Elise Hu

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Happy Sunday, TED Talks Daily listeners.

It's Elise Hu.

As we often do on Sundays, today we're sharing a recent episode of another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, handpicked by us for you.

Matt Damon, he's someone most of us know as the Hollywood icon from movies like Good Will Hunting and The Martian.

But did you know he has another huge passion and life mission?

it's ensuring access to clean, safe water around the world.

And when he met social entrepreneur Gary White in 2008, who was working on access to safe drinking water globally, they realized they could combine their efforts to reach more people.

This led to the creation of

In this episode of Rethinking with Adam Grant, Adam sits down with Matt and Gary at the January 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to talk about their innovative approach to problem solving, handling rejection in high stakes work environments, and Matt's knack for forging strong partnerships.