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Want TED Talks on the go? Everyday, this feed brings you our latest talks in audio format. Hear thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable – from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and everything in between – given by the world's leading thinkers and doers. This collection of talks, given at TED and TEDx conferences around the globe, is also available in video format. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- How we’ll actually ditch fossil fuels — by the numbers | Michael Liebreich · 15 minHave you heard the clean energy transition is failing? Energy analyst Michael Liebreich says to look again. Using a four-line spreadsheet model of the global energy system, he…
- How to repair harm — in relationships and nations | Aria Florant · 17 minAria Florant cofounded a nonprofit to help accelerate the reparations movement in the US … but less than a year in, her partnership with her own cofounder fell apart. Drawing on…
- Your phone is disgusting. Here's how to clean it | Lotti Tajouri · 17 minWhat’s dirtier: your phone or your hands? Molecular biologist Lotti Tajouri says there’s a gaping hole in our hygiene routine. We scrub our hands clean, then reach right for the…
- How to rewire your brain — and find your flow | Heather Berlin · 17 minWhen life gets uncertain, do you grip a little tighter? Neuroscientist Heather Berlin explores a surprising paradox: the harder you try to control everything, the more likely you…
- Sunday Pick: The science on improving your brain health with Dr. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai · 34 minWhen does normal aging end and something more concerning begins? In this episode Shoshana invites neurologist Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai to discuss their studies on Alzheimer’s…
- How to build the next wave of clean energy | Jennifer Granholm, Ryan Panchadsaram · 19 minJennifer Granholm steered Michigan through the auto industry's near-collapse and later ran the US Department of Energy during the largest clean energy investment in the country's…
- The surprising beauty of mosquitos | Felix Hol · 32 minMost people hate mosquitoes, but biotechnologist and TED Fellow Felix Hol thinks they're beautiful. He takes us inside his lab, where his team developed some unusual ways to…
- Why great art requires risk | Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Robert Vargas · 17 minAlex Van Halen and David Lee Roth — two of the rock stars behind the legendary band Van Halen — sit down with visual artist Robert Vargas to reveal the two-step recipe for great…
- 5 ideas for better government in the US | Jeff Maurer · 16 minShould the US Constitution protect your DNA? Your voice? Your data? Entrepreneur Jeff Maurer spent his youth fighting fires alongside World War II veterans, and he thinks the…
- What kids wish their parents knew about fun | Mila Rojas · 9 minWhen was the last time you played, just for fun? Eleven-year-old Mila Rojas has noticed that adults — buried under schedules, expectations and the pressure to be serious — often…
- The couples therapists who nearly got divorced | Harville Hendrix · 17 minCouples therapists Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt spent decades teaching the world how to love well … even as their own marriage was falling apart. In this candid, funny…
- Sunday Pick: Do all my friends secretly hate me? | from Corner Piece · 41 minWhy does making friends as an adult feel like mission impossible? In today’s Sunday Pick, Corner Piece, host Melissa Fernandes explores what it means to be a friend while…
- The haunting truth of ghost stories | Coya Paz Brownrigg (re-release) · 14 minGhost stories reveal much more than the ghouls and spirits that haunt them. Settle in for a spooky delight as theater educator Coya Paz Brownrigg lays out three types of…
- What crows teach us about death | Kaeli Swift (re-release) · 15 minRituals for the dead span much of the natural world, seen in practices from humans and elephants to bees, dolphins and beyond. With charm and playful insight, animal behaviorist…
- The razor-thin line between contagion and connection | Dan Taberski (re-release) · 15 minAfter a mysterious wave of tics and twitches swept through a small-town high school in New York, documentary podcaster Dan Taberski set out to investigate what was really…
- The fascinating physics of insect pee | Saad Bhamla (re-release) · 11 minScientist Saad Bhamla is on a mission to answer a question most people don't think to ask: How do insects pee? Taking inspiration from the incredible "butt flickers" of the…
- Zombie roaches and other parasite tales | Ed Yong (re-release) · 16 minIn this fascinating, hilarious and ever-so-slightly creepy talk, science writer Ed Yong tells the story of his favorite parasites -- animals and organisms that live on the bodies…
- How to make friends (and keep them) | Sheridan Voysey · 16 minWho could you call at 2am when everything’s gone wrong? Friendship expert Sheridan Voysey believes we’re in a friendship recession, with many of us forgetting how to foster…
- How fossil fuel companies keep your energy costs high | Jon Powers · 12 minSolar energy and storage are the fastest, cheapest ways to add electricity to the grid. So why are small towns across the US pausing or banning these projects? Clean energy…
- How people are using AI to grieve, love and connect | Jennifer Cearns · 17 minMany people fear AI is eroding our humanity, replacing real relationships with synthetic ones that leave us lonelier than ever. Digital anthropologist Jennifer Cearns believes…
- How video games can power up your parenting | Hannah Boquet (re-release) · 17 minParenting an eye-rolling teenager glued to a gaming system is not a simple feat, but what if you could turn screen time into an opportunity for connection? Hannah Boquet shares…
- Unions for climate action! | Payton M. Wilkins (re-release) · 12 minIn the long term, shutting down a coal mine means cleaner air and a healthier environment — but in the short term, it can devastate a community or family that relied on the…
- Sunday Pick: Unlocking Your Power at Work: Kara Swisher on how to get what you want | from Fixable · 36 minNo matter where you fall on the corporate food chain, you have power at work—you just might not know how to use it. In this new series on Unlocking Your Power at Work, Anne and…
- The pursuit of happiness requires free time | Danielle Roberts · 32 minDo you feel short on time? Writer and work expert Danielle Roberts would like to help you with that. In this quick talk, she makes the case that free time isn't a reward you earn…
- Can you spot the lies in your news feed? | Laura Smythe · 15 minLaura Smythe spent years in legacy newsrooms, and she thinks the habits journalists use to vet information should belong to all of us. Using Fyre Festival as a cautionary tale…
- I can't speak. Here's how I get people to listen | Jessica Irwin · 9 minJessica Irwin is many things: a photographer, artist, author, performer. She also happens to be nonverbal, born with cerebral palsy that affects the muscles she needs to talk…
- How would you design your dream city? | James Rojas · 15 minUrban planner James Rojas has led hundreds of workshops where participants creatively design their ideal communities with small objects — and he's noticed that people of every…
- Why the best learners talk to themselves | Tania Lombrozo · 19 minWith more information at our fingertips than ever before, learning should be getting easier ... yet the opposite seems to be true, says cognitive scientist Tania Lombrozo…
- What if you could read the DNA of your future child? | Noor Siddiqui · 15 minFor all of human history, a baby's DNA was determined by chance at conception: the so-called genetic lottery. "That era is over," says Noor Siddiqui, whose company builds…
- Sunday Pick: How to reclaim your narrative (w/ Monica Lewinsky) | from How to Be a Better Human · 55 minMonica Lewinsky is an anti-bullying activist and host of Reclaiming with Monica, a podcast that shines her guests’ unguarded conversations about how they make sense of the world…
- Inside Venezuela's uncertain path to freedom | Leopoldo López · 45 minActivist Leopoldo López learned the true value of freedom in a solitary confinement cell, when someone else decided if he would eat or see sunlight. In this searching…
- Is your body language working against you? | Cara Hale Alter · 19 minWhat does confidence look like? Public speaking expert Cara Hale Alter studies how to project confidence and credibility — and she's pinpointed two key behaviors that shape how…
- How to stop homelessness before it starts | Jen Loving · 12 minHomelessness can feel like an issue that’s too big and complicated to fix, something we've learned to walk past. Jen Loving, who leads the nonprofit Destination: Home, has spent…
- AI brain fry is real. Here’s what leaders can do | Julie Bedard · 11 minWorkers everywhere are quietly redesigning their jobs around AI, boosting productivity but also creating new kinds of problems. AI advisor Julie Bedard thinks she has a fix. She…
- Why it's so hard to listen when you disagree | Emily Kasriel · 14 minDo you avoid talking to people you disagree with? Author and mediator Emily Kasriel thinks you should try it out. She explains why engaging with ideas that bother you is one of…
- How to make parenting less lonely | Stacey McLachlan · 20 minWhen parents first have kids, some risk entering “the loneliest decade,” where they fall out of touch with friends. Writer Stacey McLachlan decided to do something different when…
- Sunday Pick: Can AI really teach your kids? with Leah Belsky | from WorkLife with Molly Graham · 51 minTechnology has been promising to revolutionize education for a long time. Online learning, smartphones, and even asynchronous classes during COVID seemed for a while like they…
- Why the future is human ... plus AI | Sal Khan and Esther Perel · 24 minAs AI reshapes work, school and love, what part of being human can't a machine take over? In a wide-ranging conversation, psychotherapist Esther Perel and TED's vision steward…
- The three words that saved my life | Blake Mycoskie · 19 minOn paper, Blake Mycoskie is a glowing success story: he founded TOMS Shoes, building a global brand that has given away more than 100 million pairs of shoes to children in need…
- How imaginary worlds help kids learn | Anna Rainio · 18 minAll children develop at different paces — so why do schools expect every student to learn the same way? Early education researcher Anna Rainio introduces "playworlds," a learning…
- What my politically divided family teaches me | Tami Pyfer · 14 minTami Pyfer has five kids who belong to five different political parties, and sometimes family conversations get heated. Drawing on her work as a former policy advisor to the…
- The wonder of weightlifting | Jaime Seeman (re-release) · 13 minWith humor and hard science, obstetrician and gynecologist Jaime Seeman reveals why building muscle is one of the best ways to combat women’s top health risks. Learn the truth…
- The secret to lasting love | Eli J Finkel · 16 minSocial psychologist Eli J. Finkel has spent decades studying what makes partnerships successful. In a practical talk drawing on lessons from pop culture, he explores why so many…
- Sunday Pick: All the lonely people | from Corner Piece · 34 minFrom group chats to video calls, technology should make social connection easier than ever. So, why is everyone so lonely? In this special featured episode from the new TED…
- The joy of foraging your own food | Alexis Nikole Nelson · 51 minThere's a whole world of food growing right outside our doors — in our backyards, on sidewalks, in the parks we walk through every day — and most of us pass by it without a…
- Why we should design cities like Disney | Zach DeBoer · 18 minWhere you live shapes your relationships, your emotions and even how long you live, says community designer Zach DeBoer. After studying what a century of building cities around…
- Are your dealbreakers sabotaging your love life? | Amy Chan · 18 minRelationship expert Amy Chan believes we're in a relationship recession, fueled by modern daters constantly looking for what could go wrong. But what if your dealbreakers are the…
- AI and the end of loneliness | Paul Bloom · 29 minAI companions may soon cure loneliness, says psychologist Paul Bloom: a gift for the isolated and the elderly, but a danger for the young, who need to experience the hard work of…
- How to break down barriers and not accept limits | Candace Parker · 14 minWhat can't Candace Parker do? A two-time NCAA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time WNBA champion, Parker knows what it takes to fight for your dreams. In this…
- Why I’m building libraries inside prisons | Reginald Dwayne Betts · 15 minAt age 16, Reginald Dwayne Betts was sentenced to nine years in prison. He turned to books to help hold onto his sanity — and developed a belief that we find what we look for…
