Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own - Chapters 5-6 Summary
This is the grand finale of Virginia Woolf’s famous essay A Room of One’s Own. Join us to find out how she brings all the strands of her argument together, and ends it with a poetic bang. What does Woolf see for the future of literature?...
Amor Sciendi
Turner and Turnips: JMW Turner's Ploughing Up Turnips, Near Slough
In this video I discuss JMW Turner's painting Ploughing Up Turnips, Near Slough and the Enclosure movements in England before the Industrial Revolution.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: The Value of the Moon
Samuel Lawrence, planetary scientist and lead lunar exploration scientist, discusses what we’ve learned about the Moon and some of the more interesting questions that we hope to answer when humans return in the Artemis program. HWHAP...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Explores: German Music
Overview of the history of German music, from Classical composers Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms to contemporary pop musicians.
Science360
Supercomputers Assist In Climate Forecasting - Innovators
Responding to the challenge of climate change requires understanding more about climate variability and the changes expected. Jim Kinter, director of the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA), explains how scientists there are...
Hip Hughes History
Obscenity and Free Speech: The Miller Test
Is obscenity Constitutionally protected? What makes something obscene as opposed to a work of art? Journey through Supreme Court precedent in examining the Miller Test which is used today.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Yong Zhao - World Class Learners
Dr. Yong Zhao is an internationally known scholar, author, and speaker. His works focus on the implications of globalization and technology on education. He has designed schools that cultivate global competence, developed computer games...
Religion for Breakfast
Why Are Congregations So Divided?
Whether we're talking about race or economic class, most religious congregations in the United States are super homogeneous. This reflects the sociological principle called "homophily," or in simpler terms, "birds of a feather flock...
Curated Video
Spanish Flu Face Mask: A Century's Crusade Against a Pandemic
The Spanish Influenza was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history - and the first time it was mandated to wear a face mask in public in the United States.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
College Now
Why are we creating an education shortage? The value of going to college and learning critical thinking skills is on the rise, but access is shrinking. Professor David Deming warns that if we don't put some serious work into fixing these...
Flame Media
Real Future: What is Transhumanism?
Lots of presidential candidates make bold promises, but only one candidate in this year's presidential election is offering the promise of eternal life. That's Zoltan Istvan, the first-ever presidential candidate from the Transhumanist...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Back To The Moon: Elon Musk speaks at a space conference
After a quiet half a century since the last Apollo mission landed on the moon, Associate Professor Alan Duffy takes us inside the new space race. What are Elon Musk's plans for the moon? What is the space conference like in Adelaide?...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
INET Announces First Academic Partnership with James Martin 21st Century School, Oxford - Ian Goldin
Ian Goldin, the director of the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford, talks about the school's new partnership with INET. Interviewed by Peter Leyden at King's College, April 2010.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Ryan Polgar - Mental Obesity
David is an ambidextrous thinker who likes big ideas. As a “Tech Ethicist,” he explores our evolving relationship with social media and tech from an ethical, legal, and emotional perspective. Utilizing his background as an attorney,...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Cybersecurity and Innovation in the Information Economy - Segment 7
As part of its initiative to ensure that the Internet continues to spawn growth and innovation, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce held a symposium on "Cybersecurity and Innovation in the Information Economy" on July 27, 2010 in Washington DC....
Schooling Online
Powering Through Prose: Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed - Context
Join us for an overview of Margaret Atwood’s world. We’ll show you how key issues and events in the real world have shaped her ideas in Hag-Seed. An award-winning Canadian writer, Atwood draws inspiration from many things, including...
Curated Video
The Golden Age of Sci_Fi Literature
Coinciding with the Machine Age, the Golden Age of Sci-Fi Literature saw American authors combine factual science with fantastical fiction to take readers into the farthest reaches of the imagination.
AllTime 10s
10 Astronomical Events That Will Happen In Your Lifetime
From comets to the very special birth of a star, get your telescopes and calendars at the ready as AllTime10's brings you 10 Astronomical Events That Will Happen In Your Lifetime!
The Wall Street Journal
The Future of Mobility
Toyota Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada and WSJ Tokyo Bureau Chief Peter Landers discuss the future of transportation technology and its effects on the world around us.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Joseph Stiglitz: It’s Time to Get Radical on Inequality
America’s economic system has failed by not raising living standards for most. Nobel laureate Stiglitz, author of The Price of Inequality and The Great Divide, studies the forces driving inequality and what is at stake if it continues....
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The End of American Exceptionalism
“We don’t look after each other at all,” says Jeffrey Sachs on America today Jeffrey Sachs sits down with Rob Johnson to discuss his new book, A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism (Columbia University Press, 2018).
Curated Video
Exploring the World of 3D Stereoscopy
Learn about the concept of 3D or stereoscopy and how it works in the real world. This video discusses different techniques used to create the illusion of depth, including basic squinting, anaglyph glasses, shutter glasses, and polarized...