TED Talks

1,009–1,056 of 2,913 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

Where these films come from, and who sees what

Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.

Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.

Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Courtney Martin: The new American Dream 2016 · Talk · 15 min For the first time in history, the majority of American parents don't think their kids will be better off than they were. This shouldn't be a cause for alarm,… Internet Archive J.J. Abrams' mystery box 2008 · Talk · 18 min J.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery –- a passion that’s evident in his films and TV shows, including Cloverfield, Lost and Alias -- back to its… Internet Archive Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu: What your smart devices know (and share) about you 2018 · Talk Once your "smart" appliances can talk to you, who else are they talking to? Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu wanted to find out — so they outfitted Hill's… Internet Archive Paula Scher gets serious 2009 · Talk · 21 min Paula Scher looks back at a life in design (she's done album covers, books, the Citibank logo ...) and pinpoints the moment when she started really having… Internet Archive Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything 2010 · Talk · 19 min Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new… Internet Archive Tyler DeWitt: Hey science teachers -- make it fun 2013 · Talk · 11 min High school science teacher Tyler DeWitt was ecstatic about a lesson plan on bacteria (how cool!) -- and devastated when his students hated it. The problem… Internet Archive Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story 2012 · Talk · 19 min Filmmaker Andrew Stanton ("Toy Story," "WALL-E") shares what he knows about storytelling -- starting at the end and working back to the beginning. Contains… Internet Archive Ari Wallach: 3 ways to plan for the (very) long term 2017 · Talk · 13 min We increasingly make decisions based on short-term goals and gains — an approach that makes the future more uncertain and less safe. How can we learn to think… Internet Archive Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of a New Yorker cartoon 2013 · Cartoon · 20 min The New Yorker receives around 1,000 cartoons each week; it only publishes about 17 of them. In this hilarious, fast-paced, and insightful talk, the… Internet Archive Cédric Villani: What's so sexy about math? 2016 · Talk · 16 min Hidden truths permeate our world; they're inaccessible to our senses, but math allows us to go beyond our intuition to uncover their mysteries. In this survey… Internet Archive Elizabeth Lesser: Take "the Other" to lunch 2011 · Talk · 11 min There's an angry divisive tension in the air that threatens to make modern politics impossible. Elizabeth Lesser explores the two sides of human nature within… Internet Archive Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery 2012 · Talk · 19 min For the past two years, photographer Lisa Kristine has traveled the world, documenting the unbearably harsh realities of modern-day slavery. She shares… Internet Archive Moshe Safdie: How to reinvent the apartment building 2014 · Talk · 5 min In 1967, Moshe Safdie reimagined the monolithic apartment building, creating “Habitat ’67,” which gave each unit an unprecedented sense of openness. Nearly 50… Internet Archive Paola Antonelli previews "Design and the Elastic Mind" 2008 · Talk · 17 min MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli previews the groundbreaking show " Design and the Elastic Mind " -- full of products and designs that reflect the way we… Internet Archive Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words! 2014 · Talk · 6 min In this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages — nay, cheerleads — her audience to create new words when the existing ones won’t… Internet Archive Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong 2015 · Talk · 14 min What really causes addiction — to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail… Internet Archive Rodrigo y Gabriela: An electrifying acoustic guitar performance 2017 · Talk · 4 min Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela combine furiously fast riffs and dazzling rhythms to create a style that draws on both flamenco guitar and heavy metal in this… Internet Archive Stefan Sagmeister: 7 rules for making more happiness 2011 · Talk · 9 min Using simple, delightful illustrations, designer Stefan Sagmeister shares his latest thinking on happiness -- both the conscious and unconscious kind. His… Internet Archive Jamila Raqib: The secret to effective nonviolent resistance 2016 · Talk · 9 min We're not going to end violence by telling people that it's morally wrong, says Jamila Raqib, executive director of the Albert Einstein Institution. Instead,… Internet Archive John Delaney: Wiring an interactive ocean 2010 · Talk · 20 min Oceanographer John Delaney is leading the team that is building an underwater network of high-def cameras and sensors that will turn our ocean into a global… Internet Archive Mike Biddle: We can recycle plastic 2011 · Talk · 10 min Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled -- compared to almost 90% of metals -- because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the… Internet Archive Ruth Chang: How to make hard choices 2014 · Talk · 14 min Here's a talk that could literally change your life. Which career should I pursue? Should I break up -- or get married?! Where should I live? Big decisions… Internet Archive Amit Sood: Every piece of art you've ever wanted to see -- up close and searchable 2016 · Talk · 15 min What does a cultural Big Bang look like? For Amit Sood, director of Google's Cultural Institute and Art Project, it's an online platform where anyone can… Internet Archive Mariano Sigman: Your words may predict your future mental health 2016 · Talk · 12 min Can the way you speak and write today predict your future mental state, even the onset of psychosis? In this fascinating talk, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman… Internet Archive Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure 2011 · Talk · 16 min Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists -- that our beliefs about the… Internet Archive Pete Alcorn on the world in 2200 2009 · Talk · 3 min In this short, optimistic talk from TED2009, Pete Alcorn shares a vision of the world of two centuries from now -- when declining populations and growing… Internet Archive Cesar Kuriyama: One second every day 2013 · Talk · 8 min The are so many tiny, beautiful, funny, tragic moments in your life -- how are you going to remember them all? Director Cesar Kuriyama shoots one second of… Internet Archive Jason deCaires Taylor: An underwater art museum, teeming with life 2015 · Talk · 11 min For sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the ocean is more than a muse — it's an exhibition space and museum. Taylor creates sculptures of human forms and mundane… Internet Archive Julian Treasure: Why architects need to use their ears 2012 · Talk · 9 min Because of poor acoustics, students in classrooms miss 50 percent of what their teachers say and patients in hospitals have trouble sleeping because they… Internet Archive Luvvie Ajayi: Get comfortable with being uncomfortable 2017 · Talk Luvvie Ajayi isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says the… Internet Archive Matthew Childs' 9 life lessons from rock climbing 2009 · Talk · 4 min In this talk from TED University 2009, veteran rock climber Matthew Childs shares nine pointers for rock climbing. These handy tips bear on an effective life… Internet Archive Peter Molyneux demos Milo, the virtual boy 2010 · Talk · 10 min Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft's Kinect controller. Perceptive and impressionable like a real 11-year-old, the… Internet Archive Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a tiny forest anywhere 2014 · Talk · 4 min A forest planted by humans, then left to nature’s own devices, typically takes at least 100 years to mature. But what if we could make the process happen ten… Internet Archive Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education 2009 · Talk · 3 min Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold… Internet Archive Danny Hillis: The Internet could crash. We need a Plan B 2013 · Talk · 12 min In the 1970s and 1980s, a generous spirit suffused the internet, whose users were few and far between. But today, the net is ubiquitous, connecting billions… Internet Archive Joey Alexander: An 11-year-old prodigy performs old-school jazz 2015 · Talk · 6 min Raised listening to his dad's old records, Joey Alexander plays a brand of sharp, modern piano jazz that you likely wouldn't expect to hear from a… Internet Archive Patty McCord: 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for 2018 · Talk Most companies operate on a set of policies: mandated vacation days, travel guidelines, standard work hours, annual goals. But what happens when a company… Internet Archive Peter Reinhart on bread 2009 · Talk · 15 min Batch to batch, crust to crust ... In tribute to the beloved staple food, baking master Peter Reinhart reflects on the cordial couplings (wheat and yeast,… Internet Archive James Surowiecki: When social media became news 2008 · Talk · 16 min James Surowiecki pinpoints the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering: the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs,… Internet Archive Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs? 2012 · Talk · 14 min Robots and algorithms are getting good at jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating -- jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do… Internet Archive John Hodgman: Aliens, love -- where are they? 2008 · Talk · 16 min Humorist John Hodgman rambles through a new story about aliens, physics, time, space and the way all of these somehow contribute to a sweet, perfect memory of… Internet Archive Luca Turin on the science of scent 2008 · Talk · 15 min What's the science behind a sublime perfume? With charm and precision, biophysicist Luca Turin explains the molecular makeup -- and the art -- of a scent. Internet Archive Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy 2012 · Talk · 27 min In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we… Internet Archive John Cary: How architecture can create dignity for all 2017 · Talk If architect and writer John Cary has his way, women will never need to stand in pointlessly long bathroom lines again. Lines like these are representative of… Internet Archive Karen Armstrong: Let's revive the Golden Rule 2009 · Talk · 9 min Weeks from the Charter for Compassion launch, Karen Armstrong looks at religion's role in the 21st century: Will its dogmas divide us? Or will it unite us for… Internet Archive Lucien Engelen: Crowdsource your health 2012 · Talk · 6 min You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? At TEDxMaastricht, Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are… Internet Archive Matthew O'Reilly: “Am I dying?” The honest answer. 2014 · Talk · 5 min Matthew O’Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk, O’Reilly describes what happens next when a gravely hurt… Internet Archive Dan Gilbert: The psychology of your future self 2014 · Talk · 6 min "Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished." Dan Gilbert shares recent research on a phenomenon he calls the "end of history…