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Playlist: Talks for theater geeks (12 talks)

A collection of our most inspired talks and performances highlighting the passion, importance and brilliance of theater.
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_for_theater_geeks

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys | TED Speaker

The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys is made up of 11-year-old banjo sensation Jonny Mizzone and his brothers Robbie, 14, on fiddle, and Tommy, 15, on guitar.
Bluegrass musicians
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sleepy_man_banjo_boys

OK Go: "All Together Now"

As the surreal reality of COVID-19 unfolded around the world, musician Damian Kulash and OK Go started working on a song, looking to art as a way to access something past the immediate anxiety of the moment while sheltering in place. Inspired by the ritual of raising a cheer for frontline workers every evening and some incongruous bouts of hope,...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ok_go_all_together_now

Matilda Ho: The future of good food in China

Fresh food free of chemicals and pesticides is hard to come by in China: in 2016, the Chinese government revealed half a million food safety violations in just nine months. In the absence of safe, sustainable food sources, TED Fellow Matilda Ho launched China's first online farmers market, instituting a zero-tolerance test towards pesticides, an...
https://www.ted.com/talks/matilda_ho_the_future_of_good_food_in_china

OK Go: How to find a wonderful idea

Where does OK Go come up with ideas like dancing in zero gravity, performing in ultra slow motion or constructing a warehouse-sized Rube Goldberg machine for their music videos? In between live performances of "This Too Shall Pass" and "The One Moment," lead singer and director Damian Kulash takes us inside the band's creative process, showing u...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ok_go_how_to_find_a_wonderful_idea

Al Seckel | TED Speaker

Al Seckel explored how eye tricks can reveal the way the brain processes visual information -- or fails to do so. Among his other accomplishments: He co-created the Darwin Fish.
Master of visual illusions
https://www.ted.com/speakers/al_seckel

Lauren Hodge | TED Speaker

Lauren Hodge won the 2011 Google Science Fair in the age 13-14 category.
Science fair winner
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lauren_hodge

Naomi Shah | TED Speaker

Naomi Shah won the 2011 Google Science Fair in the age 15-16 category.
Science fair winner
https://www.ted.com/speakers/naomi_shah

Hyunsoo Joshua No: Performing brain surgery without a scalpel

Every year, tens of thousands of people have brain surgery without a single incision: there's no scalpel, no operating table, and the patient loses no blood. Instead, this procedure uses a machine that emits invisible beams of light at a precise target inside the brain. So how exactly does this treatment work? And what does it do to the tumors i...
https://www.ted.com/talks/hyunsoo_joshua_no_performing_brain_surgery_without_a_scalpel

Uri Hasson | TED Speaker

Why do great thoughts and stories resonate so strongly with so many people, and how do we communicate them? Using fMRI experiments, Uri Hasson is looking for the answers.
Neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/uri_hasson

Keller Rinaudo | TED Speaker

Keller Rinaudo is CEO and co-founder of Zipline, building drone delivery for global public health customers. (He's also co-founder of Romotive, makers of the tiny robot, Romo.)
Robotics entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/keller_rinaudo

Do you need to do a detox? (Transcript)

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Dr. Jen Gunter: Before we get to the episode, a quick favor. We're doing a listener survey to figure out how we can keep making the podcast better. We'd love your thoughts. So if you have a few minutes, please take the survey at SurveyNerds.com/BodyStuff. That's SurveyNerds.com/BodyStuff — ...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/body-stuff-do-you-need-to-do-a-detox-transcript

Playlist: What's the future of food? (5 talks)

Scientists and entrepreneurs have been cooking up innovative ways to put food on our tables. What are they serving up next?
Curated by TED · 5 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/what_s_the_future_of_food

iO Tillett Wright: Fifty shades of gay

iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, it turns out, consider themselves to exist in the gray areas of sexuality, not 100% gay or straight. Which presents a real problem when it come...
https://www.ted.com/talks/io_tillett_wright_fifty_shades_of_gay

Hyunsoo Joshua No: How does chemotherapy work?

During World War I, scientists were trying to develop an antidote to the poisonous yellow cloud known as mustard gas. They discovered the gas was irrevocably damaging the bone marrow of affected soldiers. This gave the scientists an idea: cancer cells and bone marrow both replicate rapidly. Could mustard gas be used to fight cancer? Hyunsoo No d...
https://www.ted.com/talks/hyunsoo_joshua_no_how_does_chemotherapy_work

Handspring Puppet Co.: The genius puppetry behind War Horse

"Puppets always have to try to be alive," says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a gloriously ambitious troupe of human and wooden actors. Beginning with the tale of a hyena's subtle paw, puppeteers Kohler and Basil Jones build to the story of their latest astonishment: the wonderfully life-like Joey, the War Horse, who trots (and ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/handspring_puppet_co_the_genius_puppetry_behind_war_horse

Jo Michael Rezes: A playful exploration of gender performance

From the stage to everyday life, theater educator Jo Michael Rezes studies queer identity and the spectrum of gender performance — in its success and failure. Aided by a delightful introduction of campy charm, Rezes explores the freeing potential of playing with gender to better understand ourselves, each other and the spaces we inhabit.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jo_michael_rezes_a_playful_exploration_of_gender_performance

Ashton Applewhite | TED Speaker

Ashton Applewhite asks us to look at ageism -- the assumption that older people are alike and that aging impoverishes us.
Author, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ashton_applewhite

BLACK | TED Speaker

Twice the world yo-yo champion, BLACK mixes dance, sport and performance to create unforgettable yo-yo moments.
Yo-yo champion
https://www.ted.com/speakers/black

Jonathan Williams | TED Speaker

Jonathan Williams likes to tell stories and throw parties, so he started a church that allowed him to do both.
Religious leader, storyteller
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jonathan_williams

James Watson | TED Speaker

Nobel laureate James Watson took part in one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century: the discovery of the structure of DNA. More than 50 years later, he continues to investigate biology's deepest secrets.
Biologist, Nobel laureate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/james_watson

Lucy Farey-Jones | TED Speaker

Lucy Farey-Jones is obsessed with what makes people embrace or reject new things.
Tech strategist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lucy_farey_jones

Min Kym | TED Speaker

Min Kym began playing the violin at age six. By her teens, she was a full-blown phenomenon, garnering awards and attention, until her career took an unexpected turn.
Violinist, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/min_kym

Playlist: Isaac Mizrahi: Talks that are in fashion (6 talks)

Designer Isaac Mizrahi dashed off these stylish, breezy notes on why these 6 TEDTalks are a source of inspiration for him.
Curated by Isaac Mizrahi · 6 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/isaac_mizrahi_talks_that_are

Nilay Kulkarni | TED Speaker

Nilay Kulkarni is the co-founder and chief technical officer of Ashioto Analytics, a real-time crowd flow analysis platform.
Software programmer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nilay_kulkarni

Caroline Harper | TED Speaker

At Sightsavers, an international NGO, Caroline Harper leads efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world and fight for equal rights.
Advocate for visually impaired people
https://www.ted.com/speakers/caroline_harper

Andy Puddicombe | TED Speaker

Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe wants to make meditation accessible to everybody: for a happier, healthier you.
Mindfulness expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/andy_puddicombe

Eric Berridge | TED Speaker

Eric Berridge is an entrepreneurial humanist who believes our society is overly obsessed with STEM.
Entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/eric_berridge

Simona Francese | TED Speaker

Simona Francese is a chemist by training who is passionate about forensics.
Analytical chemist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/simona_francese

Carol F Cohen | TED Speaker

Carol Fishman Cohen documents successful transitions back into the workforce after career breaks.
CEO and co-founder, iRelaunch
https://www.ted.com/speakers/carol_f_cohen
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