Were Humans Destined to Exist?
AdultsHistoryHumanScience This is a snippet of a larger conversation taking place on Crash Course Pods: The Universe. Over 11 episodes, John Green and Katie Mack walk through the entire history of the universe…even the parts that aren’t written yet.
Dalmatian Puppy Learns to Enjoy Human Contact
AdultsAnimalsHumanNaturePetsHealth Dexter the Dalmatian gets daily massages to help him associate pleasure with the touch and smell of a human. He also meets Irish Setter Molly for the first time, to get used to meeting unfamiliar dogs.
How Skin, Snot, and Cells Keep Us Healthy: Animal Defense Systems: Crash Course Biology #45
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanScience The world is full of microbes and viruses that can get us sick, but we’ve got an Avengers-style defense system ready to take them on.
Can you transplant a head to another body?
AdultsBiologyHealthTechnologyHumanScience Follow a neurosurgeon's attempts to perform a head transplant, and dig into the ethical and biological questions the procedure raises.
How Does Birth Control Work?
AdultsEducationHumanTechnologyHealth There are huge varieties of birth control methods because there are lots of different ways to disrupt the process of sperm-egg fertilization.
You have no free will at all | Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky
AdultsBiologyHumanPsychologyScience How your biology and environment make your decisions for you, according to Dr. Robert Sapolsky.
How to increase your happiness
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyWellnessSelf Dig into the benefits of practicing gratitude in your everyday life, and discover how being thankful can impact your happiness.
How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future
AdultsHumanPoliticsProductivityEconomySocietyFuture In a scorching talk, marketing professor and podcaster Scott Galloway dissects the data showing that, by many measures, young people in the US are worse off financially than ever before.
The true story behind the legend of the 47 Rōnin
AdultsHistoryHumanCulture Dig into one of Japan’s most infamous stories about the 47 samurai who take revenge for the loss of their leader.
Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein's Math Veritasium 15.5M subscribers Subscribe 91K
AdultsHumanMathSciencePhysics Einstein was wrong about black holes, what else?
This person isn't actually screaming - Noah Charney
AdultsArtHistoryHumanCulture Explore Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream,” and find out why this artwork became one of the world’s most famous paintings.
A Comedian’s Take on How to Save Democracy
AdultsHumanPoliticsWorldHumorSociety Conversation is a battlefield with only one winner. Or is it? Comedian and author Jordan Klepper believes we can get better at talking to each other (and perhaps save democracy) by learning how to lose.
One of the world’s oldest condiments - Dan Kwartler
AdultsFoodHistoryHuman Trace the history of ketchup, from the condiment’s origins in 3rd century China to becoming a staple of American cuisine.
What’s Eating The Titanic?
AdultsHistoryHumanScience When a ship sinks, lots of factors, like the ship’s materials, the water quality, and the depth of the seafloor all play a role in determining how long the ship will last down there - as a result, the Titanic will be gone in fifty years, while Byzantine wrecks in the Black sea remain.