

715 episodes
by TED · English
Want TED Talks on the go? Everyday, this feed brings you our latest talks in audio format. Hear thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable – from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and everything in between – given by the world's leading thinkers and doers. This collection of talks, given at TED and TEDx conferences around the globe, is also available in video format. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to speak up in difficult workplace conversations, especially when fear or silence feels safer; includes a practical “moral compass” framework for courageous, compassionate advocacy.
10 Apr 2026 · 14m · 3 chapters
A TED Talk playlist episode arguing that curiosity is a “superpower” for motivation and for building a bigger future.
10 Apr 2026 · 14m · 6 chapters
Late blooming and discovering your authentic self at any age; stop settling and move from a curated persona to a vulnerable, messy life.
10 Apr 2026 · 17m · 8 chapters
Luvvie Ajayi Jones argues that people should speak up with love and get comfortable with being uncomfortable, using fear as a reason to act rather than a reason to stay silent.
10 Apr 2026 · 13m · 4 chapters
Emmanuel Acho argues that setting goals can undermine self-esteem and self-efficacy, and that people should pursue “objectives with no limitations” instead of fixed end-states.
10 Apr 2026 · 14m · 6 chapters
Hamdi Ulukaya’s “anti-CEO playbook” argues businesses should prioritize people and communities over profits, shareholders, and CEO-centric incentives—framing it as “return on kindness” and “true…
9 Apr 2026 · 19m · 9 chapters
Clinical psychologist and parenting educator Becky Kennedy argues the single most important parenting strategy is “getting good at repair” after moments of rupture (e.g., yelling).
8 Apr 2026 · 16m · 6 chapters
The episode explains “wine complexity” as both chemical complexity in the glass and psychological complexity in the drinker’s mind.
7 Apr 2026 · 16m · 6 chapters
Nurse Joy Milne explains how her hypersensitive sense of smell helped her recognize Parkinson’s disease in her husband and how that insight became a non-invasive diagnostic approach (“Nose to…
6 Apr 2026 · 20m · 8 chapters
How to respond when your beliefs are challenged, centered on intellectual humility—recognizing what you don’t know and that you might be wrong—so disagreements become less painful and more productive.
5 Apr 2026 · 36m · 13 chapters
Re-release of Ingrid Fetell Lee’s TED talk on “joy” as an intense, momentary positive emotion, distinct from happiness, and how it can be found and created through physical “aesthetics of joy” (e.g.,…
4 Apr 2026 · 15m · 7 chapters
Snow Raven, a Saha singer and music producer from Arctic Siberia, re-shares her 2024 TED Next talk/performance about “imitating nature’s voices” by practicing deep listening, using imagination to…
3 Apr 2026 · 10m · 3 chapters
Stephen Remedios tests an “agentic” AI version of himself (“Daddy GPT”) to handle his three teenage sons’ permission requests while his wife Ray is away, then reflects on the hidden cost of…
2 Apr 2026 · 13m · 6 chapters
Jim VandeHei argues that people get stuck by focusing on uncontrollable forces (AI, politics, inboxes) and should instead take control of what they can.
1 Apr 2026 · 13m · 7 chapters
Gina Rosero’s coming out and transition journey, framed for International Transgender Day of Visibility, plus a brief onstage Q&A about how parents and allies can support trans children.
31 Mar 2026 · 12m · 8 chapters
Stress as something people co-create and spread; how to “reset” stress in minutes using mindset and behavior shifts, not elimination.
30 Mar 2026 · 13m · 4 chapters
Advice for leaders/managers/HR on what to do after company layoffs, focusing on communication, accountability, and rebuilding trust with remaining employees.
29 Mar 2026 · 26m · 10 chapters
Vivian Tu explains how to build wealth when you’re broke, arguing that the barrier is financial literacy and that traditional finance is designed for the already wealthy.
28 Mar 2026 · 28m · 12 chapters
Design researcher Virginia Santy argues the world is built for men, making women (especially women of color and women with disabilities) face unsafe, uncomfortable, and exclusionary environments.
27 Mar 2026 · 16m · 6 chapters
Monarch butterfly migration and decline, what scientists still don’t know about how they navigate, and how people can help protect them.
26 Mar 2026 · 13m · 7 chapters
Mike Albo’s comedy-memoir TED Talk about how smartphones and apps mirror and intensify desire, anxiety, vanities, and loneliness—until they collide with real life, like a bank fraud alert during his…
25 Mar 2026 · 8m · 2 chapters
In this episode of TED Talks Daily, designer and TED Fellow Lope Gutierrez-Ruiz discusses the challenges of creating distinctive designs in an increasingly homogenized visual landscape.
24 Mar 2026 · 8m · 2 chapters
Daily audio format of thought-provoking ideas shared at TED and TEDx conferences worldwide, covering diverse topics.
23 Mar 2026 · 16m · 6 chapters
A 20th-anniversary Design Matters “Sunday Pick” celebrating World Poetry Day by revisiting Debbie Millman’s past interviews with four poets, using excerpts to explore language, identity, memory, and…
22 Mar 2026 · 57m · 28 chapters