AllTime 10s
10 Strangest Underwater Discoveries
With so much of the earth's oceans being unmapped, there are certainly some strange things down there. . .
Science360
Climate Modeling - History Of Climate Change Research
What was the origin of climate modeling?
Curated Video
The next global arms race?
America and Russia have pulled out of the INF, a cold war-era weapons treaty. Why is this significant and what does this mean for global stability?
Curated Video
The Space Race: A Cold War Competition That Shaped the Future
This video provides a historical overview of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It highlights how both countries competed to achieve milestones in space exploration, such as launching...
History Hit
How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry: Sources and surprises while writing
How does the author choose his sources and chart how to go about it? What surprised him most while writing his book? How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry, Part 4
Step Back History
When White Supremacists Declared War on America
Born in the fires of Vietnam, the White Power movement decided in 1983 to overthrow the government of the United States. But to do so, you need recruits, weapons, organization, and money. This is how they tried to build it.
Hip Hughes History
Apartheid Explained: Global History Review
What was Apartheid? Explore the history of South Africa and the development of anSouth African Apartheid Explained for students, life long learners and the cray cray on the internet.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Yvo Desmedt: Much Ado About Cyber Security
Private data is leaked more and more in our society. Wikileaks, Facebook, and identity theft are just three examples. Network defenses are constantly under attack from cyber criminals, organized hacktivists, and even disgruntled...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
William Janeway: The Market or the State? (2/6)
William Janeway is a Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus and a speaker at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 10, 2011.
Weird History
Inside The CIAs MK Ultra Program
There are plenty of conspiracy theories out there about the CIA and, in particular, CIA mind control. When it comes to Project MKUltra, however, the conspiracies are frighteningly accurate. The public doesn’t have to rely on hearsay and...
Step Back History
Why is there no American Left Wing Party?
If there’s one thing you hear over and over again in the American political discourse, it’s socialism as a word to represent generic badness. And America indeed doesn’t appear to have a left-wing party in their political system. Many...
Professor Dave Explains
President Ronald Reagan
Professor Dave explores the career and legacy of President Ronald Reagan
Soliloquy
The One Nation That Gave Up Its Nuclear Weapons
Nations that develop nuclear weapons often do so as a deterrent to any would-be attacker; it is a significant investment and so these nations, especially the smaller nations on the nuclear list, are threatened by nations surrounding...
Weird History
How a Soviet Soldier Saved the World From Annihilation
You many not be familiar with the name Vasili Arkhipov, but maybe you should be. He's the Soviet Navy man who stopped nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis in the '60s. Arkhipov, AKA the man who avoided nuclear war, somehow...
The Wall Street Journal
General Stanley McChrystal on What Leaders Need Now
The economy has taken a big hit, technology is transforming business and society, generational divides are clearer and the political backdrop is volatile. CEOs are scrambling to keep up. General Stanley McChrystal looks at the skills...
The Wall Street Journal
A World of Risk
A look at potential global flash points, from North Korea to the Russia and cyber attacks to deepening global inequality.
The Wall Street Journal
Pulitzer Prize Winner Annette Gordon-Reed on American Ideals
The nation's founders set an ambitious American idea and ideal. Getting there takes time, experience, and social evolution.
Step Back History
Why Do We Still Have NATO?
Why does a Cold War military alliance still exist today? What role does it play in Putin's cyber warfare campaigns?
History Hit
The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore: Margaret Thatcher, the myth
Was she an interesting figure to write about based on her myths? The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore, Part 1
Kult America
North Korean Orphans in Poland
In 1950's the war between North Korea and South Korea displaced 100,000 orphans. The North Korean government decided to send some of them to Eastern Europe. On today's episode of Kult America we are visiting some of those orphanages...
TLDR News
Johnson's Integrated Review: Brexit Britain a Global Leader? & Violence Against Women - TLDR News
This Week in Parliament is the series where we discuss what's been going on in the Houses of Parliament. This week Johnson unveiled the government's plans for Britain's position in the world post Brexit. There were also debates around...
History Hit
How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry
Dan sat down with Simon Reid-Henry to discuss the evolution of Western democracy across the world from the early 1970s to present day. They talk about the broad decline of the centrist post-war politics over the past decades and the rise...