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5:11

Ilan Stavans

Who decides what's in the dictionary?

Posted May 2021
15:50

Erin McKean

The joy of lexicography

Posted Aug 2007
17:13

Anne Curzan

What makes a word "real"?

Posted Jun 2014
12:24

Dixon Chibanda

Why I train grandmothers to treat depression

Posted Feb 2018
0:00

Orit Tykocinski

The counterintuitive psychology of insurance

Posted Feb 2022
25:01

Regina Dugan

From mach-20 glider to hummingbird drone

Posted Mar 2012
12:52

Michel Dugon

The secrets of spider venom

Posted Oct 2018
4:30

Ioannis Papachimonas

How computers translate human language

Posted Oct 2015
13:14

Archie Crowley

Language around gender and identity evolves (and always has)

Posted Mar 2021
16:15

Virginia Postrel

On glamour

Posted Oct 2008
40:38

Taken for Granted

Brené Brown on What Vulnerability Isn't

Posted Mar 2021
6:52

Erin McKean

Go ahead, make up new words!

Posted Dec 2014
7:28

John Koenig

Beautiful new words to describe obscure emotions

Posted Mar 2017
4:23

Thea Holcomb

How peer educators can transform sex education

Posted Feb 2019
19:11

Kate Lister

An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word

Posted Apr 2021
6:24

Alex Rosenthal

The Chasm | Think Like A Coder, Ep 6

Posted Jan 2020
7:32

Dustin Yellin

A journey through the mind of an artist

Posted Aug 2015
8:19

Ghada Wali

How I'm using LEGO to teach Arabic

Posted Sep 2018
4:29

Rainn Wilson

Ideas worth dating

Posted Oct 2016
12:03

Yve Blake

For the love of fangirls

Posted Feb 2020
4:53

Kate Gardoqui

How did English evolve?

Posted Nov 2012
17:41

Lorrie Faith Cranor

What’s wrong with your pa$$w0rd?

Posted Jun 2014
16:13

Karina Galperin

Should we simplify spelling?

Posted Mar 2017
5:57

Tommy McCall

The simple genius of a good graphic

Posted Sep 2018
12:30

Catherine Price

Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life

Posted Jul 2022
6:13

Jill Shargaa

Please, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome'

Posted Aug 2014
5:40

Shimpei Takahashi

Play this word game to come up with original ideas

Posted Mar 2015
9:41

Robin Hauser

The likability dilemma for women leaders

Posted Apr 2022
5:18

Chris Sheldrick

A precise, three-word address for every place on earth

Posted Oct 2017
5:50

Sunni Brown

Doodlers, unite!

Posted Sep 2011
6:06

Brian Dettmer

Old books reborn as art

Posted Feb 2015
6:39

David Gruber

Can we learn to talk to sperm whales?

Posted Apr 2021
7:09

David Merrill

Toy tiles that talk to each other

Posted Feb 2009
13:17

T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison

The most powerful woman you've never heard of

Posted Mar 2019
15:33

T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison

The trauma of systematic racism is killing Black women. A first step toward change...

Posted May 2017
9:29

Chieko Asakawa

How new technology helps blind people explore the world

Posted Dec 2015