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Sigrid explains - The Limerick - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Sigrid explains what a limerick is, and how to write one. If you are so inclined, you can submit your limericks in the "comments" section of the video tab.

Sigrid explains - The Limerick - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Sigrid has more fun with limericks, attempting to sing one, and dedicating another limerick to her boss. She offers a final limerick from Edward Lear, the king of limericks. See Part 1 for instructions on how limericks work and how to write one.

Sigrid explains - Humpty Dumpty View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Nursery rhymes are for children. The rhyme about Humpty Dumpty, however, is so famous that it's been used in literary and cinematic contexts as well.

Sigrid - Pumpkin Season - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

One way to prepare for Halloween is to make a jack o' lantern. In this segment, Sigrid explains what a jack o' lantern is, and how kids and adults celebrate Halloween.

Sigrid - Pumpkin Season - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

The pumpkin is ready to carve out. Sigrid explains that pumpkins are indeed an edible type of squash and not just for making into jack o' lanterns. In fact, one pumpkin can become both a pumpkin pie and a jack o' lantern.

Sigrid - Pumpkin Season - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Sigrid finishes carving her pumpkin and places the candle inside so we can see the final effect of the jack o' lantern. Happy Halloween!

Shakespeare - Original pronunciation - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

United Kingdom

David and Ben Crystal explain what goes into original pronunciation (OP) productions of Shakespeare and what they reveal about the history of the English language.

Shakespeare - Original pronunciation - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

United Kingdom

David and Ben Crystal explain why Shakespeare verses read with Original Pronunciation convey very different emotions and open up another level of understanding.

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World - Electric Playground Interview - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

USA

Filmmakers Christina Fon and Stevie Salas are interviewed about Rumble, their documentary exploring how Native American musicians have influenced rock n' roll.

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World - Electric Playground Interview - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

USA

The two filmmakers who created Rumble talk about how Native American musicians like Link Wray were idols in the eyes of famous performers, but totally unknown to the general public.

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World - Electric Playground Interview - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Canada, USA

The filmmakers talk about some of the people they wanted to interview for the documentary. Sometimes it just took time, and in a few cases it didn't work out at all. For Christina, one highlight was getting to interview writer and activist John Trudell before his death in 2015.

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World - Electric Playground Interview - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

USA

Stevie Salas and Christina Fon talk about striking the right balance between entertainment and a political message, and what they hope their film will achieve.

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World - Electric Playground Interview - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Canada, USA

Stevie Salas and Christina Fon discuss what is next for the film Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World as it premieres around the world.

RUIN live in Berlin - Georges Bataille poem

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Germany

Renowned painter Martin Eder’s band RUIN live at the Sophiensaele in Berlin, with keyboardist Roderick Miller reading an excerpt from a poem by Georges Bataille.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Mick Jagger Inducts The Beatles

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

United Kingdom

Mick Jagger, singer for the Rolling Stones, is delighted to welcome his old friends and rivals the Beatles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in this entertaining speech from 1988.

Prince Ea - I Am NOT Black, You are NOT White View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Richard Williams, better known by his stage name Prince Ea, is an American spoken word artist, poet, rapper, and filmmaker. He formed the "Make 'SMART' Cool" movement in 2009, which is dedicated to promoting the ideals of education, intelligence, unity, and creativity through hip hop.

Poet Amanda Gorman - The Hill We Climb

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

USA

The nation's first Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration ceremony for the 46th presidency of the United States of America. So many people were emotionally touched by this performance that we wanted to share it with our Yabla learners. It's a living example of contemporary American poetry and was part of a unique moment in American History.

Pictures from the Moon - Exhibition of Artists' Holograms

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

USA

Curator Jenny Moore at the New Museum in New York City guides us through the "Pictures from the Moon" exhibition of holographic art works by well-known artists including Louise Bourgeois, Bruce Naumann, Eric Orr, Ed Ruscha, and James Turrell.

Oxford, England - Visit the University of Oxford View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

United Kingdom

Join Karine as she goes behind the scenes at the University of Oxford, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious educational institutions and alma mater to kings and presidents.

Numberphile - Winning at Rock Paper Scissors View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Australia, United Kingdom

You might have thought that “rock, paper, scissors” was a game of sheer chance, but scientists have shown that people play with a “predictable irrationality,” and that there are strategies that can help you to win.

New York City - Little Shop of Crafts View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Doreen Cruz from Little Shop of Crafts in New York explains to us how her workplace functions as a creative outlet for both children and adults.

Movie Trailers - Bohemian Rhapsody View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

United Kingdom

Bohemian Rhapsody is a biographical film about the British rock band Queen, focusing on lead singer Freddie Mercury's life leading up to Queen's Live Aid performance at Wembley Stadium in 1985. Freddie defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet.

Movie Trailers - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

USA

This is the trailer for a Buck Roger’s film in which his NASA space mission goes terribly wrong. He awakens in a perilous age of space conflict four centuries into the future, in a world very different from the one he left behind.

Melissa Leo - Drops F-Bomb During Oscar Speech

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

USA

Viewer Discretion Advised

PoptopicTV Minute Reports: Melissa Leo becomes the first Academy Award winner to say the F-word in an Oscar acceptance speech for Best Supporting actress (The Fighter). Naughty naughty!

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