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When we hear how Till Owlyglass cured a small boy’s constipation, and how he taught a merchant<br/> to pack eggs tightly.

Bangladesh has one of the highest child mortality figures in the world. Children are most likely to die in their first month of life. We follow two young women in Bangladesh who face very different experiences of pregnancy, childbirth...

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When we hear how Till Owlyglass fell from a tightrope, and how he persuaded a great many people to give him t<br/>heir shoes.

We collaborated with blogger Amy Martin of Caravaggista for this lesson on Caravaggio and the Counter Reformation.

Cathy's Triumph part 2/4: This video is a personal account of Oprah Winfrey's life experiences and how they influenced her journey to becoming a successful media entrepreneur. She talks about her education at Duchen Academy and the...

Romeo and Juliet is based on the long-standing hatred between two families, it is a tale of star-crossed lovers that is perhaps the greatest tragic love story in English literature. Romeo hears of Juliets 'death' and purchases poison so...

As China and Russia adopt their own variants, the reign of capitalism seems

absolute. Yet there are many who wish for an alternative and some
who
claim a final crisis is in the making. Is there a radical alternative tha
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Reverberations from the financial crisis are still being felt around the world. We travel to the Philippines to see if measures introduced after the Asian financial crash in the 90’s are helping during the current global recession. Asia,...

In the next year and a half, we here at Healthcare Triage are going to take some deep dives into issues of health policy, especially those that touch on social determinants of health and health equity. The episodes that do so will be a...

An adaptation of Oscar Wilde's original tale of generosity follows a beautiful statue that transforms itself through acts of charity.

The Happy Prince lost his eyes. Now will the swallow risk his life to stay with him through the...

Often, when discussing the obesity crisis facing the United States, especially when I'm pointing out another failed effort to help people change their eating habits, it feels like there's nothing we can do. But sometimes it's actually...

Why does school work the way it does? And why does that way suck?

Greg Mankiw says there should be a market for kidneys, but not for paying drug addicts to get sterilized.
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In this full-length interview from What Money Can’t Buy, political philosopher Michael Sandel and Harvard economist...

What was Ancient Rome like? It had a little bit of everything. The city of Rome was a bustling urban center full of commoners, animals, and politicians - all running into each other on crowded streets, in public buildings, and at any...

How Cars Can Keep You Poor

This video looks at the growing class divide in Singapore and begins to investigate what life is like at the bottom of the class ladder. <br/>
Regardless of Class part 1/8

Herb attended the Bronx High School of Science and studied philosophy and mathematics at Harvard from 1954-1958. At Harvard he was president of the Signet Society and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, graduating with an AB degree in...

Latin America's chequered history with multi-national companies can make big business a hard sell. In this film we look at some business projects in South America, centred on the poor to see what can happen. “It is not about philanthropy...

Annie Lowrey on Universal Basic Income

In this video, we explore the historical significance of spelt, a grain that was often associated with peasants and the lower class. However, we also discover how spelt has been revered by visionary figures like St Hildegard von...

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about The Ideal City

Mother Teresa’s name is synonymous with selflessness, charity, and compassion. Many know that she worked tirelessly to care for the hungry, poor, and sick. Her charitable acts, and the courage and determination she exercised in carrying...

In this video, the third assumption of OLS, normality and homoscedasticity, are explained.
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This clip is from the chapter "Assumptions for Linear Regression Analysis" of the series "Statistics for Data Science and Business...

Why It's More Expensive To Be poor