TED Talks

1,153–1,200 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 Alex Tabarrok on how ideas trump crises 2009 · Talk · 14 min The "dismal science" truly shines in this optimistic talk, as economist Alex Tabarrok argues free trade and globalization are shaping our once-divided world… Internet Archive Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code 2009 · Talk · 16 min Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it's OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help… Internet Archive David Eagleman: Can we create new senses for humans? 2015 · Talk · 20 min As humans, we can perceive less than a ten-trillionth of all light waves. “Our experience of reality,” says neuroscientist David Eagleman, “is constrained by… Internet Archive Jack Horner: Building a dinosaur from a chicken 2011 · Talk · 16 min Renowned paleontologist Jack Horner has spent his career trying to reconstruct a dinosaur. He's found fossils with extraordinarily well-preserved blood… Internet Archive Omar Ahmad: Political change with pen and paper 2010 · Talk · 6 min Politicians are strange creatures, says politician Omar Ahmad. And the best way to engage them on your pet issue is a monthly handwritten letter. Ahmad shows… Internet Archive Aimee Mullins on running 2009 · Talk · 20 min In this TED archive video from 1998, paralympic sprinter Aimee Mullins talks about her record-setting career as a runner, and about the amazing carbon-fiber… Internet Archive Bel Pesce: 5 ways to kill your dreams 2015 · Talk · 6 min All of us want to invent that game-changing product, launch that successful company, write that best-selling book. And yet so few of us actually do it.… Internet Archive Leila Hoteit: 3 lessons on success from an Arab businesswoman 2016 · Talk · 14 min Professional Arab women juggle more responsibilities than their male counterparts, and they face more cultural rigidity than Western women. What can their… Internet Archive Newton Aduaka tells the story of Ezra 2008 · Talk · 18 min Filmmaker Newton Aduaka shows clips from his powerful, lyrical feature film "Ezra," about a child soldier in Sierra Leone. Internet Archive Kyra Gaunt: How the jump rope got its rhythm 2018 · Talk "Down down, baby, down down the roller coaster..." Hip-hop owes a lot of the queens of double dutch. Ethnomusicologist Kyra Gaunt takes us on a tour of the… Internet Archive Nick Veasey: Exposing the invisible 2010 · Talk · 13 min Nick Veasey shows outsized X-ray images that reveal the otherworldly inner workings of familiar objects -- from the geometry of a wildflower to the anatomy of… Internet Archive Paul Collier on the "bottom billion" 2008 · Talk · 16 min Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. How can we help them? Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold,… Internet Archive Julia Dhar: How to disagree productively and find common ground 2018 · Talk Some days, it feels like the only thing we can agree on is that we can't agree — on anything. Drawing on her background as a world debate champion, Julia Dhar… Internet Archive Linda Hill: How to manage for collective creativity 2015 · Talk · 17 min What's the secret to unlocking the creativity hidden inside your daily work, and giving every great idea a chance? Harvard professor Linda Hill, co-author of… Internet Archive Lisa Dyson: A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food 2016 · Talk · 12 min We're heading for a world population of 10 billion people — but what will we all eat? Lisa Dyson rediscovered an idea developed by NASA in the 1960s for… Internet Archive Melinda Gates: Let's put birth control back on the agenda 2012 · Talk · 25 min Contraception. The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world's social change issues… Internet Archive Rebeca Hwang: The power of diversity within yourself 2018 · Talk Rebeca Hwang has spent a lifetime juggling identities — Korean heritage, Argentinian upbringing, education in the United States — and for a long time she had… Internet Archive Siddhartha Mukherjee: Soon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill 2015 · Talk · 17 min Current medical treatment boils down to six words: Have disease, take pill, kill something. But physician Siddhartha Mukherjee points to a future of medicine… Internet Archive Yves Morieux: As work gets more complex, 6 rules to simplify 2013 · Talk · 12 min Why do people feel so miserable and disengaged at work? Because today's businesses are increasingly and dizzyingly complex -- and traditional pillars of… Internet Archive Derek Paravicini and Adam Ockelford: In the key of genius 2013 · Talk · 19 min Born three and a half months prematurely, Derek Paravicini is blind and has severe autism. But with perfect pitch, innate talent and a lot of practice, he… Internet Archive David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? 2014 · Talk · 14 min When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David… Internet Archive Jim Toomey: Learning from Sherman the shark 2010 · Talk · 14 min Cartoonist Jim Toomey created the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, a wry look at underwater life starring Sherman the talking shark. As he sketches some of his… Internet Archive Paul MacCready flies on solar wings 2007 · Talk · 21 min Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career. Internet Archive Alan Russell on regenerating our bodies 2007 · Talk · 19 min Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild… Internet Archive Barry Schwartz: The way we think about work is broken 2015 · Talk · 8 min What makes work satisfying? Apart from a paycheck, there are intangible values that, Barry Schwartz suggests, our current way of thinking about work simply… Internet Archive John Maeda on the simple life 2007 · Talk · 16 min The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to… Internet Archive Margaret Gould Stewart: How YouTube thinks about copyright 2010 · Talk · 5 min Margaret Gould Stewart, YouTube's head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site works with copyright holders and creators to foster (at… Internet Archive Mechai Viravaidya: How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place 2010 · Talk · 13 min At TEDxChange, Thailand's "Mr. Condom," Mechai Viravaidya, walks us through the country's bold plan to raise its standard of living, starting in the 1970s.… Internet Archive Paul Tasner: How I became an entrepreneur at 66 2017 · Talk It's never too late to reinvent yourself. Take it from Paul Tasner — after working continuously for other people for 40 years, he founded his own start-up at… Internet Archive Sebastian Wernicke: 1000 TEDTalks, 6 words 2012 · Talk · 7 min Sebastian Wernicke thinks every TEDTalk can be summarized in six words. At TEDxZurich, he shows how to do just that -- and less. Internet Archive Marco Tempest: A magical tale (with augmented reality) 2012 · Talk · 6 min Marco Tempest spins a beautiful story of what magic is, how it entertains us and how it highlights our humanity -- all while working extraordinary illusions… Internet Archive Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a forest in your backyard 2016 · Talk · 9 min Forests don't have to be far-flung nature reserves, isolated from human life. Instead, we can grow them right where we are — even in cities. Eco-entrepreneur… Internet Archive Lindsay Malloy: Why teens confess to crimes they didn't commit 2016 · Talk Why do juveniles falsely confess to crimes? What makes them more vulnerable than adults to this shocking, counterintuitive phenomenon? Through the lens of… Internet Archive Michael C. Bush: This is what makes employees happy at work 2018 · Talk There are three billion working people on this planet, and only 40 percent of them report being happy at work. Michael C. Bush shares his insights into what… Internet Archive Penny Chisholm: The tiny creature that secretly powers the planet 2018 · Talk Oceanographer Penny Chisholm tells the story of a tiny ocean creature you've probably never heard of: Prochlorococcus, the most abundant photosynthetic… Internet Archive William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer? 2010 · Talk · 20 min William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor.… Internet Archive Vincent Moon and Naná Vasconcelos: The world’s hidden music rituals 2014 · Talk · 24 min French filmmaker Vincent Moon travels the world with just a backpack, a laptop and a camera. He’s filmed Arcade Fire in an elevator and Bon Iver in an… Internet Archive Greg Stone: Saving the ocean one island at a time 2010 · Talk · 17 min Aboard Mission Blue, scientist Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati create an enormous protected area in the middle of the… Internet Archive Kaki King rocks out to "Pink Noise" 2009 · Talk · 14 min Kaki King, the first female on Rolling Stone's "guitar god" list, rocks out to a full live set at TED2008, including her breakout single, "Playing with Pink… Internet Archive Meklit Hadero: The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds 2015 · Talk · 13 min Using examples from birdsong, the natural lilt of emphatic language and even a cooking pan lid, singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero shows how that the everyday… Internet Archive Nadia Lopez: Why open a school? To close a prison 2016 · Talk · 7 min Our kids are our future, and it's crucial they believe it themselves. That's why TED Fellow Nadia Lopez opened an academic oasis in Brownsville, Brooklyn, one… Internet Archive Yossi Vardi fights local warming 2008 · Talk · 6 min Investor and prankster Yossi Vardi delivers a ballsy lecture on the dangers of blogging. Specifically, for men. Internet Archive Zahra' Langhi: Why Libya's revolution didn't work -- and what might 2013 · Talk · 9 min Zahra' Langhi was part of the "days of rage" movement that helped topple the dictator Qaddafi. But -- then what? In their first elections, Libyans tried an… Internet Archive Barry Schuler: Genomics 101 2009 · Talk · 21 min What is genomics? How will it affect our lives? In this intriguing primer on the genomics revolution, entrepreneur Barry Schuler says we can at least expect… Internet Archive John Gerzema: The post-crisis consumer 2009 · Talk · 16 min John Gerzema says there's an upside to the recent financial crisis -- the opportunity for positive change. Speaking at TEDxKC, he identifies four major… Internet Archive John Wilbanks: Let’s pool our medical data 2012 · Talk · 16 min When you're getting medical treatment, or taking part in medical testing, privacy is important; strict laws limit what researchers can see and know about you.… Internet Archive Marco Tempest: Augmented reality, techno-magic 2011 · Talk · 5 min Using sleight-of-hand techniques and charming storytelling, illusionist Marco Tempest brings a jaunty stick figure to life onstage at TEDGlobal. Internet Archive 9/11 healing: The mothers who found forgiveness, friendship 2011 · Talk · 9 min Phyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi have a powerful friendship born of unthinkable loss. Rodriguez' son was killed in the World Trade Center attacks on…