TED Talks

1,729–1,776 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 Manoush Zomorodi: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas 2017 · Talk Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular? It's because when your body goes on… Internet Archive Pawan Sinha on how brains learn to see 2010 · Talk · 18 min Pawan Sinha details his groundbreaking research into how the brain's visual system develops. Sinha and his team provide free vision-restoring treatment to… Internet Archive Shaffi Mather: A new way to fight corruption 2009 · Talk · 12 min Shaffi Mather explains why he left his first career to become a social entrepreneur, providing life-saving transportation with his company 1298 for Ambulance.… Internet Archive Taryn Simon: The stories behind the bloodlines 2012 · Talk · 18 min Taryn Simon captures the essence of vast, generation-spanning stories by photographing the descendants of people at the center of the narrative. In this… Internet Archive Yves Behar's supercharged motorcycle design 2009 · Talk · 2 min Yves Behar and Forrest North unveil Mission One, a sleek, powerful electric motorcycle. They share slides from distant (yet similar) childhoods that show how… Internet Archive Eric Dishman: Take health care off the mainframe 2010 · Talk · 16 min At TEDMED, Eric Dishman makes a bold argument: The US health care system is like computing circa 1959, tethered to big, unwieldy central systems: hospitals,… Internet Archive Garth Lenz: The true cost of oil 2012 · Talk · 17 min What does environmental devastation actually look like? At TEDxVictoria, photographer Garth Lenz shares shocking photos of the Alberta Tar Sands mining… Internet Archive Paul Rucker: The symbols of systemic racism -- and how to take away their power 2018 · Talk Multidisciplinary artist and TED Fellow Paul Rucker is unstitching the legacy of systemic racism in the United States. A collector of artifacts connected to… Internet Archive Raghava KK: What’s your 200-year plan? 2012 · Talk · 10 min You might have a 5-year plan, but what about a 200-year plan? Artist Raghava KK has set his eyes on an ultra-long-term horizon; at TEDxSummit, he shows how it… Internet Archive Sean Gourley on the mathematics of war 2009 · Talk · 7 min By analyzing raw data on violent incidents in the Iraq war and others, Sean Gourley and his team claim to have found a surprisingly strong mathematical… Internet Archive Uri Alon: Why truly innovative science demands a leap into the unknown 2014 · Talk · 15 min While studying for his Ph.D in physics, Uri Alon thought he was a failure because all his research paths led to dead ends. But, with the help of improv… Internet Archive Bart Weetjens: How I taught rats to sniff out land mines 2010 · Talk · 12 min At TEDxRotterdam, Bart Weetjens talks about his extraordinary project: training rats to sniff out land mines. He shows clips of his "hero rats" in action, and… Internet Archive Inge Missmahl brings peace to the minds of Afghanistan 2010 · Talk · 10 min When Jungian analyst Inge Missmahl visited Afghanistan, she saw the inner wounds of war -- widespread despair, trauma and depression. And yet, in this county… Internet Archive Jennifer Wilcox: A new way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere 2018 · Talk Our planet has a carbon problem — if we don't start removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, we'll grow hotter, faster. Chemical engineer Jennifer Wilcox… Internet Archive Joshua Prince-Ramus on Seattle's library 2006 · Talk · 20 min Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus takes the audience on dazzling, dizzying virtual tours of three recent projects: the Central Library in Seattle, the Museum… Internet Archive Nancy Kanwisher: A neural portrait of the human mind 2014 · Talk · 17 min Brain imaging pioneer Nancy Kanwisher, who uses fMRI scans to see activity in brain regions (often her own), shares what she and her colleagues have learned:… Internet Archive Tristan Harris: How better tech could protect us from distraction 2016 · Talk · 15 min How often does technology interrupt us from what we really mean to be doing? At work and at play, we spend a startling amount of time distracted by pings and… Internet Archive Erin McKean redefines the dictionary 2007 · Talk · 15 min Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways today's… Internet Archive Hasini Jayatilaka: How cancer cells communicate -- and how we can slow them down 2017 · Talk When cancer cells are closely packed together in a tumor, they're able to communicate with each other and coordinate their movement throughout the body. What… Internet Archive Misha Glenny investigates global crime networks 2009 · Talk · 19 min Journalist Misha Glenny spent several years in a courageous investigation of organized crime networks worldwide, which have grown to an estimated 15% of the… Internet Archive Nathalie Miebach: Art made of storms 2011 · Talk · 4 min Artist Nathalie Miebach takes weather data from massive storms and turns it into complex sculptures that embody the forces of nature and time. These… Internet Archive Phil Borges on endangered cultures 2007 · Talk · 18 min Photographer Phil Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon. In documenting… Internet Archive Philip K. Howard: Four ways to fix a broken legal system 2010 · Talk · 18 min The land of the free has become a legal minefield, says Philip K. Howard -- especially for teachers and doctors, whose work has been paralyzed by fear of… Internet Archive Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An invitation to men who want a better world for women 2015 · Talk · 12 min Around the world, women still struggle for equality in basic matters like the right to drive and to marry when they choose. But how to enlist everyone, men… Internet Archive James Bridle: The nightmare videos of children's YouTube -- and what's wrong with the internet today 2018 · Talk Writer and artist James Bridle uncovers a dark, strange corner of the internet, where unknown people or groups on YouTube hack the brains of young children in… Internet Archive James Burchfield plays (invisible) turntables 2008 · Talk · 4 min Human beatbox James "AudioPoet" Burchfield performs an intricate three-minute breakdown -- sexy, propulsive hip-hop rhythms and turntable textures -- all… Internet Archive Jessica Shortall: The US needs paid family leave -- for the sake of its future 2015 · Talk · 15 min We need women to work, and we need working women to have babies. So why is America one of the only countries in the world that offers no national paid leave… Internet Archive Leland Melvin: An astronaut's story of curiosity, perspective and change 2018 · Talk What job is best for a young man who's been a tennis ace, a cross-country traveler, a chemistry nerd and an NFL draftee? How about ... astronaut? Leland… Internet Archive Mike Velings: The case for fish farming 2016 · Talk · 15 min We're headed towards a global food crisis: Nearly 3 billion people depend on the ocean for food, and at our current rate we already take more fish from the… Internet Archive Richard Ledgett: The NSA responds to Edward Snowden’s TED Talk 2014 · Talk · 33 min After a surprise appearance by Edward Snowden at TED2014, Chris Anderson said: "If the NSA wants to respond, please do." And yes, they did. Appearing by… Internet Archive Trevor Aaronson: How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists 2015 · Talk · 9 min There's an organization responsible for more terrorism plots in the United States than al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab and ISIS combined: The FBI. How? Why? In an… Internet Archive Victoria Pratt: How judges can show respect 2017 · Talk In halls of justice around the world, how can we ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect? A pioneering judge in New Jersey, Victoria Pratt shares… Internet Archive Anjan Chatterjee: How your brain decides what is beautiful 2016 · Talk Anjan Chatterjee uses tools from evolutionary psychology and cognitive neuroscience to study one of nature's most captivating concepts: beauty. Learn more… Internet Archive Anthony D. Romero: This is what democracy looks like 2017 · Talk · 12 min In a quest to make sense of the political environment in the United States in 2017, lawyer and ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero turned to a… Internet Archive Aris Venetikidis: Making sense of maps 2012 · Talk · 16 min Map designer Aris Venetikidis is fascinated by the maps we draw in our minds as we move around a city -- less like street maps, more like schematics or wiring… Internet Archive Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll: How I learned to read -- and trade stocks -- in prison 2017 · Talk · 11 min Financial literacy isn't a skill — it's a lifestyle. Take it from Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll. As an incarcerated individual, Caroll knows the power of a… Internet Archive Jonathan Harris collects stories 2008 · Talk · 20 min At the EG conference in December 2007, artist Jonathan Harris discusses his latest projects, which involve collecting stories: his own, strangers', and… Internet Archive Mundano: Pimp my ... trash cart? 2014 · Talk · 5 min In Brazil, "catadores" collect junk and recyclables. But while they provide a vital service that benefits all, they are nearly invisible as they roam the… Internet Archive Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen through my eyes 2011 · Talk · 13 min As political turmoil in Yemen continues, the editor of the Yemen Times, Nadia Al-Sakkaf, talks at TEDGlobal with host Pat Mitchell. Al-Sakkaf's independent,… Internet Archive Nancy Frates: Why my family started the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The rest is history 2014 · Talk · 18 min When 27-year-old Pete Frates injured his wrist in a baseball game, he got an unexpected diagnosis: it wasn’t a broken bone, it was ALS. Better known as Lou… Internet Archive Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: How Africa can keep rising 2016 · Talk · 15 min African growth is a trend, not a fluke, says economist and former Finance Minister of Nigeria Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In this refreshingly candid and… Internet Archive Dennis vanEngelsdorp: a plea for bees 2008 · Talk · 16 min Bees are dying in droves. Why? Leading apiarist Dennis vanEngelsdorp looks at the gentle, misunderstood creature's important place in nature and the mystery… Internet Archive Eddi Reader on "What You've Got" 2007 · Talk · 5 min Singer/songwriter Eddi Reader performs "What You Do With What You've Got," a meditation on a very TED theme: how to use your gifts and talents to make a… Internet Archive John Francis walks the Earth 2008 · Talk · 19 min For almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect and… Internet Archive Lord Nicholas Stern: The state of the climate — and what we might do about it 2014 · Talk · 16 min Today, the UN begins its Climate Summit, enlisting the world to work together on a problem that’s too big for any one country to solve. Lord Nicholas Stern… Internet Archive Paola Antonelli: Why I brought Pac-Man to MoMA 2013 · Talk · 18 min When the Museum of Modern Art's senior curator of architecture and design announced the acquisition of 14 video games in 2012, "all hell broke loose." In this… Internet Archive Alison Jackson looks at celebrity 2008 · Talk · 17 min By making photographs that seem to show our favorite celebs (Diana, Elton John) doing what we really, secretly, want to see them doing, Alison Jackson… Internet Archive Carolyn Jones: A tribute to nurses 2016 · Talk · 10 min Carolyn Jones spent five years interviewing, photographing and filming nurses across America, traveling to places dealing with some of the nation's biggest…