TED Talks

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13:30

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again

Posted Sep 2017

13:15

Sethembile Msezane

Living sculptures that stand for history's truths

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Courageous, Beautiful

11:57

Chance Coughenour

How your pictures can help reclaim lost history

Posted Aug 2017 Rated Ingenious, Fascinating

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, Persuasive

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, Fascinating

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

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

12:00

Dan Bricklin

Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet

Posted Jan 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative

14:59

Erika Gregory

The world doesn't need more nuclear weapons

Posted Jan 2017 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

15:54

James Beacham

How we explore unanswered questions in physics

Posted Dec 2016 Rated Informative, Inspiring

3:57 Under 6 minutes

Chinaka Hodge

What will you tell your daughters about 2016?

Posted Dec 2016 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

18:37

David Autor

Will automation take away all our jobs?

Posted Dec 2016 Rated Informative, Persuasive

18:23

Rebecca Brachman

Could a drug prevent depression and PTSD?

Posted Dec 2016 Rated Informative, Fascinating

16:05

Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi and Mia Birdsong

An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter

Posted Nov 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative

19:48

Sandi Toksvig

A political party for women's equality

Posted Nov 2016 Rated Inspiring, Funny

7:25

Steven Johnson

The playful wonderland behind great inventions

Posted Nov 2016 Rated Informative, Fascinating

14:27

Sam Harris

Can we build AI without losing control over it?

Posted Sep 2016 Rated Informative, Fascinating

4:36 Under 6 minutes

Camille A. Brown

A visual history of social dance in 25 moves

Posted Sep 2016 Rated Beautiful, Informative

14:42

J.D. Vance

America's forgotten working class

Posted Sep 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative

13:33

Eric Liu

There's no such thing as not voting

Posted Sep 2016 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

12:27

Julia Bacha

How women wage conflict without violence

Posted Aug 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative

11:22

Vanessa Ruiz

The spellbinding art of human anatomy

Posted Aug 2016 Rated Fascinating, Beautiful

16:37

Anand Giridharadas

A letter to all who have lost in this era

Posted Aug 2016 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

6:59

Sarah Parcak

Hunting for Peru's lost civilizations — with satellites

Posted Aug 2016 Rated Fascinating, Inspiring

15:52

Monica Araya

A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels

Posted Aug 2016 Rated Inspiring, Informative

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