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TEDx Shorts — 419 episodes
Fixable: Kelli - "How do I deal with a communication breakdown?"
Introducing Good Sport
How to Find the Comedy in A Messed-Up World (with Maeve Higgins)
Listen now: Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala
Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter
Listen now: WorkLife season 5
3 ways to make better decisions
Academic research is publicly funded -- why isn't it publicly available?
"Aliens built the pyramids" and other absurdities of pseudo-archaeology
When local news dies, so does democracy
How a miniaturized atomic clock could revolutionize space exploration
Why students should have mental health days
The true cost of financial dependence
How to support witnesses of harassment and build healthier workplaces
What tech companies know about your kids
Who counts as a speaker of a language?
The hidden history found in your teeth
I let algorithms randomize my life for two years
Why I talk to white supremacists
The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit
How you can use impostor syndrome to your benefit
Climate change and the challenge of long-term thinking
Surprising ways sea ice affects us all
Let's scan the whole planet with LiDAR
What COVID-19 reveals about US schools
A chef shares her recipe for sustainable future
The sports divide
Do you bring your full authentic self to work?
Democracy needs an update
3 myths about racism
Why nostalgia for empire persists
A new way to define self-worth
The downside of digital siloing
Why falling behind can get you ahead
How stigma shaped modern medicine
Why we need archaeology in war zones
Racism thrives on silence -- speak up!
How artificial light affects our health
Biomolecular tales of our ancestors
Let's think about archaeology on the moon
Poop, power and participation
Why do we blame individuals for economic crises?
How centuries of sci-fi sparked spaceflight
Stop looking for your passion
Why we need to reimagine the future
Will the right to protest survive its migration online?
How to care for your community with radical hospitality
The counterintuitive way to be more persuasive
Futura, the font that helped launch Apollo
"Entrepreneur" is a mindset not a job title
How technology connects us to fine art
Why language is humanity's greatest invention
Are you a chronic problem solver?
What is the driving force behind the Nobel Prize?
The accidental automation of motherhood
What does it really mean to “fit in” at work?
How to triage your crazy busy life
The intergenerational wisdom of Indigenous storytelling
You are a molecular masterpiece
Are global trade deals really about trade?
How to co-parent as allies, not adversaries
Why we need to rethink tourism
This is what the metaverse could look like
The perks of being a pirate
Why we should hire for skills, not "talent"
How to be an organizational heretic
The potential of green infrastructure
The new energy revolution
How to revitalize Indigenous languages
How to design gender bias out of your workplace
Everyone is terrible
How you can support a loved one through cancer
Extinction, death and memory
How to make a decision that could ruin your life
Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
How will autonomous vehicles transform our cities?
Reclaiming my voice as a transracial adoptee
Why should we care about dying languages?
Why we all lose when we talk about virginity
Can citizen science save us?
Why influencers should be imperfect
Great White Sharks: individual and misunderstood
The role youth can play in climate action
Crochet, coral reefs, and collective action
Can we make time tangible?
When local news dies, so does democracy
How I overcame decision paralysis
Technology and the future of theater
Here's what we can do about catastrophic blackouts
Humanizing the refugee crisis
Why is talking about sex so hard?
Emoji: The language of the future
Why does visual literacy matter?
Thinking differently about dementia
Without farmers, you’d be hungry, naked and sober
How the magic of kindness sustains us
Break out of hustle culture and find long term success
Should you talk with your doctor about climate change?
You are enough
Making your home, wherever you are
Radical accessibility
Why we need robust global health infrastructure
It’s time to rethink public health
Can video games improve your math scores?
The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime
America’s forced marriage problem
Fish sex - it’s weirder than you think
How drones are changing healthcare logistics
The problem with gerrymandering
Why we all need to think like breadwinners
Make jokes not war
Why we deserve a free and fair internet
Reframing the Economic Mindset
What it takes to teach and learn a language
The five key ingredients of a thriving remote team
Boys will be what we teach them to be
How I advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women
Are your expectations making you unhappy?
The 15 minute rule
How to design the life you want
What does GDP really measure?
Why do we sabotage love
Green cities are great but what about mosquitoes?
Why designing for sustainability is harder than you'd think
RBG and Antonin Scalia on Broadway
Teen brains are not broken
When do children begin to alter behavior to please others?
Tackling AI bias head on
Empowering seniors to step out from the shadows
How to trick leaders into being more empathetic
WTF are NFTs?
What it’s like to be a parent in a war zone
What does archaeology tell us about human migration?
How virtual reality can create social change
What have you apologized for lately?
Don’t blame bots, fake news is spread by humans
Democratizing science
The dangers of hazing and bullying
Designing homes for multigenerational living
I support black mediocrity
Think you know why dinosaurs dominated? Think again
Ending the game of sex trafficking
Why I want my voice assistant to speak Spanglish
Creative choices in dark days
The case for rural tourism
Legos for the blind
For the love of fangirls
Medical clickbait: Are you asking the right questions?
What foods did your ancestors love?
The value of travel
TB or not TB
How creative writing can help you through life's hardest moments
3 questions we should ask about nuclear weapons
How human are we?
Richard III: Solving a 500-year-old cold case
Shooting blanks: What happens when law can’t keep up with technology?
Reimagining the economy to save the climate
The promise and peril of our quantum future
What is your time really worth?
The impact of linguistic bias in education
The dangerous ways ads see women
How do you keep time in space?
Men: how can we talk more about your mental health?
Is streaming killing music?
The emotional cost of being a Black woman in America
Why vaccines work
How to save tourism from itself
What do smart groups have in common?
How flags unite (and divide) us
Change my clothes? Change the law
Why my parents are glad I married a goy
The double standards of fashion policing
Vertical ocean farming - the least deadly catch
Why are we so obsessed with World War II?
Facebook and Rare Cancer Changed My Life
Can we use AI to detect disease?
How compassion kills dignity
What it’s like to be a transgender dad
How to thrive in remote work - David Burkus
A virus walks out of a factory farm...
An AI smartwatch that detects seizures
How to fix a (literally) broken heart?
Colorism and global standards of beauty
Can we be touched by a star
When we design for disability, we all benefit
Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter TRAILER
Our history and future in ice
Why I want an AI tutor
How policing for profit threatens your rights
How to fix our broken political conversations
Regrowing heart muscle with stem cells
Are you a hybrid professional?
Why you should embrace your local
The complexities of color blindness
Why you don’t care about inequality
Towards rational and authentic food choices
Are we doing Shakespeare wrong?
What could a virus sound like?
Why empowering men at home is good for gender equality
Doing drugs (research) right
What animals can teach us about death
The inmate, the student, and Tolstoy
What did you do in the climate crisis, Grandma?
Saving the planet without making it everyone's top priority
The case for recognizing Indigenous knowledge as science
Why I became a climate activist -- and you should, too
End the media coverage mass shooters want
How to cope with meeting madness
The cost of menstrual shame
Let the worms eat your organic waste
Elizabeth White - An honest look at the personal finance crisis
How to discover a planet from your sofa
Dogs for conservation
Why do some people fear vaccines?
Misogyny in hip hop
What homo naledi teaches us about being human
Life after dark in the ancient world
Black trans lives matter
Why Dungeons and Dragons is good for you
How justice and climate change are inseparable
How doctors can help low-income patients
The emotional cost of euthanasia
Lessons from the world avoided
I am not your Asian stereotype
How literature can help us develop empathy
What your sleep patterns say about your relationship
The keys to a great sex life
Why I’m a conservationist — and a zookeeper
Who gets to belong?
How to improve your brain's executive function
I care about disappearing glaciers and you should too
Diversity isn’t enough to integrate schools
When doctors don't know what's wrong
Navigating the multigenerational workplace
What COVID can teach us about societal disparities
The power of a panda
Is music politicized?
TED Business: How to Lead in a Crisis
The inner work of racial justice
Honeybees from Cape Cod to Mars
How to build your climate fitness
Dina Zielinski - How we can store digital data in DNA
Why most parenting advice is wrong
Fight for your right to party
The history of blackface and why it's still so harmful
The mathematics of love
Can a conversation reduce prejudice?
The pursuit of happiness
The virginity fraud
Race is a fiction, racism is not
How to navigate dual careers in a marriage
Why medieval politics was nothing like Game of Thrones
Find the courage to come out of your closet
To find success, embrace what makes you different
How nanoparticles could change the way we treat cancer
Does Jim Crow still exist in America?
Is pop music stuck on repeat?
A gendered world makes a gendered brain
First impressions aren't what they used to be
Why do we believe things that aren't true?
Let's protect the oceans like national parks
To detect diseases earlier let's speak bacteria's secret language
The science behind Moderna’s vaccine development
Increase your self-awareness with one simple fix
The dangers of short-termism
How to tame your "advice monster"
Introducing new podcast "How to Be a Better Human"
Why we must confront the painful parts of US history
Why I teach world religions
Love motels for insects
3 reasons you’re not doing what you say you’ll do
The surprising consequences of a fast-paced world
Immigration prison isn't the answer -- here's why
Men, ask your therapists to take you outside
What does a star sound like?
All the little things
The poetry of everyday speech
Help America talk again
Confessions of a climate scientist
Let's get to the root of racial injustice
The dangers of whitewashing black history
Making the death penalty obsolete
Can we choose to fall out of love?
Choosing 'radical hospitality'
Corinne Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson - Reclaiming your self-worth
Luisa Neubauer - Why I became a climate activist -- and you should, too
Rebecca Tallent - A crash course in reporting on Native America
Women's sexuality isn't 'complicated'
Are you "underbanked"?
3 ways to be a more effective fundraiser
Ken Dutton-Regester - What an 'escape room' can teach us about cancer
How revenge porn turns lives upside down
Sam Berns - My philosophy for a happy life
Ted Goldstein - Hacking our approach to cancer
How singing inspired revolutions
Demystifying Tourette's Syndrome
The secret to scientific discoveries
A glance at HIV in 21st century America
What is the future of work? - Bridget Loudon
Violence against women is a men’s issue - Jackson Katz
Indigenous in plain sight
Why we get mad--and why it’s healthy - Ryan Martin
How women are the key to economic well-being - Laina Raveendran Greene
3 ways women can win in the marketplace - Jennifer Sherman
How sexism shapes human knowledge
How trust creates diversity in institutions
We should all be feminists
The bacterial solution to plastic pollution
To empower students of color, change English class
The toxic footprint of our hospitals
Five alarm American democracy
3 ways to avoid divorce
The case for a purpose-driven university
Using language to uncover African roots in Latin America
How to motivate people to do good for others
How farming fuels antibiotic resistance
Making beats from bat sounds
A short lesson in political speak
Democratize AI now
Why most visual effects suck--but some don't
Exchanging Mozart for Mario Brothers
Crocodile conversations & alligator gossip
How we can challenge our own negativity bias
Lessons from a teenage polyglot
How we’re using dogs to sniff out malaria
Refugees as architects of their city and future
What is a wellbeing economy?
School strike for climate
A cartoonist’s guide to life
How can we trace African American ancestry?
Deciphering the language of emotions
Why understand consciousness?
What a worm can tell us about consciousness
What your digital footprints reveal about you
Where in the world is it easiest to get rich?
Community-powered criminal justice reform
Representative reporting starts in the newsroom
What poker bots can teach us about decision-making
What can rocks tell us about the origin of life on earth?
What we can learn from Arctic people
Educating the next generation of jobseekers
What to trust in a post-truth world
Nudging society toward making better decisions
Uncovering the global influence of Latin American cinema
Searching for a new cosmic view
Compassion Fatigue: What is it and do you have it?
Why toddlers are smarter than computers
The benefits of talking about sex
Why we should all be medical feminists
You're writing emails wrong
How the Industrial Revolution changed childhood
Is it lust or is it love?
A simple strategy to reclaim your time
3 ways to keep human bias out of AI
Want to be more creative?
The revolutionary act of listening
Why do we hate whistleblowers?
Closing the weather gap
Is social media bad for diplomacy?
What if being ‘soft on crime’ is good for society?
A perfect apology in 3 steps
How to build a human hive mind?
How to eat ketchup on Mars
Are all relationships messy?
Our brains are wired to collect things
The power of dematerialization
Does reading make a difference?
Breakups don't have to leave you broken
Fighting wildfires with finance
The midlife crisis needs a rebrand
The business of biometrics
One teen's journey to get vaccinated
How to stop screwing yourself over
4 questions you should always ask your doctor
How to detect more cancers earlier
The perks of living without social media
Why we should take laughter more seriously
Who belongs in prison?
How to give a good toast
Parenting for a digital future
Why I defend women's rights
What to do when tech makes you miserable
Let's talk about sex
How to find an idea
Are you evil?
Is the world out of melodies?
How to improve your speaking voice
How to ADHD in a neurotypical world
Three skills for a healthy romantic relationship
The fundamental right to seek asylum
Forgiveness is hard--but worth it
Mass extinctions and the future of life on earth
The immigrant I love
What science taught me about being a Muslim drag queen
Are you really enjoying your free time?
Listen to your body's master clock
Healthcare innovation needs nurses
The case for working from home
How to create a genderless voice
How some music gives you the chills
Plus-size? More like my size
How we can save more lives in natural disasters
The limits of a personal narrative
The language of vogue
Why Black activists shouldn't have to lead alone
Why it's so hard to talk about the N-word
What does slavery have to do with it?
Are you clueless about class?
How do you see what you can't see?
Take an intentional walk
The secret soundtrack of the sea
How ritual increases social connection
Why optimism can be hard
Three secrets of resilient people
The creativity found in caves and darkness
Ethics in the age of technology
The end of animal farming
Ideas come from everywhere
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