How Society Affects Your Health
AdultsEducationHealthHumanSocietyEconomy... Society does a lot to improve our health, from sanitation to healthy foods. But society can have negative impacts on our health as well, and whether or not we get the positive impacts or the negative ones, can often come down to social and economic standing.
What's The Best Country To Live In?
YouthWellnessWorldEconomyPoliticsSociety... Discover the shortcomings of using GDP to measure a country’s well-being, and what alternatives can be used to gauge quality of life.
The true cost of gold - Lyla Latif
AdultsEconomyIndustryLifeJustice... Dig into how foreign corporations exploit African nations like Mali for their gold mining, and often rob them of proper compensation.
How To Make Your First Budget (At Any Income)
AdultsEconomyEducationLifePersonal Finance... Here is the second episode of The College Student's Guide To Money! In this episode, Chelsea walks you through everything you need to know to make your first budget, no matter how much money you have coming in.
How Trash Goes From Garbage Cans to Landfills (Every Step Explained) | WIRED
AdultsCitiesEconomyIndustryEnvironmentScience... Every day New York City picks up 12,000 tons of refuse and recycling. How does all this trash go from the garbage can to its final destination? Former New York City Sanitation Commissioner Ed Grayson is here to explain.
Why Farmers Can’t Legally Replant Their Own Seeds
AdultsNaturePoliticsSocietyEconomy... When farmers purchase a patented seed variety, they sign an agreement that they will not save and replant seeds produced from the seed they buy.
What is a “Developed” Country? Crash Course Geography #40
AdultsHistoryHumanLifeEconomyEducation... oday we’re going to discuss what it means for a place to be “developed”. Development is often associated with economic success — that is countries with higher standards of living and material wealth like those found in Europe and North America.
Where Did Fast Food Come From, And Who Invented It?
YouthHistoryTechnologyBusinessEconomyFood... The fast food industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, which is amazing considering it's less than 100 years old.
Does It Pay To Cheat?
AdultsEconomyHumanJustice For some birds, trying to cheat your neighbors into raising your babies is just as much work - and is no more successful - than doing it yourself.
The dark history of bananas - John Soluri
AdultsHistoryHumanNatureEconomyCulture... Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America.
Releasing All 2 MILLION US Prisoners - What Happens?
AdultsEconomyJusticePoliticsSociety... ig bad criminals don't seem so scary behind bars, but what if those bars opened up, and all the criminals were released back into the street?
Overpopulation & Africa
AdultsHistoryHumanWorldSocietyEconomy... For most of our history, the human population grew slowly. Until new discoveries brought us more food and made us live longer.