Here's a link to a video of Jared Diamond lecturing on why societies collapse from a lovely website called TED. There's a wide range of talks and lectures on this site, many of which are quite short (some are under 6 minutes) - useful either if you're busy or if you want to do some really intensive listening practice (one of my students recently told me that he memorised the tapescript on markets and morality; I think such an exercise is far easier with a shorter recording...not that I'm advocating this approach).An impressive and useful feature of the TED website is the way that interactive tapescripts are linked to recordings. You can see the tapescript to the right of each video, and clicking on a word will take you to that point in the video...not only that, you can call the tapescript up as subtitles...in English or - if you're desperate for help - in a choice of alternative languages. With listening resources this good available for free, I don't think any students need English teachers any longer...
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