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Gilded Age Politics:Crash Course US History #26
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Freedom Of The Press: Crash Course Government And Politics #26
788 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to finish up our discussion of the First Amendment with freedom of the press. Like an individual's right to free speech, the press has a right, and arguably responsibility, to tell the public what the government is doing. But of cour
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Islam and Politics: Crash Course World History 216
1,109 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about how Islam has interacted with politics during it's history, and how it continues to do so today. Islamist movements are in the news a lot lately, but how did that happen. John will point out that Islam has alway been
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Climate Change, Chaos, and The Little Ice Age - Crash Course World History 206
1,144 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Little Ice Age. The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that occurred from the 13th to the 19th centuries. This cooling was likely caused by a number of factors, including unusual solar activity and volc
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Thermodynamics: Crash Course History of Science #26
489 views / 0 likes - addedIt's time to heat things up! LITERALLY! It's time for Hank to talk about the history of Thermodynamics!!! It's messy and there are a lot of people who came up with some ideas that worked and other that didn't and then some ideas that should have come firs
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Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
465 views / 0 likes - addedWhile the English were falling apart a little, with their civil war and their restoration and their succession problems, the Dutch were getting their act together. They were throwing off the yoke of the Spanish Empire, uniting their provinces, and buildin
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The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age): Crash Course World History 211
859 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Bronze Age civilization in what we today call the middle east, and how the vast, interconnected civilization that encompassed Egypt, The Levant, and Mesopotamia came to an end. What's that you say? There was no su
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The Seven Years War: Crash Course World History #26
1,462 views / 6 likes - addedIn which John teaches you about the Seven Years War, which may have lasted nine years. Or as many as 23. It was a very confusing was. The Seven Years War was a global war, fought on five continents, which is kind of a lot. John focuses on the war as it ha
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The Golden Age of Hollywood: Crash Course Film History #11
781 views / 0 likes - addedIt's time for the glitz and the glamour of big motion pictures that helped keep American spirits up during and after the Great Depression. Sound was a huge change to motion pictures, but there were still a few technological innovations to come, like color
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Where US Politics Came From: Crash Course US History #9
754 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you where American politicians come from. In the beginning, soon after the US constitution was adopted, politics were pretty non-existent. George Washington was elected president with no opposition, everything was new and excit
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The Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History #4
519 views / 0 likes - addedThe thing about European History is that it tends to leak out of Europe. Europeans haven't been great at staying put in Europe. As human beings do, the people of Europe were very busy traveling around to trade, to spread religion, and in a lot of cases to
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Age of Jackson: Crash Course US History #14
943 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the presidency of Andrew Jackson So how did a president with astoundingly bad fiscal policies end up on the $20 bill? That's a question we can't answer, but we can tell you how Jackson got to be president, and how he
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Introduction: Crash Course U.S. Government and Politics
802 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine introduces a brand new Crash Course about U.S. Government and Politics! This course will provide you with an overview of how the government of the United States is supposed to function, and we'll get into how it actually does functi
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Public Opinion: Crash Course Government And Politics #33
1,194 views / 0 likes - addedSo today, Craig is finally going to start talking about politics. Now up until this point we've specifically been looking at government - that is answering the questions of who, what, and how in relation to policies. But politics is different in that it l
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Interest Groups: Crash Course Government And Politics #42
738 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to talk about something you fans out there have been demanding for months - money in politics. Specifically, we're going to talk about special interest groups and their role in the U.S. political system. Special interest groups are g
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Party Systems: Crash Course Government And Politics #41
673 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to dive into the history of American political parties. So throughout most of United States history our political system has been dominated by a two-party system, but the policies and the groups that support these parties have change
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Political Parties: Crash Course Government And Politics #40
664 views / 1 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to talk about political parties and their role in American politics. So, when most people think about political parties they associate them with the common ideologies of the voters and representatives within that party, but the goal
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Shaping Public Opinion: Crash Course Government And Politics #34
551 views / 0 likes - addedSo today Craig is going to talk about where our political opinions come from. Of course, most people’s politics are grounded in their ideologies, but there are also other external influences such as the government itself, interest groups, and the media. S
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Affirmative Action: Crash Course Government And Politics #32
671 views / 0 likes - addedSo we've been talking about civil rights for the last few episodes now, and we're finally going to wrap this discussion up with the rather controversial topic of affirmative action. We'll explain what exactly affirmative action is, who it is for, and why
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Media Institution: Crash Course Government And Politics #44
687 views / 0 likes - addedSo today we're going to look at the rather thorny issue of the media and its role in politics. Wether you're talking about older forms of media like newspapers and radio or newer forms like television and the Internet, all media serves the same purpose -
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Political Ideology: Crash Course Government And Politics #35
882 views / 1 likes - addedSo today Craig is going to look at political ideology in America. We're going to focus on liberals and conservatives and talk about the influencers of both of these viewpoints. Now, it's important to remember that political ideologies don't always perfect
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Foreign Policy: Crash Course Government And Politics #50
2,164 views / 1 likes - addedToday Craig finishes up our series on U.S. Government and Politics by talking about both the least and most important aspect of government: foreign policy. Foreign policy is important because it has the potential to affect the largest number of people, bu
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The Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27
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Electric Fields: Crash Course Physics #26
778 views / 0 likes - addedAs we learn more about electricity, we have to talk about fields. Electric fields may seem complicated, but they're really fascinating and a crucial part of physics. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini chats about capacitors, conductors, electr
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New Discovery About The Moon's Age Could Rewrite History
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Got Some Solutions?: Crash Course Kids #26.1
1,183 views / 0 likes - addedSo, there might not be just one solution to a problem. I know that may sound weird, but it's true. So, how do you come up with multiple solutions? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Engineer Sabrina shows us how to do that. Watch More Crash Course Kids
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Emotion, Stress and Health: Crash Course Psychology #26
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Federalism: Crash Course Government and Politics #4
691 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about federalism, or the idea that in the United States, power is divided between the national government and the 50 state governments. Craig will teach you about how federalism has evolved over the history of the US, an
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Game Theory And Oligopoly: Crash Course Economics #26
952 views / 0 likes - addedWould you like to play a game, Dr. Falken? Actually, this episode isn't really about games, or Matthew Broderick, or Thermonuclear War. But enough with the long references to 1983's best movie, War Games. Today Jacob and Adriene are going to teach you abo
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Let's Fly!: Crash Course Kids 26.2
865 views / 1 likes - addedSelecting which solution is the best solution to a problem may seem difficult at first. But if you are patient and think about what you need an effective solution to be, you can do it. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how to do just
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LARP: Crash Course Games #26
461 views / 0 likes - addedToday we’re going to talk about LARPs or live action role-playing games. Larping tends to conjure up the image of a bunch of nerds hitting each other with foam weapons but it’s much more than that. LARPs merge performance, community, and art in a way that
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Political Campaigns: Crash Course Government And Politics #39
546 views / 0 likes - addedSo political campaigns are a pretty big deal in the United States. For instance the 2012 presidential election clocked in at the most expensive ever - at around $6 billion dollars! Needless to say, money plays a very big role in American elections. So tod
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How Voters Decide: Crash Course Government And Politics #38
723 views / 0 likes - addedSo today, Craig is going to try to get inside the heads of voters by discussing how voters make decisions. Now obviously, like all decision making, voter decisions are influenced by a multitude of factors, but the three we are going to focus on today (and
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The Bicameral Congress: Crash Course Government and Politics #2
700 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about the United States Congress, and why it's bicameral, and what bicameral means. Craig tells you what the Senate and House of Representatives are for, some of the history of the institutions, and reveal to you just ho
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Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227
1,307 views / 7 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy...in Japan. The Heian period in Japan lasted from 794CE to 1185CE, and it was an interesting time in Japan. Rather than being known for a thriving
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Liquids: Crash Course Chemistry #26
744 views / 1 likes - addedIn this episode of Crash Course Chemistry, Hank gives you the low down on things like London Dispersion Forces, Hydrogen Bonds, Cohesion, Adhesion, Viscosity, Capillary Action, Surface Tension, and why liquids are just... WEIRD! -- TABLE OF CONTENTS Londo
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Skyscrapers, Statics, & Dynamics: Crash Course Engineering #26
272 views / 0 likes - addedWhat if you were on a high floor of a skyscraper and the building started swaying? Today well explore statics and dynamics, and what they mean for the structures we design. We look at the idea of static equilibrium, forces, and torques, and how free body
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Congressional Decisions: Crash Course Government and Politics #10
630 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig breaks out the crystal ball to try and figure out why our congresspeople do the things that they do. We’ll talk about the three motivating factors of congressional decisions - constituency, interest groups, and political parties - and we’l
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Controlling Bureaucracies: Crash Course Government And Politics #17
640 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine tells you how we keep bureaucracy in check. So we've spent the last few episodes telling you all about what bureaucracies are and why they are formed. And throughout we've hinted about this ever-expanding power within the executive
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Types Of Bureaucracies: Crash Course Government And Politics #16
601 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine breaks down the different types of bureaucracies. I mean sure, they’re all part of the executive branch, but some work more directly with the president than others. Some bureaucracies exist solely to independently regulate industry
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The Rise of Conservatism: Crash Course US History #41
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Presidential Power: Crash Course Government and Politics #11
736 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig looks at the expressed powers of the President of the United States - that is the ones you can find in the Constitution. From appointing judges and granting pardons, to vetoing laws and acting as the nation’s chief diplomat on foreign poli
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Presidential Powers 2: Crash Course Government And Politics
661 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig continues our conversation on presidential powers by looking at those NOT found in the Constitution - implied or inherent powers. We’ll talk about how the president uses his or her power to negotiate executive agreements, recommend legisla
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Congressional Delegation: Crash Course Government And Politics #13
606 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about delegation, and informal powers. What are all these federal agencies about? Well, the president has a lot of stuff to do as the chief executive, and as much as Americans like to talk about personal responsibility,
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How Presidents Govern: Crash Course Government And Politics #14
886 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine talks about how the president gets things done. Filling the role of the executive branch is a pretty big job - much too big for just one person. It's so big that the president employees an entire federal bureaucracy! Today, we’re j
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Market Economy: Crash Course Government And Politics #46
864 views / 1 likes - addedToday, we’re going to take a look at how the government plays a role in the economy. Specifically, the way the government creates and maintains our market economic system. Now sure, the government’s role in the economy can be controversial, some may even
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Bureaucracy Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #15
951 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine discuses bureaucracies. Bureaucracies tend to be associated with unintelligible rules and time-wasting procedures, but they play an important, though controversial, role in governing. From the FDA to the EPA, these agencies were es
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Search And Seizure: Crash Course Government And Politics #27
694 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig talks about police searches and seizures. Now, the fourth amendment says that you have the right to be protected against "unreasonable searches and seizures" but what exactly this mean? Well, it's complicated. The police often need warrant
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Graphical User Interfaces: Crash Course Computer Science #26
650 views / 0 likes - addedToday, we're going to discuss the critical role graphical user interfaces, or GUIs played in the adoption of computers. Before the mid 1980's the most common way people could interact with their devices was through command line interfaces, which though ef
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Discrimination: Crash Course Government And Politics #31
680 views / 1 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to wrap up our discussion of discrimination by looking more closely at those “discrete and insular minorities” referenced in the 14th Amendment. We’ll talk about instances of discrimination of Asian, European, and Latino immigrants,
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Gerrymandering: Crash Course Government And Politics #37
744 views / 1 likes - addedToday Craig is going to talk about a topic that makes voters and politicians alike ANGRY! We're going to talk about Gerrymandering - that is the process in which voting districts are redrawn in a way to favor one party during elections. As you'll see, thi
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History of the 4th of July: Crash Course US History Special
818 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you a bit about the 4th of July. In this special short Crash Course, John celebrates American Independence Day by teaching you how the holiday came to be on the 4th of July, and the many ways that Americans celebrate the day. T
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Freedom Of Religion: Crash Course Government And Politics #24
744 views / 2 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to take a look at the First Amendment and your right to freedom of religion. We’ll examine some significant Supreme Court decisions and talk about how they’ve affected our interpretations of the law with respect to stuff like animal
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Election Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #36
739 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States. So as you may have noticed, there are kind of a lot of people in the U.S, and holding individual issues up to a public vote doesn't seem particularly plausible. So to
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Social Policy: Crash Course Government And Politics #49
1,979 views / 2 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to talk about social policy - in the United States this means achieving one of three goals: protecting Americans from risk, promoting equal opportunity, or assisting the poor. Many Americans strongly believe in individualism, that is
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Sex Discrimination: Crash Course Government And Politics #30
734 views / 1 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to talk about employment discrimination, and we're going to focus primarily on women in the workforce. Discrimination against women tends to be handled somewhat differently in the courts as they are not a minority. Even so, the court
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Media Regulation: Crash Course Government And Politics #45
628 views / 0 likes - addedToday we wrap up our discussion of the media by talking about how the government interacts with and influences the content we see. Now it may be easy to assume that because we live in a free-market capitalist society, the only real regulation of the media
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Equal Protection: Crash Course Government And Politics #29
754 views / 1 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to talk about the most important part of the Constitution - the Fourteenth Amendment. In particular, we're going to discuss the "equal protection" clause and how it relates to our civil rights. So we've spent the last few episodes ta
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Freedom Of Speech: Crash Course Government And Politics #25
749 views / 1 likes - addedToday, FINALLY, Craig is going to talk about Free Speech! Now, free speech is so important because it not only allows you to critique the government, but it also protects you from the government. But it's essential to remember that not ALL speech is prote
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Legal System Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #18
1,142 views / 1 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine takes a first look at the judicial branch. It's pretty easy to forget that the courts, and the laws that come out of them, affect our lives on a daily basis. But how exactly these decisions are made and where each law's jurisdictio
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Language & Meaning: Crash Course Philosophy #26
972 views / 1 likes - addedToday we start our unit on language with a discussion of meaning and how we assign and understand meaning. We’ll cover sense and reference, beetles in boxes, and language games. We’re also getting into the meaning-making game ourselves: bananas are now ch
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Interest Group Formation: Crash Course Government And Politics #43
621 views / 1 likes - addedSo last week we talked about what special interest groups are and how they influence the political system, and today we’re going to focus on why we even have them in the first place. As to avoid getting too cynical, we’re going to focus on five benefits o
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Judicial Decisions: Crash Course Government And Politics #22
650 views / 1 likes - addedToday, Craig Benzine is going to dive into the factors that influence judicial decisions. As you may have noticed, the Supreme Court recently handed down some pretty big decisions on same-sex marriage (in Obergefell v Hodges) and the Affordable Care Act (
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Judicial Review: Crash Course Government And Politics #21
1,189 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig Benzine is going to tell you about the Supreme Court's most important case, Marbury v. Madison, and how the court granted itself the power of judicial review. Judicial review is the power to examine and invalidate actions of the legislative a
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Due Process Of Law: Crash Course Government And Politics #28
726 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig is going to continue our discussion of due process. Technically, we started last week with the 4th amendment and search and seizure, but this week we’re going to look at the 5th and 6th amendments and how they ensure a fair trial. We’ll ta
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Monetary And Fiscal Policy: Crash Course Government And Politics #48
814 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to dive into the controversy of monetary and fiscal policy. Monetary and fiscal policy are ways the government, and most notably the Federal Reserve, influences the economy - for better or for worse. So we’re going to start by lookin
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Structure Of The Court System: Crash Course Government And Politics #19
981 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine is going to talk about the structure of the U.S. court system and how exactly it manages to keep things moving smoothly. We’’ll talk about trial courts, district courts, appeals courts, circuit courts, state supreme courts, and of
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The Congress of Vienna: Crash Course European History #23
458 views / 0 likes - addedThe end of the Napoleonic Wars left the great powers of Europe shaken. Judging from the destruction that had been wrought across the continent, it seemed to the powers that be that the Enlightenment had liberated the people, and led to disaster. So, every
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Battles of the Civil War: Crash Course US History #19
925 views / 4 likes - addedDisclaimer: This is very different than the usual Crash Course US History episode. In which John Green lists a whole lot of the battles of the US Civil War in seven and a half minutes. We get a lot of requests for military history, so we offer a list of b
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Congressional Elections: Crash Course Government and Politics #6
668 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine talks about the importance of elections. But he isn’t going to focus on presidential elections, but instead those of the strongest part of our government: congressional elections. Craig will talk about the frequency of elections in
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Congressional Leadership: Crash Course Government and Politics #8
644 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine explores the leadership structure of congress. We’ll break out the clone machine to examine the responsibilities of the speaker of the house, the majority and minority leaders as well as the majority and minority whips in both the
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Congressional Committees: Crash Course Government and Politics #7
695 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine clears up the role of committees in Congress. We’ll talk about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses (and not the candidate-choosing kinds) as well as the staff agencies that help advise these c
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Constitutional Compromises: Crash Course Government and Politics #5
788 views / 1 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about the compromises met in ratifying the U.S. Constitution. The United State’s didn’t always have its current system of government. Actually, this is it’s second attempt. Craig will delve into the failures (and few suc
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Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances: Crash Course Government and Politics #3
1,687 views / 2 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about the US Governments Separation of powers and the system of checks and balances. In theory, the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Brach are designed to keep each other in check, and to keep a
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The 17th Century Crisis: Crash Course European History #11
390 views / 0 likes - addedThe 17th Century in Europe was pretty rough in a lot of ways. The Thirty Years War involved a lot of countries, and a lot of battles, and it was terrible for everyone involved, as wars have aa historical tendency to be. At the same time, disease and hunge
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The Computer and Turing: Crash Course History of Science #36
475 views / 0 likes - addedComputers and computing have changed a lot over the History of Science but ESPECIALLY over the last 100 years. In this episode of Crash Course History of Science, we have a look at that history around World War Two and how that conflict forced changes in
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Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #26
642 views / 0 likes - addedToday Phil’s explaining the stars and how they can be categorized using their spectra. Together with their distance, this provides a wealth of information about them including their luminosity, size, and temperature. The HR diagram plots stars’ luminosity
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The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33
1,866 views / 7 likes - addedYou can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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Biotechnology: Crash Course History of Science #40
387 views / 0 likes - addedThe history of discovering what DNA is, what it looks like, and how it works is... complicated. But, in this episode of History of Science, Hank Green does his best to lay out the basics so we can understand the beginnings of Biotechnology.***Crash Course
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Movies are Magic: Crash Course Film History #1
735 views / 0 likes - addedWell, they're not really "magic." Maybe "illusion" is a better way to say it. As we begin this journey of the history of cinema, we need to understand how movies trick our brains into even understanding that a movie is a movie. In this episode of Crash Co
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Italian and German Unification: Crash Course European History #27
571 views / 0 likes - addedSo, we haven't talked much about Italy and Germany so far in Crash Course Euro, and that's because prior to the mid-19th century, those two nation-states weren't really a thing. Today we'll look at how Italy and Germany pulled it together in the second ha
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How A Meteorite Crash Ended The Age Of Dinosaurs | Life Of Earth From Space
353 views / 1 likes - addedExperts detail and speculate how a meteorite crash contributed towards the extinction of dinosaurs on planet Earth. Subscribe to Discovery UK for more great clips:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=DiscoveryTVFollow Discovery UK on Twitte
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Migration: Crash Course European History #29
391 views / 0 likes - addedBetween 1840 and 1914, an estimated 40 million people left Europe. This is one of the most significant migrations in human history. So, who was leaving Europe? And why? Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.pa
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S.C.O.T.U.S. Procedures: Crash Course Government And Politics #20
641 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine talks about what happens when a case makes it to the Supreme Court of the United States (or the SCOTUS). We're going to focus on court procedure today. We talk about how to petition to get your case heard, how written arguments, or
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The Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History #8
808 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Hank and John Green teach you a Crash Course on the modern revolution, and the upside of the progress that humanity has made in the last 500 years or so. And while there are two sides to every history, and many of these changes haven't been great
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The Heart, Part 2 - Heart Throbs: Crash Course A&P #26
1,152 views / 1 likes - addedToday we're talking the heart and heart throbs -- both literal and those of the televised variety. Hank explains how your heart’s pacemaker cells use leaky membranes to generate their own action potentials, and how the resulting electricity travels throug
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Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19
648 views / 0 likes - addedLast time we learned about the Enlightenment, and the philosophers and thinkers whose ideas would shape governance for hundred of years. This week, we're learning how monarchs across Europe were influenced by those ideas. Adoption of Enlightenment ideas a
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How a Bill Becomes a Law: Crash Course Government and Politics #9
790 views / 1 likes - addedOh my, Craig has his work cut out for him this week. The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex, fraught with potential bill-death at every corner. As if just getting through committee isn’t difficult enough, bills have to navigate a se
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The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards: Crash Course US History #1
912 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green kicks off Crash Course US History! Why, you may ask, are we covering US History, and not more World History, or the history of some other country, or the very specific history of your home region? Well, the reasons are many. But, like
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Home Video: Crash Course Film History #13
625 views / 0 likes - addedAs the New Hollywood gained steam in the late 70s and early 80s, another revenue stream opened its doors: home video. From Betamax to Laserdisc to Bluray to streaming services, home video revolutionized how we ingest movies. In this episode of Crash Cours
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Government Regulation: Crash Course Government And Politics #47
732 views / 2 likes - addedToday, we’re going to wrap up our discussion of economic policy by looking at government regulation. We're going to talk about the government's goals for the U.S. economy and the policies it employs to achieve those goals. Ever since the New Deal, we've s
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The History of Game Shows: Crash Course Games #25
488 views / 0 likes - addedToday we're going to talk about game shows! Game shows have a long history going all the way back to the 1920s on the radio and then proliferating across media to the massive pop culture icons they are today. And they're different from most game genres we
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Independent Cinema: Crash Course Film History #12
636 views / 0 likes - addedHollywood was riding high until their formula got to be stale. In places like Italy and France (as well as other places in the world we'll talk about soon) filmmakers were starting to break out of the mold and make daring films that challenged the idea of
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Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40
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The Silent Era: Crash Course Film History #9
617 views / 0 likes - addedThe Silent Era of Hollywood set a lot of things into motion in terms of how movies were made and sold. Big stars were one of the main ways studios tried to make their movies stand apart from one another and get the public to make choices at the cinema. Bu
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Why Human Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History 204
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The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #21
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Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9
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The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science #13
327 views / 0 likes - addedThis week on Crash Course: History of the Scientific Revolutionastronomical anomalies accrued. Meanwhile, in Denmarkan eccentric rich dude constructed not one but two science castles! And his humble German assistant synthesized a lot of new, old, and bold
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Ford, Carter, and the Economic Malaise: Crash Course US History #42
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The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
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Why Star Stuff Matters: Crash Course Big History 202
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Why Early Globalization Matters: Crash Course Big History #206
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The French Revolution: Crash Course European History #21
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Modern Life: Crash Course European History #30
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The Northern Renaissance: Crash Course European History #3
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Why the Evolutionary Epic Matters: Crash Course Big History #203
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Expansion and Consequences: Crash Course European History #5
401 views / 0 likes - addedEuropean exploration had a lot of side effects. When the Old World and the New World began to interact, people, wealth, food, animals, and disease began to flow in both directions. In the New World, countless millions were killed by smallpox, measles, and
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World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33
518 views / 0 likes - addedEurope's system of alliances and centuries-old tensions erupted into war in August of 1914. This week on Crash Course Euro, we're talking about the military history of World War I, and taking a look at the broad strokes of how the war unfolded. We'll take
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The Protestant Reformation: Crash Course European History #6
372 views / 0 likes - addedYou may have noticed that the internet is terrible at religious discourse. Well, this is not a new phenomenon. In the early 16th century, the Roman Catholic church dominated Christianity in Europe, and the institution was starting to show some cracks. Ten
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Reform and Revolution 1815-1848: Crash Course European History #25
487 views / 0 likes - addedIn the aftermath of the revolutions and upheaval in 18th and early 19th century Europe, there was a hunger for reform across the continent. Reformers like Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, and Auguste Comte proposed radical new ideas, and at the same time, re
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Soviet Montage: Crash Course Film History #8
658 views / 0 likes - addedRussia went and had a revolution in 1917 and cinema was a big part of its aftermath. Even though film stock was hard to come by, we saw the first film school started, and the study of film became hugely important. Russian filmmakers started trying to unde
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The New Chemistry: Crash Course History of Science #18
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Electricity: Crash Course History of Science #27
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The New Anatomy: Crash Course History of Science #15
353 views / 0 likes - addedTheres a question to consider thats pretty daunting: what is life? And to try to answer that question, three tools stand out as being especially useful: A book, some experiments, and the microscope! In this episode, Hank talks to us about all kinds of gro
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Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19
385 views / 0 likes - addedYouve probably heard of Charles Darwin, but before we get to him, you really need to understand how different people, throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, tried to answer the same question: what is life? ***Crash Course is on Patreon! You
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Reformation and Consequences: Crash Course European History #7
474 views / 0 likes - addedThe Protestant Reformation didn't exactly begin with Martin Luther, and it didn't end with him either. Reformers and monarchs changed the ways that religious and state power were organized throughout the 16th and early 17th centuries. Jean Calvin in Franc
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The Century of the Gene: Crash Course History of Science #42
329 views / 0 likes - addedWith the question What is life? addressed at the molecular level, humanity could finally cure all disease and live forever Except, not really. It turns out we're complicated.***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http:
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Ecology: Crash Course History of Science #38
340 views / 0 likes - addedWeve explored the origins of modern biology, the earth sciences, and even the sciences of outer space. Now its time to put these disciplines together. It's Ecology time!!!***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://w
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Expansion and Resistance: Crash Course European History #28
519 views / 0 likes - addedIn 19th century Europe, with nation building well under way, thoughts turned outward, toward empire. This week, we're looking at how Europeans expanded into Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the 1800s. You'll learn about China and the Opium War, British In
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The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24
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Experimental and Documentary Films: Crash Course Film History #16
544 views / 1 likes - addedIt's Craig's last episode of Film and in it he's going to talk about weird stuff... and real stuff. Experimental and Documentary films could each take up their own Crash Course series. The different styles and intents of different filmmakers make each fil
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Modern Thought and Culture in 1900: Crash Course European History #31
353 views / 0 likes - addedEurope was in transition politically and culturally at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, we're looking at the dawn of modern science, and the rise of Modernism in the arts, especially in music, dance, and visual arts. We'll look at changes in musi
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Witchcraft: Crash Course European History #10
417 views / 2 likes - addedDuring our last several episodes, Europe and the European-controlled world have been in crisis. Wars, disease, climate changes, and shifts in religious and political power threw the European world into turmoil. People were looking for a scapegoat, and for
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18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20
413 views / 0 likes - addedEuropean powers had a lot of wars in the 18th century, and they weren't confined to Europe. Conflict raged across the globe, in what might be called a World War...but we don't call it that, because we already have a couple of those coming up in the 20th c
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Newton and Leibniz: Crash Course History of Science #17
378 views / 1 likes - addedThe standard story of the Scientific Revolution culminates with the long life of one man: Sir Isaac Newtona humble servant of the Royal Mint, two-time parliamentarian, and a scientific titan whose name, along with Einsteins, is synonymous with physics tod
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The Language of Film: Crash Course Film History #5
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Post-World War I Recovery: Crash Course European History #36
457 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green looks at Europe's attempts to recover from the devastation of World War I and forge a lasting peace. The peace did not last. Today we're talking about the economic cultural recovery of the 1920s, and the economic depression of the 1930
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787 views / 0 likes - addedSometimes trail blazers of science aren't famous like Darwin or Pasteur. Sometimes they're humble Abbots, just growing peas in the back of their Abbey. This is the story of Gregor Mendel and how his work was done, lost, then found again. ***Crash Course i
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Life and Longevity: Crash Course History of Science #44
308 views / 0 likes - addedIt's time to have a look at the future of human life and how technology could possibly extend longevity. But, within that tech, are questions of ethics that are not always at the top of mind when the tech is being developed. In this episode, Hank sits dow
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Bodies and Dollars: Crash Course History of Science #41
350 views / 0 likes - addedAfter World War Two, the applications of basic discoveries in biology took offand became big business. Today, well look at the rise of Big Pharma and GMO foods. Well also discuss how life-science technologies fundamentally changed reproduction: its time t
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The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science #33
542 views / 0 likes - addedThe story picks up where we left off last time, with Einstein writing the president of his new homeland, the United States, urging him to build a nuclear weapon before Hitler. This is the tale of the most destructive force humans have ever unleashed. The
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Commerce, Agriculture, and Slavery: Crash Course European History #8
402 views / 0 likes - addedWe've been talking a lot about kings, and queens, and wars, and religious upheaval for most of this series, but let's take a moment to zoom out, and look at the ways that individuals' lives were changing in the time span we've covered so far. Some people'
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