 Leadership Styles for Team Leaders
In his book, The New Leaders, Daniel Goleman and his co-authors set out 6 leadership styles for team leaders.
Financial Times
Call to save poorer nations drowning in debt
FT Moral Money - Global interest rate rises have led to spiralling, decades-high external debt payments for 91 low or lower-middle income countries. In a few cases the IMF and creditors like China have stepped in with additional aid or...
Financial Times
Queen Elizabeth II: a long life of duty and service
The Queen's reign spanned Britain’s journey from empire to Brexit, from the wireless to the smartphone. The FT reviews the important moments in her life.
Mr. Beat
The One Political Issue That Unites All of Us
Mr. Beat explains corporate welfare. I mean, he tries to, at least. He really does try.
Curated Video
Kateri Tekakwitha: First North American Indigenous Saint
Kateri Tekakwitha's journey from a Mohawk village to Catholic sainthood reflects the intertwined tales of faith and colonization in 17th century America.
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The Day the River Caught Fire
When Time magazine published details of a river fire in downtown Cleveland in 1969, the outcry was so loud and widespread, the U.S. government was forced into action.
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Hoovervilles: Shantytowns of the Great Depression
As the Great Depression worsened in the 1930s, thousands of Americans lost their jobs and eventually their homes. Shantytowns dubbed “Hoovervilles” named after unsympathetic President Herbert Hoover, spread across the U.S.
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Back to Work: The Civilian Conservation Corps
In the 1930s, hundreds of thousands of Americans were recruited across the United States to protect and preserve the country's forests, parks, and fields. The Civilian Conservation Corps, a voluntary work relief program, was way ahead of...
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Pandemic Perspectives: Beliefs and Values
MITIGATING THE MENACE: Professor Dunn talks about how drastic and systemic the impact of the COVID-1 pandemic was, how democracy does not necessarily give any guarantee for collective security and how it is not certain that any kind of...
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Pandemic Perspectives: Links to Climate Change
UNAVOIDABLE CONNECTEDNESS: Professor Kondrashov talks about the need to do more basic research which can only be done with sufficient government funding which may be negatively impacted by the pandemic, how the pandemic has highlighted...
The Business Professor
Seven Challenges of Crisis Leadership
The 7 Key Challenges of Crisis Leadership, proposed by Boin, 't Hart, and van Esch, is a framework consisting of strategic approaches to managing crisis in a firm.
PBS
Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?
Going to college in America ain't cheap with each semester costing thousands upon thousands of dollars. How do American students pay for this and how did the price tag get so high? Today, Danielle takes a dive into the student debt...
The Guardian
Extinction Rebellion: 'We're the planet's fire alarm'
For the last 10 days Extinction Rebellion has blocked roads, railways and bridges in a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience. Now that the period of action has wound down, Owen Jones asks some of the organisers what they have achieved,...
The Guardian
Daisy Chain
When the remote town of St Just, Cornwall, was locked down in March 2020, the small community worried that its economy wouldn't survive. But one town councillor, Daisy Gibbs, rallied an army of volunteers to form 'the Daisy chain', an...
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What is Really Considered a Suicidal Thought?
What is Really Considered a Suicidal Thought?
PBS
Is Price Gouging Bad?
Price gouging during a crisis is universally frowned upon and punishable by law in most states... so why would economists say it's actually not a bad thing?
The Business Professor
Crisis Management
What is Crisis Management? Crisis management is the process by which an organization deals with a disruptive and unexpected event that threatens to harm the organization or its stakeholders.
Curated Video
Begging the Question
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) describes how, in politics, the explanation of a crisis often points to a solution.
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A Sense of Crisis
Award-winning author Pankaj Mishra describes how his outlook to life has been irrevocably affected by a deep sense of crisis that is common to many people who grow up in Asia.
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Harnessing a Crisis
Author and independent scholar Pankaj Mishra explores how finding ourselves in a prolonged societal crisis can force us to grapple with vital political, economic and environmental issues.
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United in Crisis
Author and independent scholar Pankaj Mishra describes how his own upbringing in India is marked by a sense of crisis that he shares with other figures in other places and times.
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Beyond Solenoids
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes his youthful career anxiety and his excitement that science could be about people rather than just assessing magnetic field lines.