'A Teacher' Tells A Lesson In Predatory Behavior
The FX on Hulu miniseries, A Teacher, falls somewhere between a twisted romantic drama and a cautionary tale about the lasting trauma of a student-teacher affair. The story is troubling as it blends...
View Article5 Tips To Ditch Fast Fashion And Cultivate A Sustainable Closet
When fashionable clothes can be so cheap, it can be easy to fill up virtual shopping carts just for the rush of the purchase. But this attitude of excess has led to mass over-production and a clothing...
View Article'Renegade' Rug Makers Create Community, Tufting On TikTok
While Justin Clarke was scrolling through his TikTok feed last summer, a tufting video came across his screen. He was hooked. In these TikTok videos, tufters draw with an industrial metal tool, making...
View ArticleAyana Elizabeth Johnson: Why The Strange and Wonderful Parrot Fish Is In...
Marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is obsessed with one research subject — the parrot fish. She says there is urgent work to be done to save them and their home, the coral reefs.About Ayana...
View ArticleAyana Elizabeth Johnson: What Should You Look For When Shopping For Seafood?
Part 2 of TED Radio Hour episodeAn SOS From The OceanFor marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, not knowing where our seafood comes from isn't just a mystery— it's a problem. She says we should...
View ArticleSaleem Reshamwala Takes Us To Far Flung Places
About The EpisodeThis hour, journalist Saleem Reshamwala gives us a tour of surprising people and places — Lima, Nairobi, and prehistoric New Jersey — to inspire new perspectives on travel and...
View ArticleJason Reynolds: How Can We Connect With Kids Through The Written Word?
About The EpisodeJason Reynolds is an award-winning author and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. This hour, Jason speaks with Manoush about reaching kids through stories that let them...
View ArticleKnut Ivar Bjørlykhaug: How can we turn environmental heartache into action?
Part 4 of TED Radio Hour episode: HeartacheNorwegian social worker Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug always loved nature. Watching the destruction of habitats and Norway's exploitation of oil sent him into a deep...
View ArticleShoham Arad: What Does It Take To Turn An Idea Into A Movement?
About the EpisodeAnyone can have a big idea. But how do those big ideas come to fruition and grow? Director of the TED Fellows program Shoham Arad walks us through several speakers who turned a spark...
View ArticleWhat's one thing you've changed your mind about? Tell us how your thinking...
Changing your mind is one of the most natural things in the world. Yet, we rarely talk openly about the opinions we used to hold or the personal shifts that can come with new information or...
View ArticleBob Inglis: How I changed my mind about climate change
Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Changing Our MindsFormer GOP congressman Bob Inglis used to believe climate change wasn't real. But after a candid conversation with his children and a hard look at...
View ArticleDave Eggers: How Can Kids Learn Human Skills in a Tech-Dominated World?
About The EpisodeFiction can serve as a window into multiple realities--to imagine different futures or understand our own past. This hour, author Dave Eggers talks tech, education, and the healing...
View ArticleYana Buhrer Tavanier: Can social activism be playful?
Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour Episode Work, Play, Rest - Part 2. We might think of activism as far from playful. That's not the case for "playtivist" Yana Buhrer Tavanier. Her incubator lab, Fine Acts,...
View ArticleNizar Ibrahim: How did we unearth the largest predator in history?
Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode What Lies Beneath.The largest predator in history was bigger than a T. Rex and longer than a school bus. And it swam. Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim shares his quest...
View ArticleSara Jones: What stories are missing from the the transracial adoption...
Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Take Care.What information is missing from our family narratives? For transracial adoptee Sara Jones, her Korean cultural roots were hidden until she sought answers...
View ArticlePatrice Gordon and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic: How can we become more competent...
Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode What Leadership Looks LikeExecutive coach Patrice Gordon had an unusual opportunity: to mentor her own CEO. Organizational psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic says...
View ArticleGay Gordon-Byrne: Why do big manufacturers prevent you from repairing your...
Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Repair, Repurpose, Reimagine.Manufacturers intentionally make their products hard to fix. Right-to-repair advocate Gay Gordon-Byrne fights for laws to stop...
View ArticleKasha Patel: Why we should use comedy to explain science
Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Humor Us. Can humor help us learn about the world? Science writer and comedian Kasha Patel thinks so. She applies the scientific method to stand-up comedy, and uses...
View ArticleMarlene Zuk: What humans can learn from the sex lives of insects
Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode The Birds and the Bees.Insects experience the world very differently from humans--but they still have a lot to teach us. Behavioral ecologist Marlene Zuk explores...
View ArticleGala Marija Vrbanic: How a fashion designer creates clothes for our digital...
Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode Incognito. Fashion designer Gala Marija Vrbanic creates digital clothes that defy physics and outshine superheroes' wardrobes. Vrbanic says the future of AR and VR...
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