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Talks to celebrate Black History Month

These insightful talks — on everything from art to intersectionality, joy to injustice — offer fresh, thoughtful perspectives on Black identity.

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Luisa Neubauer

The fairy tales of the fossil fuel industry -- and a better climate story

9 minutes 57 seconds
Robert Waldinger

The secret to a happy life -- lessons from 8 decades of research

28 minutes 42 seconds
Julieanna L. Richardson

The mission to safeguard Black history in the US

15 minutes 13 seconds
George Monbiot

Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet?

15 minutes 45 seconds
Frances S. Chance

Are insect brains the secret to great AI?

9 minutes 32 seconds
Anil Ananthaswamy

Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look

12 minutes 32 seconds
Paul Catchlove

The habit that could improve your career

10 minutes 58 seconds
TED-Ed

Why you procrastinate even when it feels bad

5 minutes 26 seconds
Colin Averill

How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi

12 minutes 7 seconds
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Marisa G. Franco

The secret to making new friends as an adult

31 minutes 46 seconds
Posted Feb 2023
Channing Gerard Joseph

How Black queer culture shaped history

8 minutes 9 seconds
Posted Feb 2023
Luisa Neubauer

The fairy tales of the fossil fuel industry -- and a better climate story

9 minutes 57 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Lam Ho

How to participate in your own legal defense

6 minutes 38 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Jing Corpuz

5 values for repairing the harms of colonialism

13 minutes 21 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Melaku Belay

The ecstasy of Eskista, an ancient Ethiopian dance

14 minutes 48 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Aparna Bharadwaj

Hidden connections that transcend borders and defy stereotypes

12 minutes 44 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Dennis Hong

7 new species of robot that jump, dance — and walk on water

18 minutes 41 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Constance Hockaday

The one question every aspiring leader needs to ask

6 minutes 9 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Aaron Bastani

A socialist perspective on the pursuit of happiness

19 minutes 8 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Anil Ananthaswamy

Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look

12 minutes 32 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
George Monbiot

Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet?

15 minutes 45 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Mariam Veiszadeh

How to recognize privilege – and uplift those without it

15 minutes 25 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Clementine Jacoby

How bad data traps people in the US justice system

6 minutes 10 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Manu Peni

The sustainable brilliance of Indigenous design

11 minutes 54 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Ben Gran

Why nurses are key to medical innovation

16 minutes 12 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Robert Waldinger

The secret to a happy life -- lessons from 8 decades of research

28 minutes 42 seconds
Posted Jan 2023
Jessie Christiansen

What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe

6 minutes
Posted Jan 2023
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Aimée Eubanks Davis

How your unique story can get you hired

4 minutes 10 seconds
Carl Safina

What are animals thinking and feeling?

19 minutes 16 seconds
Karen J. Meech

The story of 'Oumuamua, the first visitor from another star system

13 minutes 14 seconds
Naomi Oreskes

Why we should trust scientists

19 minutes
Jennifer Senior

For parents, happiness is a very high bar

17 minutes 57 seconds
Michele L. Sullivan

Asking for help is a strength, not a weakness

11 minutes 46 seconds
A.J. Jacobs

My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee

15 minutes 19 seconds
Adam Grant

How to stop languishing and start finding flow

15 minutes 50 seconds
Nina Jablonski

Skin color is an illusion

14 minutes 28 seconds
Steven Johnson

How the "ghost map" helped end a killer disease

9 minutes 50 seconds
Viktor Frankl

Why believe in others

4 minutes 22 seconds
Jane Goodall

What separates us from chimpanzees?

27 minutes 10 seconds
Amishi Jha

How to tame your wandering mind

17 minutes 58 seconds
Stephen Webb

Where are all the aliens?

13 minutes 8 seconds
Alex Edmans

What to trust in a "post-truth" world

17 minutes 38 seconds
Alexander Tsiaras

Conception to birth -- visualized

9 minutes 20 seconds
Alanna Shaikh

How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's

6 minutes 10 seconds

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Countdown: Take action on climate

Johan Rockström

10 years to transform the future of humanity -- or destabilize the planet

7 minutes 36 seconds
George Monbiot

Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet?

15 minutes 45 seconds
TED Countdown

Is there a role for carbon credits in the transition to a fair, net-zero future?

36 minutes 25 seconds
Alyssa-Amor Gibbons

How to design climate-resilient buildings

14 minutes 11 seconds
Vaitea Cowan

How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era

9 minutes 14 seconds
Huma Yusuf

A new social contract for global climate justice

10 minutes 40 seconds
Yuval Noah Harari

The actual cost of preventing climate breakdown

10 minutes 25 seconds
Jim Hagemann Snabe

Dreams and details for a decarbonized future

11 minutes 37 seconds
Olivia Lazard

The blind spots of the green energy transition

18 minutes 1 second
Ozawa Bineshi Albert

Climate action needs new frontline leadership

13 minutes 58 seconds
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air

8 minutes 11 seconds
Tzeporah Berman

The bad math of the fossil fuel industry

13 minutes 20 seconds
Nemonte Nenquimo

The forest is our teacher. It's time to respect it

8 minutes 2 seconds
Shankar Vedantam

You don't actually know what your future self wants

14 minutes 8 seconds
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TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

TED-Ed

How to deal with rejection

4 minutes 51 seconds
Marc Adam Hertzman and Flavio dos Santos Gomes

The kingdom hidden in Brazil

5 minutes 7 seconds
Joshua Paul Dale

Why do you want to squeeze cute things?

5 minutes 29 seconds
Vivian Jiang

Mao Zedong's infamous mango cult

6 minutes 11 seconds
Shannon Odell

The science of falling in love

6 minutes 22 seconds
Dan Sayers

The secret society of the Great Dismal Swamp

5 minutes 8 seconds
TED-Ed

3 ways to end a virus

5 minutes 49 seconds
Rob Ulrich

How do oysters make pearls?

5 minutes 2 seconds
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Celebrating Black History Month

Julieanna L. Richardson

The mission to safeguard Black history in the US

15 minutes 13 seconds
T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison

The most powerful woman you've never heard of

13 minutes 8 seconds
David Ikard

The real story of Rosa Parks -- and why we need to confront myths about Black history

18 minutes 4 seconds
Casey Gerald

Embrace your raw, strange magic

16 minutes 54 seconds
Miracle Jones

The revolutionary power of Black joy

11 minutes 53 seconds
Isabel Wilkerson

The Great Migration and the power of a single decision

17 minutes 45 seconds
Titus Kaphar

Can art amend history?

12 minutes 42 seconds
Lizzo

The Black history of twerking -- and how it taught me self-love

13 minutes 40 seconds
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TEDx: Resetting for a new year

Daniel Sachau

Why money can't buy happiness

15 minutes 32 seconds
Cynthia Ong

Redefining how we love

9 minutes 10 seconds
Emily Jaenson

6 tips for building your confidence

10 minutes 13 seconds
Christine Blume

How daylight could help you sleep

10 minutes 45 seconds
Sid Thatham

The value of an eclectic streaming queue

14 minutes 46 seconds
Cecilia Guan

The benefits of fostering beginner's mind

12 minutes 57 seconds
Niro Sivanathan

The counterintuitive way to be more persuasive

10 minutes 40 seconds
Jim VandeHei

How to write less but say more

15 minutes 6 seconds
Laura Gassner Otting

Why doesn't success bring happiness?

12 minutes 36 seconds
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Heard on TED Radio Hour

Dina Zielinski

How we can store digital data in DNA

12 minutes 44 seconds
Chris Fisher

Why we should archive everything on the planet

13 minutes 18 seconds
Brewster Kahle

A free digital library

19 minutes 44 seconds
Wendy Suzuki

The brain-changing benefits of exercise

12 minutes 53 seconds
Wendy De La Rosa

Can't stick to a budget? Try these tweaks instead

4 minutes 1 second
Catherine Price

Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life

12 minutes 33 seconds
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Meet the TED Audio Collective

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Virtual Worlds

38 minutes 51 seconds
The TED Interview

Michael Tubbs on politics as a force for good

50 minutes 57 seconds
WorkLife with Adam Grant

How to Rethink a Bad Decision

37 minutes 34 seconds
TED Audio Collective

Introducing Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

2 minutes 10 seconds
How to Be a Better Human

How to challenge conventional wisdom -- and change any industry

27 minutes 29 seconds
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Introducing: Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

2 minutes 25 seconds

About TED

TED is a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 110 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.