5min @TEDEd clip - How do our #brains process speech? - Gareth Gaskell

Text from youtube "The average 20-year-old knows between 27,000 and 52,000 different words. Spoken out loud, most of these words last less than a second. With every word, the brain has a quick decision to make: which of those thousands of options matches the signal? And about 98% of the time, the brain chooses the correct word. How is this possible? Gareth Gaskell digs into the complexities of speech comprehension.

Lesson by Gareth Gaskell, directed by Art Shot."

2min @NASA clip - State of NASA: How Cool Is That?

Text from you tube "On Feb. 12, NASA centers across the country hosted “State of NASA” events, following President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal delivery to the U.S. Congress. The events included an address, by acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, to the agency’s workforce, from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, in Huntsville, Alabama. During his speech, Lightfoot highlighted how the budget would help the agency achieve its goals for space exploration. "

19 minute (ish) clip - the Mayor of New Orleans on removing four Confederate Monuments - the speech starts at 2:58

found via a digg email, transcript can be found at the pulse