Very positive 10 minute video with subtitles in English

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This guy is almost too positive to be real and he's not as deep and interesting as Steve Jobs, still good listening practice. Oprah is in the front of the audience.

Very cool short video clip about optical illusions and the brain

How our mind plays tricks with us about what we see. Short and in simple English.
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Relationship between money and happiness

This is a topic we have discussed in some of my converstion classes. This short online article gives an interesting perspective.  Increase in income may increase happiness or not accroding to what we spend our money on. Be sure to click onto "We'll always have Paris" to se the short wonderful and well-known scene from Casablanca in VO.

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Short cleary spoken video clip about why eating less meat helps the planet

Some of you will like the topic. You don't have to be a vegetarian or a vegan-- just eat less meat so that the planet's resources can be used more efficiently.  Short with illustrations and a clear pronunciation.

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Funny parody of anti-depressant and Viagra TV ads

http://www.upworthy.com/a-hilarious-fake-commercial-makes-a-strong-case-that-you-should-go-outside-more?c=upw1&u=e631f5890e697e2b488486e3df8b0abc0b08de15

This is a short parody of the kind of TV commercials made for antidepressants and viagra. These are on this blog in a post f this past spring. These kinds of TV commercial spot  are the object  of some criticism and are not allowed in the EU ( unfortunately, I think)

UPDATE:

1. My post with the real prescription drug TV commercials is from March 22 2015.

2. This kind of advertising has only been allowed in the US since 1997. The United Stated and New Zealand are the only 2 countries in the world where direct advertising of prescription drugs to the public on TVis legal. In other countries they are only permitted in specialized publications and journals for doctors. CLICK HERE

A short video about how we ourselves and our successes

This short video and accompanying video may be a little "cheesy" (cursi) but it is also true that many people under-estimate themselves because they have an inferiority complex  and if other people admire them or think that they are successful, they think their success is really due to luck and so they feel like "imposters."  I remember there was an article about this "imposter syndrome" in the advanced Face 2 Face, though I don't know if it's in the latest edition. But the video clip is under 3 minutes, easy to understand and there is even a transcript right after the video which you can click onto.

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Cute and short video

This little baby loves being read to by his parents so much that he cries every time he hears the words "the end." How much of the little story can you understand? Click below for short article on the benefits of reading and cute video clip.CLICK HERE