Politics, History & Society

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Astroturf and manipulation of media messages | Sharyl Attkisson | TEDxUniversityofNevada10:37

Astroturf and manipulation of media messages | Sharyl Attkisson | TEDxUniversityofNevada

TEDx Talks

2015Politics, History & Society6 HN mentions
James Baldwin vs William F Buckley: A legendary debate from 196558:43

James Baldwin vs William F Buckley: A legendary debate from 1965

Aeon Video

2019Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1 - Animated22:00

Desert Storm - The Air War, Day 1 - Animated

The Operations Room

2020Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 14: Politics of Eternity, Politics of Inevitability11:25

Timothy Snyder Speaks, ep. 14: Politics of Eternity, Politics of Inevitability

Timothy Snyder

2018Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
Slavoj Žižek + Paul Holdengräber "Surveillance and whistleblowers" - International Authors' Stage1:21:00

Slavoj Žižek + Paul Holdengräber "Surveillance and whistleblowers" - International Authors' Stage

Det Kgl. Bibliotek

2014Systems, Networks & Security5 HN mentions
Я позвонил своему убийце. Он признался33:21

Я позвонил своему убийце. Он признался

Алексей Навальный

2020Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
China is erasing its border with Hong Kong14:25

China is erasing its border with Hong Kong

Vox

2018Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
From the DMZ Into the Hermit Kingdom - Inside North Korea (Part 1/3)20:52

From the DMZ Into the Hermit Kingdom - Inside North Korea (Part 1/3)

VICE

2011Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
DEFCON 17: That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion Dollars31:28

DEFCON 17: That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion Dollars

Christiaan008

2011Computing History & Culture5 HN mentions
Can We Pull Back From The Brink? (Episode #207)1:53:00

Can We Pull Back From The Brink? (Episode #207)

Sam Harris

2020Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
Lina Khan – FTC Chair on Amazon Antitrust Lawsuit & AI Oversight | The Daily Show21:08

Lina Khan – FTC Chair on Amazon Antitrust Lawsuit & AI Oversight | The Daily Show

The Daily Show

2024Business, Startups & Economics5 HN mentions
J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints1:29:45

J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints

ContraPoints

2021Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
The Kennedy Assassination: Inside the Book Depository1:38:11

The Kennedy Assassination: Inside the Book Depository

LEMMiNO

2023Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
Jim Jefferies -- Gun Control (Part 1) from BARE -- Netflix Special7:48

Jim Jefferies -- Gun Control (Part 1) from BARE -- Netflix Special

Jim Jefferies

2015Arts, Comedy, Music & Film5 HN mentions
Epic v Apple: Judgment Day - Who Won? Who Lost? ...and Why? (VL538)2:26:22

Epic v Apple: Judgment Day - Who Won? Who Lost? ...and Why? (VL538)

Hoeg Law

2021Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | full movie (2014)1:45:00

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | full movie (2014)

moviemaniacsDE

2014Computing History & Culture5 HN mentions
youtube YouTube   Stewart Lee   9   Political Correctness   41st Best Stand Up ever9:15

youtube YouTube Stewart Lee 9 Political Correctness 41st Best Stand Up ever

MrSenseisnotcommon

2011Arts, Comedy, Music & Film5 HN mentions
The Surprising History of Copyright and What It Means For...54:58

The Surprising History of Copyright and What It Means For...

Google TechTalks

2007Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
Oswald Acted Alone: JFK Assassination Solved (Part 1 of 2)1:43:57

Oswald Acted Alone: JFK Assassination Solved (Part 1 of 2)

Sean Munger

2022Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
What 40,000 Videos Tell Us About The Trending Tab13:50

What 40,000 Videos Tell Us About The Trending Tab

Coffee Break

2019AI, Machine Learning & Data5 HN mentions
America's Iron Giants - The World's Most Powerful Metalworkers12:48

America's Iron Giants - The World's Most Powerful Metalworkers

Machine Thinking

2018Engineering, Transport & Making5 HN mentions
I made a talking banana17:41

I made a talking banana

Useless Duck Company

2018Hardware & Electronics5 HN mentions
Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)21:21

Opioids II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight

2019Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
Senate hearing on National Security Space Launch Programs with Elon Musk1:20:22

Senate hearing on National Security Space Launch Programs with Elon Musk

canadarm2

2014Physics, Space & Chemistry5 HN mentions
David Reich — How one small tribe conquered the world 70,000 years ago1:57:04

David Reich — How one small tribe conquered the world 70,000 years ago

Dwarkesh Patel

2024Life Sciences, Mind & Health5 HN mentions
The 1751 Machine that Made Everything14:57

The 1751 Machine that Made Everything

Machine Thinking

2018Engineering, Transport & Making5 HN mentions
President Trump: How & Why...6:12

President Trump: How & Why...

Jonathan Pie

2016Arts, Comedy, Music & Film5 HN mentions
Dropping the Bomb: Hiroshima & Nagasaki2:20:19

Dropping the Bomb: Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Shaun

2020Politics, History & Society5 HN mentions
Homeless man talks openly about being addicted to heroin. We have an opioid crisis in America.6:15

Homeless man talks openly about being addicted to heroin. We have an opioid crisis in America.

Invisible People

2011Politics, History & Society4 HN mentions
Andres Duany Lecture. Suburban Sprawl.1:24:15

Andres Duany Lecture. Suburban Sprawl.

Andriy Kosetsky

2012Engineering, Transport & Making4 HN mentions
Call Between Alexey Navalny and FSB Officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev [English Subtitles]49:16

Call Between Alexey Navalny and FSB Officer Konstantin Kudryavtsev [English Subtitles]

Bellingcat

2020Politics, History & Society4 HN mentions
"Why do you lock your door?" - RVASec 201251:21

"Why do you lock your door?" - RVASec 2012

Schuyler Towne

2012Systems, Networks & Security4 HN mentions
Chai Jing's review: Under the Dome – Investigating China’s Smog 柴静雾霾调查:穹顶之下 (full translation)1:43:56

Chai Jing's review: Under the Dome – Investigating China’s Smog 柴静雾霾调查:穹顶之下 (full translation)

Christopher He

2015Earth, Energy & Environment4 HN mentions
How We Bought Our Abandoned House in Japan | Process, Costs, Risks, Finance, How to Find One31:45

How We Bought Our Abandoned House in Japan | Process, Costs, Risks, Finance, How to Find One

Tokyo Llama

2019Business, Startups & Economics4 HN mentions
University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral William H. McRaven19:27

University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral William H. McRaven

Texas Exes

2014Ideas, Learning & Language4 HN mentions
Every Ruler Makes the Same Mistake When They Die5:39

Every Ruler Makes the Same Mistake When They Die

CGP Grey

2016Politics, History & Society4 HN mentions