TED Talks

241–288 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.

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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 Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! 2010 · Talk · 17 min In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized… Internet Archive Michael McDaniel: Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief 2012 · Talk · 7 min Michael McDaniel designed housing for disaster relief zones -- inexpensive, easy to transport, even beautiful – but found that no one was willing to build it.… Internet Archive Lesley Hazleton: On reading the Koran 2011 · Talk · 9 min Lesley Hazleton sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found -- as a non-Muslim, a self-identified "tourist" in the Islamic holy book -- wasn't what… Internet Archive Seth Godin on the tribes we lead 2009 · Talk · 17 min Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values,… Internet Archive David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization 2010 · Talk · 17 min David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease… Internet Archive Stewart Brand: The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready? 2013 · Talk · 18 min Throughout humankind's history, we've driven species after species extinct: the passenger pigeon, the Eastern cougar the dodo .... But now, says Stewart… Internet Archive Shirin Neshat: Art in exile 2011 · Talk · 10 min Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshat explores the paradox of being an artist in exile: a voice for her people, but unable to go home. In her work, she explores… Internet Archive Lýdia Machová: The secrets of learning a new language 2018 · Talk Want to learn a new language but feel daunted or unsure where to begin? You don't need some special talent or a "language gene," says Lýdia Machová. In an… Internet Archive Morgan Spurlock: The greatest TED Talk ever sold 2011 · Talk · 19 min With humor and persistence, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock dives into the hidden but influential world of brand marketing, on his quest to make a completely… Internet Archive Michael Hansmeyer: Building unimaginable shapes 2012 · Talk · 11 min Inspired by cell division, Michael Hansmeyer writes algorithms that design outrageously fascinating shapes and forms with millions of facets. No person could… Internet Archive Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work 2012 · Talk · 12 min We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk from TEDxBloomington, psychologist Shawn… Internet Archive Matthieu Ricard on the habits of happiness 2007 · Talk · 20 min What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to… Internet Archive Matt Killingsworth: Want to be happier? Stay in the moment 2012 · Talk · 10 min When are humans most happy? To gather data on this question, Matt Killingsworth built an app, Track Your Happiness, that let people report their feelings in… Internet Archive Usman Riaz and Preston Reed: A young guitarist meets his hero 2012 · Talk · 16 min Usman Riaz is a 21-year-old whiz at the percussive guitar, a style he learned to play by watching his heroes on YouTube. The TED Fellow plays onstage at… Internet Archive Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden miracles of the natural world 2014 · Talk · 7 min We live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring this invisible world to light, filmmaker… Internet Archive David Logan on tribal leadership 2009 · Talk · 16 min At TEDxUSC, David Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form -- in schools, workplaces, even the driver's license bureau. By… Internet Archive A robot that flies like a bird 2011 · Talk · 6 min Plenty of robots can fly -- but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight… Internet Archive William Noel: Revealing the lost codex of Archimedes 2012 · Talk · 14 min How do you read a two-thousand-year-old manuscript that has been erased, cut up, written on and painted over? With a powerful particle accelerator, of course!… Internet Archive Eric Whitacre: Virtual Choir Live 2013 · Talk · 12 min Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre has inspired millions by bringing together "virtual choirs," singers from many countries spliced together on video. Now,… Internet Archive Natalie Merchant: Singing old poems to life 2010 · Talk · 29 min Natalie Merchant sings from her new album, <em>Leave Your Sleep.</em> Lyrics from near-forgotten 19th-century poetry pair with her unmistakable voice for a… Internet Archive Bill Clinton on rebuilding Rwanda 2007 · Talk · 24 min Accepting the 2007 TED Prize, Bill Clinton asks for help in bringing health care to Rwanda -- and the rest of the world. Internet Archive Marco Tempest: The magic of truth and lies (and iPods) 2011 · Talk · 5 min Using three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion. Internet Archive Scott Fraser: Why eyewitnesses get it wrong 2012 · Talk · 20 min Scott Fraser studies how humans remember crimes -- and bear witness to them. In this powerful talk, which focuses on a deadly shooting at sunset, he suggests… Internet Archive R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products 2010 · Talk · 19 min Engineer RA Mashelkar shares three stories of ultra-low-cost design from India that use bottom-up rethinking, and some clever engineering, to bring expensive… Internet Archive Adam Alter: Why our screens make us less happy 2017 · Talk What are our screens and devices doing to us? Psychologist Adam Alter studies how much time screens steal from us and how they're getting away with it. He… Internet Archive Edith Widder: How we found the giant squid 2013 · Talk · 8 min Humankind has been looking for the giant squid (Architeuthis) since we first started taking pictures underwater. But the elusive deep-sea predator could never… Internet Archive Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object 2012 · Talk · 19 min A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and… Internet Archive Yann Arthus-Bertrand captures fragile Earth in wide-angle 2009 · Talk · 14 min In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat -- stunning aerial photographs in his… Internet Archive Pankaj Ghemawat: Actually, the world isn't flat 2012 · Talk · 17 min It may seem that we're living in a borderless world where ideas, goods and people flow freely from nation to nation. We're not even close, says Pankaj… Internet Archive Melinda French Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola 2010 · Talk · 16 min At TEDxChange, Melinda Gates makes a provocative case for nonprofits taking a cue from corporations such as Coca-Cola, whose plugged-in, global network of… Internet Archive Ron Gutman: The hidden power of smiling 2011 · Talk · 7 min Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your smile can be a predictor of how long you'll live --… Internet Archive Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net 2011 · Talk · 17 min It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage.… Internet Archive Shereen El Feki: Pop culture in the Arab world 2009 · Talk · 5 min At TEDGlobal University, Shereen El Feki shows how some Arab cultures are borrowing trademarks of Western pop culture -- music videos, comics, even Barbie --… Internet Archive Bobby Ghosh: Why global jihad is losing 2012 · Talk · 16 min Throughout the history of Islam, says journalist Bobby Ghosh, there have been two sides to jihad: one, internal, a personal struggle to be better, the other… Internet Archive Eddie Obeng: Smart failure for a fast-changing world 2012 · Talk · 12 min The world is changing much more rapidly than most people realize, says business educator Eddie Obeng -- and creative output cannot keep up. In this spirited… Internet Archive Dan Ariely: What makes us feel good about our work? 2013 · Talk · 20 min What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn't just money. But it's not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making… Internet Archive Jennifer Golbeck: The curly fry conundrum: Why social media “likes” say more than you might think 2014 · Talk · 9 min Much can be done with online data. But did you know that computer wonks once determined that liking a Facebook page about curly fries means you're also… Internet Archive Isabel Allende tells tales of passion 2008 · Talk · 18 min Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism -- and, of course, passion -- in this talk. Internet Archive Rajesh Rao: A Rosetta Stone for the Indus script 2011 · Talk · 17 min Rajesh Rao is fascinated by "the mother of all crossword puzzles": How to decipher the 4000 year old Indus script. At TED 2011 he tells how he is enlisting… Internet Archive Ludwick Marishane: A bath without water 2012 · Talk · 5 min If you had to walk a mile for a jug of water every day, as millions of people do, it's unlikely you'd use that precious water to bathe. Young entrepreneur… Internet Archive Peter Gabriel fights injustice with video 2006 · Talk · 14 min Musician and activist Peter Gabriel shares his very personal motivation for standing up for human rights with the watchdog group WITNESS -- and tells stories… Internet Archive Bernie Krause: The voice of the natural world 2013 · Talk · 14 min Bernie Krause has been recording wild soundscapes -- the wind in the trees, the chirping of birds, the subtle sounds of insect larvae -- for 45 years. In that… Internet Archive James Veitch: This is what happens when you reply to spam email 2016 · Talk · 9 min Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes,… Internet Archive Geena Rocero: Why I must come out 2014 · Talk · 9 min When fashion model Geena Rocero first saw a professionally shot photo of herself clad in a bikini, she was beside herself. "I thought...you have arrived!" she… Internet Archive Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems 2013 · Talk · 20 min It's a standard assumption in the West: As a society progresses, it eventually becomes a capitalist, multi-party democracy. Right? Eric X. Li, a Chinese… Internet Archive David Griffin on how photography connects us 2008 · Talk · 14 min The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he… Internet Archive Kimberlé Crenshaw: The urgency of intersectionality 2016 · Talk · 18 min Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias — and learn how the two can combine to create even more harm.… Internet Archive Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything 2012 · Talk · 18 min The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the…