TED Talks

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15:46

Diane Wolk-Rogers

A Parkland teacher's homework for us all

Posted Apr 2018 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

4:27

Yasin Kakande

What's missing in the global debate over refugees

Posted Apr 2018 Rated Courageous, Informative

11:03

Tara Houska

The Standing Rock resistance and our fight for indigenous rights

Posted Apr 2018

17:55

Isabel Wilkerson

The Great Migration and the power of a single decision

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Informative, Inspiring

3:14

Michael Bierut

The genius of the London Tube Map

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Informative, Fascinating

3:33

Margaret Gould Stewart

How the hyperlink changed everything

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Informative, Beautiful

3:08

David Rockwell

The hidden ways stairs shape your life

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Beautiful, Fascinating

2:20

Isaac Mizrahi

How the button changed fashion

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Fascinating, Informative

3:35

Kyra Gaunt

How the jump rope got its rhythm

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Funny, Beautiful

3:32

Paola Antonelli

The 3,000-year history of the hoodie

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Informative, Ingenious

3:47

Daniel Engber

How the progress bar keeps you sane

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Informative, Ingenious

3:39

Caroline Weaver

Why the pencil is perfect

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Informative, Fascinating

4:54

Walé Oyéjidé

Fashion that celebrates African strength and spirit

Posted Feb 2018 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

10:34

Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas

A mother and son united by love and art

Posted Dec 2017 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

14:20

Tiffany Watt Smith

The history of human emotions

Posted Dec 2017 Rated Informative, Fascinating

22:40

Leah Chase and Pat Mitchell

An interview with the Queen of Creole Cuisine

Posted Nov 2017 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

6:05

Lauren Sallan

How to win at evolution and survive a mass extinction

Posted Oct 2017 Rated Informative, Funny

19:54

Gus Casely-Hayford

The powerful stories that shaped Africa

Posted Oct 2017 Rated Informative, Inspiring

13:30

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Informative, Inspiring

13:15

Sethembile Msezane

Living sculptures that stand for history's truths

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

11:57

Chance Coughenour

How your pictures can help reclaim lost history

Posted Aug 2017 Rated Inspiring, Ingenious

12:52

Titus Kaphar

Can art amend history?

Posted Aug 2017 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

14:17

Noah Feldman

Hamilton vs. Madison and the birth of American partisanship

Posted Jul 2017 Rated Informative, Inspiring

18:38

David Miliband

The refugee crisis is a test of our character

Posted Jun 2017 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

22:12

Jim Yong Kim

Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life?

Posted Jun 2017 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

14:45

Rhiannon Giddens

Songs that bring history to life

Posted Jun 2017 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

12:48

Anthony D. Romero

This is what democracy looks like

Posted May 2017 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

16:40

Jorge Drexler

Poetry, music and identity

Posted May 2017 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

15:30

Deborah Lipstadt

Behind the lies of Holocaust denial

Posted May 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative

13:42

Ari Wallach

3 ways to plan for the (very) long term

Posted Apr 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative

47:33

Gretchen Carlson, Vy Higginsen's Gospel Choir, David Brooks and Chris Anderson

Political common ground in a polarized United States

Posted Apr 2017 Rated Informative, Inspiring

14:55

Simon Anholt

Who would the rest of the world vote for in your country's election?

Posted Mar 2017 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

12:29

Brittney Cooper

The racial politics of time

Posted Feb 2017 Rated Informative, Inspiring

1h 0m

Yuval Noah Harari and Chris Anderson

Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide

Posted Feb 2017 Rated Informative, Fascinating

10:49

Emily Parsons-Lord

Art made of the air we breathe

Posted Jan 2017 Rated Informative, Fascinating

17:07

Jennifer Brea

What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose

Posted Jan 2017 Rated Courageous, Inspiring

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