diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/thehighwire.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/thehighwire.py
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+from .common import InfoExtractor
+
+class TheHighWireIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?thehighwire\.com/ark-videos/(?P<id>[^/?#]+)'
+    _EMBED_URL = 'https://app.arkengine.com/embed/{id}'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://thehighwire.com/ark-videos/the-deposition-of-stanley-plotkin/',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'clllgcra301z4ik01x8cwhfu2',
+            'title': 'THE DEPOSITION OF STANLEY PLOTKIN',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+        },
+        'params': {'skip_download': True},
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        display_id = self._match_id(url)
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, display_id)
+
+        iframe_url = self._search_regex(
+            r'<iframe[^>]+src=["\'](https?://app\.arkengine\.com/embed/[^"\']+)',
+            webpage, 'iframe URL')
+        video_id = self._search_regex(
+            r'embed/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)', iframe_url, 'video ID')
+
+        player_page = self._download_webpage(
+            self._EMBED_URL.format(id=video_id), video_id,
+            note='Downloading player page')
+
+        m3u8_url = self._search_regex(
+            r'<source[^>]+src=["\']([^"\']+\.m3u8)',
+            player_page, 'm3u8 URL')
+
+        title = self._og_search_title(webpage, default=None) or self._html_search_meta(
+            'og:title', webpage, 'title', default=video_id)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'display_id': display_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'formats': self._extract_m3u8_formats(m3u8_url, video_id, 'mp4'),
+        }