TED Talks

145–192 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 Sophie Hunger plays songs of secrets, city lights 2010 · Talk · 23 min This haunting, intimate performance by European singer-songwriter Sophie Hunger features songs from her breakout debut "Monday's Ghost" and the just-released… Internet Archive Ralph Langner: Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon 2011 · Talk · 10 min When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling… Internet Archive Gustavo Dudamel leads El Sistema's top youth orchestra 2009 · Talk · 17 min The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela's life-changing music program, El Sistema. Led here by Gustavo… Internet Archive Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals 2012 · Talk · 16 min Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some… Internet Archive Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously. 2013 · Talk · 14 min It's 2013, yet 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to a basic sanitary toilet. And when there's no loo, where do you poo? In the street, probably… Internet Archive David Steindl-Rast: Want to be happy? Be grateful 2013 · Talk · 14 min The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness,… Internet Archive Brian Greene on string theory 2008 · Talk · 19 min Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the… Internet Archive Israel and Iran: A love story? 2012 · Talk · 14 min When war between Israel and Iran seemed imminent, Israeli graphic designer Ronny Edry shared a poster on Facebook of himself and his daughter with a bold… Internet Archive Andrew Blum: What is the Internet, really? 2012 · Talk · 12 min When a squirrel chewed through a cable and knocked him offline, journalist Andrew Blum started wondering what the Internet was really made of. So he set out… Internet Archive Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future 2012 · Talk · 19 min The world is becoming increasingly open, and that has implications both bright and dangerous. Marc Goodman paints a portrait of a grave future, in which… Internet Archive Billy Collins: Everyday moments, caught in time 2012 · Talk · 15 min Combining dry wit with artistic depth, Billy Collins shares a project in which several of his poems were turned into delightful animated films in a… Internet Archive Barbara Block: Tagging tuna in the deep ocean 2010 · Talk · 20 min Tuna are ocean athletes -- fast, far-ranging predators whose habits we're just beginning to understand. Marine biologist Barbara Block fits tuna with tracking… Internet Archive Colin Stokes: How movies teach manhood 2013 · Talk · 12 min When Colin Stokes’ 3-year-old son caught a glimpse of Star Wars, he was instantly obsessed. But what messages did he absorb from the sci-fi classic? Stokes… Internet Archive Sofi Tukker: "Awoo" 2017 · Talk · 3 min Electro-pop duo Sofi Tukker dance it out with the TED audience in a performance of their upbeat, rhythmic song "Awoo," featuring Betta Lemme. Internet Archive Ben Saunders: Why bother leaving the house? 2012 · Talk · 10 min Explorer Ben Saunders wants you to go outside! Not because it’s always pleasant and happy, but because that’s where the meat of life is, “the juice that we… Internet Archive John Doerr: Why the secret to success is setting the right goals 2018 · Talk Our leaders and institutions are failing us, but it's not always because they're bad or unethical, says venture capitalist John Doerr — often, it's simply… Internet Archive Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers 2010 · Talk · 16 min In tough economic times, our exploratory science programs -- from space probes to the LHC -- are first to suffer budget cuts. Brian Cox explains how… Internet Archive Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies 2011 · Talk · 10 min At TEDxRainier, Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another -- by listening to the humans around them and… Internet Archive Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight 2011 · Talk · 15 min Master storyteller Malcolm Gladwell tells the tale of the Norden bombsight, a groundbreaking piece of World War II technology with a deeply unexpected result. Internet Archive Doris Kim Sung: Metal that breathes 2012 · Talk · 9 min Modern buildings with floor-to-ceiling windows give spectacular views, but they require a lot of energy to cool. Doris Kim Sung works with thermo-bimetals,… Internet Archive Sue Austin: Deep sea diving … in a wheelchair 2013 · Talk · 9 min When Sue Austin got a power chair 16 years ago, she felt a tremendous sense of freedom -- yet others looked at her as though she had lost something. In her… Internet Archive Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture 2011 · Talk · 13 min How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. At TEDSalon in London, Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature… Internet Archive Tony Porter: A call to men 2010 · Talk · 11 min At TEDWomen, Tony Porter makes a call to men everywhere: Don't "act like a man." Telling powerful stories from his own life, he shows how this mentality,… Internet Archive Paul Nicklen: Tales of ice-bound wonderlands 2011 · Talk · 17 min Diving under the Antarctic ice to get close to the much-feared leopard seal, photographer Paul Nicklen found an extraordinary new friend. Share his hilarious,… Internet Archive Brenda Brathwaite: Gaming for understanding 2012 · Talk · 9 min It's never easy to get across the magnitude of complex tragedies -- so when Brenda Brathwite's daughter came home from school asking about slavery, she did… Internet Archive Patricia Ryan: Don't insist on English! 2011 · Talk · 10 min At TEDxDubai, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in… Internet Archive Aaron Huey: America's native prisoners of war 2010 · Talk · 15 min Aaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people --… Internet Archive Evelyn Glennie shows how to listen 2007 · Talk · 32 min In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit… Internet Archive James A. White Sr.: The little problem I had renting a house 2015 · Talk · 14 min Fifty-three years ago, James A. White Sr. joined the US Air Force. But as an African American man, he had to go to shocking lengths to find a place for his… Internet Archive Peter Attia: What if we’re wrong about diabetes? 2013 · Talk · 15 min As a young ER doctor, Peter Attia felt contempt for a patient with diabetes. She was overweight, he thought, and thus responsible for the fact that she needed… Internet Archive Reviving New York's rivers -- with oysters! 2011 · Talk · 10 min Architect Kate Orff sees the oyster as an agent of urban change. Bundled into beds and sunk into city rivers, oysters slurp up pollution and make legendarily… Internet Archive Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology 2012 · Talk · 9 min We have no ways to directly observe molecules and what they do -- Drew Berry wants to change that. At TEDxSydney he shows his scientifically accurate (and… Internet Archive Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs 2009 · Talk · 10 min Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs -- she's got a dozen amazing pairs -- and the superpowers they grant her: speed,… Internet Archive Leslie Morgan Steiner: Why domestic violence victims don't leave 2013 · Talk · 16 min Leslie Morgan Steiner was in “crazy love” -- that is, madly in love with a man who routinely abused her and threatened her life. Steiner tells the dark story… Internet Archive Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction 2010 · Talk · 19 min Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak… Internet Archive Christopher McDougall: Are we born to run? 2011 · Talk · 15 min Christopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How did running help early humans survive -- and what urges from our ancient… Internet Archive Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard! 2013 · Talk · 13 min Why can't two slices of pizza be used as a slide clicker? Why shouldn't you make music with ketchup? In this charming talk, inventor Jay Silver talks about… Internet Archive Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution 2010 · Talk · 5 min Artist Dianna Cohen shares some tough truths about plastic pollution in the ocean and in our lives -- and some thoughts on how to free ourselves from the… Internet Archive Roselinde Torres: What it takes to be a great leader 2014 · Talk · 9 min There are many leadership programs available today, from 1-day workshops to corporate training programs. But chances are, these won't really help. In this… Internet Archive Lemon Andersen performs "Please don't take my Air Jordans" 2012 · Talk · 8 min Would you kill for a pair of Air Jordans? Lemon Andersen spins a tale of someone who did, reciting a poem by Reg E. Gaines. These verses taught Lemon that… Internet Archive Howard Rheingold: The new power of collaboration 2008 · Talk · 19 min Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our… Internet Archive Marina Abramović: An art made of trust, vulnerability and connection 2015 · Talk · 15 min Marina Abramović's art pushes the boundary between audience and artist in pursuit of heightened consciousness and personal change. In her groundbreaking 2010… Internet Archive Martin Seligman on positive psychology 2008 · Talk · 23 min Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus… Internet Archive Tristram Stuart: The global food waste scandal 2012 · Talk · 14 min Western countries throw out nearly half of their food, not because it’s inedible -- but because it doesn’t look appealing. Tristram Stuart delves into the… Internet Archive Vicki Arroyo: Let's prepare for our new climate 2012 · Talk · 10 min Set aside the politics: Data shows that climate change is happening, measurably, now. And as Vicki Arroyo says, it's time to prepare our homes and cities for… Internet Archive Philip Evans: How data will transform business 2014 · Talk What does the future of business look like? In an informative talk, Philip Evans gives a quick primer on two long-standing theories in strategy — and explains… Internet Archive Daniel Tammet: Different ways of knowing 2011 · Talk · 10 min Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia -- meaning that his perception of words, numbers and colors are woven together into a new way… Internet Archive Ellen 't Hoen: Pool medical patents, save lives 2012 · Talk · 11 min Patenting a new drug helps finance its immense cost to develop -- but that same patent can put advanced treatments out of reach for sick people in developing…