Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bettina L. Love - Punished for Dreaming
Dr. Bettina L. Love is an award-winning author and the William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her writing, research, teaching, and educational advocacy work meet at the intersection of disrupting education...
Curated Video
Unboxing the Archive: Victorian Child Criminals
National Archives: This video explores primary sources that tell us more about life as a Victorian child criminal in Britain. It also gives insight as to many of the characters found in Charles Dickens novels, especially including Oliver...
Hip Hughes History
Populism and the Populist Movement in America for Dummies
HipHughes cuts through the age of Populism like a gangster, weaving himself through the end of Gilded times up to the election of Teddy Roosevelt.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Erik Berglof: Building a Bridge Between Political And Economic Reform
Since it's release in late 2013, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Transition Report "Stuck In Transition" has generated a lot of attention for its compelling and provocative conclusions about the intersection...
Healthcare Triage
Health Care Reform, Medicaid Expansion, and Hospital Finances
This election season has seen relatively little campaigning on health care reform. Short of the occasional cry to "repeal Obamacare" or the offhand complaint about how much health care costs, there's been relatively little focus on how...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How China Escaped Shock Therapy
A story spanning thousands of years, there is far more to China's market reformation than many Western scholars might have you believe. -- China has become deeply integrated into the world economy. Yet, gradual marketization has...
Cerebellum
The Reformation - The Reformation In England
This programme examines the period of time during the 16th and 17th centuries in Western Europe commonly referred to as; The Reformation. Scholars from Saint Anselm College and California Lutheran University provide a balanced and...
Curated Video
Introduction to Reversible Reactions and Equilibrium
This video explains the concept of reversible chemical reactions. It starts by introducing reversible reactions and providing an example of the reaction between ammonium chloride, ammonia, and hydrogen chloride. The video then explains...
Professor Dave Explains
Rutherford B. Hayes: His Fraudulency (1877 - 1881)
Rutherford B. Hayes is a rather obscure president, but his election was a pretty famous one. He won on some contested electoral votes, something called the "Corrupt Bargain", and it stained his presidency. People called him...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
John Merrow - Addicted to Reform
John Merrow began his career as an education reporter with National Public Radio in 1974 and recently stepped down as President of Learning Matters, a non-profit production company in New York City. In 2012 he became the first journalist...
60 Second Histories
Florence Nightingale - after the Crimea
In the final clip of this series, Florence describes her life after the Crimea War, the report she published on her experiences there and the establishment of St Thomas' Hospital and the Nightingale Training school for nurses.
60 Second Histories
Joseph Bazalgette; construction of the sewers
Part 5 of the Bazalgette series. Bazalgette talks about the work on the sewers, one of the biggest civil engineering projects ever undertaken at the time.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Sheila Dow - Reform and Restructuring of the Financial and Non-Financial Sectors?
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 3: What Kind of Theory to Guide Reform and Restructuring of the Financial and Non-Financial Sectors?
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Economics Is in Need of Radical Reform
"Openness" and "restructuring" led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. But if it also led to the collapse of orthodox economics, James Galbraith wouldn't mind. The University of Texas economist outlines how the profession has become...
60 Second Histories
Florence Nightingale - training
In part 2 of this series, Florence explains what training she undertook to become a nurse and the first hospital she worked in.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Julian Vasquez Heilig - Community Based Education Reform
Julian Vasquez Heilig leads nearly 3,000 students, staff and faculty as the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education. He is also a tenured professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. While at UK, the College of...
60 Second Histories
Florence Nightingale - the early years
Part 1 of a series on Florence Nightingale where she describes her early life, and what she felt it was like to be born in an age dominated by men.
Hip Hughes History
5 History Theses to Save Your Essay
Created for kids struggling with a history essay and best used with the below links.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Yide Qiao: Reminbi Liberalization and China's Economic Challenges
The recent events in the Ukraine and Russia have exposed the fragility of emerging markets around the world. Yet, as important as these events are from a geopolitical perspective, looking at the global economy China is still what matters...
60 Second Histories
Mode of Communication of Cholera – part 2
John Snow continues with a further extract of his essay on the Mode of Communication of Cholera 1854.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Mark Thoma - Reform and Restructuring of the Financial and Non-Financial Sectors
Inaugural Conference @ King's, Session 3.What Kind of Theory to Guide Reform and Restructuring of the Financial and Non-Financial Sectors?
Professor Dave Explains
Chester A. Arthur: Turning Tables (1881 - 1885)
Chester Arthur took office upon the assassination of James Garfield. Garfield was liked, but Arthur was not, as people didn't trust his big shot New York stylings. But he surprised them all by doing a lot of good during his time in...
60 Second Histories
Joseph Bazalgette; early career
Part 2 of the Bazalgette series. This video looks at Bazalgette's life before beginning work on the London sewers.
60 Second Histories
Joseph Bazalgette; the early years
Part 1 of the Bazalgette series. An introduction to Joseph William Bazalgette and the time in which he grew up.