TED Talks Daily
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Bangkok
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let's say you go into labor in the back of a taxi. The traffic is so bad you don't know if you'll make it to the hospital on time. You make the obviou...
How to turn your dissatisfaction into action | Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After the devastating rebel invasion of Sierra Leone in 1999 and the Ebola epidemic in 2014, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of Freetown, refused to be para...
We need to green the economy while restarting it | Nigel Topping
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nigel Topping has a cool job: he’s the UK’s High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26, the UN’s climate change conference taking place in 202...
5 steps to remove yourself from drama at work | Anastasia Penright
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No matter your industry, you’ve experienced drama at work. In this funny and all-too-relatable talk, community leader Anastasia Penright outlines f...
The path to ending systemic racism in the US | Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a time of mourning and anger over the ongoing violence inflicted on Black communities by police in the US and the lack of accountability from natio...
Part 2: The path to ending systemic racism in the US | Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony D. Romero
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is part two of a special episode of TED Talks Daily. In the first, you heard from Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, who heads the Center for Policing Equit...
How to support witnesses of harassment and build healthier workplaces | Julia Shaw
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What makes you speak up -- or not -- when you see something you know is wrong? Memory scientist Julia Shaw explains the psychology of those who witnes...
The urgency of intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more...
The true cost of financial dependence | Estelle Gibson
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Giving up control of your finances -- voluntarily or otherwise -- can leave you powerless and, in some cases, confined to a cycle of abuse. In this pe...
My story of love and loss as a transracial adoptee | Sara Jones
30 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A mysterious tattoo on her forearm was all that linked Sara Jones, who was adopted as a child by white parents, to her South Korean origins. Searching...
Let's make the world wild again | Kristine Tompkins
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Earth, humanity and nature are inextricably interconnected. To restore us all back to health, we need to "rewild" the world, says environmental activi...
Autofocusing reading glasses of the future | Nitish Padmanaban
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As you age, you gradually lose the ability to refocus your eyes -- a phenomenon as old as humanity itself -- leading to a reliance on bifocals, contac...
The secret weapon against pandemics | Georges C. Benjamin
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The coronavirus pandemic won't be the last crisis to test public health systems worldwide, says physician and health policy leader Georges C. Benjamin...
A COVID-19 “exit” strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy | Uri Alon
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can we return to work without spurring a second surge of coronavirus infection? Biologist Uri Alon shares a thought-provoking strategy: four days ...
10 ways to have a better conversation | Celeste Headlee
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us don't converse very well. ...
Actionable solutions to support the mental health of US veterans | Charles P. Smith
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Veterans in the United States take their own lives at an alarming rate. Suggesting new ways to prioritize mental health in the military, veterans advo...
The Real Reason You Procrastinate
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You procrastinate because you're lazy, right? Wrong. The truth is more complex—and far more interesting. Learn how to stop putting off important tas...
The quirky sex lives of ocean creatures | Marah J. Hardt
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The ocean plays host to a peculiar party of wild, marine sex life that's perhaps quirkier (and kinkier) than you can fathom. But is human behavior int...
Can we edit memories? | Amy Milton
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trauma and PTSD rewire your brain -- especially your memory -- and can unearth destructive emotional responses when stirred. Could we eliminate these ...
To overcome challenges, stop comparing yourself to others | Dean Furness
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you stop comparing yourself to others, you can accomplish great things, says wheelchair athlete Dean Furness. He shares how, after losing the use...
The case for student mental health days | Hailey Hardcastle
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
School can be rife with stress, anxiety, panic attacks and even burnout — but there's often no formal policy for students who need to prioritize the...
Restoring human dignity at the US southern border | Norma Pimentel
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After seeing the conditions in which children were held at a detention center on the US-Mexico border, Sister Norma Pimentel established a humanitaria...
How to manage your stress like an ER doctor | Darria Long
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do doctors in the emergency room stay calm and focused amidst the chaos? Drawing on years of experience, ER doctor Darria Long shares a straightfo...
How The Bail Project is reforming criminal justice in the US | Robin Steinberg and Manoush Zomorodi
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly half a million people in the US are in jail right now without being convicted of a crime, simply because they can’t come up with the money to...
A virus detection network to stop the next pandemic | Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can we stop the next pandemic before it starts? Disease researchers Pardis Sabeti and Christian Happi introduce Sentinel, an early warning system ...
The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers | Laurel Braitman
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Health care workers are under more stress than ever before. How can they protect their mental health while handling new and complex pressures? TED Fel...
How American and Chinese values shaped the coronavirus response | Huang Hung
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To combat COVID-19, countries have enforced city-wide shutdowns, stay-at-home orders and mask mandates -- but the reaction (and adherence) to these ru...
How face surveillance threatens your privacy and freedom | Kade Crockford
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Privacy isn't dead, but face surveillance technology might kill it, says civil rights advocate Kade Crockford. In an eye-opening talk, Kade outlines t...
The cost of workplace stress -- and how to reduce it | Rob Cooke
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
By some estimates, work-related stress drains the US economy of nearly 300 billion dollars a year -- and it can hurt your productivity and personal he...
How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics | Jim Collins
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before the coronavirus pandemic, bioengineer Jim Collins and his team combined the power of AI with synthetic biology in an effort to combat a differe...
The anti-CEO playbook | Hamdi Ulukaya
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Profit, money, shareholders: these are the priorities of most companies today. But at what cost? In an appeal to corporate leaders worldwide, Chobani ...
How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas | Manoush Zomorodi
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular? It's because when your body goes ...
Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality | Brian Little
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are. But Brian Little is more interes...
How to overcome apathy and find your power | Dolores Huerta
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Sí, se puede!" -- "Yes, we can!" It's the rallying cryDoloresHuerta came up with as a young activist in the 1970s, and she's lived by it in her tire...
How "policing for profit" undermines your rights | Dick M. Carpenter II
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many countries have an active, centuries-old law that allows government agencies to take your things -- your house, your car, your business -- without...
Crisis support for the world, one text away | Nancy Lublin
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What if we could help people in crisis anytime, anywhere with a simple text message? That's the idea behind Crisis Text Line, a free 24-hour service t...
A global pandemic calls for global solutions | Larry Brilliant
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Examining the facts and figures of the coronavirus outbreak, epidemiologist Larry Brilliant evaluates the global response in a candid interview with h...
How to shift your mindset and choose your future | Tom Rivett-Carnac
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to big life problems, we often stand at a crossroads: either believe we're powerless against great change, or we rise to meet the challe...
An ode to living on Earth | Oliver Jeffers
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you had to explain to a newborn -- or an alien -- what it means to be a human being living on Earth in the 21st century, what would you say? Visual...
What's missing from the American immigrant narrative | Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recounting her story of finding opportunity and stability in the US, Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez examines the flaws in narratives that simplify and ...
An evolutionary perspective on human health and disease | Lara Durgavich
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does your genetic inheritance, culture and history influence your health? Biological anthropologist Lara Durgavich discusses the field of evolutio...
How to co parent as allies, not adversaries | Shaka Senghor and Ebony Roberts
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Shaka Senghor and Ebony Roberts ended their relationship, they made a pact to protect their son from its fallout. What resulted was a poetic medi...
Racism has a cost for everyone | Heather C. McGhee
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Racism makes our economy worse -- and not just in ways that harm people of color, says public policy expert Heather C. McGhee. From her research and t...
Regain control in an unpredictable world | Checking In with Susan David
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us are feeling stuck right now, forced to adapt to a world that we have little control over. But if we focus too much on these uncontrollable ...
A history of Indigenous languages — and how to revitalize them | Lindsay Morcom
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Indigenous languages across North America are under threat of extinction due to the colonial legacy of cultural erasure, says linguist Lindsay Morcom....
Why sleep matters now more than ever | Matt Walker
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A good night’s sleep has perhaps never been more important. Sharing wisdom and debunking myths, sleep scientist Matt Walker discusses the impact of ...
A monkey economy as irrational as ours | Laurie Santos
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "...
The tech we need to end the pandemic and restart the economy | Danielle Allen
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As COVID-19 continues to spread, the world is facing two existential threats at once: a public health emergency and an economic crisis. Political theo...
How understanding divorce can help your marriage | Jeannie Suk Gersen
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To understand what makes marriages work, we need to talk about why they sometimes end, says family law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen. Follow along as s...
It's OK to feel overwhelmed. Here's what to do next | Elizabeth Gilbert
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you're feeling anxious or fearful during the coronavirus pandemic, you're not alone. Offering hope and understanding, author Elizabeth Gilbert refl...
In uncertain times, think like a mother | Yifat Susskind
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There's a simple and powerful way to confront the world's most pressing crises, says women's rights activist Yifat Susskind: think like a mother. As s...
The intangible effects of walls | Alexandra Auer
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More barriers exist now than at the end of World War II, says designer Alexandra Auer. And when you erect one wall, you unwittingly create a second --...
What it's really like to have autism | Ethan Lisi
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Autism is not a disease; it's just another way of thinking," says Ethan Lisi. Offering a glimpse into the way he experiences the world, Lisi breaks d...
Indigenous wisdom should be at the heart of climate activism | Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To tackle a problem as large as climate change, we need both science and Indigenous wisdom, says environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim. In thi...
How you can help save the monarch butterfly -- and the planet | Mary Ellen Hannibal
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Monarch butterflies are dying at an alarming rate around the world -- a looming extinction that could also put human life at risk. But we have just th...
Simple, effective tech to connect communities in crisis | Johanna Figueira
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The world is more connected than ever, but some communities are still cut off from vital resources like electricity and health care. In this solution-...
How forgiveness can create a more just legal system | Martha Minow
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pardons, commutations and bankruptcy laws are all tools of forgiveness within the US legal system. Are we using them frequently enough, and with fairn...
What the world can learn from China’s response to the coronavirus | Gary Liu
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Hong Kong, South China Morning Post CEO Gary Liu tracks China’s response to the coronavirus pandemic -- from the initial outbreak in Wuhan to t...
2 questions to uncover your passion -- and turn it into a career | Noeline Kirabo
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What's your passion? Social entrepreneur Noeline Kirabo reflects on her work helping out-of-school young people in Uganda turn their passions into pro...
How we must respond to the COVID-19 pandemic | Bill Gates
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates offers insights into the COVID-19 pandemic, discussing why testing and self-isolation are essential,...
How to be your best self in times of crisis | Susan David
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Life’s beauty is inseparable from its fragility,” says psychologist Susan David. In a special virtual conversation with head of TED Chris Ander...
The weird history of the "sex chromosomes" | Molly Webster
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The common thinking on biological sex goes like this: females have two X chromosomes in their cells, while males have one X and one Y. In this myth-bu...
Go ahead, dream about the future | Charlie Jane Anders
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"You don't predict the future -- you imagine the future," says sci-fi writer Charlie Jane Anders. In a talk that's part dream, part research-based ext...
How repaying loans with social service transforms communities | Angie Murimirwa
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could repay loans through volunteering and mentorship instead of money? Activist Angie Murimirwa shares how a game-changing economic tool ...
How you can support farmers in the US | Eric Sannerud
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Farmers keep us fed and our economies stable, but in the US they're retiring faster than they're being replaced. Take a crash course in agricultural p...
A fascinating time capsule of human feelings toward AI | Lucy Farey-Jones
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How comfortable are you with robots taking over your life? Covering a wide range of potential applications -- from the mundane (robot house cleaner) t...
A campaign for period positivity | Ananya Grover
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Having your period is exhausting -- and for many people across the world, menstruation is even more challenging because of stigmas and difficulty gett...
How we could change the planet's climate future | David Wallace-Wells
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The climate crisis is too vast and complicated to solve with a silver bullet, says author David Wallace-Wells. What we need is a shift in how we live....
Why it's so hard to talk about the N-word | Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor leads a thoughtful and history-backed examination of one of the most divisive words in the English language: the N-...
The dangers of a noisy ocean -- and how we can quiet it down | Nicola Jones
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The ocean is a naturally noisy place full of singing whales, grunting fish, snapping shrimp, cracking ice, wind and rain. But human-made sounds -- fro...
How menopause affects the brain | Lisa Mosconi
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many of the symptoms of menopause -- hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, memory lapses, depression and anxiety -- start in the brain. How exactly doe...
What happens when a Silicon Valley technologist works for the government | Matt Cutts
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What if the government ran more like Silicon Valley? Engineer Matt Cutts shares why he decided to leave Google (where he worked for nearly 17 years) f...
France Villarta: The legacy of gender equality and fluidity in the Philippines
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In much of the world, gender is viewed as binary: man or woman, each assigned characteristics and traits designated by biological sex. But that's not ...
How women are revolutionizing Rwanda | Agnes Binagwaho
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 1996, Agnes Binagwaho returned home to Rwanda in the aftermath of its genocide. She considered leaving amid the overwhelming devastation, but women...
What investigating neural pathways can reveal about mental health | Kay M. Tye
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Neuroscientist Kay M. Tye investigates how your brain gives rise to complex emotional states like depression, anxiety or loneliness. From the cutting ...
How a miniaturized atomic clock could revolutionize space exploration | Jill Seubert
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ask any deep space navigator like Jill Seubert what makes steering a spacecraft so difficult, and they'll tell you it's all about the timing; a split-...
What we do (and don't) know about the coronavirus | David Heymann
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What happens if you get infected with the coronavirus? Who's most at risk? How can you protect yourself? Public health expert David Heymann, who led t...
How to turn climate anxiety into action | Renée Lertzman
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's normal to feel anxious or overwhelmed by climate change, says psychologist Renée Lertzman. Can we turn those feelings into something productive?...
How bumble bees inspired a network of tiny museums | Amanda Schochet
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes, small things make a huge impact. After studying how bees in urban environments can survive by navigating small land patches, ecologist Aman...
3 ways to uproot a culture of corruption | Wanjira Mathai
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Corruption is a constant threat in Kenya, says social entrepreneur Wanjira Mathai -- and to stop it there (or anywhere else), we need to intervene ear...
How to design gender bias out of your workplace | Sara Sanford
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Equity expert Sara Sanford offers a certified playbook that helps companies go beyond good intentions, using a data-driven standard to actively counte...
Management lessons from Chinese business and philosophy | Fang Ruan
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Business management in China is changing, says consultant Fang Ruan. Learn how Chinese entrepreneurs -- long guided by Confucianism's emphasis on auth...
Why having a birth certificate is a human right | Kristen Wenz
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More than a billion people worldwide, mostly children, have no birth certificates. In many countries, this means they can’t get access to vital serv...
A love story about the power of art as organizing | Aja Monet and Phillip Agnew
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a lyrical talk full of radical imagination, poet Aja Monet and community organizer phillip agnew share the story of how they fell in love and what ...
The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting | Joel Leon
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Co-parenting" isn't a buzzword -- it's a way of showing up for your family openly, consistently and lovingly, says storyteller and father Joel Leon. ...
A brief tour of the last 4 billion years (dinosaurs not included) | Lauren Sallan
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this hilarious, whirlwind tour of the last four billion years of evolution, paleontologist and TED Fellow Lauren Sallan introduces us to some of th...
For the love of fangirls | Yve Blake
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you think of fangirls, what comes to mind: large swaths of fandom (usually for a boyband) whose feelings culminate in tears and joyful screams? P...
How to disagree productively and find common ground | Julia Dhar
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Some days, it feels like the only thing we can agree on is that we can't agree -- on anything. Drawing on her background as a world debate champion, J...
How symbols and brands shape our humanity | Debbie Millman
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Branding is the profound manifestation of the human spirit," says designer and podcaster Debbie Millman. In a historical odyssey that she illustrated...
How teachers can help students navigate trauma | Lisa Godwin
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"To make a difference in the life of a child ... I made the commitment to tell my personal story," says educator Lisa Godwin. In this moving talk, she...
What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology | Victoria Gill
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To save the achoque -- an exotic (and adorable) salamander found in a lake in northern Mexico -- scientists teamed up with an unexpected research part...
How online marketplaces can help local economies, not hurt them | Amane Dannouni
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The growth of online marketplaces like Uber, Airbnb and Amazon can sometimes threaten local businesses such as taxis, hotels and retail shops by takin...
How to find the person who can help you get ahead at work | Carla Harris
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The workplace is often presented as a meritocracy, where you can succeed by putting your head down and working hard. Wall Street veteran Carla Harris ...
How bees can keep the peace between elephants and humans | Lucy King
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine waking in the middle of the night to an elephant ripping the roof from your house in search of food. This is a reality in some communities in ...
Why fascism is so tempting -- and how your data could power it | Yuval Noah Harari
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a profound talk about technology and power, author and historian Yuval Noah Harari explains the important difference between fascism and nationalis...
The science of friction -- and its surprising impact on our lives | Jennifer Vail
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tribology: it's a funny-sounding word you might not have heard before, but it could change how you see and interact with the physical world, says mech...
Museums should honor the everyday, not just the extraordinary | Ariana Curtis
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who deserves to be in a museum? For too long, the answer has been "the extraordinary" -- those aspirational historymakers who inspire us with their su...
The real story of Rosa Parks — and why we need to confront myths about black history | David Ikard
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Black history taught in US schools is often watered-down, riddled with inaccuracies and stripped of its context and rich, full-bodied historical figur...
A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity | Tim Harford
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What can we learn from the world's most enduringly creative people? They "slow-motion multitask," actively juggling multiple projects and moving betwe...
The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it | Katharine Hayhoe
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you talk to someone who doesn't believe in climate change? Not by rehashing the same data and facts we've been discussing for years, says clima...