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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.
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AI brain fry is real. Here’s what leaders can do | Julie Bedard
How AI is reshaping work and why it can cause “BrainFry” (mental fog, slower decisions, more errors) when tools are layered onto existing workflows; leadership guidance for redesigning work with…
14 Oct 2026 · 11m · 2 chaptersWhy it's so hard to listen when you disagree | Emily Kasriel
Journalist Emily Kasriel argues that people struggle to listen when they disagree because they’ve been taught that listening equals agreement/obedience.
13 Oct 2026 · 14m · 9 chaptersHow to make parenting less lonely | Stacey McLachlan
Parental loneliness and how to reduce it by creating multi-generational “third spaces,” especially family-friendly bars where kids are welcome.
12 Oct 2026 · 20m · 8 chaptersWhy the future is human ... plus AI | Sal Khan and Esther Perel
“Human plus AI” amid rapid AI-driven change—what can’t be automated, and how education, work, politics, and relationships should adapt.
10 Oct 2026 · 24m · 11 chaptersThe three words that saved my life | Blake Mycoskie
Blake Mycoskie, founder of Tom’s Shoes, recounts a suicide attempt and depression hidden behind his success, arguing that silence and shame around mental illness are deadly.
9 Oct 2026 · 19m · 9 chaptersHow imaginary worlds help kids learn | Anna Rainio
Educator Anna Rainio argues that schools can achieve radical inclusion by using “play worlds,” where adults and children co-create an imaginative setting based on a story and then act within it.
8 Oct 2026 · 18m · 10 chaptersWhat my politically divided family teaches me | Tami Pyfer
Tami Pyfer explains how political contempt harms family and democracy, and argues that “dignity” (recognizing shared human worth) is the antidote.
7 Oct 2026 · 14m · 4 chaptersThe secret to lasting love | Eli J Finkel
Eli J. Finkel explains that lasting love comes less from “finding the right person” and more from building and protecting a couple’s private “love motif” (shared words, jokes, rituals, and meanings).
5 Oct 2026 · 16m · 3 chaptersThe joy of foraging your own food | Alexis Nikole Nelson
Alexis Nikole Nelson (“Black Forager”) argues that foraging is more than free food: it’s learning to identify, harvest, and cook wild plants/fungi/seed/nuts responsibly, to rebuild wonder and…
3 Oct 2026 · 51m · 16 chaptersWhy we should design cities like Disney | Zach DeBoer
Zach DeBoer argues that cities should be designed like Disney theme parks—prioritizing human experience over budgets—so everyday life feels more walkable, vibrant, and healthy.
2 Oct 2026 · 18m · 6 chaptersAre your dealbreakers sabotaging your love life? | Amy Chan
Dating “dealbreakers” and preferences can sabotage long-term love by triggering brain-based flaw scanning, culture-driven “ick” hunting, and app/tech-driven overchoice.
1 Oct 2026 · 18m · 5 chaptersAI and the end of loneliness | Paul Bloom
Loneliness as a biological signal that motivates human connection and growth, and whether generative AI “companions” can reduce loneliness while risking harm by replacing real relationships and…
30 Sep 2026 · 29m · 15 chaptersHow to break down barriers and not accept limits | Candace Parker
Candace Parker reflects on “barrier breaking” as refusing to fit into boxes, not accepting limits, and learning from her daughter and Generation Z.
29 Sep 2026 · 14m · 9 chaptersWhy I’m building libraries inside prisons | Reginald Dwayne Betts
Reginald Dwayne Betts describes how solitary confinement shaped his survival and later inspired “Freedom Libraries” inside prisons—arguing that people “find what you look for,” and that placing books…
28 Sep 2026 · 15m · 8 chapters
How to break through fear and become a leader | Valerie Montgomery Rice
Valerie Montgomery Rice explains how to lead despite public failure and fear, using three lessons: accept loss without defeat, “put fear to sleep” by acting repeatedly, and pay it forward by telling…
27 Sep 2026 · 18m · 6 chaptersHow to escape your obsession with productivity | Rebecca McMackin and Catherine Price
Escaping obsession with productivity by redefining “productive” as immeasurable experiences (fun, connection, play) and using gardening/wildness to practice letting go of control.
26 Sep 2026 · 30m · 12 chaptersI thought I was lazy. Turns out I had a sleep disorder | Lindsay Scola
Lindsay Scola describes how years of extreme daytime sleepiness were misread as laziness, and how she was ultimately diagnosed with narcolepsy.
25 Sep 2026 · 12m · 3 chaptersInside the "play labs" helping refugee kids heal | Erum Mariam
How “Humanitarian Play Labs” help Rohingya refugee children heal after the 2017 genocide in Myanmar, arguing that play must be culturally familiar—not generic toys or games.
24 Sep 2026 · 14m · 5 chaptersWhy we blew up four dams — and saved a river | Amy Bowers Cordalis
Indigenous-led dam removal on the Klamath River—why four mid-Klamath dams were taken out and how salmon and the river rapidly recovered, framed as restoring “balance” and Indigenous rights.
23 Sep 2026 · 37m · 7 chaptersWhat makes a good game? | Eric Zimmerman
Eric Zimmerman argues that rigid rules enable creative play. He breaks “a good game” into levels: rules (they define actions and resolve ambiguity), play (spontaneous creativity when you engage with…
22 Sep 2026 · 14m · 6 chaptersHow to clean up the world's dirtiest industry | Joojin Kim
Decarbonizing global shipping as a major, overlooked climate lever—because emissions come from (1) the fossil fuels shipped (crude oil/gas, about one-third of maritime trade; LNG, with LNG trade…
21 Sep 2026 · 13m · 5 chapters
The secret to mastering life's biggest transitions | Bruce Feiler
Writer Bruce Feiler explains that most lives aren’t linear; they’re shaped by repeated disruptions, including “lifequakes” (major upheavals).
20 Sep 2026 · 22m · 8 chaptersHow tech will (and won't) replace your doctor | Zack Abbott and Dhruv Khullar
How tech (AI, gene editing, diagnostics) will change medicine—and what should not be replaced—plus the role of the microbiome and the ethics of altering biology.
19 Sep 2026 · 29m · 14 chaptersHow to make AI companies pay your energy bill | Ari Matusiak
Ari Matusiak argues that AI data centers are driving up electricity costs and straining the grid, leaving households to pay for massive infrastructure buildouts that primarily benefit tech companies.
18 Sep 2026 · 15m · 4 chapters