Instructional Video4:27
Blockchain Central

Petro and Its Controversies | Blockchain Central

Higher Ed
This week on Blockchain Central: we will discuss the Petro - a cryptocurrency issued by the government of Venezuela which is supposed to be backed by oil. But is it something that really can raise the economy of Venezuela to the new...
Instructional Video3:27
Financial Times

Italy's 'parallel currency' and why it's worrying the eurozone

Higher Ed
FT economics commentator Martin Sandbu looks into the controversy surrounding the 'mini-BOT', a proposed new type of Treasury bill, how it would work, and whether it threatens membership of the euro.
Instructional Video9:03
12tone

Is Rap Music?

6th - 11th
It's a question that's plagued music theorists since the inception of the genre, and we still struggle with it to this day... Nah, just kidding, pretty much every academic musician I know recognizes that rap is music, even if they don't...
Instructional Video7:08
Mr. Beat

The American Presidential Election of 1876

6th - 12th
The 23rd Presidential election in American history took place on November 7th, 1876. Boy was this one controversial! Let's get right to it. President Ulysses Grant actually considered running for a third term, and he would have been the...
Instructional Video7:21
PBS

The Great Snake Debate

6th - 12th Standards
Snakes are just lizards without legs, right? Scholars study the sensational evolutionary history of the snake with a video from a well-written biology playlist. Topics include snake fossils, theories on snake evolution, and...