Learn from PBS Video

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is known for its commercial-free, high-quality programming like Frontline, Nova, and American Experience. It just launched a video-on-demand portal called PBS Video this week.

The portal is very much like Hulu, which offers the best online video viewing experience. The site already has over 130 full-episodes of nearly 20 programs, covering the topics of history, culture, nature, politics, economics, and more.

PBS said it would make thousands of hours of programming by this summer.

Learn from This Week

This Week is the political talk show program of ABC. Unlike at The Daily Show or Colbert Report, politicians come to the show for a serious discussion of domestic or international affairs, not being ridiculed.

Politicians do talk. And they speak well. Here are a few samples from the program: Senator John McCain talked about various issues; President Obama’s economics adviser Larry Summer talked about executive bonuses. Besides interviews with politicians, several commentators and reporters hold the round table discussion in each segment.

The video clips are available at This Week’s website.

Learn from Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert used to be a corespondent of The Daily Show. Now he has his own show called Colbert Report.

In the show, Stephen plays himself as a political pundit and reporter who is “”well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot.” He makes fun of himself, but even more so of politicians. Like Hillary Clinton or Michelle Obama.

Over 3,000 video clips and the full episodes of the most recent three weeks are available from the Colbert Report’s website.

Learn from VideoJug

We’ve recommended Howcast before. Here is another how-to guide from U.K.: VideoJug.

Many of VideoJug’s how-to guide want to poke fun, such as How to do nothing at work and still get paid; others can be practical, such as How to moon walk like Michael Jackson, or How to fold a T-shirt in 2-second; and yet some others are just silly, such as How to fight a bear.

Now you got an idea. You’ll soon get a British accent, too.