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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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Sunday Pick: The Data Center Next Door with Dr. Jacoby Wilson | from TED Tech
Data centers powering AI are expanding into neighborhoods, creating “digital sacrifice zones” tied to air/water pollution, noise, energy costs, and civil rights/representative justice concerns; the…
14 Jun 2026 · 29m · 14 chaptersThe human cell is wildly complex. Can AI decode it? | Silvana Konermann
Silvana Konermann discusses “virtual cells” for complex diseases like Alzheimer’s—using AI trained on single-cell data plus CRISPR perturbations to predict interventions that shift diseased cells…
13 Jun 2026 · 20m · 6 chapters
Talks on Love Playlist (1/5): Your relationship expectations could be holding you back | Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile
Rejecting “normal” relationship expectations—especially marriage/family milestones—as a way to reduce resentment and shame and rebuild connection. Guest: Stephanie R.
12 Jun 2026 · 10m · 2 chapters
Talks on Love Playlist (2/5): Even healthy couples fight — the difference is how | Julie and John Gottman
The Gottmans’ research on healthy conflict in romantic relationships, arguing that fighting isn’t the problem—how couples fight is.
12 Jun 2026 · 20m · 9 chapters
Talks on Love Playlist (3/5): The relationship between sex and imagination | Gina Gutierrez
Gina Gutierrez argues that sex is not only physical but also mental, and that imagination is central to arousal, desire, and sexual empowerment.
12 Jun 2026 · 11m · 2 chapters
Talks on Love Playlist (4/5): A queer vision of love and marriage | Tiq Milan and Kim Katrin
A TED Talk (2016) about love and marriage as revolutionary, inclusive acts—centered on queer/trans experiences and the need to unlearn gender assumptions.
12 Jun 2026 · 19m · 9 chapters
Talks on Love Playlist (5/5): Why friendship can be just as meaningful as romantic love | Rhaina Cohen
Raina Cohen argues that friendship can be as meaningful as romantic love, offering care, companionship, and emotional wholeness across life stages—especially when romantic relationships end or aren’t…
12 Jun 2026 · 11m · 1 chapterOrigami, the ancient art form solving modern problems | Miles Wu
Miles Wu explains how origami started as playful creativity and became a science/engineering tool, focusing on the Miura Ori fold’s strength-to-weight properties and possible uses for deployable…
11 Jun 2026 · 11m · 5 chaptersHow Community Notes reduce viral misinformation | Keith Coleman, Jay Baxter
How X’s Community Notes (crowdsourced context/corrections) reduces viral misinformation by letting users—across political perspectives—write and rate notes that are shown only when deemed helpful by…
10 Jun 2026 · 29m · 10 chaptersHow to build a career you actually love | Bill Gurley
Bill Gurley argues that “passion” is the wrong framing for career fulfillment; instead, people build careers they love through continuous, obsessive learning driven by fascination/curiosity, often…
9 Jun 2026 · 20m · 6 chaptersWe’re keeping the ocean wild — and you can join us | Sylvia A. Earle
World Ocean Day conversation with marine scientist Sylvia A. Earle on why oceans must be kept “wild,” what’s been lost, what’s been saved, and how people can help via Mission Blue’s “Hope Spots”…
8 Jun 2026 · 39m · 16 chaptersSunday Pick: In celebration of Pride Month | from Design Matters
Pride Month 2025 celebration via excerpts from Design Matters (TED Audio Collective) interviews with accomplished LGBTQ+ guests, focusing on how they built professional lives and the influences…
7 Jun 2026 · 45m · 12 chaptersInside Dubai's mission to build the city of the future | His Excellency Khalfan Belhoul, Whitney Pennington Rodgers
Dubai Future Foundation’s “sandbox” approach to turning government into a test lab for the city of the future, backing AI and emerging tech, innovative finance, and climate solutions through safe…
6 Jun 2026 · 15m · 8 chaptersYour invitation to become a philanthropist | Sara Lomelin (re-release)
A re-release of TED Talk “Your invitation to become a philanthropist,” arguing that communities can build real power through collective giving via “giving circles,” which shift decision-making to…
5 Jun 2026 · 16m · 10 chaptersWhy the best ideas come from play | Maxwell Pearce
Maxwell Pearce (Hops) argues that playfulness drives creativity and evolution, helping him balance athletic discipline with artistic experimentation.
4 Jun 2026 · 13m · 4 chaptersWhy you should disappoint your parents | Desiree Akhavan (re-release)
Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan argues that “disappointing” parents can be an honest, necessary step toward living a self-chosen life—especially for children of immigrants whose communities set rigid rules.
3 Jun 2026 · 12m · 7 chaptersThe love of my life (and why I need to share it with you) | Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett argues that reading is “quietly radical,” builds empathy and a “long-format brain,” and creates community through third spaces like independent bookstores and libraries.
2 Jun 2026 · 37m · 13 chaptersHow to escape the smartphone doom loop | Larz May, Elise Hu
Digital wellness and escaping the “smartphone doom loop” without abstinence.
1 Jun 2026 · 17m · 7 chaptersSunday Pick: Kristen Bell on delivering honesty with empathy | from ReThinking with Adam Grant
Kristen Bell discusses overcoming people-pleasing and internalizing others’ emotions, learning to be honest without unkindness, and using playfulness and boundaries to manage envy, compliments, and…
31 May 2026 · 43m · 13 chaptersThe counterintuitive secret of leadership | Jessica Kriegel
Leadership and workplace culture expert Jessica Kriegel argues that “control is an illusion.” Leaders get better results by surrendering—radically accepting what they can control (their own response)…
30 May 2026 · 14m · 3 chaptersWhy you should be a techno-skeptic | Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt argues for “techno-skepticism” and a screen-free childhood, claiming digital tech rewires attention, harms mental health, and crowds out real-world social bonding.
29 May 2026 · 21m · 10 chaptersThe invisible infrastructure in the sky | Adam Bry
Adam Bry (Skydio) argues drones are shifting from battlefield weapons to “invisible infrastructure” that acts as first responder and infrastructure monitor, using autonomous docking plus onboard…
28 May 2026 · 12m · 4 chaptersMy $60 million science experiment | Mark Rober
Mark Rober argues that science education must “hide the vegetables” by using attention-grabbing, hands-on demos to spark curiosity for kids raised on TikTok/YouTube.
27 May 2026 · 15m · 7 chaptersThe missing ingredient in every peace deal | Hiba Qasas
Hiba Qasas argues that peace deals fail because mediators overemphasize process and ideology while underbuilding power, politics, incentives, and public legitimacy/trust.
26 May 2026 · 34m · 13 chapters