TED Talks

2,209–2,256 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 Ben Wellington: How we found the worst place to park in New York City -- using big data 2015 · Talk · 11 min City agencies have access to a wealth of data and statistics reflecting every part of urban life. But as data analyst Ben Wellington suggests in this… Internet Archive Bruce Aylward: Humanity vs. Ebola. The winning strategies in a terrifying war 2015 · Talk · 19 min “Ebola threatens everything that makes us human,” says Bruce Aylward of the World Health Organization. With calm measure, he walks us through how the Ebola… Internet Archive Caroline Paul: To raise brave girls, encourage adventure 2017 · Talk · 12 min Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up — and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to spark a… Internet Archive Enrique Peñalosa: Why buses represent democracy in action 2013 · Talk · 14 min "An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport," argues Enrique Peñalosa. In this spirited… Internet Archive Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley: Mapping ideas worth spreading 2013 · Talk · 7 min What do 24,000 ideas look like? Ecologist Eric Berlow and physicist Sean Gourley apply algorithms to the entire archive of TEDxTalks, taking us on a… Internet Archive Esta Soler: How we turned the tide on domestic violence (Hint: the Polaroid helped) 2014 · Talk · 11 min When Esta Soler lobbied for a bill outlawing domestic violence in 1984, one politician called it the "Take the Fun Out of Marriage Act." "If only I had… Internet Archive Gary Wolf: The quantified self 2010 · Talk · 5 min At TED@Cannes, Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet,… Internet Archive Golan Levin on software (as) art 2004 · Talk · 14 min Engineer and artist Golan Levin pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with audiovisuals and technology. In an amazing TED display, he shows two programs he… Internet Archive Haley Van Dyck: This tech team is saving government millions of dollars a year 2016 · Talk · 15 min Haley Van Dyck is transforming the way America delivers critical services to everyday people. The co-founder of the United States Digital Service, Van Dyck… Internet Archive Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world 2010 · Talk · 20 min Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to… Internet Archive Kevin Stone: The bio-future of joint replacement 2010 · Talk · 6 min Arthritis and injury grind down millions of joints, but few get the best remedy -- real biological tissue. Kevin Stone shows a treatment that could sidestep… Internet Archive Michael Bodekaer: This virtual lab will revolutionize science class 2016 · Talk · 11 min Virtual reality is no longer part of some distant future, and it's not just for gaming and entertainment anymore. Michael Bodekaer wants to use it to make… Internet Archive Pierre Barreau: How AI could compose a personalized soundtrack to your life 2018 · Talk Meet AIVA, an artificial intelligence that has been trained in the art of music composition by reading more than 30,000 of history's greatest scores. In a… Internet Archive Stewart Brand on the Long Now 2008 · Talk · 23 min Stewart Brand works on the Clock of the Long Now, a timepiece that counts down the next 10,000 years. It's a beautiful project that asks us to think about the… Internet Archive The Lady Lifers: A moving song from women in prison for life 2015 · Talk · 9 min The nine women in this chorus have all been sentenced to life in prison. They share a moving song about their experiences — one that reveals their hopes,… Internet Archive Thulasiraj Ravilla: How low-cost eye care can be world-class 2009 · Talk · 17 min India's revolutionary Aravind Eye Care System has given sight to millions. Thulasiraj Ravilla looks at the ingenious approach that drives its treatment costs… Internet Archive Will Marshall: The mission to create a searchable database of Earth's surface 2018 · Talk What if you could search the surface of the Earth the same way you search the internet? Will Marshall and his team at Planet use the world's largest fleet of… Internet Archive Amar Inamdar: The thrilling potential for off-grid solar energy 2017 · Talk There's an energy revolution happening in villages and towns across Africa — off-grid solar energy is becoming a viable alternative to traditional electricity… Internet Archive Andrew Pelling: This scientist makes ears out of apples 2016 · Talk · 7 min Andrew Pelling is a biohacker, and nature is his hardware. His favorite materials are the simplest ones (and oftentimes he finds them in the garbage).… Internet Archive Aparna Rao: Art that craves your attention 2014 · Talk · 8 min In this charming talk, artist Aparna Rao shows us her latest work: cool, cartoony sculptures (with neat robotic tricks underneath them) that play with your… Internet Archive Bastian Schaefer: A 3D-printed jumbo jet? 2013 · Talk · 5 min Designer Bastian Schaefer shows off a speculative design for the future of jet planes, with a skeleton inspired by strong, flexible, natural forms and by the… Internet Archive David Rockwell: The hidden ways stairs shape your life 2018 · Talk Stairs don't just get you from point A to point B. Architect David Rockwell explains how they shape your movement — and your feelings. Internet Archive Michael Rain: What it's like to be the child of immigrants 2017 · Talk Michael Rain is on a mission to tell the stories of first-generation immigrants, who have strong ties both to the countries they grew up in and their… Internet Archive Norman Lear: An entertainment icon on living a life of meaning 2016 · Interview · 19 min In the 1970s (and decades following), TV producer Norman Lear touched the lives of millions with culture-altering sitcoms like "All in the Family," "The… Internet Archive Peter Ward: A theory of Earth's mass extinctions 2009 · Talk · 19 min Asteroid strikes get all the coverage, but Medea Hypothesis author Peter Ward argues that most of Earth's mass extinctions were caused by lowly bacteria. The… Internet Archive Alexandra Sacks: A new way to think about the transition to motherhood 2018 · Talk When a baby is born, so is a mother — but the natural (and sometimes unsteady) process of transition to motherhood is often silenced by shame or misdiagnosed… Internet Archive Deanna Van Buren: What a world without prisons could look like 2017 · Talk Deanna Van Buren designs restorative justice centers that, instead of taking the punitive approach used by a system focused on mass incarceration, treat crime… Internet Archive George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamp 2010 · Talk · 16 min Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides' ingenious answer, at… Internet Archive Karima Bennoune: The side of terrorism that doesn't make headlines 2014 · Talk · 20 min Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities — refusing to allow the faith they love… Internet Archive Paola Antonelli treats design as art 2008 · Talk · 18 min Paola Antonelli, design curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, wants to spread her appreciation of design -- in all shapes and forms -- around the world. Internet Archive Pia Mancini: How to upgrade democracy for the Internet era 2014 · Talk · 13 min Pia Mancini and her colleagues want to upgrade democracy in Argentina and beyond. Through their open-source mobile platform they want to bring citizens inside… Internet Archive Sarah Parcak: Hunting for Peru's lost civilizations -- with satellites 2016 · Talk · 6 min Around the world, hundreds of thousands of lost ancient sites lie buried and hidden from view. Satellite archaeologist Sarah Parcak is determined to find them… Internet Archive Ted Halstead: A climate solution where all sides can win 2017 · Talk · 11 min Why are we so deadlocked on climate, and what would it take to overcome the seemingly insurmountable barriers to progress? Policy entrepreneur Ted Halstead… Internet Archive Caitlin Doughty: A burial practice that nourishes the planet 2017 · Talk · 11 min Here's a question we all have to answer sooner or later: What do you want to happen to your body when you die? Funeral director Caitlin Doughty explores new… Internet Archive Jacek Utko designs to save newspapers 2009 · Talk · 6 min Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to… Internet Archive Jarreth Merz: Filming democracy in Ghana 2011 · Talk · 8 min Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Ghanaian filmmaker, came to Ghana in 2008 to film the national elections. What he saw there taught him new lessons about democracy --… Internet Archive Negin Farsad: A highly scientific taxonomy of haters 2016 · Talk · 8 min TED Fellow Negin Farsad weaves comedy and social commentary to cleverly undercut stereotypes of her culture. In this uproarious talk/stand-up hybrid, Farsad… Internet Archive Rachel Pike: The science behind a climate headline 2009 · Talk · 4 min In 4 minutes, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike provides a glimpse of the massive scientific effort behind the bold headlines on climate change, with her team… Internet Archive David Camarillo: Why helmets don't prevent concussions -- and what might 2016 · Talk · 15 min What is a concussion? Probably not what you think it is. In this talk from the cutting edge of research, bioengineer (and former football player) David… Internet Archive Dawn Landes: A song for my hero, the woman who rowed into a hurricane 2015 · Talk · 9 min Singer-songwriter Dawn Landes tells the story of Tori Murden McClure, who dreamed of rowing across the Atlantic in a small boat — but whose dream was almost… Internet Archive Keolu Fox: Why genetic research must be more diverse 2016 · Talk · 6 min Ninety-six percent of genome studies are based on people of European descent. The rest of the world is virtually unrepresented — and this is dangerous, says… Internet Archive Kevin Rudd: Are China and the US doomed to conflict? 2015 · Talk · 20 min The former prime minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd is also a longtime student of China, with a unique vantage point to watch its power rise in the past few… Internet Archive Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies 2010 · Talk · 2 min As of 2005, only 15 percent of the world was mapped. This slows the delivery of aid after a disaster -- and hides the economic potential of unused lands and… Internet Archive Lian Pin Koh: A drone's-eye view of conservation 2013 · Talk · 13 min Ecologist Lian Pin Koh makes a persuasive case for using drones to protect the world's forests and wildlife. These lightweight autonomous flying vehicles can… Internet Archive Molly Winter: The taboo secret to healthier plants and people 2016 · Talk · 12 min Our poop and pee have superpowers, but for the most part we don't harness them. Molly Winter faces down our squeamishness and asks us to see what goes down… Internet Archive Robert Full: The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots 2014 · Talk · 5 min How can robots learn to stabilize on rough terrain, walk upside down, do gymnastic maneuvers in air and run into walls without harming themselves? Robert Full… Internet Archive Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world 2010 · Talk · 12 min By now, we're used to letting Facebook and Twitter capture our social lives on the web -- building a "social layer" on top of the real world. At TEDxBoston,… Internet Archive Chieko Asakawa: How new technology helps blind people explore the world 2015 · Talk · 9 min How can technology help improve our quality of life? How can we navigate the world without using the sense of vision? Inventor and IBM Fellow Chieko Asakawa,…