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Ilan Stavans

The twins who tricked the Maya gods of death

Posted Nov 2021
11:13

Richard Thompson Ford

A tailored history of who wears what — and why

Posted Nov 2021
11:52

Coya Paz Brownrigg

The haunting truth of ghost stories

Posted Oct 2021
5:08

Iseult Gillespie

The Norse myth that inspired "The Lord of the Rings"

Posted Oct 2021
12:13

Debbie Lovich

3 tips for leaders to get the future of work right

Posted Oct 2021
4:19

Geoff Emberling

What happened to the lost Kingdom of Kush?

Posted Oct 2021
13:50

Lizzo

The Black history of twerking — and how it taught me self-love

Posted Sep 2021
4:13

Abdallah Ewis

The forgotten queen of Egypt

Posted Sep 2021
9:34

Nancy N. Chen

The inaccurate link between body ideals and health

Posted Sep 2021
5:58

Germán Santillán

A taste of Mexico's ancient chocolate-making tradition

Posted Sep 2021
5:01

Jim Chuchu

Why are stolen African artifacts still in Western museums?

Posted Aug 2021
14:14

Loretta J. Ross

Don't call people out — call them in

Posted Aug 2021
4:54

Andrew McDonald

The rise and fall of the Kingdom of Man

Posted Jul 2021
11:10

Sasha Sarago

The (de)colonizing of beauty

Posted Jul 2021
9:16

Jorge Mañes Rubio

What should humans take to space (and leave behind)?

Posted Jul 2021
4:32

Zahra Al-Mahdi

The infinite alchemy of storytelling

Posted Jun 2021
5:31

Haimanti Roy

Why was India split into two countries?

Posted Jun 2021
4:57

Mark Robinson

A day in the life of the Oracle of Delphi

Posted Jun 2021
5:07

Soraya Field Fiorio

The epic of Gilgamesh, the king who tried to conquer death

Posted Jun 2021
5:12

Gary Devore

Run, sail or hide? How to survive the destruction of Pompeii

Posted May 2021
5:11

Ilan Stavans

Who decides what's in the dictionary?

Posted May 2021
12:44

Marcos Aguiar

7 tools for building a business people trust

Posted May 2021
16:21

Kalika Bali

The giant leaps in language technology — and who's left behind

Posted Apr 2021
4:46

Brian A. Pavlac

A brief history of the devil

Posted Mar 2021
27:30

How to Be a Better Human

How to challenge conventional wisdom — and change any industry

Posted Mar 2021
5:57

Lisa Krause

Who were Las Mariposas, and why were they murdered?

Posted Mar 2021
24:06

TED Business

Should we cry at work?

Posted Mar 2021
5:08

Evan Zodl

The unexpected math of origami

Posted Feb 2021
5:21

Rod Phillips

A brief history of divorce

Posted Jan 2021
3:23

Iseult Gillespie

The Japanese myth of the trickster raccoon

Posted Jan 2021
4:54

Mostafa Minawi

The rise of the Ottoman Empire

Posted Jan 2021
5:21

Iseult Gillespie

Savitri and Satyavan: The legend of the princess who outwitted Death

Posted Jan 2021
4:29

Soraya Field Fiorio

A day in the life of an ancient Babylonian business mogul

Posted Jan 2021
11:56

Tilak Mandadi

3 ways companies can support grieving employees

Posted Jan 2021
5:17

Noah Charney

The strange history of the world's most stolen painting

Posted Dec 2020
10:55

Anna Babel

Who counts as a speaker of a language?

Posted Dec 2020