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Public Lectures and Events

This is a collection of links to websites that provide free access to streaming videos of public lectures and events on a wide variety of topics including education, current affairs, environment, politics, science, technology, and arts.

WGBH Forum Network offers free online video lectures on a variety of topics, given by the world's leading scientists, educators, artists and authors.

FORA.tv offers a large collection of unmediated video drawn from live events, lectures, and debates at universities, think tanks and conferences.

ResearchChannel on YouTube provides a huge collection of videos appealing to general and niche audiences, covering a variety of topics: arts, business, economics, engineering, health care, medicine, and social sciences.

Gresham College provides free public lectures on a variety of topics including astronomy, economy, history, mathematics, music, physics, and psychology.

Video lectures | the Institute for Advanced Study provides free on-demand videos of public lectures on historical studies, mathematics, natural sciences, and social science.

UCTV offers free on-demand videos of public lectures and events on a variety of topics including arts & music, education, health & medicine, public affairs, and science, from throughout the University of California.

UWTV is an television channel broadcast by the University of Washington and offers original, non-commercial educational programming to showcase the university's research and scholarship.

Media Central | Princeton University offers free audio/video archive of lectures held at Princeton University, covering a variety of topics including social, political, and religious issues.

Podcasts from the University of Oxford provides free access to certain course materials and audio/video lectures on a variety of subjects including chemistry, engineering, humanities, life science, medical sciences, physics, and social sciences.

CornellCast provides free video and audio recordings of compelling lectures, discussions, and performances featuring members of the Cornell community and distinguished guests.

McGill Podcasts offers free audio/video streaming service of public lectures and events on the topics: agriculture, arts and humanities, business and leadership, environment, music, and science and technology.

Public Lecture Podcast - University of Bath provides audio podcasts of public lectures on a variety of topics such as science, engineering, humanities, psychology, economy, and literature.

Current Affairs, Social Science

LSE Public Lectures and Events provides free on-demand podcasts and webcasts of public lectures and events on economy, politics, current affairs, social science etc.

UChannel provides free video recordings on public and international affairs from academic institutions all over the world.

Conversations with History includes hundreds of interviews with eminent people on public affairs, which is created and hosted by Harry Kreisler.

Audio/Video | Mises Institute provides audio/video lectures on economics, history and philosophy from the Ludwig Von Mises Institute.

Mathematics, Science and Technology

The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) Video Library provides video lectures from IMA programs such as IMA annual program workshops, IMA summer programs, IMA seminars and public lectures.

Newton Institute Seminars Online contains lots of video recordings of lectures and seminars held at the institute, about mathematics and the mathematical sciences with applications over a wide range of science and technology.

Museum of Mathematics provides videos designed to enhance public understanding and perception of mathematics, and reveal the wonders of mathematics.

Distinctive Voices highlights innovations, discoveries, and emerging issues in an exciting and engaging public forum.

Science for the Public is committed to improving public knowledge of science and public appreciation for the contributions of science to social progress.

College of Science Lecture Series | The University of Arizona is a series of public lectures discussing various topics in science: Evolution, Global Climate Change, The Edges of Life, Science that Transforms, Mind and Brain, Cosmic Origins, and Living Beyond 100.

The Vega Science Trust provides a large collection of science videos including Nobel Prize interviews, science lectures, educational resources, and documentaries.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides free video lectures on the topics: biology, climate change, coastal and marine science, energy, geology, human health, polar science, and volcanoes.

YouTube - GoogleTechTalks's Channel provides a large number of videos of talks and presentations on science and technology, given at various Google offices throughout the world.

NIH VideoCasting Past Events provides free on-demand video or downloadable podcast of NIH special events, lectures and seminars on biomedical and health-related issues.

Medcast | Stanford University provides a series of talks on biomedical research, patient care and other health-related fields.

Medical Detectives | The University of Edinburgh offers a series of public lectures which show that keen detective work is still essential for 21st Century doctors. Inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the lectures highlight the University of Edinburgh's acclaimed medical research.

Video Library - UW School of Medicine and Public Health provides a large collection of free videos of educational events that have taken place at the University of Wisconsin Health Science Learning Center.

Videos of Lectures on Charles Darwin and Evolution, from Southern Methodist University (SMU), provides a number of lectures addressing evolution's contributions under the title "Darwin's Evolving Legacy: Celebrating Ideas That Shape Our World."

SETI Institute on YouTube provides free access to public talks at the SETI Institute, which mission is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe.

SLAC Public Lectures provide non-scientists with a unique insight into the workings of our universe, from the nanotechnology of diamonds to the latest Higgs Boson discoveries.

HubbleSite-Hubble Public Talks provides free access to public lectures at the Space Telescope
Science Institute. The lectures are presented in videos and PDF files.

Video Library - Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics provides free on-demand podcasts and webcasts of public lectures on physics and current issues in science.

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP): Talks provides free audio/video lectures on physics.

ComputerHistory's Channel - YouTube offers videos of the many lectures and events at the Computer History Museum and also historic computer films.

Oxford Internet Institute: Webcast provides free webcasts of the Internet pioneers, scholars and regulators who have spoken at the Oxford Internet Institute.

Computer Science Videos from Purdue University offers free video lectures on Computer Science and
its applications in other areas.

Energy Seminar | YouTube - StanfordUniversity's Channel brings a series of talks on a broad range of energy topics.

NRG 0.1 - Caltech contains many talks from scientists about energy research and technology.

Future of Nanotechnology | Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility contains video lectures dealing with the future of nanotechnology, the emerging field of nanomedicine, and the social and ethical associated with nanotechnology.

Business and Entrepreneurship

Harvard Business School : Entrepreneurs provides interviews with entrepreneurs on Harvard Business
School. Entrepreneurs speak their development as entrepreneurs, strategies for identifying opportunity,
and leadership.

Entrepreneurship Corner | Standford University provides free podcasts and video clips of entrepreneurial thought leaders and innovators from Silicon Valley.

INSEAD - Leadercasts provides free downloadable and on-demand audio/video podcasts consisting of interviews with business leaders.