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How to unite people through art (with JR) (Transcript)

How to Be a Better Human Monday, June 27, 2022 Chris Duffy: You’re listening to How to Be a Better Human. I’m your host Chris Duffy. Today on the show, we’re talking to one of the most famous street artists in the world, J.R. He’s got this iconic look where he always wears dark glasses and a hat so no one knows exactly what he looks like. And...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/better-human-how-to-unite-people-through-art-with-jr-transcript

Jacqueline Novogratz on the Pakistan floods and our shared humanity

Founder of Acumen Fund Jacqueline Novogratz recently visited Pakistan (along with TED Curator Chris Anderson) to offer what help she could and work with local friends on their relief efforts. On returning to New York, she gave a short talk at TED HQ and shared the stories of the Pakistani people she met along with a profoundly touching video cre...
Posted September 20, 2010
https://blog.ted.com/2010/09/20/jacqueline-novogratz-on-the-pakistan-floods-and-our-shared-humanity

Death, disaster and drugs: A recap of TED University 2015

Audience members give talks during a session of TED University. From Ebola to better businesses, from diabetes to disasters, the talks took on big topics: A type-A response to Type 2 diabetes. Kicking off the session, Laurie Coots shares her personal story of how she beat Type 2 diabetes and regained control over her health. For Coots, a ...
Posted March 18, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/03/18/death-disaster-and-drugs-a-recap-of-ted-university-2015

Susan Cain on why it's OK to eat alone

In her blockbuster TED Talk, Susan Cain has a call to action: Take introverts seriously, and understand what they can do in the right environment. Ben Lillie called her up for an extended conversation about the terrors of public speaking, how her issue is one of civil rights, and the neuroscience behind personalities. What was it like giving a ...
Posted August 11, 2015
https://ideas.ted.com/susan-cain-on-why-its-ok-to-eat-alone

Ocean exploration for all: Fellows Friday with David Lang

David Lang wants to make investigating the mysteries of the ocean accessible to anyone curious and adventurous enough to dive deep. Here, the co-founder of OpenROV -- a community of citizen ocean explorers and creators of low-cost underwater robots -- recounts his blistering journey from office job to fledgling maker to inventor of a robot tha...
Posted September 20, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/09/20/ocean-exploration-for-all-fellows-friday-with-david-lang

Being vulnerable about vulnerability: Q&A with Brené Brown

At the end of 2010, a researcher named Brené Brown gave a talk at her local TEDx event, TEDxHouston. That talk, "The Power of Vulnerability," has since become a web-video phenomenon -- viewed and shared by millions of people, who write us to say that her words -- on shame, vulnerability and honesty -- moved them, inspired them, helped them mak...
Posted March 16, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/03/16/being-vulnerable-about-vulnerability-qa-with-brene-brown

Anthropo Impact: Notes from Session 2 of TEDSummit 2019

Session 2 of TEDSummit 2019 is all about impact: the actions we can take to solve humanity's toughest challenges. Speakers and performers explore the perils -- from melting glaciers to air pollution -- along with some potential fixes -- like ocean-going seaweed farms and radical proposals for how we can build the future. The event: TEDSum...
Posted July 22, 2019
https://blog.ted.com/2019/07/22/anthropo-impact-notes-from-session-2-of-tedsummit-2019

Can you boost your immune system? (Transcript)

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Jen Gunter: It was March 2020, and our editor Sara was living in Brooklyn. She had started to hear about the spread of a highly contagious virus, COVID-19. And like many of us, she was very worried... Sara: I went to my local health food store chain, and I got a bunch of groceries. Like ev...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/body-stuff-can-you-boost-your-immune-system-transcript

Gallery: The art and science of museum dioramas

These precise re-creations of the world have the amazing ability to bring us up close to people and animals that are far away in space and time, says artist Aaron Delehanty. “I build time machines,” says artist Aaron Delehanty. Actually, his specific day job is constructing dioramas -- freeze-framed vignettes of animals and people in their habi...
Posted July 13, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/gallery-the-art-and-science-of-museum-dioramas

It's OK to eat alone: Q&A with Susan Cain

By far the most viewed talk from TED2012 was given by an introvert who doesn't like talking. Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, quietly and powerfully delivered a call to action: take introverts seriously and understand what they can do in the right environment. There is, of course, mu...
Posted June 15, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/06/15/its-ok-to-eat-alone-qa-with-susan-cain

Am I Normal? Is my dentist scamming me? (Transcript)

Monday, October 25, 2021 Mona Chalabi: I was sitting in a dentist’s chair in Brooklyn, there for a routine checkup. The dentist took some X-rays, poked around in my mouth, and said: “You’re in luck! No cavities. Healthy teeth. But, your teeth are a bit yellow… You could consider bleaching as an option, if it’s something that bothers you.” Now ...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/am-i-normal-is-my-dentist-scamming-me-transcript

An artist’s slavery relics and reimagined KKK robes show us the reality of systemic racism

Paul Rucker’s eye-opening work forces people to look at the bias and bigotry that have been sewn into the fabric of America. The silhouette of a KKK robe is unmistakable, with its ominous, hooded outline. It's a stark reminder of one of the ugliest parts of America’s past -- a past that has been bubbling to the surface again in recent years. Th...
Posted October 12, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/an-artists-slavery-relics-and-reimagined-kkk-robes-show-us-the-reality-of-systemic-racism

Rethinking Flexibility at Work (Transcript)

WorkLife with Adam Grant Tuesday, April 19, 2022 [00:00:00] Ville Houttu: We wanted to create a workplace where even Mondays don't suck. Adam Grant: This is Ville Houttu, the CEO of Vincit, a Finnish software company. Ville Houttu: Four years ago one of our software engineers sent me a calendar invite to his annual salary review with the ...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/rethinking-flexibility-at-work-transcript

A TED Talk from a war zone

At TEDSummit in June, we featured a talk by a young Syrian architect, Marwa Al-Sabouni. In it, she shares an important and original insight about how the roots of conflict can be traced, among other better-studied reasons, to misdirected and divisive urbanism. She offers the example of her own country, where violent conflict has been raging ...
Posted August 12, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/08/12/a-ted-talk-from-a-war-zone

Can prison be a place of redemption?

In 1991, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man. Yes, his is a story of atonement and rehabilitation -- but it didn't always look like things would go that way. As he says in his TED Talk, for many of his 19 years in prison, he was bitter, angry and unwilling to take responsibility for his actions. Thanks to family and mentors, Senghor did turn h...
Posted June 23, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/prison_rehab_from_the_inside

TEDxLaçador: DesConstruindo Conceitos - an independently organized event

About this event: Saiba Mais Host - Miguel Cavalcanti Miguel Cavalcanti was born in Rio de Janeiro, raised in Goiás countryside and now lives in Piracicaba, but he is always traveling. He is married to Leticia, with whom he has two lovely children with ages of 3 and 5 years old. During his free time, Miguel enjoys running half marathons – but he is not the fast...
Event details: Porto Alegre, Brazil · June 15, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/6232

Unlock: The talks of TED@BCG 2019

To succeed in the next decade and beyond, we can't just optimize what we know. We need to keep learning, imagining, inventing. In a day of talks and performances, 16 speakers and performers explored how we can unlock our full potential -- human, technological and natural -- to accomplish things we never thought possible. The event: TED@BC...
Posted September 24, 2019
https://blog.ted.com/2019/09/24/unlock-the-talks-of-tedbcg-2019

Cat paying dues: Fellows Friday with Andrew Nemr

Mentored from childhood by Gregory Hines and Savion Glover, Andrew Nemr has tap-danced his way through life. Now, with the Tap Legacy Foundation, he's using new technology to augment oral tradition, passing on the craft he learned at the knees of the old masters. Tell us about your life as a dancer. I grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, where...
Posted July 20, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/07/20/cat-paying-dues-fellows-friday-with-andrew-nemr

Is it Safe to Speak Up at Work? (Transcript)

WorkLife with Adam Grant Tuesday, July 20, 2021 Ed Pierson: I'd been retired two months when I heard the news and saw the TV news flash. It was a max airplane that crashed in the ocean. It was shocking. And then the second crash occurs. Adam Grant: In October 2018, a new Boeing 737 max plane flying out of Indonesia crashed and killed all pass...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/is-it-safe-to-speak-up-at-work-transcript

Fellows Friday with Meklit Hadero

Meklit Hadero’s soulful songs have launched her explosive rise in the music world. Her sound draws from jazz, West Coast folk, and her Ethiopian roots. Meklit’s performances and community outreach projects -- in North America, Africa, or where the winds take her -- continue to enrich her music and be an integral part of its evolution. Are you a...
Posted July 8, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/07/08/fellows-friday-with-meklit-hadero

Reframes, rethinks and bold calls: 16 speakers share ideas at TEDGlobal>London

In 1831, Michael Faraday stood in a lecture hall and demoed an idea that changed everything: electromagnetic induction. This work paved the way for widespread use of electricity. On September 29, 2015, in the same lecture hall, attendees gathered for TEDGlobal>London to hear more ideas with the potential to shift reality. Sixteen TED speak...
Posted September 29, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/09/29/16-speakers-share-ideas-at-tedgloballondon

Inside the debate about power posing: a Q & A with Amy Cuddy

Four and a half years after her popular TED Talk, the social psychologist updates the research on posture and hormones, responds to critics and discusses her current work. At the TEDGlobal 2012 conference, social psychologist Amy Cuddy gave the talk "Your body language shapes who you are," in which she detailed the effects of “power posing,” ba...
Posted February 22, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/inside-the-debate-about-power-posing-a-q-a-with-amy-cuddy

Fellows Friday with Jessica Mayberry

Jessica Mayberry is the founder of Video Volunteers, which trains rural Indians to use filmmaking to drive social change in their communities. The films have fostered some remarkable improvements in the villages, but according to Jessica, some of the most impressive changes are in the filmmakers themselves. Interactive Fellows Friday Feature!...
Posted January 14, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/01/14/fellows-friday-with-jessica-mayberry

Fellows Friday with Gerry Douglas

Through his organization, Baobab Health, Gerry Douglas has implemented a top-of-the-line electronic medical records system in Malawi. Many health centers in the developed world have not yet achieved what Baobab has. His secret weapons? Touch screen computers, super-high usability, and low power usage, just to name a few. Interactive Fel...
Posted April 29, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/04/29/fellows-friday-with-gerry-douglas

Why are we so awkward about poop?: Transcript

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Dr. Jen Gunter: When we're kids, we have a beautiful gift. Rosie: Why does poop smell bad? Wylder: Because of its things inside. Rosie: Yeah. Like diseases. Wylder: Diseases. Dr. Jen Gunter: We can talk freely and happily about something we all make, poop. Rosie: I have red poop...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/why-are-we-so-awkward-about-poop-transcript

From 3D animated molecules to tethered kite-copters: A recap of the TED2014 Fellows Talks, Session 1

With the TED Fellows, expect the unexpected: 3D animated molecules, tethered quadcopter cameras, death row inmates turned lawyers, quantum chaos. It's the fifth-anniversary edition of TED Fellows talks, live from Vancouver, and here's what happened in Session 1. Usman Riaz, musician + artist The Fellows stage comes to life quietly with the m...
Posted March 17, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/03/17/from-3d-animated-molecules-to-tethered-kite-copters-a-recap-of-the-ted2014-fellows-talks-session-1

Why I chose to stand up, alone: TED Fellow Boniface Mwangi on risking his life for justice in Kenya

Award-winning photojournalist Boniface Mwangi captured the 2007-2008 post-election violence in Kenya unflinchingly through the lens of his camera. But the horrors he witnessed propelled him into a new career as an activist and artist. Here, Mwangi talks to the TED Blog about the events that led him to stand up against injustice, literally, r...
Posted February 27, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/02/27/ted-fellow-boniface-mwangi-on-risking-his-life-for-justice-in-kenya

Gift guide: Books about business and professional growth

Minority Leader: How to Lead from the Outside and Make Change by Stacey Abrams (TED talk: 3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do) I work in government affairs, and the last thing I enjoy reading for pleasure are books by politicians. However, this book is different on so many levels and is a must-read -- whether you’re a political ...
Posted November 20, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/gift-guide-books-about-business-and-professional-growth

What’s normal anxiety and what’s an anxiety disorder?: Transcript

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 ...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/body-stuff-whats-normal-anxiety-and-whats-an-anxiety-disorder-transcript

Jon Batiste on the art of pushing your limits (Transcript)

WorkLife with Adam Grant Jon Batiste on the art of pushing your limits May 10, 2022 [00:00:00] 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. My job is to think again about how we work lead and live. Today, I'm talking to musician, Jo...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife/jon-batiste-on-the-art-of-pushing-your-limits
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