Ideas about History

Video playlists about History

The search for ancient clues

6 talks • 1h 49m

Fascinating talks about humanity's beginnings and evolution's journey.

Talks to celebrate Black History Month

20 talks • 4h 43m

Insightful talks that offer fresh, thoughtful perspectives on Black identity.

Time warp

7 talks • 1h 30m

Time is measured in seconds, minutes and hours. But these talks show it isn't always so simple.

Fascinating history

12 talks • 2h 53m

Be transported through the centuries with these talks for your inner (and outer) history buff.

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Talks about History

10:56

David J. Bier

How guest worker visas could transform the US immigration system

Posted Jan 2020

10:12

Emma Schachner

The secret weapon that let dinosaurs take over the planet

Posted Jan 2020

13:53

Edward Tenner

The paradox of efficiency

Posted Dec 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

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

11:22

Yaniv Erlich

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

Posted Sep 2019

12:43

Pico Iyer

What ping-pong taught me about life

Posted Aug 2019

13:10

Bina Venkataraman

The power to think ahead in a reckless age

Posted Aug 2019

14:26

Douglas Thomas

How a typeface helped launch Apollo

Posted Jul 2019

10:55

Melanie Nezer

The fundamental right to seek asylum

Posted Jul 2019

11:00

Amy Padnani

How we're honoring people overlooked by history

Posted Jul 2019

6:57

Glenn Cantave

How augmented reality is changing activism

Posted Jul 2019

4:22

Brandon Clifford

Architectural secrets of the world's ancient wonders

Posted Jun 2019

17:25

Michael Tubbs

The political power of being a good neighbor

Posted Jun 2019

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Exclusive articles about History

How did the human heart become associated with love? And how did it turn into the shape we know today?

We see the familiar symbol everywhere — in text messages, signs, cakes, clothing, and more. But we also know the real heart looks nothing like it. Historian Marilyn Yalom tells ...

A mobile documentary asks: What if Martin Luther King, Eartha Kitt and others were on Facebook in 1968?

In journalist Mikhail Zygar’s innovative series, you can watch the events of that momentous year come to vibrant life on your phone in weekly episodes. Imagine your phone screen...

These 6 pioneering women helped create modern computers

It seems like a story made for the movies: the first general-purpose computer was actually programmed by a half-dozen female math whizzes. Yet for too long, their efforts have b...