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4:21

Melody Smith

How bones make blood

Posted Jan 2020
11:01

Werner Reich

How the magic of kindness helped me survive the Holocaust

Posted Jan 2020
8:56

Mackenzie Dalrymple

Three stories of Scotland

Posted Jan 2020
14:23

Fay Bound Alberti

A historical journey through loneliness

Posted Jan 2020
4:33

Michael R. Stiff

Why is cotton in everything?

Posted Jan 2020
4:30

Jan Bill

What was so special about Viking ships?

Posted Jan 2020
10:56

David J. Bier

How guest worker visas could transform the US immigration system

Posted Jan 2020
4:52

Eden Girma

The mysterious life and death of Rasputin

Posted Jan 2020
10:12

Emma Schachner

The secret weapon that let dinosaurs take over the planet

Posted Jan 2020
4:56

Rod Phillips

A brief history of alcohol

Posted Jan 2020
3:33

Sheila Marie Orfano

Why should you read "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan?

Posted Dec 2019
4:25

Jill Dash

Why should you read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding?

Posted Dec 2019
13:53

Edward Tenner

The paradox of efficiency

Posted Dec 2019
5:05

Hyunsoo Joshua No

How does chemotherapy work?

Posted Dec 2019
4:49

Alex Gendler

Why doesn't the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over?

Posted Dec 2019
5:01

Chris A. Kniesly

How corn conquered the world

Posted Dec 2019
4:32

Theresa A. Yugar

History's "worst" nun

Posted Nov 2019
11:42

Dorsa Amir

How the Industrial Revolution changed childhood

Posted Nov 2019
4:25

Alex Gendler

The myth of Loki and the master builder

Posted Nov 2019
13:46

Lara Maiklem

Trash or historical artifact?

Posted Nov 2019
4:15

Dorsa Amir

Why do humans have a third eyelid?

Posted Nov 2019
10:40

Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin

A historical musical that examines Black identity in the 1901 World's Fair

Posted Nov 2019
16:31

Paul A. Kramer

Our immigration conversation is broken — here's how to have a better one

Posted Nov 2019
3:24

Bill Keegan

The Taino myth of the cursed creator

Posted Nov 2019
4:34

Chip Berlet

Are the Illuminati real?

Posted Oct 2019
3:21

Jacob Soboroff

Why do Americans vote on Tuesdays?

Posted Oct 2019
13:18

Chris Fisher

Why we should archive everything on the planet

Posted Oct 2019
5:42

Alyssa Loorya

What I learned from digging under New York City's streets

Posted Oct 2019
3:43

Adrienne Mayor

The Greek myth of Talos, the first robot

Posted Oct 2019
4:16

TED-Ed

The Maya myth of the morning star

Posted Oct 2019
4:48

Richard Coffin

What causes an economic recession?

Posted Oct 2019
14:49

Luis H. Zayas

The psychological impact of child separation at the US-Mexico border

Posted Oct 2019
10:15

Juan Enriquez

A personal plea for humanity at the US-Mexico border

Posted Oct 2019
4:48

Marlene Daut

The first and last king of Haiti

Posted Oct 2019
5:27

Densho

Ugly History: Japanese American incarceration camps

Posted Oct 2019
11:22

Yaniv Erlich

How we're building the world's largest family tree

Posted Sep 2019