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History

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of History.

Video playlists about History

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.

See all 15 playlists on History

Talks about History

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

16:50

Baratunde Thurston

How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time

Posted May 2019

15:15

Carole Cadwalladr

Facebook's role in Brexit — and the threat to democracy

Posted Apr 2019

13:15

Alexander MacDonald

How centuries of sci-fi sparked spaceflight

Posted Apr 2019

9:11

Nora Brown

"East Virginia" / "John Brown's Dream"

Posted Mar 2019

6:14

Samy Nour Younes

A short history of trans people's long fight for equality

Posted Mar 2019

13:17

T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison

The most powerful woman you've never heard of

Posted Mar 2019

13:08

César Hidalgo

A bold idea to replace politicians

Posted Mar 2019

11:23

Juliet Brophy

How a new species of ancestors is changing our theory of human evolution

Posted Mar 2019

See all 199 talks on History

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...