TED Talks

1,681–1,728 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 Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry 2017 · Talk · 8 min Something is very wrong with the news industry. Trust in the media has hit an all-time low; we're inundated with sensationalist stories, and consistent,… Internet Archive Miwa Matreyek's glorious visions 2010 · Talk · 11 min Using animation, projections and her own moving shadow, Miwa Matreyek performs a gorgeous, meditative piece about inner and outer discovery. Take a quiet 10… Internet Archive Mona Chalabi: 3 ways to spot a bad statistic 2017 · Talk · 11 min Sometimes it's hard to know what statistics are worthy of trust. But we shouldn't count out stats altogether ... instead, we should learn to look behind them.… Internet Archive Sean Davis: Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer 2017 · Talk The Montreal Protocol proved that the world could come together and take action on climate change. Thirty years after the world's most successful… Internet Archive Suzanne Lee: Grow your own clothes 2011 · Talk · 6 min Designer Suzanne Lee shares her experiments in growing a kombucha-based material that can be used like fabric or vegetable leather to make clothing. The… Internet Archive Alexander Betts: Our refugee system is failing. Here's how we can fix it 2016 · Talk · 18 min A million refugees arrived in Europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and "our response, frankly, has been pathetic." Betts studies forced migration, the… Internet Archive Alix Generous: How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's 2015 · Talk · 10 min Alix Generous is a young woman with a million and one ideas — she's done award-winning science, helped develop new technology and tells a darn good joke… Internet Archive Joe Landolina: This gel can make you stop bleeding instantly 2014 · Talk · 5 min Forget stitches — there's a better way to close wounds. In this talk, TED Fellow Joe Landolina talks about his invention — a medical gel that can instantly… Internet Archive Navi Radjou: Creative problem-solving in the face of extreme limits 2015 · Talk · 16 min Navi Radjou has spent years studying "jugaad," also known as frugal innovation. Pioneered by entrepreneurs in emerging markets who figured out how to get… Internet Archive Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index 2010 · Talk · 16 min Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity -- instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces… Internet Archive Sarah Lewis: Embrace the near win 2014 · Talk · 11 min At her first museum job, art historian Sarah Lewis noticed something important about an artist she was studying: Not every artwork was a total masterpiece.… Internet Archive eL Seed: Street art with a message of hope and peace 2015 · Talk · 5 min Born in France to Tunisian parents, eL Seed delights in juggling multiple cultures, languages and identities. Not least in his artwork, which sets Arabic… Internet Archive Mikko Hypponen: How the NSA betrayed the world's trust -- time to act 2013 · Talk · 19 min Recent events have highlighted, underlined and bolded the fact that the United States is performing blanket surveillance on any foreigner whose data passes… Internet Archive Steve Howard: Let's go all-in on selling sustainability 2013 · Talk · 13 min The big blue buildings of Ikea have sprouted solar panels and wind turbines; inside, shelves are stocked with LED lighting and recycled cotton. Why? Because… Internet Archive Alexander Wagner: What really motivates people to be honest in business 2016 · Talk Each year, one in seven large corporations commits fraud. Why? To find out, Alexander Wagner takes us inside the economics, ethics and psychology of doing the… Internet Archive Angela Wang: How China is changing the future of shopping 2017 · Talk China is a huge laboratory of innovation, says retail expert Angela Wang, and in this lab, everything takes place on people's phones. Five hundred million… Internet Archive Anjali Kumar: My failed mission to find God -- and what I found instead 2017 · Talk Anjali Kumar went looking for God and ended up finding something else entirely. In an uplifting, funny talk about our shared humanity, she takes us on a… Internet Archive AnnMarie Thomas: Hands-on science with squishy circuits 2011 · Talk · 4 min In a zippy demo at TED U, AnnMarie Thomas shows how two different kinds of homemade play dough can be used to demonstrate electrical properties -- by lighting… Internet Archive Eric Lewis rocks the jazz world 2009 · Talk · 10 min Eric Lewis, an astonishingly talented crossover jazz pianist -- seen by many for the first time at TED2009 -- sets fire to the keys with his shattering… Internet Archive Graham Hawkes flies through the ocean 2008 · Talk · 12 min Graham Hawkes takes us aboard his graceful, winged submarines to the depths of planet Ocean (a.k.a. "Earth"). It's a deep blue world we landlubbers rarely see… Internet Archive Joi Ito: Want to innovate? Become a "now-ist" 2014 · Talk · 12 min “Remember before the internet?” asks Joi Ito. “Remember when people used to try to predict the future?” In this engaging talk, the head of the MIT Media Lab… Internet Archive Olivier Scalabre: The next manufacturing revolution is here 2016 · Talk · 12 min Economic growth has been slowing for the past 50 years, but relief might come from an unexpected place — a new form of manufacturing that is neither what you… Internet Archive Arthur Potts Dawson: A vision for sustainable restaurants 2010 · Talk · 8 min If you've been in a restaurant kitchen, you've seen how much food, water and energy can be wasted there. Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson shares his very personal… Internet Archive Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives 2011 · Talk · 16 min What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. The lessons from… Internet Archive Dave deBronkart: Meet e-Patient Dave 2011 · Talk · 16 min When Dave deBronkart learned he had a rare and terminal cancer, he turned to a group of fellow patients online -- and found the medical treatment that saved… Internet Archive Mary Bassett: Why your doctor should care about social justice 2016 · Talk · 13 min In Zimbabwe in the 1980s, Mary Bassett witnessed the AIDS epidemic firsthand, and she helped set up a clinic to treat and educate local people about the… Internet Archive Naoko Ishii: An economic case for protecting the planet 2017 · Talk We all share one planet — we breathe the same air, drink the same water and depend on the same oceans, forests and biodiversity. Economist Naoko Ishii is on a… Internet Archive Nicholas Negroponte: A 30-year history of the future 2014 · Talk · 19 min MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte takes you on a journey through the last 30 years of tech. The consummate predictor highlights interfaces and… Internet Archive Regina Hartley: Why the best hire might not have the perfect resume 2015 · Talk · 10 min Given the choice between a job candidate with a perfect resume and one who has fought through difficulty, human resources executive Regina Hartley always… Internet Archive Stefan Sagmeister shares happy design 2007 · Talk · 15 min Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy -- and notes how many of these… Internet Archive Vishal Vaid's hypnotic song 2009 · Talk · 13 min Vishal Vaid and his band explore a traditional South Asian musical form in this mesmerizing improv performance. Sit back and let his music transport you. Internet Archive Anna Heringer: The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings 2017 · Talk "There are a lot of resources given by nature for free — all we need is our sensitivity to see them and our creativity to use them," says architect Anna… Internet Archive Auret van Heerden: Making global labor fair 2010 · Talk · 17 min FLA head Auret van Heerden talks about the next frontier of workers' rights -- globalized industries where no single national body can keep workers safe and… Internet Archive Christopher Emdin: Teach teachers how to create magic 2014 · Talk · 6 min What do rap shows, barbershop banter and Sunday services have in common? As Christopher Emdin says, they all hold the secret magic to enthrall and teach at… Internet Archive Dan Gross: Why gun violence can't be our new normal 2016 · Talk · 13 min It doesn't matter whether you love or hate guns; it's obvious that the US would be a safer place if there weren't thousands of them sold every day without… Internet Archive Eric Haseltine: What will be the next big scientific breakthrough? 2016 · Talk · 10 min Throughout history, speculation has spurred beautiful, revolutionary science — opening our eyes to entirely new universes. "I'm not talking about science that… Internet Archive Gian Giudice: Why our universe might exist on a knife-edge 2013 · Talk · 14 min The biggest surprise of discovering the Higgs boson? That there were no surprises. Gian Giudice talks us through a problem in theoretical physics: what if the… Internet Archive Joe Gebbia: How Airbnb designs for trust 2016 · Talk · 16 min Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb, bet his whole company on the belief that people can trust each other enough to stay in one another's homes. How did he… Internet Archive John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!! 2013 · Talk · 13 min Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting — linguistically, culturally — than it seems, and… Internet Archive Stacy Smith: The data behind Hollywood's sexism 2017 · Talk · 15 min Where are all the women and girls in film? Social scientist Stacy Smith analyzes how the media underrepresents and portrays women — and the potentially… Internet Archive Steve Jurvetson on model rocketry 2008 · Talk · 3 min Moneyman Steve Jurvetson takes TEDsters inside his awesome hobby -- launching model rockets –- by sharing some gorgeous photos, his infectious glee and just a… Internet Archive Stephen Petranek counts down to Armageddon 2007 · Talk · 29 min How might the world end? Stephen Petranek lays out the challenges that face us in the drive to preserve the human race. Will we be wiped out by an asteroid?… Internet Archive Thomas Goetz: It's time to redesign medical data 2011 · Talk · 16 min Your medical chart: it's hard to access, impossible to read -- and full of information that could make you healthier if you just knew how to use it. At… Internet Archive Charles Leadbeater on innovation 2007 · Talk · 18 min In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. Passionate amateurs, using… Internet Archive Frederic Kaplan: How I built an information time machine 2014 · Talk · 10 min Imagine if you could surf Facebook ... from the Middle Ages. Well, it may not be as far off as it sounds. In a fun and interesting talk, researcher and… Internet Archive Garik Israelian: How spectroscopy could reveal alien life 2009 · Talk · 15 min Garik Israelian is a spectroscopist, studying the spectrum emitted by a star to figure out what it's made of and how it might behave. It's a rare and… Internet Archive James Green: 3 moons and a planet that could have alien life 2016 · Talk · 10 min Is there life beyond Earth? Join NASA's director of planetary science James Green for a survey of the places in our solar system that are most likely to… Internet Archive Jeremy Kasdin: The flower-shaped starshade that might help us detect Earth-like planets 2014 · Talk · 6 min Astronomers believe that every star in the galaxy has a planet, one fifth of which might harbor life. Only we haven't seen any of them -- yet. Jeremy Kasdin…