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In which John Green teaches you about Chinua Achebe s 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart. You ll learn about Igboland, a region in modern-day Nigeria, prior to the arrival of the British Empire....
In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee s famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee s personal life, (seeing as this novel has some autobiographical...
In which John Green teaches you MORE about To Kill a Mockingbird. In this installment, John teaches you about race, class, and gender in the American south, as seen through the eyes of Scout...
In which John Green teaches you about Kurt Vonnegut s most famous novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. Vonnegut wrote the book in the Vietnam era, and it closely mirrors his personal experiences in...
We used to think that the human brain was a lot like a computer; using logic to figure out complicated problems. It turns out, it s a lot more complex and, well, weird than that. In this episode...
In which John Green continues to teach you about Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. (WARNING: When Slaughterhouse-Five was published, some of the crude language in the book caused controversy....
You know what s amazing? That we can talk to people, they can make meaning out of it, and then talk back to us. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks to us and tries to make...
In which John Green teaches you about Beloved by Toni Morrison. I ll warn you upfront, this book is something of a downer. That s because it deals with subjects like slavery, the death of a...
Feeling motivated? Even if you are, do you know why? The story of Aaron Ralston can tell us a lot about motivation. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank tells us Ralston s story,...
In which John Green teaches you about the poetry of Sylvia Plath. When a lot of people think about Sylvia Plath, they think about her struggles with mental illness and her eventual suicide....
In which John Green sings the Crash Course intro song, is interrupted by quite possibly the loudest truck in all existence, and attempts to pronounce the most difficult word in the history...
In which John Green talks about the future of Crash Course, which in this case is the past because we re going to teach some more World History. This year, things will be a little more topical....
Happy Independence Day, America! Feast your eyes on the traditional Indianapolis office hot dog eating contest! Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www....
Herman Rorschach (no, not the guy from Watchmen) came up with the eponymous tests, but what do they mean? Why are we so fascinated with them despite the division in the world of Psychology?...
In which John Green returns to teaching World History! This week, we ll be talking about the idea of civilization, some of the traditional hallmarks of so-called civilization, and why some...
In which John Green teaches about filthy, filthy lucre. Money. And Debt. So, what is money? And what is it for? And why do we use money? And why does it all disappear so quickly after payday?...
So, how many different kinds of intelligence are there? And what is the G-Factor? Eugenics? Have you ever taken an IQ Test? All of these things play into the fascinating and sometimes icky...
Electrician Scott Caron shows new technologies and applications for LED lighting. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse The LED flashlight that Scott demonstrated...
Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron walks through the best options when it comes to USB wall outlets in your home. #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/...
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook visits a tropical botanic garden to learn how to care for orchids as houseplants. (See below for a shopping list, tools, and steps.) SUBSCRIBE...
