Best Gresham College Podcasts (2025)

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Hitler, Jesus & How to Win a Culture War - Alec Ryrie 45:51

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Since 1945 Hitler and the Nazis have been the Western world’s one fixed moral reference point: the way we know what evil is. But that consensus has always been more fragile than it felt, and now it is unravelling. This lecture will trace how we came to build our values around the memory of the Second World War, why that consensus isn’t enough to de…

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101325 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 48:11

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 13, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including the nomenclature of ionic compounds, the nomenclature of covalent compounds, variable charge metals, Roman numbers, Greek prefixes, polyatomic ions, acid and bases, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any que…

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101025 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 50:29

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 10, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including electron configurations for neutral atoms and ions (cations and anions), periodic trends (for size, ionization energy and electron affinity), and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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How It Ends: What We Know about the Fate of the Universe - Chris Lintott 49:41

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How will it all end? Predicting the far future of our Universe depends on understanding its present. This lecture starts with what seems to be a paradox in modern cosmology: that we have a model that does a fantastic job of explaining what we see, but which says 95% of the Universe is in forms (dark matter and dark energy) that we don’t understand.…

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CH 221: A Video Introduction to Chapter Guide Three 1:05

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This is the video introduction to Chapter Guide Three for Chemistry 221.By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Waves and Frequencies for Electromagnetic Radiation 19:34

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Waves and Frequencies for Electromagnetic Radiation”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Planck's Constant 9:09

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Planck's Constant”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Photoelectric Effect / nm to kJ Conversions 6:42

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Photoelectric Effect / nm to kJ Conversions”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - The Bohr Model 25:53

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “The Bohr Model”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - de Broglie and Heisenberg 9:20

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “de Broglie and Heisenberg”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Schrodinger and the Four Quantum Numbers 18:29

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Schrodinger and the Four Quantum Numbers”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - nl Notation, Orbital Shapes and Nodes 16:09

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “nl Notation, Orbital Shapes and Nodes”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - The Pauli Exclusion Principle / n+l Rule 8:58

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “The Pauli Exclusion Principle / n+l Rule”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Atomic Electron Configurations 23:57

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Atomic Electron Configurations”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Periodic Trends 11:36

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Periodic Trends”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Naming Ionic Compounds / Polyatomic Ions 16:18

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Naming Ionic Compounds / Polyatomic Ions”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Screencast - Covalent Compounds, Acids, Bases, Hydrates 6:01

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A screencast from Chapter 3 in CH 221 entitled “Covalent Compounds, Acids, Bases, HydratesBy Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Complete Lecture Part I 1:29:16

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This the Complete Lecture for Chapter 3. This episode is part 1 of 2 episodes.By Michael Russell

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Chapter 3 Complete Lecture Part II 1:24:36

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This the Complete Lecture for Chapter 3. This episode is part 2 of 2 episodes.By Michael Russell

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100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 4 20:50

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 4 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including ionic compounds with variable charge metals, covalent compounds (Greek prefixes), acids, bases hydrated compounds, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 3 37:20

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 3 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including periodic properties using the periodic table, ionic versus covalent bonding, fixed charges on metals and non metals, variable charge metals, creating ionic compounds (and naming them), and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221…

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100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 2 49:09

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 2 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including an overview of quantum numbers, the Pauli Exclusion principle, the Aufbau diagram, the n+l rule, placing electrons in atoms, electron configurations of ions, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have an…

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100925 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 1 52:41

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 9, 2025, Part 1 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including an overview the de Broglie equation, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Schrödinger's equations, the four quantum numbers and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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100825 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 50:40

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 8, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including an overview of the four quantum numbers, nl notation, the Pauli exclusion principle, Aufbau diagrams, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!By [email protected]

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AI Will Be Your Overlord: Faster, Brighter, Better Than You? 49:47

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100625 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 50:50

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CH 221: An Video Introduction to Chapter Guide Two 1:09

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This is the video introduction to Chapter Guide Two for Chemistry 221.By Michael Russell

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Chapter 2 Screencast - Democritius and Dalton 4:33

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A screencast from Chapter 2 in CH 221 entitled “Democritius and Dalton”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 2 Screencast - The Modern Atom 10:59

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By Michael Russell

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Chapter 2 Screencast - Atomic Number and Isotopes 16:04

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A screencast from Chapter 2 in CH 221 entitled “Atomic Number and Isotopes”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 2 Screencast - Atomic Mass 12:13

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A screencast from Chapter 2 in CH 221 entitled “Atomic Mass”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 2 Screencast - Chemical Formulas, the 7 Diatomics, Allotropes 8:44

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A screencast from Chapter 2 in CH 221 entitled “Chemical Formulas, the 7 Diatomics, Allotropes”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 2 Screencast - Empirical Formulas and Isomers 4:57

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A screencast from Chapter 2 in CH 221 entitled “Empirical Formulas and Isomers”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 2 Screencast - The Mole and Molar Mass 17:27

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A screencast from Chapter 2 in CH 221 entitled “The Mole and Molar Mass”By Michael Russell

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Chapter 2 Complete Lecture Part I 45:56

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This the Complete Lecture for Chapter 2. This episode is part 1 of 2 episodes.By Michael Russell

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Chapter 2 Complete Lecture Part II 31:13

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This the Complete Lecture for Chapter 2. This episode is part 2 of 2 episodes.By Michael Russell

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100325 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 50:49

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 3, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 including the molar mass of compounds, light and electromagnetic radiation, frequency, wavelength, the speed of light, Planck's constant, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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Shakespeare’s Musical Fairies - Dominic Broomfield-McHugh 1:06:49

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Written in the era of the founding of Gresham College, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream portrays the hypnotic dreaminess of a fairy world in which the real and the fantastic are blurred. This lecture explores how the innate musicality of Shakespeare’s original has provoked adaptations across the centuries, including Ashton and Balanchine’s b…

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100225 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 4 26:39

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 2, 2025, Part 4 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including the Bohr model for the atom, sharp line spectra, absorbance and emission, calculating the wavelength and frequency from a change in energy, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace…

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100225 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 3 44:26

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 2, 2025, Part 3 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 3 including a discussion of light, electromagnetic radiation, frequency and wavelength, the speed of light and Planck's constant and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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100225 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 2 43:10

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 2, 2025, Part 2 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 2 including a discussion of the mole and Avogadro's number, the importance of the atomic mass number with relationship to molar mass, calculating the molar mass of a compound, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you h…

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100225 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 1 1:00:10

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from October 2, 2025, Part 1 of 4. This video covers material from Chapter 2 including an overview of the atom, protons, neutrons, electrons, the atomic number, the mass number, isotopes, atomic mass, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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100125 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 50:17

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from October 1, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 2 including the importance of atomic mass, how atomic mass is calculated, the 7 diatomics, molecular formulas and empirical formulas, the mole, Avogadro's number, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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Lessons from Guantánamo Bay - Clive Stafford Smith 53:19

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This lecture looks at the evolution of Guantánamo Bay, first as a focal point of Haitian immigration in 1991 (Gitmo 1.0), to the more famous detention of terror suspects in 2002 (Gitmo 2.0), and back to immigration in 2025. We will explore how Gitmo 3.0 is probably already over, and how we were able to head it off so quickly through legal challenge…

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092925 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 51:02

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from September 29, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 2 including the composition of the atom (protons, neutrons and electrons), the atomic number, the Rutherford Gold Foil experiment, atomic mass, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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092625 L1 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture 50:00

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Chemistry 221 L1 Video Lecture from September 26, 2025. This video covers material from Chapter 1 (and a small bit from Chapter 2) including measurements in chemistry, precision and accuracy significant figures, rounding of numbers, mass percentages, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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The Shape of Hands: Symmetry, Chirality and Handedness - Alain Goriely 57:23

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The reflection of my right hand in a mirror is a left hand that looks similar yet is very different from the right. Many natural structures such as proteins, climbing vines, and seashells exhibit the same property known as chirality. Some of these objects are clearly left-handed, some are right-handed, some are both. The ultimate origin of chiralit…

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092525 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 3 42:28

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from September 25, 2025, Part 3 of 3. This video covers material from Chapter 1 including measurements in chemistry, precision and accuracy significant figures, rounding of numbers, mass percentages, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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092525 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 2 55:21

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from September 25, 2025, Part 2 of 3. This video covers material from Chapter 1 including more on elements and the periodic table, SI units, temperature scales, density, dimensional analysis, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let me know if you have any questions! Peace!…

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092525 L2 Chemistry 221 Video Lecture Part 1 53:40

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Chemistry 221 L2 Video Lecture from September 25, 2025, Part 1 of 3. This video covers material from Chapter 1 including a discussion of "what is chemistry", types of chemistry, the importance of chemistry, atoms, molecules and mixtures, the periodic table, important groups on the periodic table, and more. CH 221 website: http://mhchem.org/221 Let …