Zippy Weekly Videos

29 years old and hearing myself for the 1st time!

This delightful video has gone viral. Last Friday it had just over 100,000 views. As of yesterday, it had over 4 million! In this video, twenty-nine year old Sarah Churman, who has been severely hearing-impaired since birth, hears her real voice for the first time thanks to a surgically implanted hearing aid. Her husband Sloan filmed the event. If this video doesn't make you want to cry...well, see for yourself.

Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong

In this short TED lecture, Kathryn Schulz, author Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, discusses why being wrong can be a good thing. "Most of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we're wrong about that? Self-described "Wrongologist" Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility."

Creating an Opportunity Society

In these short videos, two well-known family policy experts, Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins, discuss "Creating an Opportunity Society:" the title of their new book.

Mission Impossible Squirrel

We're starting a new academic year, with all of its certain challenges. This light-hearted video will hopefully inspire you to tackle all the obstacles ahead and finish the course.

What is overindulgence?

NCFR member Jean Illsley Clarke talks about her area of expertise, parenting and overindulgence.

Pauline Boss on Ambiguous Loss

In this video, former NCFR president and Burgess Award Winner Pauline Boss discusses the theory of Ambiguous Loss, a term she coined in the 1970s.

Jeff Bezos' commencement address at Princeton

In this Princeton University graduation address, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos makes the case that our character is reflected not in the gifts we're endowed with at birth, but by the choices we make over the course of a lifetime. His grandfather taught him the difference between knowledge and wisdom.

Adam Ostrow: After your final status update

And speaking of social networking, here's a social media conundrum we're just beginning to see: What happens to all of our posts when we die? Technology journalist Adam Ostrow recorded this short TED lecture on just this topic. Our Tweets, Facebook status updates and other areas of online presence will "be stored on the cloud forever." Can we manage these posthumous outcomes?

Lambchop's Song That Never Ends

Children thrive on repetition. "Read it again!" is something parents hear a lot. Your Zippy editor used to sing this song to her toddler as a distraction; in the store, in the car... wherever! It worked like magic. Sing it with your "Lampchop." Warning: this tune tends to stay in your brain a while, which might explain why it's had 1.7 million hits.

Humpback whale gives show after being rescued

This is an amazing story about a group of sea life enthusiasts and their attempt to save a young humpback whale in distress. They were successful, and the whale "thanked" her rescuers in a magnificent way. Enjoy!

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