TED Talks

2,737–2,784 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 Robyn Stein DeLuca: The good news about PMS 2014 · Talk · 14 min Everybody knows that most women go a little crazy right before they get their period, that their reproductive hormones cause their emotions to fluctuate… Internet Archive Kevin Njabo: How we can stop Africa's scientific brain drain 2017 · Talk How can Africans find solutions to Africa's problems? Conservation biologist Kevin Njabo tells his personal story of how he nearly became part of the group of… Internet Archive Leila Takayama: What's it like to be a robot? 2017 · Talk We already live among robots: tools and machines like dishwashers and thermostats so integrated into our lives that we'd never think to call them that. What… Internet Archive Mennat El Ghalid: How fungi recognize (and infect) plants 2017 · Talk Each year, the world loses enough food to feed half a billion people to fungi, the most destructive pathogens of plants. Mycologist and TED Fellow Mennat El… Internet Archive Musimbi Kanyoro: To solve the world's biggest problems, invest in women and girls 2017 · Talk As CEO of the Global Fund for Women, Musimbi Kanyoro works to support women and their ideas so they can expand and grow. She introduces us to the Maragoli… Internet Archive Susan Emmett: This simple test can help kids hear better 2017 · Talk Children who live in rural areas can have a hard time getting to the doctor — much less to an audiologist's clinic for expensive, complex tests to check their… Internet Archive Katharine Hayhoe: The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it 2018 · Talk How do you talk to someone who doesn't believe in climate change? Not by rehashing the same data and facts we've been discussing for years, says climate… Internet Archive Sarah Donnelly: How work kept me going during my cancer treatment 2017 · Talk When lawyer Sarah Donnelly was diagnosed with breast cancer, she turned to her friends and family for support — but she also found meaning, focus and… Internet Archive Tamas Kocsis: The case for a decentralized internet 2018 · Talk Who controls the internet? Increasingly, the answer is large corporations and governments — a trend that's threatening digital privacy and access to… Internet Archive Helen Gillet: "You Found Me" 2017 · Talk Cellist and singer Helen Gillet mixes her classical training, New Orleans-based jazz roots and free improvisational skills to perform her own eclectic music.… Internet Archive Katharine Wilkinson: How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming 2018 · Talk If we really want to address climate change, we need to make gender equity a reality, says writer and environmentalist Katharine Wilkinson. As part of Project… Internet Archive Philippa Neave: The unexpected challenges of a country's first election 2016 · Talk · 10 min How do you teach an entire country how to vote when no one has done it before? It's a huge challenge facing fledgling democracies around the world — and one… Internet Archive Lucy Marcil: Why doctors are offering free tax prep in their waiting rooms 2018 · Talk More than 90 percent of children in the US see a doctor at least once a year, which means countless hours spent in waiting rooms for parents. What if those… Internet Archive Mara Mintzer: How kids can help design cities 2017 · Talk Adults tend to think of kids as "future citizens" — their ideas and opinions will matter someday, just not today. But kids make up a quarter of the… Internet Archive Nighat Dad: How Pakistani women are taking the internet back 2017 · Talk TED Fellow Nighat Dad studies online harassment, especially as it relates to patriarchal cultures like the one in her small village in Pakistan. She tells the… Internet Archive Touria El Glaoui: Inside Africa's thriving art scene 2017 · Talk Art fair curator Touria El Glaoui is on a mission to showcase vital new art from African nations and the diaspora. She shares beautiful, inspiring, thrilling… Internet Archive Franklin Leonard: How I accidentally changed the way movies get made 2017 · Talk How does Hollywood choose what stories get told on-screen? Too often, it's groupthink informed by a narrow set of ideas about what sells at the box office. As… Internet Archive Rei: "my mama" / "BLACK BANANA" 2017 · Talk Singer-songwriter Rei brings her mix of indie rock and blues to the TED stage in a performance of two songs, "my mama" and "BLACK BANANA." Internet Archive Carlos Bautista: The awful logic of land mines -- and an app that helps people avoid them 2017 · Talk Fifty years of armed conflict in Colombia has left the countryside riddled with land mines that maim and kill innocent people who happen across them. To help… Internet Archive Dayo Ogunyemi: Visions of Africa's future, from African filmmakers 2017 · Talk By expanding boundaries, exploring possibilities and conveying truth, films have helped change Africa's reality (even before "Black Panther"). Dayo Ogunyemi… Internet Archive Laolu Senbanjo: "The Sacred Art of the Ori" 2017 · Talk Every artist has a name, and every artist has a story. Laolu Senbanjo's story started in Nigeria, where he was surrounded by the culture and mythology of the… Internet Archive Sebastian Thrun and Chris Anderson: The new generation of computers is programming itself 2017 · Talk Educator and entrepreneur Sebastian Thrun wants us to use AI to free humanity of repetitive work and unleash our creativity. In an inspiring, informative… Internet Archive Zachariah Mampilly: How protest is redefining democracy around the world 2017 · Talk The democratic process is messy, complicated and often inefficient — but across Africa, activists are redefining democracy by putting protest at its center.… Internet Archive Bob Inglis: American bipartisan politics can be saved -- here's how 2017 · Talk Former Republican member of the U.S. Congress Bob Inglis shares an optimistic message about how conservatives can lead on climate change and other pressing… Internet Archive Matt Kenyon: How I snuck a memorial for Iraqi civilians into the US government 2015 · Talk · 6 min It’s estimated that 150,000 to 1 million Iraqi civilians died as a result of the US-led invasion in 2003. Artist Matt Kenyon wanted to create a monument for… Internet Archive Sanjay Pradhan: How open data is changing international aid 2012 · Talk · 15 min How do we make sure that development and aid money actually goes to the people who most need it? Sanjay Pradhan of the World Bank Institute lays out three… Internet Archive Sophie Andrews: The best way to help is often just to listen 2017 · Talk A 24-hour helpline in the UK known as Samaritans helped Sophie Andrews become a survivor of abuse rather than a victim. Now she's paying the favor back as the… Internet Archive Chera Kowalski: The critical role librarians play in the opioid crisis 2017 · Talk Public libraries have always been about more than just books — and their mission of community support has taken on new urgency during the current opioid… Internet Archive Miriam Zoila Pérez: How racism harms pregnant women -- and what can help 2017 · Talk · 12 min Racism is making people sick — especially black women and babies, says Miriam Zoila Pérez. The doula turned journalist explores the relationship between race,… Internet Archive Darrick Hamilton: How "baby bonds" could help close the wealth gap 2018 · Talk Hard work, resilience and grit lead to success, right? This narrative pervades the way we think, says economist Darrick Hamilton, but the truth is that our… Internet Archive David Lang: Let's protect the oceans like national parks 2018 · Talk You don't have to be a scientist to help protect the world's oceans, says underwater drone expert and TED Fellow David Lang — in fact, ordinary citizens have… Internet Archive Tracie Keesee: How police and the public can create safer neighborhoods together 2018 · Talk We all want to be safe, and our safety is intertwined, says Tracie Keesee, cofounder of the Center for Policing Equity. Sharing lessons she's learned from 25… Internet Archive Yasin Kakande: What's missing in the global debate over refugees 2018 · Talk In the ongoing debate over refugees, we hear from everyone — from politicians who pledge border controls to citizens who fear they'll lose their jobs —… Internet Archive Dustin Schroeder: How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet 2017 · Talk Antarctica is a vast and dynamic place, but radar technologies — from World War II-era film to state-of-the-art miniaturized sensors — are enabling scientists… Internet Archive Sō Percussion: "Music for Wood and Strings" 2017 · Talk · 10 min Sō Percussion creates adventurous compositions with new, unconventional instruments. Performing "Music for Wood and Strings" by Bryce Dessner of The National,… Internet Archive Tapiwa Chiwewe: You don't have to be an expert to solve big problems 2017 · Talk Driving in Johannesburg one day, Tapiwa Chiwewe noticed an enormous cloud of air pollution hanging over the city. He was curious and concerned but not an… Internet Archive New nanotech to detect cancer early 2017 · Talk · 12 min What if every home had an early-warning cancer detection system? Researcher Joshua Smith is developing a nanobiotechnology "cancer alarm" that scans for… Internet Archive Steve McCarroll: How data is helping us unravel the mysteries of the brain 2017 · Talk Geneticist Steve McCarroll wants to make an atlas of all the cells in the human body so that we can understand in precise detail how specific genes work,… Internet Archive Françoise Mouly: The stories behind The New Yorker's iconic covers 2017 · Talk Meet Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker's art director. For the past 24 years, she's helped decide what appears on the magazine's famous cover, from the… Internet Archive Matt Russo: What does the universe sound like? A musical tour 2018 · Talk Is outer space really the silent and lifeless place it's often depicted to be? Perhaps not. Astrophysicist and musician Matt Russo takes us on a journey… Internet Archive Erricka Bridgeford: How Baltimore called a ceasefire 2017 · Talk In one day, in one city, in one neighborhood — what if everyone put their guns down? Erricka Bridgeford is a peacemaker who wants to stop the murders and… Internet Archive Camille A. Brown: "New Second Line" 2018 · Talk Inspired by the events of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Camille A. Brown choreographed "New Second Line," a celebration of the culture of New Orleans and the… Internet Archive Michael Hendryx: The shocking danger of mountaintop removal -- and why it must end 2017 · Talk Research investigator Michael Hendryx studies mountaintop removal, an explosive type of surface coal mining used in Appalachia that comes with unexpected… Internet Archive Sharon Terry: Science didn't understand my kids' rare disease until I decided to study it 2016 · Talk · 15 min Meet Sharon Terry, a former college chaplain and stay-at-home mom who took the medical research world by storm when her two young children were diagnosed with… Internet Archive Greg Gage: How you can make a fruit fly eat veggies 2018 · Talk Can the mind be manipulated to love a food we loathe? The evidence from fruit flies is compelling, and perhaps surprising. Our tag team of neuroscientists… Internet Archive Drew Philp: My $500 house in Detroit -- and the neighbors who helped me rebuild it 2017 · Talk In 2009, journalist and screenwriter Drew Philp bought a ruined house in Detroit for $500. In the years that followed, as he gutted the interior and removed… Internet Archive Yvette Alberdingk Thijm: The power of citizen video to create undeniable truths 2017 · Talk Could smartphones and cameras be our most powerful weapons for social justice? Through her organization Witness, Yvette Alberdingk Thijm is developing… Internet Archive Malika Whitley: How the arts help homeless youth heal and build 2017 · Talk Malika Whitley is the founder of ChopArt, an organization for homeless teens focused on mentorship, dignity and opportunity through the arts. In this moving,…