TED Talks

2,497–2,544 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 Seth Berkley: HIV and flu -- the vaccine strategy 2010 · Talk · 21 min Seth Berkley explains how smart advances in vaccine design, production and distribution are bringing us closer than ever to eliminating a host of global… Internet Archive Stephen DeBerry: Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities 2018 · Talk What do communities on the social, economic and environmental margins have in common? For one thing, they tend to be on the east sides of cities. In this… Internet Archive Tommy McCall: The simple genius of a good graphic 2018 · Talk In a talk that's part history lesson, part love letter to graphics, information designer Tommy McCall traces the centuries-long evolution of charts and… Internet Archive Beth Malone: How my dad's dementia changed my idea of death (and life) 2017 · Talk With warmth and grace, Beth Malone tells the deeply personal story of her dad's struggle with frontotemporal lobe dementia, and how it changed how she thinks… Internet Archive Henrietta Fore: How we can help young people build a better future 2018 · Talk A massive generation of young people is about to inherit the world, and it's the duty of everyone to give them a fighting chance for their futures, says… Internet Archive Joel Jackson: A vehicle built in Africa, for Africa 2017 · Talk Joel Jackson wants to reimagine transportation around the needs of the African consumer. He's designed an SUV that's rugged enough for long stretches of… Internet Archive Nathalie Cabrol: How Mars might hold the secret to the origin of life 2015 · Talk · 16 min While we like to imagine little green men, it’s far more likely that life on other planets will be microbial. Planetary scientist Nathalie Cabrol takes us… Internet Archive Seth Berkley: The troubling reason why vaccines are made too late ... if they’re made at all 2015 · Talk · 7 min It seems like we wait for a disastrous disease outbreak before we get serious about making a vaccine for it. Seth Berkley lays out the market realities and… Internet Archive Stefan Sagmeister on what he has learned 2008 · Talk · 4 min Rockstar designer Stefan Sagmeister delivers a short, witty talk on life lessons, expressed through surprising modes of design (including ... inflatable… Internet Archive Sue Desmond-Hellmann: A smarter, more precise way to think about public health 2016 · Talk · 14 min Sue Desmond-Hellmann is using precision public health — an approach that incorporates big data, consumer monitoring, gene sequencing and other innovative… Internet Archive Trevor Copp and Jeff Fox: Ballroom dance that breaks gender roles 2016 · Talk · 15 min Tango, waltz, foxtrot ... these classic ballroom dances quietly perpetuate an outdated idea: that the man always leads and the woman always follows. That's an… Internet Archive Charity Wayua: A few ways to fix a government 2017 · Talk · 11 min Charity Wayua put her skills as a cancer researcher to use on an unlikely patient: the government of her native Kenya. She shares how she helped her… Internet Archive David Burkus: Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid 2016 · Talk · 7 min How much do you get paid? How does it compare to the people you work with? You should know, and so should they, says management researcher David Burkus. In… Internet Archive Dread Scott: How art can shape America's conversation about freedom 2018 · Talk In this quick talk, visual artist Dread Scott tells the story of one of his most transgressive art installations, which drew national attention for its… Internet Archive Gabriela González: How LIGO discovered gravitational waves -- and what might be next 2017 · Talk More than 100 years after Albert Einstein predicted gravitational waves — ripples in space-time caused by violent cosmic collisions — LIGO scientists… Internet Archive Mileha Soneji: Simple hacks for life with Parkinson's 2016 · Talk · 7 min Simple solutions are often best, even when dealing with something as complicated as Parkinson's. In this inspiring talk, Mileha Soneji shares accessible… Internet Archive Paul Moller on the Skycar 2009 · Talk · 15 min Paul Moller talks about the future of personal air travel -- the marriage of autos and flight that will give us true freedom to travel off-road. He shows two… Internet Archive Sxip Shirey breathes music and passion 2008 · Talk · 3 min Composer Sxip Shirey makes music from the simple, dramatic act of breathing -- alone and together. Open your ears to a passionate 3 minutes. Internet Archive Tasso Azevedo: Hopeful lessons from the battle to save rainforests 2015 · Talk · 15 min "Save the rainforest” is an environmental slogan as old as time — but Tasso Azevedo catches us up on how the fight is actually going these days. Spurred by… Internet Archive Anushka Naiknaware: A teen scientist's invention to help wounds heal 2017 · Talk Working out of her garage, Anushka Naiknaware designed a sensor that tracks wound healing, becoming the youngest winner (at age 13) of the Google Science… Internet Archive Bill T. Jones: The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic 2015 · Talk · 6 min Legendary dance choreographer Bill T. Jones and TED Fellows Joshua Roman and Somi didn't know exactly what was going to happen when they took the stage at… Internet Archive LB Hannahs: What it's like to be a transgender dad 2017 · Talk LB Hannahs candidly shares the experience of parenting as a genderqueer individual — and what it can teach us about authenticity and advocacy. "Authenticity… Internet Archive Rébecca Kleinberger: Why you don't like the sound of your own voice 2017 · Talk Your voice is indistinguishable from how other people see you, but your relationship with it is far from obvious. Rébecca Kleinberger studies how we use and… Internet Archive Romina Libster: The power of herd immunity 2015 · Talk · 14 min How do vaccines prevent disease — even among people too young to get vaccinated? It's a concept called "herd immunity," and it relies on a critical mass of… Internet Archive Chance Coughenour: How your pictures can help reclaim lost history 2016 · Talk Digital archaeologist Chance Coughenour is using pictures — your pictures — to reclaim antiquities that have been lost to conflict and disaster. After… Internet Archive Isadora Kosofsky: Intimate photos of a senior love triangle 2018 · Talk Photographer and TED Fellow Isadora Kosofsky is a chronicler of love, loss and loneliness. In this searching talk, she shares photos from her four years… Internet Archive Juan Enriquez wants to grow energy 2007 · Talk · 18 min Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter --… Internet Archive Monique W. Morris: Why black girls are targeted for punishment at school -- and how to change that 2018 · Talk Around the world, black girls are being pushed out of schools because of policies that target them for punishment, says author and social justice scholar… Internet Archive Robin Hanson: What would happen if we upload our brains to computers? 2017 · Talk Meet the "ems" — machines that emulate human brains and can think, feel and work just like the brains they're copied from. Futurist and social scientist Robin… Internet Archive Carol Fishman Cohen: How to get back to work after a career break 2016 · Talk · 12 min If you've taken a career break and are now looking to return to the workforce, would you consider taking an internship? Career reentry expert Carol Fishman… Internet Archive Daniel Engber: How the progress bar keeps you sane 2018 · Talk The progress bar makes waiting more exciting... and mitigates our fear of death. Journalist Daniel Engber explores how it came into existence. Internet Archive Glen Henry: What I've learned about parenting as a stay-at-home dad 2017 · Talk Glen Henry got his superpowers through fatherhood. After leaving behind a job he hated and a manager he didn't get along with, he went to work for an equally… Internet Archive Jeff Speck:4 ways to make a city more walkable 2017 · Talk · 18 min Freedom from cars, freedom from sprawl, freedom to walk your city! City planner Jeff Speck shares his "general theory of walkability" — four planning… Internet Archive Mark Tyndall: The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment 2017 · Talk Why do we still think that drug use is a law-enforcement issue? Making drugs illegal does nothing to stop people from using them, says public health expert… Internet Archive Tony Wyss-Coray: How young blood might help reverse aging. Yes, really 2015 · Talk · 13 min Tony Wyss-Coray studies the impact of aging on the human body and brain. In this eye-opening talk, he shares new research from his Stanford lab and other… Internet Archive Wanis Kabbaj: How nationalism and globalism can coexist 2018 · Talk Why do we have to choose between nationalism and globalism, between loving our countries and caring for the world? In a talk with lessons for avowed… Internet Archive Mick Cornett: How an obese town lost a million pounds 2014 · Talk · 15 min Oklahoma City is a midsized town that had a big problem: It was among the most obese towns in America. Mayor Mick Cornett realized that, to make his city a… Internet Archive Nancy Rabalais: The "dead zone" of the Gulf of Mexico 2017 · Talk Ocean expert Nancy Rabalais tracks the ominously named "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico — where there isn't enough oxygen in the water to support life. The… Internet Archive Rebecca Onie: What Americans agree on when it comes to health 2018 · Talk We may not be as deeply divided as we think — at least when it comes to health, says Rebecca Onie. In a talk that cuts through the noise, Onie shares research… Internet Archive Sharon Brous: It's time to reclaim and reinvent religion 2016 · Talk · 16 min At a moment when the world seems to be spinning out of control, religion might feel irrelevant — or like part of the problem. But Rabbi Sharon Brous believes… Internet Archive Ben Cort: What commercialization is doing to cannabis 2017 · Talk In 2012, Colorado legalized cannabis and added to what has fast become a multibillion-dollar global industry for all things weed-related: from vape pens to… Internet Archive Chieh Huang: Confessions of a recovering micromanager 2018 · Talk Think about the most tired you've ever been at work. It probably wasn't when you stayed late or came home from a road trip — chances are it was when you had… Internet Archive Christian Benimana: The next generation of African architects and designers 2017 · Talk Christian Benimana wants to build a network of architects who can help Africa's booming cities flourish in sustainable, equitable ways — balancing growth with… Internet Archive Emily Levine: How I made friends with reality 2018 · Talk With her signature wit and wisdom, Emily Levine meets her ultimate challenge as a comedian/philosopher: she makes dying funny. In this personal talk, she… Internet Archive Mary Maker: Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me) 2018 · Talk After fleeing war-torn South Sudan as a child, Mary Maker found security and hope in the school at Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp. Now a teacher of young… Internet Archive Mathieu Lehanneur demos science-inspired design 2009 · Talk · 18 min Naming science as his chief inspiration, Mathieu Lehanneur shows a selection of his ingenious designs -- an interactive noise-neutralizing ball, an antibiotic… Internet Archive Matthias Müllenbeck: What if we paid doctors to keep people healthy? 2017 · Talk What if we incentivized doctors to keep us healthy instead of paying them only when we're already sick? Matthias Müllenbeck explains how this radical shift… Internet Archive Ryan Gravel: How we're building a 22-mile-long park in the middle of a city 2016 · Talk · 11 min Urban planner Ryan Gravel shares the story of how his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, rallied to build a massive urban park that will transform an abandoned…