TED Talks
TED: How Airbnb designs for trust | Joe Gebbia
Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb, bet his whole company on the belief that people can trust each other enough to stay in one another's homes. How did he overcome the stranger-danger bias? Through good design. Now, 123 million hosted...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Average Joe, Educator, Astronaut
Joe Acaba, U.S. astronaut, talks about his time in the Marine Corps and Peace Corps, his previous missions to space, and his background as a high school and middle school educator. HWHAP Episode 10.
NASA
How remote sensing can help address food security around the world
When floods, droughts, and other natural disasters hit isolated and poor regions of the world, it can have devastating impacts on the local price of food. NASA Goddard research scientist Molly Brown is using satellite data to investigate...
Food Farmer Earth
Becoming a New Family Farmer
From the archives: Michael Paine (Gaining Ground Farm) did not come from a farming background nor any prior agriculture experience when he decided to go into farming. Learning what tools to buy and how to actually go about growing food...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Who Is? Mae Jemison
Explore the career of Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Adam Moreno Talks About Supercomputing for Global Systems
A conversation with Adam Moreno, a postdoctoral fellow working with the NASA Earth Exchange at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Curated Video
CAN455 SOLDIERS PERFORM MANEOUVRES, UNIDENTIFIED
Soldiers in small regiment perform military maneouvres.
**date is approximate
1. vs a small group of soldiers performing excercises, training, maneuvres, and preparations for surprise attacks with artillery, missiles in wooded area
Film:...
Curated Video
Village gets its first ever Peace Corps volunteer
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A village in Morocco is being visited by a Peace Corps volunteer for the first time.
The US government programme has brought a young American women to Naima where she is teaching English to the...
Curated Video
Insiders who worked on President Obama's health website describe high stress and red flags about major problems before its launch. AP reporter Jack Gillum details some of their complaints and explores what's being done to fix them. (Oct.22)
Three weeks after the launch of the centerpiece of President Obama's health care plan, a flood of website problems have surfaced, preventing Americans from signing up for insurance and causing embarrassment to the White House.
As...
Curated Video
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton moved Wednesday to boost U.S. ties with the world's most populous Muslim nation and its neighbors, pledging a new American willingness to work with and listen to Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia. (Feb. 18)
HEADLINE: Clinton looks to boost US image in Asia
CAPTION: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton moved Wednesday to boost U.S. ties with the world's most populous Muslim nation and its neighbors, pledging a new willingness to...
Curated Video
PARAGUAY : FINAL DAY OF HILLARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO SOUTH AMERICA
English/Nat
First Lady Hillary Clinton has arrived in Paraguay on the final stop of her five-day Latin American tour.
She addresses a First Ladies' conference at the Central Bank of Paraguay before back to Washington.
Mrs. Clinton began...
Curated Video
ERITREA: ASMARA: ETHIOPIAN PLANES BOMB AIRPORT
English/Nat
Ethiopian warplanes bombed a combined military-civilian airport as well as the outskirts of the Eritrean capital for a second day running on Saturday, escalating a border dispute between the two Horn of Africa nations. ...
Curated Video
Bolivian FM and US ambassador discuss spying case
February 13, 2008
1. Wide of Bolivian Foreign Ministry building
2. Pan across meeting between US Ambassador Philip Goldberg and Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca
3. Goldberg and Choquehuanca shaking hands
4. Wide of...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Caroline Kennedy arrives in Australia to take up ambassador post
Caroline Kennedy arrived in Australia Friday to take up her post as US ambassador, vowing to end a period of US "absence" in a region increasingly influenced by China (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
The US peace corps returns to Ethiopia
Debre Zeit, Ethiopia - March 2008
1. Various Debre Zeit - town 50 kms south of Addis Ababa
2. Wide shot Liz and Chris Colizza, American Peace Corps Volunteers walking to work
3. Mid shot volunteers walking
4. Mid shot greeting Ethiopian...
Curated Video
USA: HILLARY CLINTON FIGHTING BACK ON BEHALF OF HER HUSBAND
English/Nat
As Washington remains engulfed in the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, First Lady Hillary Clinton is doing what she does best - fighting back on behalf of her husband.
She is not shunning any public engagements, indeed her days are...
Curated Video
Taiwan medical team flies out to Philippines, SKorea aid planes on way
A medical team left Taiwan on Thursday bound for the Philippines, to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
More than 40 members of the Root Medical Peace Corps, a private charity group, are travelling to the worst affected areas equipped with...
Bloomberg
Pompeo Says Trump's Presidency Left World a Safer Place
Jan.13 -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the Trump administration is leaving the world a safer place. He appears on the latest episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations." The interview was recorded Jan....
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum: Peace Corps
This resource gives a detailed description of the Peace Corps including how it was created, its purpose, and its development and transformation through the years. Includes images and sound bytes.