{"id":2731,"date":"2013-06-07T13:27:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T10:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2013-06-07T15:26:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T12:26:50","slug":"20-ted-talks-for-history-lovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/20-ted-talks-for-history-lovers\/","title":{"rendered":"20 TED Talks for History Lovers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TED\"TEDTalks<\/a> are short (usually no more than 20-minute) talks on a very wide range of topics and disciplines.
\nThe focus is often on science and technology, but there is an excellent range of lectures on subjects of interest to history lovers.
\nHere is my personal selection of 20 TED Talks for History Lovers<\/a><\/strong>, taken from this constantly updated spreadsheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TEDTalks are short (usually no more than 20-minute) talks on a very wide range of topics and disciplines. The focus is often on science and technology, but there is an excellent range of lectures on subjects of interest to history lovers. Here is my personal selection of 20 TED Talks for History Lovers, taken from… <\/p>\n

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