Random Talks

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-hit… Decades after the fall of the Third Reich, it feels impossible to understand how Adolf

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/who-is-sher… More than a century after first emerging into the fogbound, gaslit streets of Victorian

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-h… Museums have been a part of human history for over 2,000 years — but they weren&#

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history… If you have a tattoo, you’re part of a rich cultural history that dates back at least 8

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Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, th

Bria Davis discusses representation in comic books and movies and how this representation is integral for learning. Bria is a fourth year student stud

If politics and the economy are the world’s day, then the Internet and its subculture are its night. In the latest issue of Planets Critic Magazine, p

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science… Homer’s “Odyssey” recounts the adventures of the Greek hero Odysseus

English is big business and languages are dying as never before. Is there a connection? Is this another manifestation of McDonaldisation — the u

Bullied, judged, shamed & shunned, just because one does not conform to what society deems to be the right body shape. This talk highlights one wo

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. How we use language – our accent, expressions, and the

Jimmy Nelson is one of Britain’s finest and most adventurous photographers. When he was only 19, Nelson began a year-long trek across Tibet. A small h

Since he was a teenager, Eddie Ugata has been drawn to sixties American pop culture, collecting original comics, records, vintage guitars and clothes,

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-o… Stemming from the days of bubonic plague in Medieval Europe, quarantines were originall

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-vs-… After the French Revolution erupted in 1789, Europe was thrown into chaos. Neighboring