TED Talks

1,969–2,016 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 Daniel Kraft: Medicine's future? There's an app for that 2011 · Talk · 18 min At TEDxMaastricht, Daniel Kraft offers a fast-paced look at the next few years of innovations in medicine, powered by new tools, tests and apps that bring… Internet Archive David Hoffman on losing everything 2008 · Talk · 4 min Nine days before TED2008, filmmaker David Hoffman lost almost everything he owned in a fire that destroyed his home, office and 30 years of passionate… Internet Archive George Blair-West: 3 ways to build a happy marriage and avoid divorce 2017 · Talk Choosing to marry and share your life with someone is one of the most important decisions you can make in life. But with divorce rates approaching fifty… Internet Archive Gregory Heyworth: How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts 2016 · Talk · 12 min Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist; he and his lab work on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology. In this… Internet Archive James Hansen: Why I must speak out about climate change 2012 · Talk · 17 min Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the… Internet Archive Marc Abrahams: A science award that makes you laugh, then think 2014 · Talk · 13 min As founder of the Ig Nobel awards, Marc Abrahams explores the world’s most improbable research. In this thought-provoking (and occasionally side-splitting)… Internet Archive Rich Benjamin: My road trip through the whitest towns in America 2015 · Talk · 13 min As America becomes more and more multicultural, Rich Benjamin noticed a phenomenon: Some communities were actually getting less diverse. So he got out a map,… Internet Archive Takaharu Tezuka: The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen 2015 · Talk · 9 min At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cutest kindergarten, designed by… Internet Archive Yochai Benkler on the new open-source economics 2008 · Talk · 17 min Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization. Internet Archive Anjali Tripathi: Why Earth may someday look like Mars 2016 · Talk · 11 min Every minute, 400 pounds of hydrogen and almost 7 pounds of helium escape from Earth's atmosphere into outer space. Astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi studies the… Internet Archive Don Levy: A cinematic journey through visual effects 2013 · Talk · 6 min It's been 110 years since Georges Méliès sent a spaceship slamming into the eye of the man on the moon. So how far have visual effects come since then?… Internet Archive Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly: Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best. 2014 · Talk · 18 min On January 8th, 2011, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head while meeting constituents in her home town of Tucson, Arizona. Her husband, the… Internet Archive Jacqueline Novogratz on patient capitalism 2007 · Talk · 18 min Jacqueline Novogratz shares stories of how "patient capital" can bring sustainable jobs, goods, services -- and dignity -- to the world's poorest. Internet Archive Jimmy Lin: A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early 2017 · Talk Jimmy Lin is developing technologies to catch cancer months to years before current methods. He shares a breakthrough technique that looks for small signals… Internet Archive Joe DeRisi solves medical mysteries 2009 · Talk · 16 min Biochemist Joe DeRisi talks about amazing new ways to diagnose viruses (and treat the illnesses they cause) using DNA. His work may help us understand… Internet Archive Michel Laberge: How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion 2014 · Talk · 12 min Our energy future depends on nuclear fusion, says Michel Laberge. The plasma physicist runs a small company with a big idea for a new type of nuclear reactor… Internet Archive Nicaila Matthews Okome: This is the side hustle revolution 2018 · Talk Past generations found a company to work for and then stayed there for decades. But today, we rarely stay in the same job (let alone on the same career path)… Internet Archive Raffaello D'Andrea: Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future 2016 · Talk · 11 min When you hear the word "drone," you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems… Internet Archive Anna Rosling Rönnlund: See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income 2017 · Talk What does it look like when someone in Sweden brushes their teeth or when someone in Rwanda makes their bed? Anna Rosling Rönnlund wants all of us to find… Internet Archive Chris Burkard: The joy of surfing in ice-cold water 2015 · Talk · 9 min "Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, just a little bit," says surf photographer Chris Burkard, as he explains his obsession with… Internet Archive Elise Roy: When we design for disability, we all benefit 2016 · Talk · 13 min "I believe that losing my hearing was one of the greatest gifts I've ever received," says Elise Roy. As a disability rights lawyer and design thinker, she… Internet Archive Karen Lloyd: This deep-sea mystery is changing our understanding of life 2017 · Talk How deep into the Earth can we go and still find life? Marine microbiologist Karen Lloyd introduces us to deep-subsurface microbes: tiny organisms that live… Internet Archive Vanessa Ruiz: The spellbinding art of human anatomy 2016 · Talk · 11 min Vanessa Ruiz takes us on an illustrated journey of human anatomical art over the centuries, sharing captivating images that bring this visual science — and… Internet Archive Anil Ananthaswamy: What it takes to do extreme astrophysics 2011 · Talk · 14 min All over the planet, giant telescopes and detectors are looking (and listening) for clues to the workings of the universe. At the INK Conference, science… Internet Archive Carne Ross: An independent diplomat 2010 · Talk · 20 min After 15 years in the British diplomatic corps, Carne Ross became a "freelance diplomat," running a bold nonprofit that gives small, developing and… Internet Archive Dave Brain: What a planet needs to sustain life 2016 · Talk · 13 min "Venus is too hot, Mars is too cold, and Earth is just right," says planetary scientist Dave Brain. But why? In this pleasantly humorous talk, Brain explores… Internet Archive Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 2015 · Talk · 16 min With his signature resolve, former US President Jimmy Carter dives into three unexpected reasons why the mistreatment of women and girls continues in so many… Internet Archive Joy Sun: Should you donate differently? 2014 · Talk · 7 min Technology allows us to give cash directly to the poorest people on the planet. Should we do it? In this thought-provoking talk, veteran aid worker Joy Sun… Internet Archive Adong Judith: How I use art to bridge misunderstanding 2017 · Talk Director and playwright Adong Judith creates provocative art that sparks dialogue on issues from LGBTQ rights to war crimes. In this quick but powerful talk,… Internet Archive Catherine Crump: The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you 2014 · Talk · 5 min A very unsexy-sounding piece of technology could mean that the police know where you go, with whom, and when: the automatic license plate reader. These… Internet Archive Christiane Amanpour: How to seek truth in the era of fake news 2017 · Talk Known worldwide for her courage and clarity, Christiane Amanpour has spent the past three decades interviewing business, cultural and political leaders who… Internet Archive Claron McFadden: Singing the primal mystery 2011 · Talk · 10 min "The human voice: mysterious, spontaneous, primal." With these words, soprano Claron McFadden invites us to explore the mysteries of breathing and singing, as… Internet Archive Jacqueline Novogratz: Inspiring a life of immersion 2011 · Talk · 17 min We each want to live a life of purpose, but where to start? In this luminous, wide-ranging talk, Jacqueline Novogratz introduces us to people she's met in her… Internet Archive Roberto D'Angelo + Francesca Fedeli: In our baby's illness, a life lesson 2013 · Talk · 6 min Roberto D'Angelo and Francesca Fedeli thought their baby boy Mario was healthy -- until at 10 days old, they discovered he'd had a perinatal stroke. With… Internet Archive Adam Ostrow: After your final status update 2011 · Talk · 5 min Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a… Internet Archive Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps 2010 · Talk · 8 min In a demo that drew gasps at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos new augmented-reality mapping technology from Microsoft. Internet Archive JP Rangaswami: Information is food 2012 · Talk · 8 min How do we consume data? At TED@SXSWi, technologist JP Rangaswami muses on our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat… Internet Archive Miguel Nicolelis: Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it 2015 · Talk · 19 min You may remember neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis — he built the brain-controlled exoskeleton that allowed a paralyzed man to kick the first ball of the 2014… Internet Archive Molly Crockett: Beware neuro-bunk 2012 · Talk · 11 min Brains are ubiquitous in modern marketing: Headlines proclaim cheese sandwiches help with decision-making, while a “neuro” drink claims to reduce stress.… Internet Archive Nilofer Merchant: Got a meeting? Take a walk 2013 · Talk · 3 min Nilofer Merchant suggests a small idea that just might have a big impact on your life and health: Next time you have a one-on-one meeting, make it into a… Internet Archive Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning 2011 · Talk · 12 min At TEDxPSU, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their… Internet Archive Andrew Fitzgerald: Adventures in Twitter fiction 2013 · Talk · 11 min In the 1930s, broadcast radio introduced an entirely new form of storytelling; today, micro-blogging platforms like Twitter are changing the scene again.… Internet Archive Carl Safina: What are animals thinking and feeling? 2015 · Talk · 19 min What's going on inside the brains of animals? Can we know what, or if, they're thinking and feeling? Carl Safina thinks we can. Using discoveries and… Internet Archive Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea 2012 · Talk · 14 min What does a bill like PIPA/SOPA mean to our shareable world? At the TED offices, Clay Shirky delivers a proper manifesto -- a call to defend our freedom to… Internet Archive Mikko Hypponen: Three types of online attack 2012 · Talk · 9 min Cybercrime expert Mikko Hypponen talks us through three types of online attack on our privacy and data -- and only two are considered crimes. "Do we blindly… Internet Archive Monica Byrne: A sci-fi vision of love from a 318-year-old hologram 2016 · Talk · 12 min Science fiction writer Monica Byrne imagines rich worlds populated with characters who defy our racial, social and gender stereotypes. In this performance,… Internet Archive Tamekia MizLadi Smith: How to train employees to have difficult conversations 2018 · Talk It's time to invest in face-to-face training that empowers employees to have difficult conversations, says Tamekia MizLadi Smith. In a witty, provocative… Internet Archive Hans and Ola Rosling: How not to be ignorant about the world 2014 · Talk · 19 min How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer),…