Yesterday

A cheat sheet for accelerating clean energy | Kimiko Hirata

After the Fukushima disaster shut down Japan's nuclear reactors, the coal industry rushed in to fill the energy gap. As climate advocate Kimiko Hirata watched dozens of new coal plant proposals quietly surface across the country — each one locking in decades of future emissions — ... Show More

12m 19s

Apr 21

To love is to be brave | Kelly Corrigan (re-release)

Family life often requires extraordinary bravery, from navigating the daily challenges to surviving the unexpected crises. Author and podcaster Kelly Corrigan offers profound wisdom (and seven key words) to help you focus in on what matters most.This episode originally aired in 2 ... Show More

13m 48s

Apr 20

The problem with billionaires — and the debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane

As chief content officer of Forbes, Randall Lane oversees the magazine's signature list of billionaires, tracking the richest people on Earth. But he has noticed that this prompts the ultra-wealthy to stockpile their money instead of spending it on the public good. He debuts a ne ... Show More

10m 59s

Aug 2025

Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson (re-release)

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.This episode originally aired in 2006.Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hoste ... Show More

20m 20s

Jul 2025

Go ahead, dream about the future | Charlie Jane Anders (re-release)

"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 extrapolation, she takes us on a wild, speculative tour of the delights and challenges the future may hold -- and shows how dreaming ... Show More

13m 8s

Aug 2025

Sunday Pick: Ai Weiwei | Design Matters

Ai Weiwei joins to discuss his new memoir “1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows,” depicting a century-long epic tale of China told through a story of his family.Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac ... Show More

50m 29s

Aug 2025

A survival guide for musicians in the age of AI | Harvey Mason jr.

Artificial intelligence can write a song in seconds, but does that mean human songwriters will become obsolete? Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. doesn’t think so. A songwriter himself, he offers a four-step “survival guide” for human creators to endure the age of AI, urging ... Show More

15m 36s

Sep 2025

Floating farms, sponge cities and the climate solutions already working | Harjeet Singh

What if every dollar you spend today could save you 10 dollars tomorrow? Development expert Harjeet Singh reveals how climate solutions like floating farms and “sponge cities” that absorb floodwater aren’t just clever adaptations — they’re smart economics. He explains why wealthy ... Show More

12m 32s

Sep 2025

How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany | Jad Abumrad (re-release)

How do you end a story? Host of "Radiolab" Jad Abumrad tells how his search for an answer led him home to the mountains of Tennessee, where he met an unexpected teacher: Dolly Parton.This episode originally aired on July 12, 2021.Learn more about our flagship conference happening ... Show More

14m 22s

Jul 2018

Introduction with Dean Peter Tufano

How can an institution that is over 900 years old teach its students about the future? We speak to Peter Tufano, Dean of Oxford's Saïd Business School. Can an institution that is over 900 years old teach its students about the future? In this episode we speak to Peter Tufano, Dea ... Show More

12m 31s

Jan 2021

TED's Idea Search: Cloe Shasha Brooks

Anyone from anywhere can give a TED Talk. This hour, we're joined by curator Cloe Shasha Brooks, who leads a massive search each year to discover brilliant speakers who often fly under the radar. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data fo ... Show More

49m 21s

Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Ro...