Public Lectures and Events
This contains many good links to websites that provide free on-demand webcasts 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 lecture videos and podcasts on art, education, history, law, science,
sports, and more, given by some of the world's leading scholars, authors, artists, scientists, policymakers
and community leaders.
FORA.tv offers a large collection of unmediated video drawn from live events, lectures, and debates at
universities, think tanks and conferences. The videos cover a wide range of topics including economy,
environment, politics, science, technology, and culture.
ResearchChannel.org provides a huge collection of videos appealing to a wide variety of general and niche audiences, and covering topics such as arts, business, computer science, economics, engineering, health care, medicine, social sciences, and more.
Video lectures | the Institute for Advanced Study provides free on-demand videos of public lectures on historical studies, mathematics, natural sciences, and social science.
MIT World provides free on-demand videos of lectures, panel discussions, and symposiums that have
been presented at MIT. The content may include the latest discoveries in science, technology, humanities,
and management, as well as technical seminars in emerging fields.
UCTV offers free on-demand videos of public lectures and events on a variety of subjects including arts & music, education issues, gardening & agriculture, health & medicine, public affairs, and science. The content comes from throughout the University of California.
Princeton University: Web Media offers free audio/video archive of lectures held at Princeton University.
The lectures cover various 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 lectures, discussions, and performances covering a variety of topics: animals, architecture, biology, civil rights, engineering, human rights, music, physics, science, workplace, and more.
Harvard@Home provides free and open on-demand video lectures to the public. The lectures cover
various subjects including arts, current affairs, history, literature, science, etc.
UC Berkeley Webcast - Events offers free on-demand audio and/or video content of lectures, seminars,
and symposiums that have been presented at UC Berkeley, covering literature, engineering, science,
health & medicine, teaching & education, social science, and more.
UCLA WebCast offers free on-demand webcasts of important and interesting events at UCLA.
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.
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 audio and video recordings in many digital formats, consisting of lectures, panels, and conferences on public and international affairs from universities around the world.
Mises Media | Mises.org provides audio/video lectures on economics, history and philosophy from the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, audio recordings of books, essays and articles from the institute, and recordings of past Mises Institute conferences and seminars.
Mathematics
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. The lectures contained are mainly about the applications of mathematics to scientific and technological problems from other disciplines and industry.
Scinece and Technology
The Vega Science Trust is non-profit organization and aims to create a broadcast platform for the science, engineering and technology (SET) communities. Its science videos include Nobel Prize interviews, science lectures, educational resources, and documentaries.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides free video lectures explaining scientific facts, concepts, theories, and information. The lectures cover various topics including biology, climate change, coastal and marine science, energy, geology, human health, polar science, and volcanoes.
Webcasts | McGill Faculty of Science provides free on-demand videos of science lectures and public events.
Streaming Theater | Caltech Today provides free on-demand videos of science and technology and other topics such as voting technology and diversity in science education.
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.
Biology, Health and MedicineNIH VideoCasting Past Events provides free on-demand video or downloadable podcast of NIH special events, lectures and seminars on biomedical and health-related issues: neuroscience, immunology, women's health, bioethics, stem cell, DNA repair, HIV drug resistance, evolution and medicine etc.
The Innovations in Medical Education (IME) Video Library 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."
PhysicsHubbleSite-Hubble Public Talks provides free access to public lectures at the Space Telescope
Science Institute. The lectures are presented in videos and PDF files.
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics: Multimedia 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.
Computer Science, EngineeringYouTube - ComputerHistory's Channel provides videos about semiconductors, on the history and impact of computer networks and the Internet, and on developments in personal computing hardware, software, marketing and business, from the Computer History Museum lectures and events.
Oxford Internet Institute: Webcast provides free webcasts of the Internet pioneers, scholars and
regulators who have spoken at the Oxford Internet Institute. Its content is related to the study of the societal
implications of the Internet.
Computer Science Videos from Purdue University offers free video lectures on Computer Science and
its applications in other areas.
The Booz Allen Hamilton Distinguished Colloquium Series provides public lecutres in electrical and computer engineering.
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.
Technology Management Program | UCSB provides video lectures on entrepreneurship, technology management, today's business world etc.
INSEAD - Leadercasts provides free downloadable and on-demand audio/video podcasts consisting of interviews with business leaders.