Politics, History & Society

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England: South Sea Bubble - The Sharp Mind of John Blunt - Extra History - Part 19:09

England: South Sea Bubble - The Sharp Mind of John Blunt - Extra History - Part 1

Extra History

2015Politics, History & Society7 HN mentions
Building a Cathedral without Science or Mathematics: The Engineering Method Explained11:54

Building a Cathedral without Science or Mathematics: The Engineering Method Explained

engineerguy

2023Engineering, Transport & Making7 HN mentions
The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #111:11

The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1

CrashCourse

2012Politics, History & Society6 HN mentions
James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965)58:58

James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965)

The Riverbends Channel

2012Politics, History & Society6 HN mentions
KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion13:37

KGB Defector Yuri Bezmenov 1985 Interview. Explains KGB Manipulation of US Public Opinion

20th Century Time Machine

2016Politics, History & Society6 HN mentions
Why Louisiana Stays Poor15:25

Why Louisiana Stays Poor

Together Louisiana

2018Business, Startups & Economics6 HN mentions
Cracking Ancient Codes: Cuneiform Writing - with Irving Finkel38:55

Cracking Ancient Codes: Cuneiform Writing - with Irving Finkel

The Royal Institution

2019Ideas, Learning & Language5 HN mentions
Happy People | Spring (part 1) [Happy People Documentary | Spring in Siberia Part 153:56

Happy People | Spring (part 1) [Happy People Documentary | Spring in Siberia Part 1

Дмитрий Васюков

2014Arts, Comedy, Music & Film5 HN mentions
College Lecture Series - Neil Postman - "The Surrender of Culture to Technology"1:25:11

College Lecture Series - Neil Postman - "The Surrender of Culture to Technology"

College of DuPage

2013Ideas, Learning & Language5 HN mentions
The Bell Curve2:39:46

The Bell Curve

Shaun

2019Life Sciences, Mind & Health20 HN mentions
Why Russia is Invading Ukraine31:56

Why Russia is Invading Ukraine

RealLifeLore

2022Politics, History & Society20 HN mentions
Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change16:54

Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change

carlsagandotcom

2021Earth, Energy & Environment20 HN mentions
Slaughterbots7:48

Slaughterbots

Stop Autonomous Weapons

2017AI, Machine Learning & Data20 HN mentions
Exposing Tether - Bitcoin's Biggest Secret35:53

Exposing Tether - Bitcoin's Biggest Secret

Coffeezilla

2021Systems, Networks & Security15 HN mentions
The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in Most of North America7:19

The Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in Most of North America

Not Just Bikes

2020Engineering, Transport & Making14 HN mentions
The Voting System That Gives You Two Votes4:29

The Voting System That Gives You Two Votes

CGP Grey

2011Politics, History & Society14 HN mentions
[AUDIO FIXED] The Truth Cannot be Sexist - Steven Pinker on the biology of sex differences39:06

[AUDIO FIXED] The Truth Cannot be Sexist - Steven Pinker on the biology of sex differences

Gravitahn

2017Life Sciences, Mind & Health14 HN mentions
Explained: "Go Fast" UFO Video - Not Low and Not Fast - Like a Balloon!6:43

Explained: "Go Fast" UFO Video - Not Low and Not Fast - Like a Balloon!

Mick West

2019Ideas, Learning & Language13 HN mentions
Animated Voting Methods6:18

Animated Voting Methods

Unify The Vote

2017Mathematics & Theoretical CS13 HN mentions
The Houses that Can't be Built in America - The Missing Middle8:10

The Houses that Can't be Built in America - The Missing Middle

Not Just Bikes

2021Engineering, Transport & Making13 HN mentions
Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained6:40

Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

2016Politics, History & Society12 HN mentions
The US Has More Tribes Than the World Has Countries6:47

The US Has More Tribes Than the World Has Countries

CGP Grey

2019Politics, History & Society12 HN mentions
How one tweet can ruin your life | Jon Ronson17:12

How one tweet can ruin your life | Jon Ronson

TED

2015Ideas, Learning & Language11 HN mentions
1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)1:10:18

1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)

National Capital Area Skeptics (NCAS)

2016Politics, History & Society10 HN mentions
Was YOUR vote counted? (feat. homomorphic encryption) - Numberphile8:34

Was YOUR vote counted? (feat. homomorphic encryption) - Numberphile

Numberphile

2016Systems, Networks & Security10 HN mentions
Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years (Full Length)35:45

Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years (Full Length)

VICE

2013Arts, Comedy, Music & Film10 HN mentions
Operation InfeKtion: How Russia Perfected the Art of War | NYT Opinion47:01

Operation InfeKtion: How Russia Perfected the Art of War | NYT Opinion

New York Times Opinion

2018Politics, History & Society9 HN mentions
"You Have the Right to Remain Innocent" (James Duane)34:48

"You Have the Right to Remain Innocent" (James Duane)

The Cato Institute

2016Politics, History & Society9 HN mentions
Televangelists: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)20:06

Televangelists: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

2015Ideas, Learning & Language9 HN mentions
Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen | TEDxMountainViewHighSchool25:58

Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen | TEDxMountainViewHighSchool

TEDx Talks

2017Politics, History & Society9 HN mentions
Charlie Brooker's How to Report the News - Newswipe - BBC2:03

Charlie Brooker's How to Report the News - Newswipe - BBC

BBC

2010Arts, Comedy, Music & Film9 HN mentions
Copyright: How It Went Wrong5:10

Copyright: How It Went Wrong

CGP Grey

2011Politics, History & Society9 HN mentions
13TH | FULL FEATURE | Netflix1:40:03

13TH | FULL FEATURE | Netflix

Netflix

2020Politics, History & Society8 HN mentions
I Watched Ancient Apocalypse So You Don't Have To (Part 1)54:27

I Watched Ancient Apocalypse So You Don't Have To (Part 1)

Miniminuteman

2023Ideas, Learning & Language8 HN mentions
RSA ANIMATE: Crises of Capitalism11:11

RSA ANIMATE: Crises of Capitalism

Royal Society of Arts

2010Business, Startups & Economics8 HN mentions
Noam Chomsky: The five filters of the mass media machine | The Listening Post4:47

Noam Chomsky: The five filters of the mass media machine | The Listening Post

Al Jazeera English

2017Politics, History & Society8 HN mentions