TED Talks

1,489–1,536 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 Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl 2010 · Talk · 19 min In this passionate talk, Eve Ensler declares that there is a girl cell in us all -- a cell that we have all been taught to suppress. She tells heartfelt… Internet Archive Max Tegmark: How to get empowered, not overpowered, by AI 2018 · Talk Many artificial intelligence researchers expect AI to outsmart humans at all tasks and jobs within decades, enabling a future where we're restricted only by… Internet Archive Alisa Miller shares the news about the news 2008 · Talk · 4 min Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why -- though we want to know more about the world than ever -- the US media is actually showing… Internet Archive Megan Washington: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking 2014 · Talk · 13 min Megan Washington is one of Australia's premier singer/songwriters. And, since childhood, she has had a stutter. In this bold and personal talk, she reveals… Internet Archive Naomi Klein: Addicted to risk 2011 · Talk · 19 min Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP's risky pursuit of oil. Our… Internet Archive Patrick Chappatte: The power of cartoons 2010 · Cartoon · 12 min In a series of witty punchlines, Patrick Chappatte makes a poignant case for the power of the humble cartoon. His projects in Lebanon, West Africa and Gaza… Internet Archive Triona McGrath: How pollution is changing the ocean's chemistry 2016 · Talk · 9 min As we keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, more of it is dissolving in the oceans, leading to drastic changes in the water's chemistry. Triona… Internet Archive David Grady: How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings 2014 · Talk · 6 min An epidemic of bad, inefficient, overcrowded meetings is plaguing the world’s businesses — and making workers miserable. David Grady has some ideas on how to… Internet Archive David Miliband: The refugee crisis is a test of our character 2017 · Talk · 18 min Sixty-five million people were displaced from their homes by conflict and disaster in 2016. It's not just a crisis; it's a test of who we are and what we… Internet Archive Dorothy Roberts: The problem with race-based medicine 2016 · Talk · 14 min Social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy Roberts has a precise and powerful message: Race-based medicine is bad medicine. Even today, many doctors… Internet Archive Kare Anderson: Be an opportunity maker 2014 · Talk · 9 min We all want to use our talents to create something meaningful with our lives. But how to get started? (And ... what if you're shy?) Writer Kare Anderson… Internet Archive Richard J. Berry: A practical way to help the homeless find work and safety 2017 · Talk When Richard J. Berry, the mayor of Albuquerque, saw a man on a street corner holding a cardboard sign that read "Want a job," he decided to take him (and… Internet Archive Will Wright makes toys that make worlds 2007 · Talk · 16 min In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces. Internet Archive Andrew Mwenda takes a new look at Africa 2007 · Talk · 17 min In this provocative talk, journalist Andrew Mwenda asks us to reframe the "African question" -- to look beyond the media's stories of poverty, civil war and… Internet Archive Bill Gates: How state budgets are breaking US schools 2011 · Talk · 10 min America's school systems are funded by the 50 states. In this fiery talk, Bill Gates says that state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise… Internet Archive Dolly Chugh: How to let go of being a "good" person -- and become a better person 2018 · Talk What if your attachment to being a "good" person is holding you back from actually becoming a better person? In this accessible talk, social psychologist… Internet Archive Mother and daughter doctor-heroes: Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed 2011 · Talk · 8 min They've been called the "saints of Somalia." Doctor Hawa Abdi and her daughter Deqo Mohamed discuss their medical clinic in Somalia, where -- in the face of… Internet Archive Eli Beer: The fastest ambulance? A motorcycle 2013 · Talk · 10 min As a young EMT on a Jerusalem ambulance, Eli Beer realized that, stuck in brutal urban traffic, they often arrived too late to help. So he organized a group… Internet Archive Greg Gage: How to control someone else's arm with your brain 2015 · Talk · 5 min Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple,… Internet Archive Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!) 2012 · Talk · 10 min Designer Jared Ficklin creates wild visualizations that let us see music, using color and even fire (a first for the TED stage) to analyze how sound makes us… Internet Archive Jennifer Kahn: Gene editing can now change an entire species -- forever 2016 · Talk · 12 min CRISPR gene drives allow scientists to change sequences of DNA and guarantee that the resulting edited genetic trait is inherited by future generations,… Internet Archive Jennifer Lin improvs piano magic 2006 · Talk · 24 min Pianist and composer Jennifer Lin gives a magical performance, talks about the process of creativity and improvises a moving solo piece based on a random… Internet Archive Juliana Machado Ferreira: The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil 2010 · Talk · 5 min Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save birds and other animals stolen from the wild in Brazil. Once… Internet Archive Rutger Bregman: Poverty isn't a lack of character; it's a lack of cash 2017 · Talk · 14 min "Ideas can and do change the world," says historian Rutger Bregman, sharing his case for a provocative one: guaranteed basic income. Learn more about the… Internet Archive Gary Haugen: The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now 2015 · Talk · 22 min Collective compassion has meant an overall decrease in global poverty since the 1980s, says civil rights lawyer Gary Haugen. Yet for all the world's aid… Internet Archive Gever Tulley teaches life lessons through tinkering 2009 · Talk · 4 min Gever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials and… Internet Archive Jose Abreu on kids transformed by music 2009 · Talk · 16 min Jose Antonio Abreu is the charismatic founder of a youth orchestra system that has transformed thousands of kids' lives in Venezuela. Here he shares his… Internet Archive Mary Robinson: Why climate change is a threat to human rights 2015 · Talk · 21 min Climate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their… Internet Archive Melissa Fleming: A boat carrying 500 refugees sunk at sea. The story of two survivors 2015 · Talk · 19 min Aboard an overloaded ship carrying more than 500 refugees, a young woman becomes an unlikely hero. This single, powerful story, told by Melissa Fleming of the… Internet Archive Oren Yakobovich: Hidden cameras that film injustice in the world’s most dangerous places 2014 · Talk · 14 min To see is to believe, says Oren Yakobovich — which is why he helps everyday people use hidden cameras to film dangerous situations of violence, political… Internet Archive Tim Brown urges designers to think big 2009 · Talk · 16 min Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects -- even as pressing questions like clean water access show it has… Internet Archive Dave Eggers' wish: Once Upon a School 2008 · Talk · 24 min Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding… Internet Archive Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón: Math is forever 2015 · Talk · 10 min With humor and charm, mathematician Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón answers a question that’s wracked the brains of bored students the world over: What is math for?… Internet Archive Hod Lipson builds "self-aware" robots 2007 · Talk · 6 min Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate. Internet Archive Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean 2010 · Talk · 18 min In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators… Internet Archive John Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers 2010 · Talk · 15 min In his home of Namibia, John Kasaona is working on an innovative way to protect endangered animal species: giving nearby villagers (including former poachers)… Internet Archive Kristin Poinar: What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet? 2017 · Talk The Greenland ice sheet is massive, mysterious — and melting. Using advanced technology, scientists are revealing its secrets for the first time, and what… Internet Archive Martin Ford: How we'll earn money in a future without jobs 2017 · Talk Machines that can think, learn and adapt are coming — and that could mean that we humans will end up with significant unemployment. What should we do about… Internet Archive Paula Hammond: A new superweapon in the fight against cancer 2016 · Talk · 10 min Cancer is a very clever, adaptable disease. To defeat it, says medical researcher and educator Paula Hammond, we need a new and powerful mode of attack. With… Internet Archive Bruno Torturra: Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting 2014 · Talk · 13 min In 2011, journalist Bruno Torturra covered a protest in São Paulo which turned ugly. His experience of being teargassed had a profound effect on the way he… Internet Archive Clint Smith: How to raise a black son in America 2015 · Talk · 5 min As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was… Internet Archive Jake Wood: A new mission for veterans -- disaster relief 2012 · Talk · 4 min After months or years fighting overseas, 92 percent of American veterans say they want to continue their service; meanwhile, one after another, natural… Internet Archive Janet Echelman: Taking imagination seriously 2011 · Talk · 9 min Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing -- which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes… Internet Archive Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection 2016 · Talk · 15 min Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days — from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to… Internet Archive Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough 2011 · Talk · 5 min At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental "skillness." In this funny,… Internet Archive Martina Flor: The secret language of letter design 2016 · Talk Look at the letters around you: on street signs, stores, restaurant menus, the covers of books. Whether you realize it or not, the letters are speaking to… Internet Archive Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome 2010 · Talk · 19 min Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and… Internet Archive David Autor: Why are there still so many jobs? 2016 · Talk · 18 min Here's a paradox you don't hear much about: despite a century of creating machines to do our work for us, the proportion of adults in the US with a job has…