Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Dr. Jen Gunter: Just letting you know, this episode discusses mental illness. Take care while listening. When I was a kid, it felt like my dad was obsessed with getting to the airport on time. It would start a week ahead of our flight… sometimes even more. On the day of the flight, if the ...

Help us spark a global movement to record and preserve meaningful conversations with one another that results in an ever-growing digital archive of the collective wisdom of humanity. The plan For Dave Isay, listening is an act of love. He wants everyone to experience the power of having their story heard. That’s why he founded StoryCorps, an arc...

Re:Thinking with Adam Grant The psychology of human delusions with filmmaker Adam McKay (Transcript) November 8, 2022 [00:00:00] Adam Grant: Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to ReThinking: my podcast on the science of what makes us tick. I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to...

Re:Thinking with Adam Grant Life, the universe, and everything with Nobel laureate physicist Saul Perlmutter October 18, 2022 [00:00:00] Adam Grant: Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to ReThinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick. I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating p...

ReThinking with Adam Grant The problem with setting goals with NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho November 15, 2022 [00:00:00] Adam Grant: Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to ReThinking: my podcast on the science of what makes us tick. I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore n...

Good Sport Pardon the Interruption… But Did Sports Debate Shows Change the World? February 15, 2023 [00:00:07] Jody Avirgan: Katie, if I'm doing this, what should my body language be? [00:00:12] Katie Nolan: Aggressive, confident, engaging. Um, you, you wanna talk with your hands a lot. [00:00:19] Jody Avirgan: I called up my friend Kati...

As an organizational psychologist, Adam Grant believes that great minds don’t think alike; they challenge each other to think differently. In his new show, he has lively discussions and debates with some of the world’s most interesting thinkers, creators, achievers, and leaders—from Lin-Manuel Miranda to Brené Brown to Mark Cuban, and Olympic me...

About Outrage + Optimism Face the climate crisis head on, but understand that we have the power to solve this. Hosted by Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson this podcast about issues and politics will inform you, inspire you and help you realize that this is the most exciting time in history to be alive. About the hosts Ch...

Written by the educators who created The Edge of Knowledge, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. Particle physicists are nothing if not ambitious. And the aim of particle physics is to understand what everything's ...

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Adam Grant: Hey WorkLifers, it’s Adam Grant. Welcome back to Taken for Granted, my podcast with the TED Audio Collective. I’m an organizational psychologist, and this series is about rethinking assumptions we often take for granted about how we work, lead, and live. Today’s guest is Esther Duflo, the MIT economist who ...

The TED Interview Michael Schur on every moral question ever August 18, 2022 [00:00:00] Steven Johnson: Welcome to the TED interview. I'm your host, Steven Johnson. Kant’s Categorical Imperative. Aristotle's Virtue Ethics. Jeremy Bentham’s Principle of Utility. If you took a college survey class on moral philosophy, these ideas might ring a di...

Written by the educator who created What Makes Us Human?, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in his field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. As a biological anthropologist, I never liked drawing sharp distinctions between human and non-human. Such boundaries ma...

ReThinking with Adam Grant What animal intelligence reveals about human stupidity with Justin Gregg March 7, 2023 [00:00:00] Adam Grant: Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to ReThinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick. I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to expl...

A note from the International Islamic University’s president frames this TED Study on Understanding Islam. Here, he gives his heartfelt vote of confidence in the course’s curator and in the power of TED content to create understanding about the Islamic world. Many of us who are not sold on the idea of a grand Western conspiracy against Islam str...

Get to know the amazing scientists, designers, technologists, explorers, artists, performers (and more!) who will be speaking at TEDYouth 2015. Adam Stelzner Ever wonder if there's life on Mars? Thanks to Adam Steltzner and his team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, we may find the answer. He and his team designed the sky crane that landed th...

Good Sport How to Survive a Losing Team March 15, 2023 [00:00:00] Jody Avirgan: Some of the deepest thoughts I've ever had, biggest emotions, have been in a post-game team circle, especially after a loss. Sitting on the grass exhausted, slowly taking off the cleats, trying not to look your teammates in the eye, or you might just start crying. S...

How to Be a Better Human How to be perfect (w/ Mike Schur) (Transcript) September 19, 2022 [00:00:00] Chris Duffy: You're listening to How to Be a Better Human. And I am your host, Chris Duffy. When I was in college, I signed up for an intro to philosophy class. And at the end of the first lecture, the professor said, “If you feel happy and co...

The TED Interview Can AI make healthcare human again? with Eric Topol September 29, 2022 [00:00:00] Steven Johnson: Welcome to the TED Interview. I'm your host, Steven Johnson. The emergence of the novel coronavirus SARS-COV-2 roughly two and a half years ago posed a formidable challenge to many aspects of our lives: our immune systems, our he...

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Diane Russo Cheng : My name is Diane Russo Cheng. I'm in my mid thirties, I am a filmmaker and a photographer. Dr. Jen Gunter: When Diane was 12, she learned she had scoliosis…and she started seeing a chiropractor a couple years later. Diane Russo Cheng: They would take x-rays and when ...

How to Be a Better Human Monday, July 4, 2022 Chris Duffy: You’re listening to How to Be a Better Human. I’m your host Chris Duffy and today we’re talking about comedy and….immigration. Two topics that you might not necessarily think go together! But today’s guest, comedian and author Maeve Higgins moved from Ireland to the U.S. and has made a c...

The TED Interview Juliet Schor wants a four-day work week August 4, 2022 [00:00:00] Steven Johnson: Welcome to the TED Interview. I'm Steven Johnson. One of the defining properties of a global pandemic, beyond the life and death struggles with disease itself, is the fact that it disrupts so many of the routines of everyday life. Usually, we're ...

The TED Interview DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on the future of AI July 28, 2022 [00:00:00] Steven Johnson: Welcome to the TED Interview. I'm your host, Steven Johnson. When future tech historians look back at the first few decades of the 21st century, I suspect they will point to a day in late 2017 as one of the enduring milestones from that peri...

Written by the educators who created Cyber-Influence and Power, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. Each and every one of us has a vital part to play in building the kind of world in which government and technolog...

How to Be a Better Human How to Find the Comedy in A Messed-Up World (with Maeve Higgins) (Transcript) July 4, 2022 [00:00:00] Chris Duffy: You’re listening to How to Be a Better Human. I’m your host Chris Duffy and today on the show we’re talking about comedy and immigration. Now, those are two topics that you probably don't think go together...

Written by the educators who created Ecofying Cities, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. Right now, our economy operates as Paul Hawken said, "by stealing the future, selling it in the present and calling it GDP....

Written by the educators who created Rethinking Cancer, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. In its World Cancer Report 2014, the World Health Organization made a staggering prediction: it expects the number of ne...

Taken for Granted Tuesday, June 29, 2021 ADAM: Luis, did you think your son was out of his mind? LUIS: No, no, I never think he’s out of his mind, I just think that he’s ... nuts. [Adam and Lin laugh] ADAM: Nuts. That’s one way to have your dad describe you. But when you have a creative streak like Lin-Manuel Miranda’s, maybe it’s not such ...

How to Be a Better Human How to take charge of your money (w/ Wendy De La Rosa) November 14, 2022 [00:00:00] Chris Duffy: You're listening to How To Be a Better Human. I'm your host, Chris Duffy. When it comes to money, one study found that 78% of people would rather disclose their full dating history than their full financial history. We would...

ReThinking with Adam Grant Lin-Manuel Miranda Daydreams, and His Dad Gets Things Done (Transcript) June 29, 2021 ADAM: Luis, did you think your son was out of his mind? LUIS: No, no, I never think he’s out of his mind, I just think that he’s ... nuts. [Adam and Lin laugh] ADAM: Nuts. That’s one way to have your dad describe you. But when you...

ReThinking with Adam Grant The four-day work week: luxury or necessity? (Transcript) November 22, 2022 [00:00:00] Adam Grant: Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to ReThinking: my podcast is on the science of what makes us tick. I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new ...