Lord Walter Thomas Layton - This I Believe (1950s) - Radio broadcast
Walter Thomas Layton, 1st Baron Layton. A British economist and Liberal Party politician. 1922 - 1938 Editor of The Economist. 1930 - 1940 Editorial director of the News Chronicle.
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Sir Charles G. Darwin - This I Believe (1950s) - Radio broadcast
Charles Galton Darwin, the grandson of Sir Charles Darwin, was an English physicist. Director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) during the Second World War.
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Sir Norman Birkett - This I Believe - 1950s Radio Broadcast
William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, PC, QC was a British barrister, judge, politician and preacher who served as the alternate British judge during the Nuremberg Trials. Member of Parliament for Nottingham East. (Wikipedia) An episode of the CBS Radio Network programme hosted by Ed
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Winston Churchill - Anglo-American Unity - 6 September 1943
Sir Winston Churchill. 'Anglo-American Unity'. A speech on receiving an honorary degree at Harvard University. 6 September 1943. More recordings of Sir Winston Churchill - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWX1hfU1FFvooeZ7pHA3q7fyDylFRC2F5
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The voice of Henry Herbert Asquith - 1909
Henry Herbert Asquith's budget speech of 1909.
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The Dead by Rupert Brooke - Read by Sir John Gielgud
The Dead by Rupert Brooke - Read by Sir John Gielgud
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St. Crispin's Day Speech - Sir Laurence Olivier - 1947
Excerpt from audio dramatization of Shakespeare's Henry V recorded in 1947. Starring Laurence Oliver as Henry V.
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Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) on Winston Churchill
Excerpt from interview with Kenneth Harris, 1970.
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In the Company of Scholars: "How to Write a War: Thucydides and the Literature of WWI"
In the Company of Scholars Lecture Series: "How to Write a War: Thucydides and the Literature of the First World War" 'From Homeric epic the ancient Greek historian Thucydides inherited the construct of a ‘great’ war as simultaneously a theatre for glorious action and the source of tragic
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Can you outsmart this logical fallacy? - Alex Gendler
Explore the psychology of the cognitive bias known as the conjunction fallacy, where we assume specific conditions are more probable than general ones. -- Meet Lucy. She was a math major in college, and aced all her courses in probability and statistics. Which do you think is more likel
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Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson - Interview with Kenneth Harris (video)
Full interview is here: https://goo.gl/GAhvyu Kenneth Harris interviews HRH Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII, and his spouse Wallis, Duchess of Windsor. Filmed in October 1969. First broadcast as a radio interview on 27 March 1970.
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The fish that walk on land - Noah R. Bressman
Explore the challenges facing amphibious fish when they leave water and the ingenious ways they survive on land. -- We think of fish as completely aquatic animals. But there are actually hundreds of fish species that are amphibious, meaning that they possess adaptations that enable them
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How do crystals work? - Graham Baird
What makes crystals grow into their signature shapes? Dig into the atomic patterns and unique properties of crystals. -- Many crystals have signature shapes— like the cascade of pointed quartz or a pile of galena cubes. Every crystal’s atoms have a defining feature: their organized, rep
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What’s the point(e) of ballet? - Ming Luke
How does ballet convey narrative, emotion, and character? Dive into “The Sleeping Beauty” to see how a ballet creates its essential elements. -- A baby cursed at birth. A fierce battle of good and evil. A true love awoken with a kiss. Since premiering in 1890, “The Sleeping Beauty” has
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Did ancient Troy really exist? - Einav Zamir Dembin
If you enjoy this lesson, we highly recommend reading "Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History's Greatest Buildings." Discounted e-book versions available here: https://amzn.to/2LL50Zk Check out our book rec page to learn more: http://bit.ly/2mZ9LQS View full lesson: https://ed.ted
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"Gravity," Stanford’s 72-Hour Musical
Watch, learn and connect: https://stanfordconnects.stanford.edu/ Experience a performance from Gravity, a new musical written by Joel Chapman, ’14, MA ’15, Weston Gaylord, ’15, Matt Herrero, ’17, Jessia Hoffman, ’15, and Ken Savage ’14, MA ’15 as part of Stanford Art Institute's first 72-
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The Fermi Paradox II — Solutions and Ideas – Where Are All The Aliens?
Where are all the aliens? The universe is too big and too old, why have we not met aliens yet? Do they live in computers? Were they wiped out by an ancient super intelligence? Or are we just to primitive to understand their motives? Whatever the answer is, it is incredibly important for ou
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Addiction and the Brain - AMNH SciCafe
Only a small percentage of people who try an illicit drug will go on to develop addiction. What makes one more vulnerable to addiction than another? Theories abound, from troubled childhoods to work stress to genetics. Psychiatrist Edmund Griffin explains how epidemiology, cocaine-addicted
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Though they might not be the king of street food today, a hundred years ago Tamales dominated street corners, with tamale vendors becoming so popular that turf wars broke out. Though it was briefly impossible to avoid tamaleros, they vanished almost as quickly as they came. The history of
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