TED Talks

2,161–2,208 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 Laura Indolfi: Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer 2016 · Talk · 6 min Anyone who has lost a loved one to pancreatic cancer knows the devastating speed with which it can affect an otherwise healthy person. TED Fellow and… Internet Archive Memory Banda: A warrior’s cry against child marriage 2015 · Talk · 12 min Memory Banda’s life took a divergent path from her sister’s. When her sister reached puberty, she was sent to a traditional “initiation camp” that teaches… Internet Archive Michele L. Sullivan: Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness 2017 · Talk · 11 min We all go through challenges — some you can see, most you can't, says Michele L. Sullivan. In a talk about perspective, Sullivan shares stories full of wit… Internet Archive Rives: Reinventing the encyclopedia game 2012 · Talk · 10 min Prompted by the Encyclopaedia Britannica ending its print publication, performance poet Rives resurrects a game from his childhood. Speaking at the TEDxSummit… Internet Archive Cristina Domenech: Poetry that frees the soul 2015 · Talk · 12 min “It’s said that to be a poet, you have to go to hell and back.” Cristina Domenech teaches writing at an Argentinian prison, and she tells the moving story of… Internet Archive A whistleblower you haven't heard 2011 · Talk · 11 min At TEDxRotterdam, world champion whistler Geert Chatrou performs the whimsical "Eleonora" by A. Honhoff, and his own "Fête de la Belle." In a fascinating… Internet Archive Golan Levin makes art that looks back at you 2009 · Talk · 15 min Golan Levin, an artist and engineer, uses modern tools -- robotics, new software, cognitive research -- to make artworks that surprise and delight. Watch as… Internet Archive Gonzalo Vilarino: How Argentina's blind soccer team became champions 2016 · Talk · 14 min With warmth and respect, Gonzalo Vilariño tells the captivating story of Argentina's blind soccer team — and how a sincere belief in themselves and their… Internet Archive Jacqueline Novogratz invests in Africa's own solutions 2006 · Talk · 12 min Jacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for a new approach. Internet Archive Jarrett Krosoczka: Why lunch ladies are heroes 2014 · Talk · 5 min Children’s book author Jarrett Krosoczka shares the origins of the Lunch Lady graphic novel series, in which undercover school heroes serve lunch…and justice!… Internet Archive Justin Davidson: Why glass towers are bad for city life -- and what we need instead 2017 · Talk · 12 min There's a creepy transformation taking over our cities, says architecture critic Justin Davidson. From Houston, Texas to Guangzhou, China, shiny towers of… Internet Archive Magda Sayeg: How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement 2016 · Talk · 5 min Textile artist Magda Sayeg transforms urban landscapes into her own playground by decorating everyday objects with colorful knit and crochet works. These… Internet Archive R. Luke DuBois: Insightful human portraits made from data 2016 · Talk · 12 min Artist R. Luke DuBois makes unique portraits of presidents, cities, himself and even Britney Spears using data and personality. In this talk, he shares nine… Internet Archive Rodney Brooks says robots will invade our lives 2008 · Talk · 18 min In this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives -- starting with toys and moving… Internet Archive Ron McCallum: How technology allowed me to read 2013 · Talk · 15 min Months after he was born, in 1948, Ron McCallum became blind. In this charming, moving talk, he shows how he is able to read -- and celebrates the progression… Internet Archive António Guterres: Refugees have the right to be protected 2015 · Interview · 19 min UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres thinks that we can solve the global refugee crisis — and he offers compelling, surprising reasons why we… Internet Archive Ellen Gustafson: Obesity + Hunger = 1 global food issue 2010 · Talk · 9 min Co-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. At TEDxEast, she launches The 30 Project --… Internet Archive Hugh Herr: How we'll become cyborgs and extend human potential 2018 · Talk Humans will soon have new bodies that forever blur the line between the natural and synthetic worlds, says bionics designer Hugh Herr. In an unforgettable… Internet Archive Joseph Lekuton tells a parable for Kenya 2008 · Talk · 5 min Joseph Lekuton, a member of parliament in Kenya, starts with the story of his remarkable education, then offers a parable of how Africa can grow. His message… Internet Archive Julia Shaw: A memory scientist's advice on reporting harassment and discrimination 2018 · Talk How do you turn a memory, especially one of a traumatic event, into hard evidence of a crime? Julia Shaw is working on this challenge, combining tools from… Internet Archive Paul Collier's new rules for rebuilding a broken nation 2009 · Talk · 16 min Long conflict can wreck a country, leaving behind poverty and chaos. But what's the right way to help war-torn countries rebuild? At TED@State, Paul Collier… Internet Archive Ziyah Gafić: Everyday objects, tragic histories 2014 · Talk · 4 min Ziyah Gafić photographs everyday objects—watches, shoes, glasses. But these images are deceptively simple; the items in them were exhumed from the mass… Internet Archive Aala El-Khani: What it's like to be a parent in a war zone 2017 · Talk · 14 min How do parents protect their children and help them feel secure again when their homes are ripped apart by war? In this warm-hearted talk, psychologist Aala… Internet Archive Cheyenne Cochrane: A celebration of natural hair 2016 · Talk · 14 min Cheyenne Cochrane explores the role that hair texture has played in the history of being black in America — from the heat straightening products of the… Internet Archive David Pogue on the music wars 2008 · Talk · 4 min New York Times tech columnist David Pogue performs a satirical mini-medley about iTunes and the downloading wars, borrowing a few notes from Sonny and Cher… Internet Archive Erez Yoeli: How to motivate people to do good for others 2018 · Talk How can we get people to do more good: to go to the polls, give to charity, conserve resources or just generally act better towards others? MIT research… Internet Archive Ivan Coyote: Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms 2016 · Talk · 11 min There are a few things that we all need: fresh air, water, food, shelter, love ... and a safe place to pee. For trans people who don't fit neatly into the… Internet Archive Jedidah Isler: The untapped genius that could change science for the better 2015 · Talk · 13 min Jedidah Isler dreamt of becoming an astrophysicist since she was a young girl, but the odds were against her: At that time, only 18 black women in the United… Internet Archive Stephen Burt: Why people need poetry 2014 · Talk · 13 min "We're all going to die -- and poems can help us live with that." In a charming and funny talk, literary critic Stephen Burt takes us on a lyrical journey… Internet Archive Gregory Petsko on the coming neurological epidemic 2008 · Talk · 3 min Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we'll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's, as the… Internet Archive Heidi M. Sosik: The discoveries awaiting us in the ocean's twilight zone 2018 · Talk What will we find in the twilight zone: the vast, mysterious, virtually unexplored realm hundreds of meters below the ocean's surface? Heidi M. Sosik of Woods… Internet Archive Isabel Wilkerson: The Great Migration and the power of a single decision 2017 · Talk Sometimes, a single decision can change the course of history. Join journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson as she tells the story of the Great Migration, the… Internet Archive Jill Shargaa: Please, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome' 2014 · Talk · 6 min Which of the following is awesome: your lunch or the Great Pyramid of Giza? Comedian Jill Shargaa sounds a hilarious call for us to save the word "awesome"… Internet Archive Mick Ebeling: The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist 2011 · Talk · 7 min The nerve disease ALS left graffiti artist TEMPT paralyzed from head to toe, forced to communicate blink by blink. In a remarkable talk at TEDActive,… Internet Archive Anand Agarawala demos BumpTop 2007 · Talk · 4 min Anand Agarawala presents BumpTop, a user interface that takes the usual desktop metaphor to a glorious, 3-D extreme, transforming file navigation into a… Internet Archive Catherine Bracy: Why good hackers make good citizens 2014 · Talk · 9 min Hacking is about more than mischief-making or political subversion. As Catherine Bracy describes in this spirited talk, it can be just as much a force for… Internet Archive Gary Lauder's new traffic sign: Take Turns 2010 · Talk · 4 min Fifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder shares a brilliant and cheap idea for helping drivers move along smoothly: a new… Internet Archive Heather Lanier: "Good" and "bad" are incomplete stories we tell ourselves 2017 · Talk Heather Lanier's daughter Fiona has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a genetic condition that results in developmental delays — but that doesn't make her tragic,… Internet Archive Jaime Lerner sings of the city 2008 · Talk · 15 min Jaime Lerner reinvented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see what’s possible in the… Internet Archive Margaret Gould Stewart: How giant websites design for you (and a billion others, too) 2014 · Talk · 13 min Facebook’s “like” and “share” buttons are seen 22 billion times a day, making them some of the most-viewed design elements ever created. Margaret Gould… Internet Archive Marily Oppezzo: Want to be more creative? Go for a walk 2017 · Talk When trying to come up with a new idea, we all have times when we get stuck. But according to research by behavioral and learning scientist Marily Oppezzo,… Internet Archive Marlon Peterson: Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform 2016 · Talk · 7 min For a crime he committed in his early twenties, the courts sentenced Marlon Peterson to 10 years in prison — and, as he says, a lifetime of irrelevance. While… Internet Archive Nicole Paris and Ed Cage: A beatboxing lesson from a father-daughter duo 2015 · Talk · 7 min Nicole Paris was raised to be a beatboxer — when she was young, her father, Ed Cage, used to beatbox her to sleep at night. Now the duo is known for their… Internet Archive Paul Conneally: Digital humanitarianism 2012 · Talk · 10 min The disastrous earthquake in Haiti taught humanitarian groups an unexpected lesson: the power of mobile devices to coordinate, inform, and guide relief… Internet Archive Robin Chase on Zipcar and her next big idea 2008 · Talk · 13 min Robin Chase founded Zipcar, the world’s biggest car-sharing business. That was one of her smaller ideas. Here she travels much farther, contemplating… Internet Archive Russ Altman: What really happens when you mix medications? 2016 · Talk · 14 min If you take two different medications for two different reasons, here's a sobering thought: your doctor may not fully understand what happens when they're… Internet Archive Adam Driver: Why I bring theater to the military 2016 · Talk · 18 min Before he fought in the galactic battle between the dark side and the light in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Adam Driver was a United States Marine with 1/1… Internet Archive Bassam Tariq: The beauty and diversity of Muslim life 2015 · Talk · 4 min Bassam Tariq is a blogger, a filmmaker, and a halal butcher — but one thread unites his work: His joy in the diversity, the humanness of our individual…