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Candace Parker

How to break down barriers and not accept limits

11 minutes 16 seconds
Posted Jan 2022
Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas

Why great leaders take humor seriously

10 minutes 8 seconds
Posted Jan 2022
Sam Hester

How comic strips create better health care

Posted Jan 2022
Bjørn Otto Sverdrup

How to realistically decarbonize the oil and gas industry

13 minutes 39 seconds
Posted Jan 2022
Axel Reinaud

How biochar removes CO2 from the air -- and helps farmers thrive

11 minutes 27 seconds
Posted Jan 2022
Brittany K. Barnett

A vision of sustainable liberation for justice-impacted people

12 minutes 41 seconds
Posted Jan 2022
Liu Thai Ker

The architectural mastermind behind modern Singapore

15 minutes 16 seconds
Posted Jan 2022
Warren Valdmanis

What makes a job "good" -- and the case for investing in people

11 minutes 22 seconds
Posted Jan 2022
Sophia Kianni

Language shouldn't be a barrier to climate action

6 minutes 42 seconds
Posted Jan 2022
Anna Malaika Tubbs

How moms shape the world

12 minutes 21 seconds
Posted Jan 2022
Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa

A free and fair internet benefits everyone

9 minutes 19 seconds
Posted Dec 2021
Matt Walker

4 ways the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we sleep

2 minutes 20 seconds
Posted Dec 2021
Jamil Zaki

How to escape the cynicism trap

12 minutes 40 seconds
Posted Dec 2021
Halla Tómasdóttir

Use your voice, vote and wallet for climate action

14 minutes 4 seconds
Posted Dec 2021
Gowri Shankar

A king cobra bite -- and a scientific discovery

5 minutes 53 seconds
Posted Dec 2021
Virginia Smith

How we could better predict and stop floods

11 minutes 42 seconds
Posted Dec 2021
Jim Hagemann Snabe

Dreams and details for a decarbonized future

11 minutes 42 seconds
Posted Dec 2021
Karen Lellouche Tordjman

Siri, Alexa, Google ... what comes next?

10 minutes 22 seconds
Posted Dec 2021
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Trending

Abigail Marsh

Why some people are more altruistic than others

12 minutes 21 seconds
Joan Halifax

Compassion and the true meaning of empathy

14 minutes 1 second
Fang Ruan

Management lessons from Chinese business and philosophy

10 minutes 50 seconds
Julie Lythcott-Haims

How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting

14 minutes 16 seconds
Joy Buolamwini

How I'm fighting bias in algorithms

8 minutes 44 seconds
Louise Fresco

We need to feed the whole world

18 minutes
Stewart Brand

What squatter cities can teach us

3 minutes 5 seconds
Ibram X. Kendi

The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist

51 minutes 14 seconds
John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson

The fight for civil rights and freedom

23 minutes 46 seconds
Matt Langione

The promise of quantum computers

12 minutes 9 seconds
Blaise Agüera y Arcas

How computers are learning to be creative

17 minutes 34 seconds
Sal Khan

Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores

10 minutes 49 seconds
Matthieu Ricard

How to let altruism be your guide

16 minutes 7 seconds
Yang Lan

The generation that's remaking China

17 minutes 14 seconds
Anne-Marie Slaughter

Can we all "have it all"?

17 minutes 11 seconds
Anna Piperal

What a digital government looks like

13 minutes 53 seconds
Estelle Gibson

The true cost of financial dependence

8 minutes 36 seconds
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Blueprints for workplace diversity

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Rocío Lorenzo

How diversity makes teams more innovative

11 minutes 5 seconds
Lera Boroditsky

How language shapes the way we think

14 minutes 12 seconds
Rosalind G. Brewer

How to foster true diversity and inclusion at work (and in your community)

23 minutes 1 second
Janet Stovall

How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace

11 minutes 4 seconds
Rebeca Hwang

The power of diversity within yourself

9 minutes 44 seconds
American Family Insurance

One company at a time

2 minutes 59 seconds
Itay Talgam

Lead like the great conductors

20 minutes 51 seconds
Temple Grandin

The world needs all kinds of minds

19 minutes 43 seconds
Ray Dalio

How to build a company where the best ideas win

16 minutes 33 seconds
Sara Sanford

How to design gender bias out of your workplace

13 minutes 26 seconds
Parag Khanna

How megacities are changing the map of the world

20 minutes 34 seconds
Chip Conley

What baby boomers can learn from millennials at work -- and vice versa

12 minutes 22 seconds

Expand your circle, connect with people across the world

Humble beginnings to start the New Year as we learn from being wrong, questioning our beliefs, rejection and more. Throughout January, let’s explore staying humble in daily life scenarios with face-to-face, small group conversations through TED Circles.

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Editor's Picks

Shabana Basij-Rasikh

The dream of educating Afghan girls lives on

16 minutes 49 seconds
Ruchi Sinha

3 steps to getting what you want in a negotiation

5 minutes
Anil Seth

How your brain invents your "self"

23 minutes 20 seconds
Liu Thai Ker

The architectural mastermind behind modern Singapore

15 minutes 16 seconds
Isha Datar

How we could eat real meat without harming animals

12 minutes 40 seconds
Sister True Dedication

3 questions to build resilience -- and change the world

16 minutes 6 seconds
Irma L. Olguin Jr.

How to turn around a city

13 minutes 9 seconds
Bozoma Saint John

The creative power of your intuition

12 minutes 20 seconds
Al Gore

How to make radical climate action the new normal

15 minutes 46 seconds
Jane Walsh

The rise of predatory scams -- and how to prevent them

13 minutes 53 seconds
Nithya Ramanathan

The problem of vaccine spoilage -- and a smart sensor to help

5 minutes 52 seconds
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TED-Ed animations: Feed your curiosity

Maruša Brada

The science of snowflakes

4 minutes 14 seconds
Dan Kwartler

Why don't we cover the desert with solar panels?

5 minutes 6 seconds
Iseult Gillespie

The Norse myth that inspired "The Lord of the Rings"

5 minutes 8 seconds
Carlos Reif

Why do we kiss under mistletoe?

4 minutes 27 seconds
Jeffrey A. Lockwood

Are locust plagues unstoppable?

5 minutes 26 seconds
Iseult Gillespie

Why should you read Charles Dickens?

5 minutes 3 seconds
Clay Routledge

Why do we feel nostalgia?

3 minutes 54 seconds
Jodie Houlston-Lau

How to make a sad story funny

4 minutes 19 seconds
Sheila Marie Orfano and Densho

Can stereotypes ever be good?

Christian Jarrett

Why are we so attached to our things?

4 minutes 19 seconds
Luka Seamus Wright

The wild sex lives of marine creatures

5 minutes
Alayna Vaughan

Why do some people snore so loudly?

4 minutes 20 seconds
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Countdown: Take action on climate

Shweta Narayan

It's impossible to have healthy people on a sick planet

9 minutes 6 seconds
Al Gore

How to make radical climate action the new normal

15 minutes 46 seconds
Xiye Bastida, Shiv Soin and Latif Nasser

Dear world leaders, these are our climate demands

6 minutes 4 seconds
Nemonte Nenquimo

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

8 minutes 12 seconds
John Doerr and Ryan Panchadsaram

An action plan for solving the climate crisis

11 minutes 41 seconds
Nili Gilbert

The crucial intersection of climate and capital

10 minutes 2 seconds
Al Roker, Al Gore, David Biello and Latif Nasser

The science of extreme weather -- and how to reduce the harm

5 minutes 51 seconds
Jack Dangermond

An ever-evolving map of everything on Earth

5 minutes 57 seconds
Derek Sarno

The mighty power and flavor of plants

4 minutes 22 seconds
Farwiza Farhan

The powerful women on the front lines of climate action

7 minutes 23 seconds
Nicola Sturgeon

How small countries can make a big impact on climate change

9 minutes 20 seconds
Amina J. Mohammed

A new perspective on the journey to net-zero

7 minutes 59 seconds
Ilissa Ocko

The fastest way to slow climate change now

10 minutes 2 seconds
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Discussed on tedcircles.com

Kathryn Schulz

On being wrong

17 minutes 51 seconds
Casey Gerald

The gospel of doubt

18 minutes 19 seconds
Leah Garcés

A lesson in turning adversaries into allies

13 minutes 33 seconds
Jia Jiang

What I learned from 100 days of rejection

15 minutes 31 seconds
Adam Grant

How to stop languishing and start finding flow

16 minutes
Nora McInerny

We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it

15 minutes 5 seconds
Robert A. Belle

The emotions behind your money habits

8 minutes 43 seconds
Meg Jay

Essential questions to ask your future self

10 minutes 16 seconds
Ella Al-Shamahi

The fascinating (and dangerous) places scientists aren't exploring

15 minutes 53 seconds
Jorge Mañes Rubio

What should humans take to space (and leave behind)?

9 minutes 16 seconds
Taiye Selasi

Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local

16 minutes 31 seconds
Max Hawkins

I let algorithms randomize my life for two years

11 minutes 45 seconds

Reimagine your workplace. Transform business as usual.

Is your workplace in need of mind-shifting ideas about diversity, equity and inclusion, leadership or communication? Bring fresh perspectives with TED@Work, a new learning solution designed to transform “business as usual.”

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Keep your brain healthy

Daniel Levitin

How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed

12 minutes 20 seconds
Judson Brewer

A simple way to break a bad habit

9 minutes 24 seconds
Anita Collins

How playing an instrument benefits your brain

4 minutes 29 seconds
Jocelyne Bloch

The brain may be able to repair itself -- with help

11 minutes 34 seconds
Guy Winch

Why we all need to practice emotional first aid

17 minutes 24 seconds
Mia Nacamulli

The benefits of a bilingual brain

4 minutes 48 seconds
Lisa Genova

How your memory works -- and why forgetting is totally OK

22 minutes 25 seconds
Sophie Scott

Why we laugh

17 minutes 4 seconds
Wendy Suzuki

The brain-changing benefits of exercise

13 minutes 2 seconds
Mia Nacamulli

How the food you eat affects your brain

4 minutes 37 seconds
Matt Walker

Sleep is your superpower

19 minutes 18 seconds
Dan Gartenberg

The brain benefits of deep sleep -- and how to get more of it

6 minutes 37 seconds
Sam Kass

Want kids to learn well? Feed them well

12 minutes 8 seconds
Nikki Webber Allen

Don't suffer from your depression in silence

6 minutes 35 seconds
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Meet the TED Audio Collective

WorkLife with Adam Grant

The real reason you procrastinate

36 minutes 22 seconds
Far Flung

An Indigenous Mixtape from Lima, Peru

46 minutes 18 seconds
The TED Interview

Michael Tubbs on politics as a force for good

50 minutes 57 seconds
TED Business

How we can actually pay people enough -- with Paypal CEO Dan Schulman

20 minutes 42 seconds
TEDx SHORTS

What your sleep patterns say about your relationship

9 minutes 20 seconds
ZigZag

A stock market for social justice

38 minutes 59 seconds
Design Matters

Brené Brown

50 minutes 51 seconds
Conversations with People Who Hate Me

The Trans Ban

31 minutes 53 seconds
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Heard on TED Radio Hour

Nora McInerny

We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it

15 minutes 5 seconds
Amir Nizar Zuabi

Walk with Little Amal, a theatrical journey celebrating the refugee experience

9 minutes 28 seconds
Erika Hamden

What it takes to launch a telescope

7 minutes 18 seconds
Kathryn A. Whitehead

The tiny balls of fat that could revolutionize medicine

12 minutes 41 seconds
Keller Rinaudo

How we're using drones to deliver blood and save lives

15 minutes 30 seconds
Guy Winch

How to turn off work thoughts during your free time

12 minutes 29 seconds
Amanda Williams

Why I turned Chicago's abandoned homes into art

13 minutes 30 seconds
Andrew Pelling

Could we treat spinal cord injuries with asparagus?

7 minutes 27 seconds
Wajahat Ali

The case for having kids

13 minutes
Kimberly Noble

How does income affect childhood brain development?

11 minutes 47 seconds
Sandrine Thuret

You can grow new brain cells. Here's how

11 minutes 4 seconds
Lisa Mosconi

How menopause affects the brain

13 minutes 4 seconds
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The most popular TED Talks of 2021

Molly Wright

How every child can thrive by five

7 minutes 38 seconds
Adam Grant

How to stop languishing and start finding flow

16 minutes
Julia Dhar

How to have constructive conversations

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Yuko Munakata

The science behind how parents affect child development

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Christine Carter

The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit

11 minutes 6 seconds
Lisa Genova

How your memory works -- and why forgetting is totally OK

22 minutes 25 seconds
Amanda Gorman

Using your voice is a political choice

7 minutes 19 seconds
Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci

Meet the scientist couple driving an mRNA vaccine revolution

24 minutes 50 seconds
Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care)

18 minutes 23 seconds
Niro Sivanathan

The counterintuitive way to be more persuasive

10 minutes 50 seconds
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Criminal justice reform now!

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Salil Dudani

How jails extort the poor

12 minutes 43 seconds
Bryan Stevenson

We need to talk about an injustice

23 minutes 41 seconds
Ethan Nadelmann

Why we need to end the War on Drugs

17 minutes 26 seconds
Melvin Russell

I love being a police officer, but we need reform

13 minutes 7 seconds
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What if we ended the injustice of bail?

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American Family Insurance

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