How to turn a group of strangers into a team
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9 talks that explain why life is so weird

Playlist: Explore some of the unusual, compelling and extraordinary aspects of the world around us

Newest Talks

  1. How to turn a group of strangers into a team
  2. How I made friends with reality
  3. The shocking danger of mountaintop removal -- and why it must end
  4. What it's like to be the child of immigrants
  5. Where joy hides and how to find it
  6. Why fascism is so tempting -- and how your data could power it

Trending

  1. Why the universe seems so strange
  2. Why invest in Africa
  3. Why does the universe exist?
  4. Why wildfires have gotten worse -- and what we can do about it
  5. Invest in Africa's own solutions
  6. In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa

Recommended today

  1. How to truly listen
  2. The 4 ways sound affects us
  3. Making sound visible through cymatics
  4. I listen to color
  5. See invisible motion, hear silent sounds
  6. Everything you hear on film is a lie

Explore playlists

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. A Parkland teacher's homework for us all
  2. How great leaders inspire action
  3. It's time for women to run for office
  4. How shocking events can spark positive change
  5. How to live to be 100+
  6. A roadmap to end aging

TEDx fan favorites

  1. My philosophy for a happy life
  2. How to stop screwing yourself over
  3. What makes you special?
  4. Why you should quit social media
  5. Plus-size? More like my size
  6. Why people believe they can't draw

TED-Ed lessons: feed your curiosity

  1. Why do cats act so weird?
  2. How playing an instrument benefits your brain
  3. What would happen if you didn't sleep?
  4. A simple way to tell insects apart
  5. The science of stage fright (and how to overcome it)
  6. The science of skin color

North Korea stories

  1. What I learned as a prisoner in North Korea
  2. This is what it's like to go undercover in North Korea
  3. My escape from North Korea
  4. The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.
  5. Asia's rise -- how and when
  6. How the US should use its superpower status

lifelong learning

  1. The life-long learner
  2. How to get better at the things you care about
  3. 12 truths I learned from life and writing
  4. Why some of us don't have one true calling
  5. We should aim for perfection -- and stop fearing failure
  6. Life's third act

deep space science

  1. How to take a picture of a black hole
  2. The hunt for a supermassive black hole
  3. How I fell in love with quasars, blazars and our incredible universe
  4. The sound the universe makes
  5. Is our universe the only universe?
  6. Let's look for life in the outer solar system

be an activist. start now

  1. The antidote to apathy
  2. Activism needs introverts
  3. How to make peace? Get angry
  4. Courage is contagious
  5. How protest is redefining democracy around the world
  6. How the US government spies on people who protest -- including you

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.