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4:40

Birte Kristiansen and Petra Sijpesteijn

A day in the Islamic Golden Age

Posted Mar 2023

5:36

William T. Taylor

How horses changed history

Posted Mar 2023

4:46

Mollie Godfrey

One of the most banned books of all time

Posted Feb 2023

13:01

Jing Corpuz

5 values for repairing the harms of colonialism

Posted Jan 2023

14:45

Melaku Belay

The ecstasy of Eskista, an ancient Ethiopian dance

Posted Jan 2023

14:46

Sid Thatham

The value of an eclectic streaming queue

Posted Jan 2023

6:31

Pardis Parker

I'm terrified of wanting to be a billionaire

Posted Oct 2022

3:30

Jen Gunter

Can exercise actually "boost" your metabolism?

Posted Oct 2022

11:40

Isabelle Boemeke

Nuclear power is our best hope to ditch fossil fuels

Posted Sep 2022

4:52

Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen

The rise and fall of the medieval Islamic Empire

Posted Aug 2022

5:24

Noah Charney

Can you guess what's wrong with these paintings?

Posted Aug 2022

5:04

Ilan Stavans

A brief history of Spanish

Posted Aug 2022

17:24

David Wengrow

A new understanding of human history and the roots of inequality

Posted Jul 2022

12:51

Gillian Tett

An invitation to reexamine your familiar world

Posted Jun 2022

4:41

Miranda Brown

A brief history of dumplings

Posted Jun 2022

15:10

Julieanna L. Richardson

The mission to safeguard Black history in the US

Posted Jun 2022

12:40

Cordae

How a "Hi Level" mindset helps you realize your potential

Posted Jun 2022

6:53

Kyra Gaunt

How Black girls can reclaim their voice in music

Posted Jun 2022

19:15

Deepa Purushothaman

The workplace, redefined by women of color

Posted May 2022

4:39

Kayla Wolf

The biggest mistakes in mapmaking history

Posted May 2022

0:00

Iseult Gillespie

Love vs. Honor: The Irish myth of Diarmuid's betrayal

Posted May 2022

15:58

Michèle Lamont

How to heal a divided world

Posted Apr 2022

4:50

Shannon Zhao

The myth of the original star-crossed lovers

Posted Apr 2022

4:49

Christopher M. Moreman

The dark history of zombies

Posted Apr 2022

5:14

Iseult Gillespie

The myth of Hades and Persephone

Posted Apr 2022

5:35

Stephanie Honchell Smith

History vs. Tamerlane the Conqueror

Posted Apr 2022

12:58

Marcia Belsky

The 100 tampons NASA (almost) sent to space — and other absurd songs

Posted Apr 2022

8:12

Hyeonmi Kim

How webtoons are changing movies and TV

Posted Mar 2022

4:00

Lijun Zhang

The Chinese legend of the butterfly lovers

Posted Mar 2022

21:33

Anna Malaika Tubbs

The critical role of Black mothers — and how to support all moms

Posted Mar 2022

4:19

Cynthia Fay Davis

The myth of the moon goddess

Posted Mar 2022

19:55

Lilly Singh

"A seat at the table" isn't the solution for gender equity

Posted Mar 2022

0:00

Dwan Reece

The origins of blackface and Black stereotypes

Posted Feb 2022

0:00

Dan Kwartler

The myth of Gawain and the Green Knight

Posted Feb 2022

4:17

Emily Zobel Marshall

The myth of Anansi, the trickster spider

Posted Jan 2022

4:41

Gala Marija Vrbanic

The new reality of fashion is digital

Posted Jan 2022