TED Talks

2,449–2,496 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 Caroline Harper: What if we eliminated one of the world's oldest diseases? 2018 · Talk Thousands of years ago, ancient Nubians drew pictures on tomb walls of a terrible disease that turns the eyelids inside out and causes blindness. This… Internet Archive Christen Reighter: I don't want children -- stop telling me I'll change my mind 2016 · Talk One in five women in the United States will not have a biological child, and Christen Reighter is one of them. From a young age, she knew she didn't want… Internet Archive David Korins: 3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer 2018 · Talk You don't have to work on Broadway to design a set, says creative director David Korins — you can be the set designer of any space in your life. Sharing… Internet Archive Gus Casely-Hayford: The powerful stories that shaped Africa 2017 · Talk In the vast sweep of history, even an empire can be forgotten. In this wide-ranging talk, Gus Casely-Hayford shares origin stories of Africa that are too… Internet Archive Ilona Stengel: The role of human emotions in science and research 2017 · Talk Do human emotions have a role to play in science and research? Material researcher Ilona Stengel suggests that instead of opposing each other, emotions and… Internet Archive Jennifer Pluznick: You smell with your body, not just your nose 2016 · Talk Do your kidneys have a sense of smell? Turns out, the same tiny scent detectors found in your nose are also found in some pretty unexpected places — like your… Internet Archive Teresa Njoroge: What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit 2017 · Talk In 2011, Teresa Njoroge was convicted of a financial crime she didn't commit — the result of a long string of false accusations, increasing bribe attempts and… Internet Archive Azim Khamisa and Ples Felix: What comes after tragedy? Forgiveness 2017 · Talk On one awful night in 1995, Ples Felix's 14-year-old grandson murdered Azim Khamisa's son in a gang initiation fueled by drugs, alcohol and a false sense of… Internet Archive Rainn Wilson: Ideas worth dating 2016 · Talk · 4 min Being alone takes its toll. Feel like it's time to make a real connection? Third-wheel with Rainn Wilson (star of "The Office") as he dates some of the best… Internet Archive Jack Conte: How artists can (finally) get paid in the digital age 2017 · Talk It's been a weird 100 years for artists and creators, says musician and entrepreneur Jack Conte. The traditional ways we've turned art into money (like record… Internet Archive James Lyne: Everyday cybercrime -- and what you can do about it 2013 · Talk · 17 min How do you pick up a malicious online virus, the kind of malware that snoops on your data and taps your bank account? Often, it's through simple things you do… Internet Archive Joe Lassiter: We need nuclear power to solve climate change 2016 · Talk · 13 min Joe Lassiter is a deep thinker and straight talker focused on developing clean, secure and carbon-neutral supplies of reliable, low-cost energy. His analysis… Internet Archive Kayla Briët: Why do I make art? To build time capsules for my heritage 2017 · Talk Kayla Briët creates art that explores identity and self-discovery — and the fear that her culture may someday be forgotten. She shares how she found her… Internet Archive Sara DeWitt: 3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true 2017 · Talk We check our phones upwards of 50 times per day — but when our kids play around with them, we get nervous. Are screens ruining childhood? Not according to… Internet Archive Akash Manoj: A life-saving device that detects silent heart attacks 2018 · Talk You probably know the common symptoms of a heart attack: chest and arm pain, shortness of breath and fatigue. But there's another kind that's just as deadly… Internet Archive Alison Killing: What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead 2015 · Talk · 8 min "If you want to go out and start your own cemetery" in the UK, says Alison Killing, "you kind of can." She thinks a lot about where we die and are buried —… Internet Archive Hector Ruiz on connecting the world 2008 · Talk · 19 min Hector Ruiz, the executive chair of AMD, wants to give Internet access to everyone. In this talk, he shares his extraordinary life story and describes AMD's… Internet Archive Sarah Gray: How my son's short life made a lasting difference 2016 · Talk · 10 min After Sarah Gray's unborn son Thomas was diagnosed with anencephaly, a terminal condition, she decided to turn her family's tragedy into an extraordinary gift… Internet Archive Tim Leberecht: 4 ways to build a human company in the age of machines 2016 · Talk · 11 min In the face of artificial intelligence and machine learning, we need a new radical humanism, says Tim Leberecht. For the self-described "business romantic,"… Internet Archive Tom Chatfield: 7 ways games reward the brain 2010 · Talk · 16 min We're bringing gameplay into more aspects of our lives, spending countless hours -- and real money -- exploring virtual worlds for imaginary treasures. Why?… Internet Archive Anand Varma: A thrilling look at the first 21 days of a bee’s life 2015 · Talk · 6 min We’ve heard that bees are disappearing. But what is making bee colonies so vulnerable? Photographer Anand Varma raised bees in his backyard — in front of a… Internet Archive Antonio Donato Nobre: The magic of the Amazon: A river that flows invisibly all around us 2014 · Talk · 21 min The Amazon River is like a heart, pumping water from the seas through it, and up into the atmosphere through 600 billion trees, which act like lungs. Clouds… Internet Archive Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to think about aid 2009 · Talk · 17 min The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust "charity" against those who mistrust reliance on the markets. Jacqueline Novogratz proposes a middle… Internet Archive LaToya Ruby Frazier: A visual history of inequality in industrial America 2015 · Talk · 5 min For the last 12 years, LaToya Ruby Frazier has photographed friends, neighbors and family in Braddock, Pennsylvania. But though the steel town has lately been… Internet Archive Nicolas Perony: Puppies! Now that I’ve got your attention, complexity theory 2013 · Talk · 13 min Animal behavior isn't complicated, but it is complex. Nicolas Perony studies how individual animals -- be they Scottish Terriers, bats or meerkats -- follow… Internet Archive Severine Autesserre: To solve mass violence, look to locals 2015 · Talk · 16 min Severine Autesserre studies the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is in the middle of the deadliest conflict since World War II; it's been called "the… Internet Archive Andrew McAfee: What will future jobs look like? 2013 · Talk · 14 min Economist Andrew McAfee suggests that, yes, probably, droids will take our jobs — or at least the kinds of jobs we know now. In this far-seeing talk, he… Internet Archive Diane Wolk-Rogers: A Parkland teacher's homework for us all 2018 · Talk Diane Wolk-Rogers teaches history at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, site of a horrific school shooting on Valentine's Day 2018.… Internet Archive Eric Berridge: Why tech needs the humanities 2017 · Talk If you want to build a team of innovative problem-solvers, you should value the humanities just as much as the sciences, says entrepreneur Eric Berridge. He… Internet Archive Halima Aden: How I went from child refugee to international model 2018 · Talk Halima Aden made history when she became the first hijab-wearing model on the cover of Vogue magazine. Now she returns to Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp — where… Internet Archive Katrina Spade: When I die, recompose me 2016 · Talk · 12 min What if our bodies could help grow new life after we die, instead of being embalmed and buried or turned to ash? Join Katrina Spade as she discusses… Internet Archive Minda Dentler: What I learned when I conquered the world's toughest triathlon 2017 · Talk A 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and then a full-length marathon on hot, dry ground — with no breaks in between: the legendary Ironman triathlon in… Internet Archive Nonny de la Peña: The future of news? Virtual reality 2015 · Talk · 9 min What if you could experience a story with your entire body, not just with your mind? Nonny de la Peña is working on a new form of journalism that combines… Internet Archive Sam Kass: Want to teach kids well? Feed them well 2017 · Talk · 12 min What can we expect our kids to learn if they're hungry or eating diets full of sugar and empty of nutrients? Former White House Chef and food policymaker Sam… Internet Archive Jackie Savitz: Save the oceans, feed the world! 2014 · Talk · 11 min What's a marine biologist doing talking about world hunger? Well, says Jackie Savitz, fixing the world's oceans might just help to feed the planet's billion… Internet Archive Srdja Popovic: How to topple a dictator 2011 · Talk · 12 min 2011 was a year of extraordinary people-powered resistance, starting with Arab Spring and spreading across the world. How did this resistance work so well?… Internet Archive Teddy Cruz: How architectural innovations migrate across borders 2014 · Talk · 13 min As the world's cities undergo explosive growth, inequality is intensifying. Wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished slums grow side by side, the gap between… Internet Archive Dustin Yellin: A journey through the mind of an artist 2015 · Talk · 7 min Dustin Yellin makes mesmerizing artwork that tells complex, myth-inspired stories. How did he develop his style? In this disarming talk, he shares the journey… Internet Archive Gretchen Carlson, David Brooks: Political common ground in a polarized United States 2017 · Talk · 47 min How can we bridge the gap between left and right to have a wiser, more connected political conversation? Journalist Gretchen Carlson and op-ed columnist David… Internet Archive Jennifer Brea: What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose 2017 · Talk · 17 min Five years ago, TED Fellow Jennifer Brea became progressively ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating… Internet Archive Jennifer Granick: How the US government spies on people who protest -- including you 2017 · Talk What's stopping the American government from recording your phone calls, reading your emails and monitoring your location? Very little, says surveillance and… Internet Archive Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo: What it takes to be racially literate 2017 · Talk Over the last year, Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo traveled to all 50 US states, collecting personal stories about race and intersectionality. Now they're on a… Internet Archive Richard Sears: Planning for the end of oil 2010 · Talk · 6 min As the world's attention focuses on the perils of oil exploration, we present Richard Sears' talk from early February 2010. Sears, an expert in developing new… Internet Archive Sethembile Msezane: Living sculptures that stand for history's truths 2017 · Talk In the century-old statues that dotted Cape Town, Sethembile Mzesane didn't see anything that looked like her own reality. So she became a living sculpture… Internet Archive Vishaan Chakrabarti: How we can design timeless cities for our collective future 2018 · Talk There's a creeping sameness in many of our newest urban buildings and streetscapes, says architect Vishaan Chakrabarti. And this physical homogeneity — the… Internet Archive Alex Laskey: How behavioral science can lower your energy bill 2013 · Talk · 8 min What's a proven way to lower your energy costs? Would you believe: learning what your neighbor pays. Alex Laskey shows how a quirk of human behavior can make… Internet Archive George Steinmetz: Photos of Africa, taken from a flying lawn chair 2017 · Talk George Steinmetz's spectacular photos show Africa from the air, taken from the world's slowest, lightest aircraft. Join Steinmetz to discover the surprising… Internet Archive Manu Prakash: Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper 2017 · Talk Inventor Manu Prakash turns everyday materials into powerful scientific devices, from paper microscopes to a clever new mosquito tracker. From the TED Fellows…