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Want TED Talks on the go? Everyday, this feed brings you our latest talks in audio format. Hear thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable – from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and everything in between – given by the world's leading thinkers and doers. This collection of talks, given at TED and TEDx conferences around the globe, is also available in video format. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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2026-10-2535 min
Sunday Pick: Unlocking Your Power at Work: Kara Swisher on how to get what you want | from Fixable
No matter where you fall on the corporate food chain, you have power at work—you just might not know how to use it. In this new series on Unlocking Your Power at Work, Anne and Frances dig into how to discover, build, and use your power, explore common power dynamics in the workplace, and learn from people who use their full power with honesty and swagger. Kara Swisher is one of the most influential voices in media and has built a career holding the powerful accountable. In this episode, she reflects with Anne and Frances on her own path to power and what she’s learned from watching some people become corrupted by power while others learn to wield it for good. She also argues that people don’t leave jobs early or often enough, and makes the case for pursuing more than just the opportunities that are offered to you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information
Recent episodes
- 2026-10-2532 minThe pursuit of happiness requires free time | Danielle RobertsDo you feel short on time?…
- 2026-10-2414 minCan you spot the lies in your news feed? | Laura SmytheLaura Smythe spent years in legacy newsrooms, and she thinks the habits journalists use to vet information should belong to all of us. Using Fyre Festival as a cautionary tale, she explains why media literacy is a vital skill in our age of deepfakes and algorithmic feeds — and describes the country that’s already found a way to start teaching it in elementary school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information
- 2026-10-239 minI can't speak. Here's how I get people to listen | Jessica IrwinJessica Irwin is many things: a photographer, artist, author, performer. She also happens to be nonverbal, born with cerebral palsy that affects the muscles she needs to talk. Speaking through a device that turns her typed words into speech, she gives a sharp, funny and urgent reminder that being unable to speak has nothing to do with intelligence — and shares a few easy ways anyone can better communicate with nonverbal people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information
- 2026-10-2214 minHow would you design your dream city? | James RojasUrban planner James Rojas has led hundreds of workshops where participants creatively design their ideal communities with small objects — and he's noticed that people of every age, income and background build strikingly similar places. Through play and storytelling, he shows how we can use our childhood memories and imaginations to shape the places we live and love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information
- 2026-10-2118 minWhy the best learners talk to themselves | Tania LombrozoWith more information at our fingertips than ever before, learning should be getting easier ... yet the opposite seems to be true, says cognitive scientist Tania Lombrozo. Drawing on her research into how our minds understand and reason, she explores why more information can actually make learning harder — and shares the critical skill all great learners possess. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information
- 2026-10-2015 minWhat if you could read the DNA of your future child? | Noor SiddiquiFor all of human history, a baby's DNA was determined by chance at conception: the so-called genetic lottery. "That era is over," says Noor Siddiqui, whose company builds screening tools to read the whole genome of embryos in an effort to give parents more genetic information than standard IVF. She makes the case that this kind of technology helps families understand and reduce health risks, raising the question: How much should we know about our children's DNA before birth?…
- 2026-10-1854 minSunday Pick: How to reclaim your narrative (w/ Monica Lewinsky) | from How to Be a Better HumanMonica Lewinsky is an anti-bullying activist and host of Reclaiming with Monica, a podcast that shines her guests’ unguarded conversations about how they make sense of the world. In this episode filmed in front of a live audience at TED 2026, Chris interviews Monica on how she finds healing throughout the years. They discuss the role of public shaming in an online world, the differences between cancel culture and accountability culture, and how to have more empathy after surviving trauma. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information
- 2026-10-1844 minInside Venezuela's uncertain path to freedom | Leopoldo LópezActivist Leopoldo López learned the true value of freedom in a solitary confinement cell, when someone else decided if he would eat or see sunlight. In this searching conversation, he explains why democracy is losing ground across the globe, the state of Venezuela's transition after Maduro's capture and the 2026 earthquakes — and why he founded the World Liberty Congress to unite activists in the fight against autocracies. (This conversation, hosted by TED's Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was part of an exclusive TED Membership event. TED Membership is the best way to support and engage with the big ideas you love from TED. To learn more, visit ted.com/membership. ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information
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TED Talks Daily
The pursuit of happiness requires free time | Danielle Roberts
"A happiness you are only given the right to pursue is a beautiful wrapper with nothing inside." Writer and w…
2026-10-25 · 3 min read
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TED Talks Daily
Sunday Pick: Unlocking Your Power at Work: Kara Swisher on how to get what you want | from Fixable
Tech journalist Kara Swisher draws on more than 30 years covering Silicon Valley's most powerful figures to e…
2026-10-25 · 3 min read
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TED Talks Daily
Can you spot the lies in your news feed? | Laura Smythe
In 2017, thousands of wealthy people paid up to $100,000 each for a luxury Bahamas music festival that turned…
2026-10-24 · 4 min read
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TED Talks Daily
I can't speak. Here's how I get people to listen | Jessica Irwin
Photographer, artist, author, and keynote speaker Jessica Irwin has never spoken a single word aloud in her l…
2026-10-23 · 3 min read
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TED Talks Daily
How would you design your dream city? | James Rojas
Los Angeles urban planner James Rojas grew frustrated with community meetings that drew either empty rooms or…
2026-10-22 · 3 min read
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TED Talks Daily
Why the best learners talk to themselves | Tania Lombrozo
Cognitive scientist Tania Lombrozo uses the programmer practice of rubber ducking — explaining a code problem…
2026-10-21 · 3 min read