Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Lionel Richie and Jimmy Carter reminisce about Tuskegee, the small city in Alabama where the singing superstar grew up. Since Jimmy is also from Alabama, they have a lot to talk about. Just recalling its tastes and smells takes Lionel right back to his childhood home. Of course, after becoming famous, it became hard to visit his hometown without drawing unwanted attention.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Pamela Anderson accepting the Linda McCartney Memorial Award on PetaTv, for her work for animal rights. Help to protect our nature and environment by clicking this link before you subscribe to Yabla.
Difficulty:
Beginner
United Kingdom
British singer-songwriter Anne-Marie performs Ciao Adios, whose title uses both the Italian and the Spanish words for "bye." It's a break-up song, but rather than crying herself to sleep, the girl is getting over it and moving on in the midst of fast-paced lyrics and contagious dancehall-inflected rhythm.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
In this interview from 1997, the multi-talented American actor and stand-up comedian Eddie Murphy talks about his new film “Metro”. This time he’s playing a serious role of expert hostage negotiator giving us a glimpse of the more dramatic side of his repertoire. Enjoy!
Difficulty:
Beginner
USA
January 6 commemorates the day that three dudes gave a bunch of gifts to baby Jesus. But... who were they and why did they have hipster beards?
Difficulty:
Beginner
United Kingdom
K’naan, Liya Kebede, George Clooney, Idris Elba, Bono, Annie Lennox, Colin Farrell, and Bill Nighy unite behind ONE’s new Hungry No More campaign to help focus the world’s attention again on the famine and food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Find out more at ONE.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
If you had to guess, which countries in the world would you say have the largest numbers of foreign born residents? This video presents some interesting facts about the diverse populations of 10 different countries.
Difficulty:
Newbie
United Kingdom
In this video, we can enjoy a performance of the British royal and national anthem "God Save the Queen." Hayley Dee Westenra is a classical crossover singer and songwriter from New Zealand.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
The Biden administration announced a plan to provide a legal pathway into the country for more than 20,000 Venezuelan migrants. At the same time, thousands of others who enter the U.S. illegally will be sent back to Mexico.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
There has been a mixed response to the new legal pathway that allows some Venezuelan migrants to enter the United States, while expediting the expulsion of others. Along with some praise and some criticism, there are calls for the new program to be extended to help migrants from other nearby nations.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
This ancient mathematical trickery posits that a mighty hero cannot overtake a tortoise. Zeno of Elea (born c. 490 BCE) is the author of this and other paradoxes.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
The more you think about it, the more complex time travel seems! This video explains a key paradox that is one of the main reasons for this.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
John Searle's thought experiment, called "The Chinese Room," presents an argument against the idea that computers could ever be truly intelligent.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
If a hotel with an infinite number of rooms has an infinite number of guests, how could it free up space when new guests arrive? Hilbert's “Grand Hotel” paradox has fascinated mathematicians, physicists, philosophers, and theologians, as it encourages another way of thinking about the notion of infinity.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
How can one brother travel into space and return younger than his twin? In just sixty seconds, a startling side effect of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is explained to us.
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