TED Talks

1,873–1,920 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 Mariana Mazzucato: Government -- investor, risk-taker, innovator 2013 · Talk · 14 min Why doesn’t the government just get out of the way and let the private sector -- the “real revolutionaries” -- innovate? It’s rhetoric you hear everywhere,… Internet Archive Samantha Nutt: The real harm of the global arms trade 2016 · Talk · 13 min In some parts of the world, it's easier to get an automatic rifle than a glass of clean drinking water. Is this just the way it is? Samantha Nutt, doctor and… Internet Archive Siegfried Woldhek shows how he found the true face of Leonardo 2008 · Talk · 4 min Mona Lisa is one of the best-known faces on the planet. But would you recognize an image of Leonardo da Vinci? Illustrator Siegfried Woldhek uses some… Internet Archive Barat Ali Batoor: My desperate journey with a human smuggler 2015 · Talk · 10 min Photojournalist Barat Ali Batoor was living in Afghanistan — until his risky work forced him to leave the country. But for Batoor, a member of a displaced… Internet Archive Bruno Bowden folds while Rufus Cappadocia plays 2008 · Talk · 3 min After Robert Lang's talk on origami at TED2008, Bruno Bowden stepped onstage with a challenge -- he would fold one of Lang's astonishingly complicated origami… Internet Archive Larry Page: Where’s Google going next? 2014 · Talk · 23 min Onstage at TED2014, Charlie Rose interviews Google CEO Larry Page about his far-off vision for the company. It includes aerial bikeways and internet balloons… Internet Archive Chelsea Shields: How I'm working for change inside my church 2015 · Talk · 12 min How do we respect someone's religious beliefs, while also holding religion accountable for the damage those beliefs may cause? Chelsea Shields has a bold… Internet Archive Daria van den Bercken: Why I take the piano on the road … and in the air 2014 · Talk · 9 min Pianist Daria van den Bercken fell in love with the baroque keyboard music of George Frideric Handel. Now, she aims to ignite this passion in others. In this… Internet Archive Doris Kearns Goodwin on learning from past presidents 2008 · Talk · 18 min Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about what we can learn from American presidents, including Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson. Then she shares a moving… Internet Archive Laura Boushnak: For these women, reading is a daring act 2015 · Talk · 5 min In some parts of the world, half of the women lack basic reading and writing skills. The reasons vary, but in many cases, literacy isn't valued by fathers,… Internet Archive Michael Sandel: Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life 2013 · Talk · 14 min In the past three decades, says Michael Sandel, the US has drifted from a market economy to a market society; it's fair to say that an American's experience… Internet Archive Robin Ince: Science versus wonder? 2011 · Talk · 8 min Does science ruin the magic of life? In this grumpy but charming monologue, Robin Ince makes the argument against. The more we learn about the astonishing… Internet Archive Sean Follmer: Shape-shifting tech will change work as we know it 2016 · Talk · 9 min What will the world look like when we move beyond the keyboard and mouse? Interaction designer Sean Follmer is building a future with machines that bring… Internet Archive Anna Mracek Dietrich: A plane you can drive 2011 · Talk · 9 min A flying car -- it's an iconic image of the future. But after 100 years of flight and automotive engineering, no one has really cracked the problem. Pilot… Internet Archive Chinaka Hodge: What will you tell your daughters about 2016? 2016 · Talk · 3 min With words like shards of glass, Chinaka Hodge cuts open 2016 and lets 12 months of violence, grief, fear, shame, courage and hope spill out in this original… Internet Archive Jonathan Klein: Photos that changed the world 2010 · Talk · 6 min Photographs do more than document history -- they make it. At TED University, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images shows some of the most iconic, and talks about… Internet Archive Kotchakorn Voraakhom: How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods 2018 · Talk From London to Tokyo, climate change is causing cities to sink — and our modern concrete infrastructure is making us even more vulnerable to severe flooding,… Internet Archive Sarah Jones: What does the future hold? 11 characters offer quirky answers 2014 · Talk · 18 min Sarah Jones changes personas with the simplest of wardrobe swaps. In a laugh-out-loud improvisation, she invites 11 "friends" from the future on stage—from a… Internet Archive Simona Francese: Your fingerprints reveal more than you think 2018 · Talk Our fingerprints are what make us unique — but they're also home to a world of information hidden in molecules that reveal our actions, lifestyles and… Internet Archive Supasorn Suwajanakorn: Fake videos of real people -- and how to spot them 2018 · Talk Do you think you're good at spotting fake videos, where famous people say things they've never said in real life? See how they're made in this astonishing… Internet Archive Zachary R. Wood: Why it's worth listening to people you disagree with 2018 · Talk We get stronger, not weaker, by engaging with ideas and people we disagree with, says Zachary R. Wood. In an important talk about finding common ground, Wood… Internet Archive Anand Giridharadas: A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided 2015 · Talk · 19 min Ten days after 9/11, a shocking attack at a Texas mini-mart shattered the lives of two men: the victim and the attacker. In this stunning talk, Anand… Internet Archive Charles C. Mann: How will we survive when the population hits 10 billion? 2018 · Talk By 2050, an estimated 10 billion people will live on earth. How are we going to provide everybody with basic needs while also avoiding the worst impacts of… Internet Archive Essam Daod: How we can bring mental health support to refugees 2018 · Talk The global refugee crisis is a mental health catastrophe, leaving millions in need of psychological support to overcome the traumas of dislocation and… Internet Archive Greg Gage: Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate 2017 · Talk Neuroscientist Greg Gage takes sophisticated equipment used to study the brain out of graduate-level labs and brings them to middle- and high-school… Internet Archive Rev. James Forbes: Compassion at the dinner table 2008 · Talk · 18 min Join Rev. James Forbes at the dinner table of his Southern childhood, where his mother and father taught him what compassion really means day to day --… Internet Archive Manuel Lima: A visual history of human knowledge 2015 · Talk · 12 min How does knowledge grow? Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches. Infographics expert Manuel Lima explores the thousand-year history… Internet Archive Richard Resnick: Welcome to the genomic revolution 2011 · Talk · 11 min In this accessible talk from TEDxBoston, Richard Resnick shows how cheap and fast genome sequencing is about to turn health care (and insurance, and politics)… Internet Archive Chris McKnett: The investment logic for sustainability 2014 · Talk · 12 min Sustainability is pretty clearly one of the world's most important goals; but what groups can really make environmental progress in leaps and bounds? Chris… Internet Archive Dean Kamen previews a new prosthetic arm 2007 · Talk · 5 min Inventor Dean Kamen previews the prosthetic arm he’s developing at the request of the US Department of Defense. His quiet commitment to using technology to… Internet Archive Esther Duflo: Social experiments to fight poverty 2010 · Talk · 16 min Alleviating poverty is more guesswork than science, and lack of data on aid's impact raises questions about how to provide it. But Clark Medal-winner Esther… Internet Archive Jorge Soto: The future of early cancer detection? 2014 · Talk · 11 min Along with a crew of technologists and scientists, Jorge Soto is developing a simple, noninvasive, open-source test that looks for early signs of multiple… Internet Archive Liz Coleman's call to reinvent liberal arts education 2009 · Talk · 18 min Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow… Internet Archive Christiana Figueres: The inside story of the Paris climate agreement 2016 · Talk · 14 min What would you do if your job was to save the planet? When Christiana Figueres was tapped by the UN to lead the Paris climate conference (COP 21) in December… Internet Archive Damon Horowitz calls for a "moral operating system" 2011 · Talk · 16 min At TEDxSiliconValley, Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more -- and more about each other -- than ever before.… Internet Archive Jude Kelly: Why women should tell the stories of humanity 2017 · Talk · 13 min For many centuries (and for many reasons) critically acclaimed creative genius has generally come from a male perspective. As theater director Jude Kelly… Internet Archive Julian Treasure: Shh! Sound health in 8 steps 2010 · Talk · 7 min Julian Treasure says our increasingly noisy world is gnawing away at our mental health -- even costing lives. He lays out an 8-step plan to soften this sonic… Internet Archive Melvin Russell: I love being a police officer, but we need reform 2016 · Talk · 13 min We've invested so much in police departments as protectors that we have forgotten what it means to serve our communities, says Baltimore Police officer Lt.… Internet Archive Norman Spack: How I help transgender teens become who they want to be 2014 · Talk · 16 min Puberty is an awkward time for just about everybody, but for transgender teens it can be a nightmare, as they grow overnight into bodies they aren't… Internet Archive Prumsodun Ok: The magic of Khmer classical dance 2017 · Talk For more than 1,000 years, Khmer dancers in Cambodia have been seen as living bridges between heaven and earth. In this graceful dance-talk hybrid, artist… Internet Archive Annette Heuser: The 3 agencies with the power to make or break economies 2014 · Talk · 9 min The way we rate national economies is all wrong, says rating agency reformer Annette Heuser. With mysterious and obscure methods, three private US-based… Internet Archive Ben Saunders: To the South Pole and back — the hardest 105 days of my life 2014 · Talk · 17 min This year, explorer Ben Saunders attempted his most ambitious trek yet. He set out to complete Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s failed 1912 polar expedition — a… Internet Archive Chip Conley: What baby boomers can learn from millennials at work -- and vice versa 2018 · Talk For the first time ever, we have five generations in the workplace at the same time, says entrepreneur Chip Conley. What would happen if we got intentional… Internet Archive Dilip Ratha: The hidden force in global economics: sending money home 2014 · Talk · 17 min In 2013, international migrants sent $413 billion home to families and friends — three times more than the total of global foreign aid (about $135 billion).… Internet Archive Jessica Pryce: To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation 2018 · Talk In this eye-opening talk about the impact of race and neighborhood on foster-care decisions, social worker Jessica Pryce shares a promising solution to help… Internet Archive Kenneth Lacovara: Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe 2016 · Talk · 15 min What happens when you discover a dinosaur? Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara details his unearthing of Dreadnoughtus — a 77-million-year-old sauropod that was… Internet Archive Maira Kalman, the illustrated woman 2007 · Talk · 17 min Author and illustrator Maira Kalman talks about her life and work, from her covers for The New Yorker to her books for children and grown-ups. She is as… Internet Archive Sally Kohn: Don't like clickbait? Don't click 2014 · Talk · 4 min Doesn't it seem like a lot of online news sites have moved beyond reporting the news to openly inciting your outrage (and your page views)? News analyst Sally…