TED Talks
TED: An activist investor on challenging the status quo | Bill Ackman
Bill Ackman has made billions of dollars — and a name for himself — as an activist investor, buying up stock to push for change at companies. In this wide-ranging conversation with author and business ethics professor Alison Taylor,...
Crash Course
Freedom of Speech: Crash Course Government and Politics
Today, FINALLY, Craig is going to talk about Free Speech! Now, free speech is so important because it not only allows you to critique the government, but it also protects you from the government. But it's essential to remember that not...
TED Talks
Ajit Narayanan: A word game to communicate in any language
While working with kids who have trouble speaking, Ajit Narayanan sketched out a way to think about language in pictures, to relate words and concepts in "maps." The idea now powers the FreeSpeech app, which can help nonverbal people...
TED Talks
TED: Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022 | Elon Musk
In this live, unedited conversation, Elon Musk -- the head of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company -- digs into the recent news around his bid to purchase Twitter and gets honest about the biggest regret of his career, how his...
Crash Course
Where US Politics Came From Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you where American politicians come from. In the beginning, soon after the US constitution was adopted, politics were pretty non-existent. George Washington was elected president with no opposition, everything...
Crash Course
George Orwell's 1984, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 402
In which John Green continues discussing George Orwell's 1984. Today we're talking about what the novel 1984 has to say about what some have called today's surveillance society. We'll also look at the idea that language can be used as a...
Crash Course
America in World War I Crash Course US History
In which John Green teaches you about American involvement in World War I, which at the time was called the Great War. They didn't know there was going to be a second one, though they probably should have guessed, 'cause this one didn't...
TED Talks
TED: Capitalism isn't an ideology -- it's an operating system | Bhu Srinivasan
Bhu Srinivasan researches the intersection of capitalism and technological progress. Instead of thinking about capitalism as a firm, unchanging ideology, he suggests that we should think of it as an operating system -- one that needs...
Curated Video
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier: Free Speech in School
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right to free speech. But when student journalists in Missouri wrote a series of articles on teen sex and divorce in 1983, their school appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court for the...
Wonderscape
Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's Influence and Legacy
This video revisits the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, highlighting his early beginnings, values, and significant contributions as a writer, printer, inventor, and Founding Father. It contrasts Franklin's influence with...
Curated Video
Ray Bradbury
Awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, recognizing a lifetime of influential literary works, Ray Bradbury wrote from a desire to “live forever”. Through sci fi, fantasy, horror and mystery to themes of death, loneliness and the dark...
The Guardian
Racist ideas have always been murderous
The American historian argues that, in the Donald Trump era, people need to be actively anti-racist. He also discusses the El Paso shootings, the US president's racially motivated tirades and the most effective way to challenge him
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Michael Roth - Safe Enough Spaces: A Pragmatist's Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech ...
Michael S. Roth '78 became the 16th president of Wesleyan University on July 1, 2007 Formerly president of California College of the Arts (CCA), Roth is known as a historian, curator, author and public advocate for liberal education. A...
Mr. Beat
When Does Speech Incite Violence? | Brandenburg v. Ohio
In episode 17 of Supreme Court Briefs, a KKK leader gets his hate rally on TV, and then promptly gets arrested. Wait a second, what about freedom of speech?
Mr. Beat
Bong Hits 4 Jesus? | Morse v. Frederick
In the fourth episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat goes back to 2002 to look at darn high schoolers causing mischief with a banner about marijuana. Is it their First Amendment right or are they disrupting school? Joseph Frederick, a...
Mr. Beat
When Can Speech Be Banned? | Schenck v. United States
In episode 68 of Supreme Court Briefs, a Socialist Party leader distributes thousands of pamphlets encouraging young men to resist getting drafted to fight in World War One, but apparently that's illegal for real.
Mr. Beat
Why You Don't Hear Dirty Words on Radio or TV | FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
In episode 18 of Supreme Court Briefs, a son doesn't like his teenage son hearing bad words on the radio, so takes action. George Carlin, meanwhile, remains perplexed.
Mr. Beat
Going to Prison For Criticizing the Government | Debs v. United States
In episode 13 of Supreme Court Briefs, Eugene Debs gives a speech criticizing war and praising socialism. He promptly gets arrested for breaking the Sedition Act, and spends the next several years fighting for his freedom.
Hip Hughes History
Hustler Magazine vs Falwell: Supreme Court Review
An overview of the the landmark decision, Hustler Magazine vs Falwell. Done with as much grace as possible when you are talking about religious figures having sex with their mother.
Vlogbrothers
What Elon Musk Got Wrong About Twitter
It's hard to overstate how different "We will moderate based on what is illegal" is from "...illegal or destructive to the world, or wrong, or bad." That second sentence is just saying "moderation will remain centralized and...
Vlogbrothers
Elon Was Right
I'm feeling less and less good about being on Twitter. It seems a little bit like Elon Musk thought that the previous owners of the site very intentionally were exercising power over him, and so now he is entirely justified in exercising...
Vlogbrothers
The Bizarre State of Copyright
In which Hank discusses what intellectual property is, and how copyright is increasingly being policed by dumb robots that don't have very much to do with the law, but have everything to do with it just being REALLY COMPLICATED and there...
Step Back History
How Comedy Saved Free Speech
There are a lot of claims of censorship wafting around public discourse, and article after article of think pieces claiming that the right to speak your mind has become embattled. To give this context, let’s talk about a different case...
The Wall Street Journal
Town Hall: Tech, Power And Privacy In The Age Of Regulation
Regulators have put tech giants under the microscope. Mark Cuban, Vijaya Gadde, Jeff Glueck and Matthew Prince debate the questions shaping the future of our Internet at a town hall at WSJ Tech Live in Laguna Beach.