TED Talks
Rob Reid: How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it
The world-changing promise of synthetic biology and gene editing has a dark side. In this far-seeing talk, author and entrepreneur Rob Reid reviews the risks of a world where more and more people have access to the tools and tech needed...
Makematic
The Roaring 20s
The Roaring 20s was a decade of extremes in the United States, as the country slowly moved from boom to bust. So how did an era of peace and prosperity end with the Great Depression?
Makematic
The Temperance Movement
The Temperance Movement first emerged in the United States in the early 1800s. It played a pivotal role in the prohibition of alcohol across the country.
Curated Video
Prohibition: Capitol Hill Secret
While Prohibition made it to illegal to sell, transport or make alcohol in the United States, the top brass in the US Congress were able to stay well-lubricated – thanks to the nefarious work of famed bootlegger, George Cassiday.
Curated Video
The FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigations is a fact-finding, crime-fighting national security machine. But how did it come about – and what do FBI agents actually do?
Curated Video
The Secret Service
They’re the shadowy agents who keep the President safe – but what is the Secret Service and why was it formed?
Curated Video
The Man who Stole the Eiffel Tower | The Life & Times of Victor Lustig
The Man who Stole the Eiffel Tower | The Life & Times of Victor Lustig
Curated Video
The Man who Sold the Eiffel Tower... Twice!
In 1925, upkeep on the Eiffel Tower was getting expensive, and the newspapers were talking about getting rid of it. One of these newspapers made its way into the hands of the con artist who would go on to outsmart Al Capone, named Victor...
Hip Hughes History
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Explained (feat. Sami Jarroush)
Why did the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happen? What were it's effects? Celebrate it by exploring one the bloodiest day in American gangster history. Happy Valentine's Day!
Weird History
Working As A Bootlegger During Prohobition
Mark Twain once said, "It is the prohibition that makes anything precious." The United States learned that lesson the hard way not long after January 17, 1920, when it made the nation’s fifth-largest industry largely illegal. Smuggling...
PBS
The 2nd Amendment Explained
When we talk about the 2nd amendment today, we talk almost exclusively about the "right to bear arms" and individual gun ownership. But whatever happened to a "well-regulated militia?" In today's episode we dive deep into the Supreme...
Weird History
Life As An Inmate At Alcatraz
The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, located off the coast of San Francisco, CA, opened in 1934. Until it closed nearly three decades later, Alcatraz was reserved for some of the most ruthless criminals.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Wu: China's Regulation Problem
David Wu, a chartered accountant by training, is also a member of PwC China’s Management Board, and also holds the following leadership roles: China Government and Regulatory Affairs Leader, North China Markets Leader and Beijing Senior...
Weird History
Things You Didnt Know About Al Capone
Who was Al Capone? For some, his name stirs up images of a cigar-chomping folk-hero-mobster involved in everything from racketeering to murder and drug-running (and what would ultimately put him behind bars, tax evasion). For others,...
Weird History
How People Spent Free Time In the 1920s
For the healing of the nations there must be good will and charity, confidence and peace," President Calvin Coolidge declared at the end of 1923, as the shadow of WWI continued to loom over America. What was life actually like in the...
Weird History
Life of Alcatraz Prison Guards
Until it closed nearly three decades later, Alcatraz was reserved for some of the most ruthless criminals. Life at Alcatraz was not just about confinement and punishment but discipline and routine. Not everything about Alcatraz was...
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Roaring Twenties - Heroes, Villans And Scandals
Just the Facts: The Emergence of America Uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades thats shaped Modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of the early 20th century,...
Book Club for Kids
Fact and Fiction in "Al Capone Does My Shirts"
Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, was used as a prison for many years and held some of the most notorious criminals, including the mobster Al Capone. But inmates weren’t the only ones who lived on the island. The book Al...
Curated Video
'Why us?': Disbelief in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon over Trump tariff
U.S. President Donald Trump has placed tariffs on island nations around the world, but Steve Le Bars says he was surprised to see his home of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, the small French territory off Newfoundland, slapped with a heavy...
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INTERVIEW: Stephen Graham on his character 'Al Capone' in 'The Boardwalk Empire' at the Sky Atlantic HD Launch: at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
INTERVIEW: Stephen Graham on his character 'Al Capone' in 'The Boardwalk Empire' at the Sky Atlantic HD Launch: at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Alcatraz and Palace of Fine Arts
Alcatraz and Palace of Fine Arts in the San Francisco Bay
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Prohibition repealed in US
[GHOC Episode A-03] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Prohibition Repealed" / beauty shot US Capitol / US Pres. Franklin Roosevelt signs proclamation ending Prohibition on 12/5/1933 // Roosevelt's signature...