Spoken word

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

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Spoken-word fireworks

9 talk • 2h 3m
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

12:45

Felice Belle and Jennifer Murphy

How we became sisters

Posted Mar 2018
7:49

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Black life at the intersection of birth and death

Posted Feb 2018
11:00

Cleo Wade

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

Posted Jan 2018
10:51

Emtithal Mahmoud

A young poet tells the story of Darfur

Posted Mar 2017
4:21

Lee Mokobe

A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender

Posted Jun 2015
5:12

Clint Smith

How to raise a black son in America

Posted Apr 2015
13:58

Harry Baker

A love poem for lonely prime numbers

Posted Mar 2015
4:18

Clint Smith

The danger of silence

Posted Aug 2014
4:29

Jamila Lyiscott

3 ways to speak English

Posted Jun 2014
14:04

Rives

The Museum of Four in the Morning

Posted May 2014
12:03

Shane Koyczan

To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful

Posted Mar 2013
16:57

Young-ha Kim

Be an artist, right now!

Posted Feb 2013
8:55

Lemon Andersen

Please don't take my Air Jordans

Posted Dec 2012
15:17

Lemn Sissay

A child of the state

Posted Oct 2012
12:15

Sarah Kay

How many lives can you live?

Posted Dec 2011
13:45

Eve Ensler

What security means to me

Posted Sep 2008
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