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Aria Florant: How to repair harm — in relationships and nations

Aria 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. Dra

Nov 11
17 min

Your phone is disgusting. Here's how to clean it | Lotti Tajouri

What’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

Nov 10
17 min

How to rewire your brain — and find your flow | Heather Berlin

When 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 li

Nov 9
16 min

Sunday Pick: The science on improving your brain health with Dr. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai

When 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 Alz

Nov 8
34 min

How to build the next wave of clean energy | Jennifer Granholm, Ryan Panchadsaram

Jennifer 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 c

Nov 7
19 min

The surprising beauty of mosquitos | Felix Hol

Most 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

Nov 6
31 min

Why great art requires risk | Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Robert Vargas

Alex 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 fo

Nov 5
17 min

5 ideas for better government in the US | Jeff Maurer

Should 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

Nov 4
16 min

What kids wish their parents knew about fun | Mila Rojas

When 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

Nov 3
8 min

The couples therapists who nearly got divorced | Harville Hendrix

Couples 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 candi

Nov 2
17 min

Sunday Pick: Do all my friends secretly hate me? | from Corner Piece

Why 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 whil

Nov 1
41 min

The haunting truth of ghost stories | Coya Paz Brownrigg (re-release)

Ghost 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

Oct 31
14 min

What crows teach us about death | Kaeli Swift (re-release)

Rituals 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 beha

Oct 31
14 min

The razor-thin line between contagion and connection | Dan Taberski (re-release)

After 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

Oct 31
15 min

The fascinating physics of insect pee | Saad Bhamla (re-release)

Scientist 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 t

Oct 31
10 min

Zombie roaches and other parasite tales | Ed Yong (re-release)

In 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 th

Oct 31
15 min

How to make friends (and keep them) | Sheridan Voysey

Who 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 fost

Oct 30
16 min

How fossil fuel companies keep your energy costs high | Jon Powers

Solar 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 ener

Oct 29
12 min

How people are using AI to grieve, love and connect | Jennifer Cearns

Many people fear AI is eroding our humanity, replacing real relationships with synthetic ones that leave us lonelier than ever. Digital anthropologist Jennifer Cearns bel

Oct 28
17 min

How video games can power up your parenting | Hannah Boquet (re-release)

Parenting 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

Oct 27
17 min

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Can’t thing of anything negative but you guys are hilarious and it feels like your talking to us not throwing facts at our faces.

Hehhehehehtyr · Oct 2019

TED's content is unmatched. You can always find great stuff in many places. But TED consistently offers amazing presentations. It's a unique source of inspiration, able to create value for the viewer. Amazingly, it's free! Keep doing the good job guys, you are positively and actively make the world a better place.

boopy #lol · Dec 2011

My language arts teacher was teaching us about spoken word poetry, and showed us a video of some poetry. Not only did the video display some of the poetry, but the poet told us about her journey through the process of writing. I was so inspired by the 20 min. video that I watched it twice more when I got home! I have watched many other Ted Talks videos, but by far, Sarah Kay was my favorite. It was actually the one I saw that day in school. Now every time I feel confused or defeated, I can just go to my downloaded video section and hear the beauty of Sarah's words. Please listen to Sarah's words-they really do change your perspective!

Free Apps To The Max! · Apr 2011

Thank you for sharing these conversations with us. They are inspirational, educational, and self-awakening. While I will probably never be invited to attend TED, I thank you for allowing the rest of us to see true vision and thought.

whyvonne · Jan 2011

TED used to be great, but the quality of their speakers has declined greatly in the last few years. They also appear to be completely uncritical of the claims that get presented, even when there are obvious inconsistencies in the guest’s narrative. I honestly should have given up on them when they removed commenting from their site, because it was clear at that point that TED was no longer interested in the exchange of ideas.

Harsh But Fair · May 2022

Episodes such as "An alternative to the midlife crisis" etc. are extremely superficial, and do more insult than encouragement, for people who may actually be in the life stage as explained by the speaker, but may not be as lucky as to afford or have any such options as the speaker seems to imply would be easily available to all. This podcast doesn't sound left- or right- leaning (as some fundamentalist ideological comments seem to denote), it's more that it's for "mainstream privileged successful people" as the only considered audience. Bad, unfair, and hurtful things happen to people in life, and TED talks are ... just talks, helping not one bit to those who suffer.

Mitja · Nov 2023

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