TED Talks

2,065–2,112 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 Wanis Kabbaj: What a driverless world could look like 2016 · Talk · 11 min What if traffic flowed through our streets as smoothly and efficiently as blood flows through our veins? Transportation geek Wanis Kabbaj thinks we can find… Internet Archive Christian Picciolini: My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement -- and how I got out 2017 · Talk At 14, Christian Picciolini went from naïve teenager to white supremacist — and soon, the leader of the first neo-Nazi skinhead gang in the United States. How… Internet Archive Ethan Nadelmann: Why we need to end the War on Drugs 2014 · Talk · 17 min Is the War on Drugs doing more harm than good? In a bold talk, drug policy reformist Ethan Nadelmann makes an impassioned plea to end the "backward,… Internet Archive Floyd E. Romesberg: The radical possibilities of man-made DNA 2018 · Talk Every cell that's ever lived has been the result of the four-letter genetic alphabet: A, T, C and G — the basic units of DNA. But now that's changed. In a… Internet Archive Diébédo Francis Kéré: How to build with clay... and community 2013 · Talk · 12 min Diébédo Francis Kéré knew exactly what he wanted to do when he got his degree in architecture… He wanted to go home to Gando in Burkina Faso, to help his… Internet Archive Jill Farrant: How we can make crops survive without water 2016 · Talk · 14 min As the world's population grows and the effects of climate change come into sharper relief, we'll have to feed more people using less arable land. Molecular… Internet Archive Josette Sheeran: Ending hunger now 2011 · Talk · 19 min Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of… Internet Archive Scott Kim takes apart the art of puzzles 2009 · Talk · 11 min At the 2008 EG conference, famed puzzle designer Scott Kim takes us inside the puzzle-maker's frame of mind. Sampling his career's work, he introduces a few… Internet Archive Tim Berners-Lee: A Magna Carta for the web 2014 · Talk · 6 min Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web 25 years ago. So it’s worth a listen when he warns us: There’s a battle ahead. Eroding net neutrality, filter… Internet Archive Barton Seaver: Sustainable seafood? Let's get smart 2010 · Talk · 9 min Chef Barton Seaver presents a modern dilemma: Seafood is one of our healthier protein options, but overfishing is desperately harming our oceans. He suggests… Internet Archive Clay Shirky on institutions vs. collaboration 2008 · Talk · 20 min In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and… Internet Archive David Puttnam: What happens when the media's priority is profit? 2014 · Talk · 10 min In this thoughtful talk, David Puttnam asks a big question about the media: Does it have a moral imperative to create informed citizens, or is it free to… Internet Archive Geoff Mulgan: Post-crash, investing in a better world 2009 · Talk · 17 min As we reboot the world's economy, Geoff Mulgan poses a question: Instead of sending bailout money to doomed old industries, why not use stimulus funds to… Internet Archive Jan Chipchase on our mobile phones 2007 · Talk · 16 min Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase's investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our… Internet Archive Kristen Marhaver: Why I still have hope for coral reefs 2017 · Talk Corals in the Pacific Ocean have been dying at an alarming rate, particularly from bleaching brought on by increased water temperatures. But it's not too late… Internet Archive Marco Tempest: Maybe the best robot demo ever 2014 · Talk · 6 min Marco Tempest uses charming stagecraft to demo EDI, the multi-purpose robot designed to work very closely with humans. Less a magic trick than an intricately… Internet Archive Mike deGruy: Hooked by an octopus 2012 · Talk · 16 min Underwater filmmaker Mike deGruy has spent decades looking intimately at the ocean. A consummate storyteller, he takes the stage at Mission Blue to share his… Internet Archive Nora Atkinson: Why art thrives at Burning Man 2018 · Talk Craft curator Nora Atkinson takes us on a trip to Nevada's Black Rock Desert to see the beautifully designed and participatory art of Burning Man, revealing… Internet Archive Raymond Wang: How germs travel on planes -- and how we can stop them 2015 · Talk · 6 min Raymond Wang is only 17 years old, but he's already helping to build a healthier future. Using fluid dynamics, he created computational simulations of how air… Internet Archive Renny Gleeson on antisocial phone tricks 2009 · Talk · 3 min In this funny (and actually poignant) 3-minute talk, social strategist Renny Gleeson breaks down our always-on social world -- where the experience we're… Internet Archive Sarah Parcak: Help discover ancient ruins -- before it's too late 2017 · Talk · 21 min Sarah Parcak uses satellites orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth to uncover hidden ancient treasures buried beneath our feet. There's a lot to discover; in… Internet Archive Virginia Postrel on glamour 2008 · Talk · 16 min In a timely talk, cultural critic Virginia Postrel muses on the true meaning, and the powerful uses, of glamour -- which she defines as any calculated,… Internet Archive Andreas Ekström: The moral bias behind your search results 2015 · Talk · 9 min Search engines have become our most trusted sources of information and arbiters of truth. But can we ever get an unbiased search result? Swedish author and… Internet Archive Harald Haas: Forget Wi-Fi. Meet the new Li-Fi Internet 2015 · Talk · 7 min What if we could use existing technologies to provide Internet access to the more than 4 billion people living in places where the infrastructure can't… Internet Archive Margaret Gould Stewart: How the hyperlink changed everything 2018 · Talk The hyperlink is the LEGO block of the internet. Here's the bizarre history of how it came to be, as told by user experience master Margaret Gould Stewart. Internet Archive Peter Eigen: How to expose the corrupt 2010 · Talk · 16 min Some of the world's most baffling social problems, says Peter Eigen, can be traced to systematic, pervasive government corruption, hand-in-glove with global… Internet Archive Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: How we can face the future without fear, together 2017 · Talk It's a fateful moment in history. We've seen divisive elections, divided societies and the growth of extremism — all fueled by anxiety and uncertainty. "Is… Internet Archive Robert Wright: The evolution of compassion 2008 · Talk · 16 min Robert Wright uses evolutionary biology and game theory to explain why we appreciate the Golden Rule ("Do unto others..."), why we sometimes ignore it and why… Internet Archive Sebastian Deterding: What your designs say about you 2012 · Talk · 12 min What does your chair say about what you value? Designer Sebastian Deterding shows how our visions of morality and what the good life is are reflected in the… Internet Archive Sheryl Sandberg: So we leaned in ... now what? 2014 · Talk · 16 min Sheryl Sandberg admits she was terrified to step onto the TED stage in 2010 -- because she was going to talk, for the first time, about the lonely experience… Internet Archive Simon Lewis: Don't take consciousness for granted 2011 · Talk · 22 min After a catastrophic car accident that left him in a coma, Simon Lewis found ways to recover -- physically and mentally -- beyond all expectations. At the INK… Internet Archive Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy's future 2009 · Talk · 9 min Physicist Steven Cowley is certain that nuclear fusion is the only truly sustainable solution to the fuel crisis. He explains why fusion will work -- and… Internet Archive Chris Anderson: The secret to a great TED Talk Talk · 8 min There's no single formula for a great talk, but there is a secret ingredient that all the best ones have in common. TED Curator Chris Anderson shares this… Internet Archive Bill Bernat: How to connect with depressed friends 2017 · Talk Want to connect with a depressed friend but not sure how to relate to them? Comedian and storyteller Bill Bernat has a few suggestions. Learn some dos and… Internet Archive Dan Pacholke: How prisons can help inmates live meaningful lives 2014 · Talk · 10 min In the United States, the agencies that govern prisons are often called ‘Department of Corrections.’ And yet, their focus is on containing and controlling… Internet Archive Deborah Gordon digs ants 2008 · Talk · 20 min With a dusty backhoe, a handful of Japanese paint markers and a few students in tow, Deborah Gordon digs up ant colonies in the Arizona desert in search of… Internet Archive Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion's free culture 2009 · Talk · 15 min Copyright law's grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry ... and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna… Internet Archive Kristen Marhaver: How we're growing baby corals to rebuild reefs 2015 · Talk · 13 min Kristen Marhaver studies corals, tiny creatures the size of a poppyseed that, over hundreds of slow years, create beautiful, life-sustaining ocean structures… Internet Archive Matthew Carter: My life in typefaces 2014 · Talk · 16 min Pick up a book, magazine or screen, and more than likely you'll come across some typography designed by Matthew Carter. In this charming talk, the man behind… Internet Archive Mohamed Ali: The link between unemployment and terrorism 2013 · Talk · 9 min For the young and unemployed in the world's big cities, dreams of opportunity and wealth do come true -- but too often because they're heavily recruited by… Internet Archive Nathan Wolfe: What's left to explore? 2012 · Talk · 7 min We've been to the moon, we've mapped the continents, we've even been to the deepest point in the ocean -- twice. What's left for the next generation to… Internet Archive Shaka Senghor: Why your worst deeds don’t define you 2014 · Talk · 12 min In 1991, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man. He was, he says, "a drug dealer with a quick temper and a semi-automatic pistol." Jailed for second degree… Internet Archive Wael Ghonim: Inside the Egyptian revolution 2011 · Talk · 9 min Wael Ghonim is the Google executive who helped jumpstart Egypt's democratic revolution ... with a Facebook page memorializing a victim of the regime's… Internet Archive Arthur Brooks: A conservative's plea: Let's work together 2016 · Talk · 14 min Conservatives and liberals both believe that they alone are motivated by love while their opponents are motivated by hate. How can we solve problems with so… Internet Archive Billie Jean King: This tennis icon paved the way for women in sports 2015 · Interview · 16 min Tennis legend Billie Jean King isn't just a pioneer of women's tennis — she's a pioneer for women getting paid. In this freewheeling conversation, she talks… Internet Archive Deborah Gordon: What ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet 2014 · Talk · 14 min Ecologist Deborah Gordon studies ants wherever she can find them -- in the desert, in the tropics, in her kitchen ... In this fascinating talk, she explains… Internet Archive Matthew Williams: Special Olympics let me be myself -- a champion 2016 · Talk · 14 min How much do you know about intellectual disabilities? Special Olympics champion and ambassador Matthew Williams is proof that athletic competition and the… Internet Archive Raymond Tang: Be humble -- and other lessons from the philosophy of water 2017 · Talk How do we find fulfillment in a world that's constantly changing? Raymond Tang struggled with this question until he came across the ancient Chinese…