TEDTalks Podcast
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Each year, TED hosts some of the world's most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses. The talks they deliver have had had such a great impact, we thought they deserved a wider audience. So now, for the first time, we're sharing them with the world at large... Each week, we'll release a new talk to inspire, intrigue and awaken the imagination. For best effect, plan to listen to at least three, start to finish. (They have a cumulative effect.) If you have a curious soul and an open mind, we think you'll be hooked...
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Awesome Talks TED, August 10, 2006
Reviewer: LOLDavid
from Los Angeles, California
The TEDTalks Podcast features key talks from the TED Conference covering the latest ideas in Technology, Entertainment, Design, Business, Science, and other areas. Now on their podcast feed they feature Al Gore delivering jokes and ways to help save the planet, Tony Robbins telling what drives him and discussing the 4 basic human needs, and many other interesting speakers. They're featuring new talks every week so you may want to subscribe to this one.
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TEDTalks : The search for dark energy and dark matter - Patricia Burchat (2008)
Author: Patricia Burchat
Sun, Aug 17, 2008
Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is immense.
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TEDTalks : "The Dog Song" - Nellie McKay (2008)
Author: Nellie McKay
Fri, Aug 22, 2008
Animal fan Nellie McKay sings a sparkling tribute to her dear dog. She suggests we all do the same: "Just go right to the pound/ And find yourself a hound/ And make that doggie proud/ 'cause that's what it's all about."
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TEDTalks : Technology, faith and human shortcomings - Billy Graham (1998)
Author: Billy Graham
Wed, Jul 16, 2008
Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world -- but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED's archives.
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TEDTalks : The brain in love - Helen Fisher (2008)
Author: Helen Fisher
Tue, Jul 15, 2008
Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who had just been dumped.
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TEDTalks : "Mother of Pearl" and "If I Had You" - Nellie McKay (2008)
Author: Nellie McKay
Fri, Jul 11, 2008
The wonderful Nellie McKay sings "Mother of Pearl" (with the immortal first line "Feminists don't have a sense of humor") and "If I Had You" from her sparkling set at TED2008.
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TEDTalks : Telling stories of our shared humanity - Chris Abani (2008)
Author: Chris Abani
Tue, Jul 22, 2008
Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It's "ubuntu," he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.
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TEDTalks : "Clonie" - Nellie McKay (2008)
Author: Nellie McKay
Fri, Jun 27, 2008
Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay performs the semi-serious song "Clonie" -- about creating the ultimate companion.
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TEDTalks : Classical music with shining eyes - Benjamin Zander (2008)
Author: Benjamin Zander
Wed, Jun 25, 2008
Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.
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TEDTalks : Institutions vs. collaboration - Clay Shirky (2005)
Author: Clay Shirky
Thu, Jul 10, 2008
In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.
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TEDTalks : A life of fascinations - Nathan Myhrvold (2007)
Author: Nathan Myhrvold
Wed, Jun 04, 2008
Nathan Myhrvold talks about a few of his latest fascinations -- animal photography, archeology, BBQ and generally being an eccentric genius multimillionaire. Listen for wild stories from the (somewhat raunchy) edge of the animal world.
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TEDTalks : 4 ways to improve the lives of the "bottom billion" - Paul Collier (2008)
Author: Paul Collier
Wed, May 28, 2008
Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. How can we help them? Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold, compassionate plan for closing the gap between rich and poor.
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TEDTalks : Exploring the ocean's hidden worlds - Robert Ballard (2008)
Author: Robert Ballard
Tue, May 20, 2008
Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone?
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TEDTalks : The amazing intelligence of crows - Joshua Klein (2008)
Author: Joshua Klein
Tue, May 13, 2008
Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.
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TEDTalks : The power to connect the world - Hector Ruiz (2007)
Author: Hector Ruiz
Thu, May 01, 2008
Hector Ruiz, the executive chair of AMD, wants to give Internet access to everyone. In this talk, he shares his extraordinary life story and describes AMD's 50x15 initiative that calls for connecting 50 percent of the world by 2015.
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TEDTalks : An inside tour of the world's biggest supercollider - Brian Cox (2008)
Author: Brian Cox
Tue, Apr 29, 2008
"Rock-star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging, accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project.
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TEDTalks : Your genes are not your fate - Dean Ornish (2008)
Author: Dean Ornish
Mon, Jun 16, 2008
Dean Ornish shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a person at a genetic level. For instance, he says, when you live healthier, eat better, exercise, and love more, your brain cells actually increase.
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TEDTalks : The universe on a string - Brian Greene (2005)
Author: Brian Greene
Tue, Apr 22, 2008
Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe.
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TEDTalks : Where does creativity hide? - Amy Tan (2008)
Author: Amy Tan
Tue, Apr 22, 2008
Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.
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TEDTalks : Bringing world-class health care to the poorest - Ernest Madu (2007)
Author: Ernest Madu
Thu, Apr 17, 2008
Dr. Ernest Madu runs the Heart Institute of the Caribbean in Kingston, Jamaica, where he proves that -- with careful design, smart technical choices, and a true desire to serve -- it's possible to offer world-class healthcare in the developing world.
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TEDTalks : Open-source economics - Yochai Benkler (2005)
Author: Yochai Benkler
Wed, Apr 16, 2008
Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization.
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TEDTalks : New thinking on the climate crisis - Al Gore (2008)
Author: Al Gore
Tue, Apr 08, 2008
In this brand-new slideshow (premiering on TED.com), Al Gore presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists recently predicted. He challenges us to act.
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TEDTalks : 2008 TED Prize wish: Charter for Compassion - Karen Armstrong (2008)
Author: Karen AAuthor: rmstrong
Wed, Mar 19, 2008
People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion -- to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious do
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TEDTalks : 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School - Dave Eggers (2008)
Author: Dave Eggers
Tue, Mar 18, 2008
Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open
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TEDTalks : 2008 TED Prize wish: An African Einstein - Neil Turok (2008)
Author: Neil Turok
Thu, Mar 20, 2008
Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, physicist Neil Turok speaks out for talented young Africans starved of opportunity: by unlocking and nurturing the continent's creative potential, we can create a change in Africa's future.
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TEDTalks : My stroke of insight - Jill Bolte Taylor (2008)
Author: Jill Bolte Taylor
Wed, Mar 12, 2008
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness –- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
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TEDTalks : Way-new collaboration - Howard Rheingold (2005)
Author: Howard Rheingold
Mon, Feb 11, 2008
Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.
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TEDTalks : The omnivore's next dilemma - Michael Pollan (2007)
Author: Michael Pollan
Thu, Feb 07, 2008
What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view.
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TEDTalks : Sing a song of sustainable cities - Jaime Lerner (2007)
Author: Jaime Lerner
Mon, Feb 04, 2008
Jaime Lerner reinvented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see what’s possible in the metropolitan landscape.
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TEDTalks : The story of a passionate life - Ben Dunlap (2007)
Author: Ben Dunlap
Wed, Jan 23, 2008
Wofford College president Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living and lifelong learning.
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TEDTalks : Treating design as art - Paola Antonelli (2007)
Author: Paola Antonelli
Tue, Jan 15, 2008
Paola Antonelli, design curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, wants to spread her appreciation of design -- in all shapes and forms -- around the world.
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TEDTalks : The mystery box - J.J. Abrams (2007)
Author: J.J. Abrams
Thu, Jan 10, 2008
J.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery –- a passion that’s evident in his films and TV shows, including Cloverfield, Lost and Alias -- back to its magical beginnings.
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TEDTalks : Tales of passion - Isabel Allende (2007)
Author: Isabel Allende
Thu, Jan 03, 2008
Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism -- and, of course, passion -- in this talk.
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TEDTalks : Why aren’t we all Good Samaritans? - Daniel Goleman (2007)
Author: Daniel Goleman
Tue, Dec 18, 2007
Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren't more compassionate more of the time.
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TEDTalks : Why design? - Philippe Starck (2007)
Author: Philippe Starck
Tue, Dec 04, 2007
Designer Philippe Starck -- with no pretty slides to show -- spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question "Why design?" Listen carefully for one perfect mantra for all of us, genius or not.
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TEDTalks : Beauty and truth in physics - Murray Gell-Mann (2007)
Author: Murray Gell-Mann
Thu, Dec 06, 2007
Armed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge on TEDsters about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones?
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TEDTalks : Our cell phones, ourselves - Jan Chipchase (2007)
Author: Jan Chipchase
Thu, Oct 18, 2007
Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase's investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our pockets. He's made some unexpected discoveries along the way.
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TEDTalks : "All the Answers" and "Tembererana" - Raul Midon (2007)
Author: Raul Midon
Fri, Jan 18, 2008
Singer/guitarist Raúl Midón performs “All the Answers” in a world premiere at TED2007, followed by the sprightly "Tembererana."
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TEDTalks : A journey to the center of your mind - Vilayanur Ramachandran (2007)
Author: Vilayanur Ramachandran
Sun, Oct 21, 2007
Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples.
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TEDTalks : The illustrated woman - Maira Kalman (2007)
Author: Maira Kalman
Tue, Oct 16, 2007
Author and illustrator Maira Kalman talks about her life and work, from her covers for The New Yorker to her books for children and grown-ups. She is as wonderful, as wise and as deliciously off-kilter in person as she is on paper.
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TEDTalks : Life at 30,000 feet - Richard Branson (2007)
Author: Richard Branson
Tue, Oct 09, 2007
Richard Branson talks to TED's Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences -- and reveals some of his (very surprising) motivations.
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TEDTalks : Fly me to the moons of Saturn - Carolyn Porco (2007)
Author: Carolyn Porco
Mon, Oct 01, 2007
Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Titan, and on frozen Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice.
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TEDTalks : Simplicity patterns - John Maeda (2007)
Author: John Maeda
Thu, Sep 20, 2007
The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics. |