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12:03

Sarah Kurnick

"Aliens built the pyramids" and other absurdities of pseudo-archaeology

Posted Feb 2021

5:23

Anthony Hazard

The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you

Posted Dec 2014

12:59

Rha Goddess and Deepa Purushothaman

4 ways to redefine power at work to include women of color

Posted Jan 2022

10:30

Crystal Rasmussen

A queer journey from shame to self-love

Posted Jun 2021

15:45

Rasmus Ankersen

How to outthink your competition — with a lesson from sports

Posted Oct 2022

7:14

Resistance Revival Chorus

"The Rich Man's House" / "Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind Stayed on Freedom)"

Posted Jun 2019

11:12

Resistance Revival Chorus

"I Hope" / "DAWN"

Posted Mar 2022

12:01

Liz Kleinrock

How to teach kids to talk about taboo topics

Posted Feb 2019

6:39

Dwan Reece

The origins of blackface and Black stereotypes

Posted Feb 2022

15:02

Andrew Peek

How your personal narrative limits your future

Posted Feb 2019

17:12

Jo Michael Rezes

A playful exploration of gender performance

Posted Nov 2020

15:32

Jodi-Ann Burey

The myth of bringing your full, authentic self to work

Posted Mar 2021

4:51

Anneliese Mehnert

One of history's most dangerous myths

Posted Jul 2023

11:04

Janet Stovall

How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Posted Aug 2018

12:22

Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo

What it takes to be racially literate

Posted May 2018

16:05

Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi

An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter

Posted Nov 2016

4:05

Christina Greer

Notes of a native son: the world according to James Baldwin

Posted Feb 2019

8:29

Rashad Robinson

How to channel your presence and energy into ending injustice

Posted Jun 2020

4:46

Mollie Godfrey

One of the most banned books of all time

Posted Feb 2023

16:59

Sydney Chaffee

How teachers can help kids find their political voices

Posted Aug 2018

15:30

Deborah Lipstadt

Behind the lies of Holocaust denial

Posted May 2017

28:23

Rainn Wilson

Kung Fu, Star Trek and the many paths to spirituality

Posted Jun 2023

6:57

Glenn Cantave

How augmented reality is changing activism

Posted Jul 2019

9:39

Canwen Xu

I am not your Asian stereotype

Posted Apr 2021

12:44

R. Alan Brooks

When the world is burning, is art a waste of time?

Posted Feb 2021

5:41

James Nachtwey

Moving photos of extreme drug-resistant TB

Posted Oct 2008

10:15

Dwinita Mosby Tyler

Want a more just world? Be an unlikely ally

Posted Jul 2020

2:10

TED Audio Collective

Introducing Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter

Posted May 2021

14:36

Andrew Marantz

Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists

Posted Sep 2019

15:21

Özlem Cekic

Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail

Posted Nov 2018

13:01

Rich Benjamin

My road trip through the whitest towns in America

Posted Aug 2015

8:02

Afrika Afeni Mills

4 ways to have healthy conversations about race

Posted May 2023

14:43

Joan C. Williams

Why corporate diversity programs fail — and how small tweaks can have big impact

Posted Apr 2021

5:06

Golshifteh Farahani

"Woman, Life, Freedom" in Iran — and what it means for the rest of the world

Posted May 2023

11:12

Peggy Shepard

How to build an equitable and just climate future

Posted Aug 2022

11:37

Ashton Applewhite

Let's end ageism

Posted Aug 2017