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1The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards: Crash Course US History #1Hi I'm John Green, and this is Crash Course U.S. History! No, Stan. That's not gonna work, actually. I mean, we're talking about the 16th century today, when this was neither… 2What Does it Mean to Be Jewish: Crash Course Religions #8 3World War II, A War for Resources: Crash Course World History #220Hi, I’m John Green and this is Crash Course World History and today we’re going to talk about World War II. But we’re not going to look at it as a battle between good and evil… 4The 1960s in America: Crash Course US History #40 5Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois: Crash Course Black American History #22Hi, I'm Clint Smith, and this is Crash Course Black American History. Today's lesson is steeped in philosophy. Now before you get too stressed out because philosophy seems overly… 6Z-Scores and Percentiles: Crash Course Statistics #18Hi, I’m Adriene Hill, and Welcome back to Crash Course, Statistics. One thing that statistics are good for comparing. You can compare your GPA with the mean or median GPA, and you… 7How close is the worst case scenario?: Crash Course Futures of AI #3A head, a tape, and a series of rules. In 1936, that’s all Alan Turing thought a machine needed to complete the complex tasks of storing, reading, and modifying data. The head… 8Animals & Shapeshifters: Crash Course Latin American Literature #10birds with 10 and a half foot wingspands, fish with terrifying teeth, 500 lb anacondas, and tiny little pink armadillos. Latin America is filled with all sorts of strange and… 9Crash Course Preview: What Are the Possible Futures of AI?Okay, preview for Crash Course, Futures of AI. How should it start? >> Welcome to Crash Course, Futures of AI, where we explore the worldchanging innovations of artificial… 10Introduction to Federal Indian Law: Ep 16 of Crash Course Native American HistoryOh, for me. All right. This week's episode, Federal Indian Law. Good luck. No. Hi, I'm Jay Jim and this is Crash Course Native American History. What if you had a passport that… 11The History of Alaskan and Hawaiian Statehood: Ep 18 of Crash Course Native American HistoryThis is a map of the 574 federally recognized tribal nations in what's now known as the United States. And there's something weird about it. Well, there's a lot of things weird… 12What Can a Prophecy Tell Us About Climate Change?: Ep 24 of Crash Course Native American HistoryAlaska Natives don't need to see the headlines to know climate change is happening. They've been reading the signs for years. Sea ice gone “rotten” in winter— too thin to walk on.… 13Film & Literature: Crash Course Latin American Literature #12In 1930s Armpina, a young boy grew up going to his local movie theater, sitting in the same seat five nights a week for 10 years. It was there in front of the silver screen from a… 14Introduction to Cognitive Bias: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #12,000 years ago, people looked up at the sky and they saw that everything up there seemed to move. So, naturally, the Earth was staying still and everything else was rotating… 15Intro to Geology: Crash Course Geology #1Hi, I’m Sage. And this is Earth. Explosive volcanoes oozing red-hot lava. Gargantuan gorges carved millions of years ago by rushing rivers, and earthquakes that trigger… 16Modern Tribal Governments Explained: Ep 20 of Crash Course Native American HistoryIn 2024, Native Nations in South Dakota were beefing hard with the state's governor, Christy No. She had removed Native American history from state teaching standards, called… 17How Water Shapes the Land: Crash Course Geology #9A short road trip east of Seattle will get you here: the Channeled Scablands. And they’re… weird. There you’ll find a gargantuan gouge in the land that drops steeply into a wide… 18Family, Power, and Legacy: Crash Course Latin American Literature #9Let me tell you about my family. If you arrive late to the party, you got to say hi to everybody. Always compliment the cooking. And if my theas ask you for a dance, you better… 19How is AI impacting society?: Crash Course Futures of AI #2It's 1764, Northwest England, 8:00 in the morning. Yes, this is still crash course, Futures of AI. Just stay with me. You put on your linen shift and petticoat and start your day… 20What’s at the center of the earth?: Crash Course Geology #4It was the spring of 1967, and the Cold War was under way. The U.S. was on high alert for attacks coming from the Soviet Union. And on May 23rd, their radio communications… 21Peer Review and the Quest for Truth: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #4Alien life may have been discovered right here on Earth. Or at least that's what some headlines seem to indicate in 2010 after a NASA backed study was released, but that was over… 22Magical Realism & The Latin American Boom: Crash Course Latin American Literature #2What can a story tell us about Latin American history? What about a poem, an essay, or a whole novel? All the stuff we think of as literature isn't just art or entertainment. It's… 23The Rock Episode: Crash Course Geology #6In the wilds of Chile, there are mountains that look like… Oreos? These are Los Cuernos del Painé. Their unusual appearance draws thousands of visitors every year. With a thick… 24What is Plate Tectonics: Crash Course Geology #10Almost all the planet’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions happen in one place. The Ring of Fire! No really, that’s what it’s called. Dope, I know. Nearly the whole Pacific Ocean… 25How Do Minerals Form?: Crash Course Geology #5For centuries, it was worth its weight in gold. People built cities to trade it. They fought wars over it. And to this day, you and I and every animal on Earth literally can’t… 26How Should AI Be Governed?: Crash Course Futures of AI #5Sam Altman was on top in AI. Until, for five days, he wasn’t. Altman had been working in the AI space for years, most notably as the face of OpenAI’s popular product, ChatGPT. But… 27Crash Course Latin American Literature PreviewYes. Well wait. Hi, I'm Curly Velasquez and this is Crash Course Latin American literature. In 13 episodes, we'll explore the trends, tropes, and movements of a super diverse… 28Introduction to Latin American Literature: Crash Course Latin American Literature #1Where is Latin America? Well, just like the question, who's the most iconic Spice Girl? The answer depends on who you ask. Some people say Latin America is anywhere south of the… 29Life under a dictatorship: Crash Course Latin American Literature #5Imagine you’re a kid, doing the usual kid things. Building forts, making mud pies, drawing… this… for some reason. But even in the bubble of childhood, you feel it—the secrets… 30How Do Gems Form?: Crash Course Geology #7Let’s go to ancient Egypt. This is the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, AKA King Tut. And this was found inside his tomb. It’s an ornate breastplate, and the pièce de résistance is… 31The Secret Language of Cults: Crash Course LectureWhat if I told you that there was an incantation that could control people's minds? A certain combination of words used in the right order to bend people to your will. What if… 32Earth's Crust and Mantle Explained: Crash Course Geology #3Are you ready for this? I don’t think you’re ready for this. This is the deepest hole ever dug. I swear, it’s under there! It’s called the Kola Superdeep Borehole. You can find it… 33How Does Science Really Work? The Myth of the Great Experiment: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #3So, who has saved the most lives in history? I could make the case that it was the French chemist Louis Pastor. It's thanks in part to his work that we understand where germs come… 34Native Languages & The Indian Education Act: Ep 21 of Crash Course Native American HistoryHow do you get a new generation of kids excited about language? For the Nubio people, one answer is a video game. In 2014, the Cook Inlet Tribal Council helped create Kima Initi… 35The Hidden Politics of Home: Crash Course Latin American Literature #8What makes a house a home? For me, it’s photos of my ancestors, anything to do with La Virgen de Guadalupe, and of course, food — pupusas, menudo, yucca frita… But I got… 36Crash Course Geology PreviewI dare you to find somebody who hasn’t, at some point in their life, uttered the words, “Oooh, cool rock!” Those three little words connect you to powerful forces that shape the… 37Crash Course Scientific Thinking PreviewScience is everywhere and you're interacting with it all the time in school sure but also in the news on your for you page around your dinner table and right here on YouTube… 38The History of AI Explained: Crash Course Futures of AI #1For half a century, computing power grew exponentially. In the 1960s, most computers were the size of a refrigerator, and they took a long time to do pretty much anything. But by… 39The Alignment Problem Explained: Crash Course Futures of AI #4In 2024, an AI model named clean power was given a singular noble mission to advance the adoption of renewable energy across the world. It was given a big file of data on energy… 40The Era of Native Urban Relocation: Ep 17 of Crash Course Native American HistoryYou might recognize this famous fearless lunch. But did you know that many of those men, the ones who built New York Skyline, were native known as the Skywalkers? These Mohawk… 41Dictators & Resistance: Crash Course Latin American Literature #4Stories have power and they can be wielded for good or for evil. One guy who knew just how true that was, Raphael Trujillo, one of the crulest dictators in Latin American history.… 42What Happens When Science Clashes with the Public?: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #7Smoking causes cancer. I know that. You know that. And the tobacco industry definitely knows that. But not all that long ago, you couldn't even watch Saturday morning cartoons… 43Statistical Thinking in Science: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #2I am going to die eventually, which is pretty important to me personally. So, I'd like to know roughly at what age I am most likely to die. You might guess something like… 44Evaluating Sources & Fact Checking: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #6Are you eating a credit card’s worth of plastic every week? Uhh…Probably not. But if you saw headlines like this, you might worry that you are. These days, trying to piece… 45A History of Indigenous Women with Lily Gladstone: Ep 19 of Crash Course Native American HistoryNative women have always had a sacred and powerful role in our communities. Not only as aunties, mamas and grandmas, although those are some very important jobs, too, but also as… 46Where Do Diamonds Come From?: Crash Course Geology #8In the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History lies a mysterious object. It’s drawn millions of visitors from across the world. And not just for its beauty… but for its curse. I’m… 47Reading & Writing Latin American literature: Crash Course Latin American Literature #13Picture this. You're in a hallway lined with mirrors leading to a strange hexagonal room with books. You pass through another mirrored hallway leading to a room exactly like the… 48How Scientists Build Consensus: Crash Course Scientific Thinking #5We've known for nearly a hundred years that vitamin C prevents scurvy. So why can't I seem to get a straight once and for all answer on whether chocolate lowers my risk of cancer?… 49Borders & Identity: Crash Course Latin American Literature #7Borders shape our reality. If you're born on this side, you pay in pesos and get a passport with an eagle on it. If you're born on this side, you pay in dollars and get a passport… 50How has technology influenced literature?: Crash Course Latin American Literature #11Check out this QR code. No, it's not a menu specially designed to confuse myo. It was made by Brazilian artist Gizelle Beelmon. Scan it and it links to a single line about the… 51Intelligent Design: Crash Course Philosophy #11Crash Course Philosophy is brought to you by Squarespace. Squarespace: share your passion with the world. Over the centuries, the effort to craft a perfect, bullet-proof argument… 52Hollywood, Pretendians, and Cultural Appropriation: Ep 23 of Crash Course Native American HistoryCowboys and Indians. It's a beloved trope of westerns which go all the way back to the dawn of American cinema. In the 1890s, Thomas Edison used his new fangled kettocope to film… 53The Land Back Movement Explained: Ep 22 of Crash Course Native American HistoryHow can native people reclaim their stolen land? In 2020, members of the Honosonyi Confederacy, also known as the Six Nations, occupied an area of land in Calonia, Ontario. They… 54Nature in Latin American Literature: Crash Course Latin American Literature #3Welcome to the jungle. Is it a paradise or a nightmare? A place that'll take care of you or destroy you? For centuries, we Latin Americans have recognized Mama Nature's main… 55How did Earth form?: Crash Course Geology #2How did one of Earth’s oldest rocks end up on the moon? In 2019, scientists discovered something amazing inside a moon rock: a tiny, embedded, two-centimeter chip. Just a little… 56Horror in Latin American literature: Crash Course Latin American Literature #6A lone man wanders a desolate town, where time stands still, and he can’t tell who’s alive and who’s dead. The townspeople tell him disturbing stories of cruelty — all at the… 57The Native Civil Rights Movement: Ep 15 of Crash Course Native American HistoryThis is Alcatraz Island, the rock, home to America's most infamous prison. It long stood as a symbol of confinement and inescapable fate. But it's also a place of radical change.… 58What is Philosophy?: Crash Course Philosophy #1Crash Course Philosophy is brought to you by Squarespace. Squarespace: share your passion with the world. I’m Hank Green, and you and I are about to embark on a journey. A journey…