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Spoken word

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Spoken word.

Video playlists about Spoken word

Spoken-word fireworks

Brave and beautiful expressions from some of the world's most talented spoken-word performers, who weave stories in words and gestures.

Talks about Spoken word

An excerpt from "Figuring"

"Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class"

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

"You Have the Rite"

Climbing PoeTree

"Being Human" / "Awakening"

"A Bird Made of Birds"

Using your voice is a political choice

Felice Belle and Jennifer Murphy

How we became sisters

A poet's plea to save our planet

We are not mud

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Black life at the intersection of birth and death

Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care

Emtithal Mahmoud

A young poet tells the story of Darfur

A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender

How to raise a black son in America

A love poem for lonely prime numbers

The danger of silence

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Art is art, and other of this week’s comments

This week’s virtual mailbag included a personal take on why we should teach creativity, and the accusation that a TED speaker might just be "philosophically redundant."

Posted Jul 2014