Elise Hu

Hey, everyone.

Welcome.

I'm Elise Hu.

I'm a journalist, author, and the host of TED Talks Daily, and I'm here with the most incredible group of people and friends.

I am with the hosts of some of TED's flagship podcasts.

If each of you could say who you are and talk a little bit about your show, Madhupe?

Hello, everyone.

Finally.

I'm so excited to get to moderate this conversation because this is the first time we're all coming together like this.

And we're getting together towards the end of 2025.

What a year it's been.

And so we're reflecting on the year that was and to offer some thoughts and projections on what might be coming up.

But before we get there, I thought we'd do a little icebreaker.

Okay.

If you had $1,000 to spend on a party, what would you do?

It's it's self-care, but everyone else care to just have everyone else.

And we don't have to talk as the introvert.

I had never heard of this before, but it's like bringing an escape room to your house.

Or a series of escape rooms to your house.

Exactly.