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17:15

Eric Liu

Why ordinary people need to understand power

Posted Aug 2014 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive
15:58

George Takei

Why I love a country that once betrayed me

Posted Jul 2014 Rated Inspiring, Courageous
4:33 Under 6 minutes

Will Potter

The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest

Posted Jun 2014 Rated Informative, Courageous
13:44

Lawrence Lessig

The unstoppable walk to political reform

Posted Apr 2014 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive
10:41

David Puttnam

Does the media have a "duty of care"?

Posted Feb 2014 Rated Persuasive, Informative
5:59 Under 6 minutes

Sally Kohn

Let’s try emotional correctness

Posted Dec 2013 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive
16:23

Dambisa Moyo

Is China the new idol for emerging economies?

Posted Nov 2013 Rated Informative, Persuasive
10:45

Trita Parsi

Iran and Israel: Peace is possible

Posted Oct 2013 Rated Informative, Persuasive
18:05

Benjamin Barber

Why mayors should rule the world

Posted Sep 2013 Rated Persuasive, Inspiring
20:37

Eric X. Li

A tale of two political systems

Posted Jul 2013 Rated Informative, Fascinating
20:06

George Papandreou

Imagine a European democracy without borders

Posted Jun 2013 Rated Inspiring, Informative
18:19

Lawrence Lessig

We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim

Posted Apr 2013 Rated Persuasive, Inspiring
9:48

Zahra' Langhi

Why Libya's revolution didn't work — and what might

Posted Feb 2013 Rated Courageous, Inspiring
20:01

Jonathan Haidt

How common threats can make common (political) ground

Posted Jan 2013 Rated Persuasive, Informative
19:48

Adam Davidson

What we learned from teetering on the fiscal cliff

Posted Dec 2012 Rated Informative, Persuasive
16:31

Bobby Ghosh

Why global jihad is losing

Posted Dec 2012 Rated Informative, Persuasive
13:41

Rory Stewart

Why democracy matters

Posted Oct 2012 Rated Persuasive, Inspiring
14:02

David Pizarro

The strange politics of disgust

Posted Oct 2012 Rated Informative, Fascinating
18:57

Heather Brooke

My battle to expose government corruption

Posted Oct 2012 Rated Courageous, Informative
18:32

Clay Shirky

How the Internet will (one day) transform government

Posted Sep 2012 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive
17:23

Beth Noveck

Demand a more open-source government

Posted Sep 2012 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive
14:04

Ivan Krastev

Can democracy exist without trust?

Posted Aug 2012 Rated Persuasive, Informative
7:04

Mark Forsyth

What's a snollygoster? A short lesson in political speak

Posted Aug 2012 Rated Informative, Fascinating
18:17

Rick Falkvinge

I am a pirate

Posted Apr 2012 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive
15:59

C. Noel Bairey Merz

The single biggest health threat women face

Posted Mar 2012 Rated Informative, Persuasive
13:59

Clay Shirky

Why SOPA is a bad idea

Posted Jan 2012 Rated Informative, Persuasive
9:23

Mikko Hypponen

Three types of online attack

Posted Jan 2012 Rated Informative, Persuasive
14:58

Jonas Gahr Støre

In defense of dialogue

Posted Jan 2012 Rated Persuasive, Inspiring
10:32

Nate Garvis

Change our culture, change our world

Posted Jan 2012 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive
18:29

Paddy Ashdown

The global power shift

Posted Jan 2012 Rated Persuasive, Informative
12:43

Karen Tse

How to stop torture

Posted Dec 2011 Rated Inspiring, Courageous
12:02

Srdja Popovic

How to topple a dictator

Posted Dec 2011 Rated Inspiring, Informative
9:24

Guy-Philippe Goldstein

How cyberattacks threaten real-world peace

Posted Oct 2011 Rated Informative, Persuasive
17:14

Yang Lan

The generation that's remaking China

Posted Oct 2011 Rated Informative, Inspiring
8:36

Jarreth Merz

Filming democracy in Ghana

Posted Sep 2011 Rated Inspiring, Informative
18:51

Yasheng Huang

Does democracy stifle economic growth?

Posted Sep 2011 Rated Informative, Persuasive