Elise Hugh

This episode was produced and edited by our team, Martha Estefanos, Oliver Friedman, Brian Green, Lucy Little, Alejandra Salazar, and Tonsica Sarmarnivon.

It was mixed by Christopher Fasey-Bogan.

Additional support from Emma Taubner and Daniela Balarezo.

I'm Elise Hugh.

I'll be back tomorrow with a fresh idea for your feed.

Thanks for listening.

Food waste has about five times the greenhouse gas footprint of the entire aviation industry.

You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day.

I'm your host, Elise Hugh.

Today, we're kicking off something we've never really done before, a TED Talks Daily takeover.

Kelly Corrigan is a writer, podcaster, and TED speaker, and she was a guest curator for the big TED 2025 conference this year, working directly with speakers to help them develop their TED Talks.

Now, Kelly's going to take over my job for the next week, sharing the talks she curated and reflecting on her experiences in bringing them to life.

There's a lot of special surprises in store for you, including some rarely seen behind the scenes peeks at how TED Talks come to life.

And Kelly guides us through it with her expertise and personal experience.

This week is going to be all about parenting and technology, asking the fundamental question, what is a parent for?

Especially today in a world of artificial intelligence.

Ever since giving her own TED Talk, Kelly's been fascinated with this topic of the messiness and beauty of human love and connection.

So Kelly's going to share her own story and her own TED Talk from 2024 before taking the reins for the rest of the week.

I'm so excited and I'll be listening alongside you.

On the TED Radio Hour, don't you hate it when leftover cilantro rots in your fridge?