Gresham College
What is Sustainability? Economics, Society and the Environment - Professor Carolyn Roberts
Professor Roberts introduces her inaugural lecture series as the Frank Jackson Gresham Professor of the Environment by answering the question; what is sustainability? Gresham College is delighted to welcome Professor Carolyn Roberts as...
Mazz Media
Citizens Rule: Our Founding Documents
This program introduces students to the two documents that laid the foundation for our government. Live-action reenactments, colorful animated graphics and maps help tell the stories of how the Declaration of Independence and the United...
The Guardian
Guardian Film Awards: 'Right: I'm going to the cinema - what is the best film of the year?'
Guardian Film Awards: 'Right: I'm going to the cinema - what is the best film of the year?' Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD The inaugural Guardian Film Awards were presented at a party in London last night. The...
Gresham College
What is it Like to Give a Lecture? - Professor Joseph Silk
Professor Joseph Silk explains what it is like to give a lecture: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-joseph-silk During an interview about his appointment as the thirty seventh Gresham Professor of Astronomy,...
Advocate of Wordz
What Is Poetry? - Poetry Defined
In the inaugural episode of this new webseries "Poetry Defined," we tackle our series' namesake. We define what poetry is and briefly explore its etymology. This will set-up the rest of this series moving forward.
Gresham College
What Are you Proudest of? - Professor Joseph Silk
We asked our new professor of Astronomy to tell us what he’s proudest of professionally: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-joseph-silk We wanted to know; what is Professor Joseph Silk’s proudest achievement, a...
The Guardian
Inauguration after insurrection: Can Biden lead a new era? | Anywhere but Washington
Following the US Capitol riot, Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone travel to Washington DC for the week of Joe Biden’s inauguration to find a downtown area under what is essentially military occupation and a city coming to terms with...
TLDR News
What Happens Now: Biden's Wins, Trump's Lawsuits & Faithless Electors - TLDR News
Yesterday Joe Biden crossed the 270 elector threshold and officially became the President-Elect of the United States. However, that doesn't mean that the electoral chaos is over just yet. In this video, we discuss Trump's lawsuits,...
Curated Video
Rate of Photosynthesis Experiments: Investigating the Relationship between Light Intensity and Oxygen Production in Pondweed
The video is a lecture presentation on the rate of photosynthesis experiments. The presenter explains the process of photosynthesis and introduces the hypothesis that the rate of photosynthesis in a plant depends on light intensity. The...
National Geographic
After Years of War and Violence, This Colombian Woman Still Can't Return Home | National Geographic
As Colombia’s new president, Ivan Duque, is inaugurated, many Colombians displaced from their homes are concerned for their future under new government leadership. During the country’s 52-year war, which ended almost two years ago, seven...
Curated Video
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris inauguration ceremony
On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States. Read more about the challenges before him: https://bit.ly/39LSC5q Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any...
The Guardian
What does Obama's inauguration mean to you?
What does Obama's inauguration mean to you? Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD 'This is the first black president. This is history for me'. As Barack Obama is sworn in for a second term as president, ordinary...
The March of Time
1948: EISENHOWER COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INAUGURAL: SPEECH: '...ignorance of any Police State philosophy is far more dangerous that most virulent disease...' MS General Henry 'Hap' Arnold sitting. '...the truth is what we need...'
MOT 1948: EISENHOWER COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INAUGURAL: SPEECH: '...ignorance of any Police State philosophy is far more dangerous that most virulent disease...' MS General Henry 'Hap' Arnold sitting. '...the truth is what we need...'
Curated Video
Barack Obama vs. Donald Trump: inaugural crowds
President Donald Trump boasted his inauguration would have an "unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout." Here we compare what the crowds looked like on the Washington, D.C. mall in 2009 and in 2017. Subscribe to our channel!...
Curated Video
What the best inaugural addresses have in common
The best inaugural addresses have all been short. (Hint, hint, Donald.) Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the...
Gresham College
What's Next in the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background? - Professor Joseph Silk
What might astronomers learn from studying the Cosmic Microwave Background?: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-joseph-silk As well as allowing scientists to examine the earliest stages of the Universe, there is...
The Atlantic
Is the Anti-Trump Resistance Another Tea Party?
Since President Trump’s inauguration, protesters around the country have risen in defiance of his presidency. This isn’t the first time something like this has happened. After Obama’s inauguration in 2009, a protest movement formed to...
Gresham College
What Has Your Research Covered? - Professor Joseph Silk
What areas has Professor Silk’s research covered over the course of his career: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-joseph-silk Across a very successful career, Professor Silk has been involved in three major areas...
Curated Video
What Hip Hop Tells Us About the U.S. and the World Now with Jeff Chang
"Over forty years after its birth, hip-hop remains a vital pop cultural movement. What can it tell us about the changing nature of the city, about race, gender, and identity, and about the social and economic problems of our times? Why...
Gresham College
Why is the Cosmic Microwave Background Important? - Professor Joseph Silk
A world class astronomer explains why the Cosmic Microwave Background is important: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-joseph-silk How can astronomers examine the earliest instances of the Universe? Thanks to the...
TLDR News
How Washington Was Stormed By Trump Supporters: What Happens to Trump Now? - TLDR News
Yesterday, some people supporting the President stormed the Capitol Building in an attempt to disrupt the certification of Biden's Victory. This terrifying moment left a lot of people reeling, so in this video, we discuss what happens...
Weird History
The History of Doritos
Doritos history? I'll have a bag...Weird History Food is going to get your fingers nice and sticky red on this one because we're talking all about the history of one of the most beloved chips: Doritos. Weird History Food will take you...
NPR
What Democracy Looks Like: A Portrait Of Inauguration Weekend, 2017 | NPR
On Jan. 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States. Between the inauguration ceremony and the Women's March on Washington, hundreds of thousands of people came to the nation's capital to be heard....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bessy Reyna "What We Left Behind"
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). A chapbook of...