Curated Video
Romeo and Juliet The Cast Song
This video features a catchy song titled "Romeo and Juliet: The Cast Song," which introduces the key characters of Shakespeare's famous tragedy through lively and engaging lyrics. The song creatively summarizes the roles and...
Great Big Story
The Man Behind Zoltar, the Famous Fortune Teller
Discover how Olaf Stanton brings the iconic Zoltar fortune teller machines to life.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Dan Ariely - Misbelief: Understanding People Who Have Very Different Beliefs
In this talk, Dan Ariely discusses his book "Misbelief," which examines the psychology behind the adoption of unusual beliefs. He notes the rise of misinformation and identity politics, particularly following significant events like the...
Great Big Story
Sam Malcolm, Mastering the art of combat juggling
Meet Sam Malcolm, who turns juggling into a competitive sport by combining skill and strategy in combat juggling.
Curated Video
Weather Tools 2
Dr. Forrester explains different types of tools used to predict weather.
Great Big Story
The Intensity and Teamwork of Professional Tug of War
Discover the depth of professional tug of war, a sport that demands supreme physical strength, mental focus, and exceptional teamwork, far beyond its recreational roots.
Curated Video
ADHD from Childhood to Adulthood
In a group of 100 children, 2 to 4 will have minds that are atypical in a particular way. They have difficulties paying attention, talk too much, or constantly interrupt others. Later they are often diagnosed with Attention Deficit...
Curated Video
How to Create a Closed Terrarium
Terrariums are a fun outdoors project. Join me as I show you how to build a closed native terrarium in a sealed jar using moss, plants, hardscape, and insects found around the countryside, in parks or gardens. A terrariums is an enclosed...
Curated Video
A Midsummer Night's Dream 4.1 Performance: Titania and Bottom Lines 1-44
This video presents a performance from Act 4, Scene 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," featuring Titania and Bottom. In this enchanting scene, Titania, under the spell of a love potion, dotes on Bottom who has been transformed into an...
Curated Video
A Midsummer Night's Dream 4.1 Interview: Oberon and Titania
This video captures a compelling interaction between Oberon and Titania from Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The discussion revolves around Oberon's machinations and Titania's humorous infatuation with...
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Hamlet 3.1 Word Nerd: Monster
This video explores the etymology of the word "monster" as used in Shakespeare's "Hamlet," explaining its original meaning tied to mythological creatures that are part human and part animal. It delves into how Shakespeare's audience...
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Hamlet 2.1 Performance: Polonius Interrogates Ophelia
This video features a performance of a scene from Shakespeare's "Hamlet," where Ophelia recounts to Polonius her unsettling encounter with a disheveled and seemingly mad Hamlet. The scene captures Ophelia's distress and Polonius's...
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Hamlet 2.1 Interviews with Hamlet and Ophelia
This video features a unique interview format where characters Hamlet and Ophelia discuss their experiences and perspectives directly with the audience, following a recap of the dramatic scenes from Act 1 and the beginning of Act 2 of...
Curated Video
A Midsummer Night's Dream 3.2 Interview: Oberon and Puck pt 1
This video captures a humorous interview with Oberon and Puck from Act 3, Scene 2 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The pair discuss the unintended consequences of Puck's mischievous use of a love potion that causes Titania to fall in love...
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Hamlet 5.2 Character Interviews and Performance
This video delves into Act 5, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, featuring character interviews and a performance of the final scene. It covers Hamlet's recount of events on the boat with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the fencing match...
Curated Video
The EPIC Aesir vs. Vanir War
This epic Norse mythology featurs two different groups of deities who initially battled but ultimately joined forces into a unified Pantheon. An unheardof phenomenon in the worlds of adversarial deities.
Curated Video
The 2 Sides of Gawain: Hero vs. Antihero
This episode explores the legend of Gawain, a noble knight of King Arthur's Round Table who embarks on a perilous quest where he must confront his fears, uphold his knightly virtues, and face the Green Knight, exploring themes of...
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The Surprising Centuries-old Origins of the Unicorn
Unicorns aren’t all pretty white horses, some of them have scales, fangs, or ox tails. It turns out, cultures around the world have tales of mythical one-horned creatures who often rule over the other beasts of their land. Over time,...
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Chinnamasta: The Headless Goddess of Self-Sacrifice
The Buddhist and Hindu Tantric goddess Chinnamasta is an audacious incarnation of divine feminine energy. She teaches us about giving and receiving, self-preservation and sacrifice, reproduction and death. This video contains mature...
Curated Video
Reflections
Mr. Addit explains the term reflection. He also reflects various plane shapes across the line of symmetry and examines the reflected images.
PBS
Mari Lwyd: The Skeleton Horse's Deep Past with Christmas
The coastal villages of Wales around the winter holidays have a unique nighttime visitor. A grim skeletal equine monster roams the streets with a rag tag group and demands entry to the homes of the citizenry, demanding food and drink....
PBS
Tikbálang: The Filipino Nightmare Shapeshifter
A malevolent spirit lurks in the shadows of forests and the darkest mountains of the Philippines. Capable of adopting physical form, the most terrifying of which being a massive half-human, half-horse hybrid, the Filipino Tikbálang...
PBS
How Gargoyles Became Monsters
Before these stoney grotesques became monsters they were just water spouts. We still adorn our buildings with the carvings and sculptures of the frightening, funny, and exaggerated forms—but why? Learn all about the strange history of...
Great Big Story
The Chicago Locals Treating Gunshot Victims
Learn how to be a first responder in gun violence scenarios and save lives with Ujima medics' training.