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Jul 11, 2017 · 12 min
How we can face the future without fear, together | Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
In this electrifying talk, the spiritual leader gives us three specific ways we can move from the politics of "me" to the politics of "all of us, together."
Jul 10, 2017 · 14 min
Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper | Manu Prakash
Inventor Manu Prakash turns everyday materials into powerful scientific devices.
Jun 28, 2017 · 18 min
The gospel of doubt | Casey Gerald
What do you do when your firmly held beliefs turn out not to be true?
Jun 28, 2017 · 17 min
My year of living biblically | AJ Jacobs
Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblically -- following the rules in the Bible as literally as possible.
Jun 28, 2017 · 16 min
Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local | Taiye Selasi
Writer Taiye Selasi speaks on behalf of "multi-local" people.
Jun 28, 2017 · 21 min
Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear | Dave Isay
Hear his vision to take StoryCorps global — and how you can be a part of it.
Jun 28, 2017 · 15 min
Never, ever give up | Diana Nyad
How Nyad achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida -- at age 64.
Jun 28, 2017 · 16 min
Why I love a country that once betrayed me | George Takei
Takei looks back at how the internment camp during World War II shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and democracy.
Jun 28, 2017 · 15 min
The unheard story of David and Goliath | Malcolm Gladwell
Is that really what the David and Goliath story is about?
Jun 28, 2017 · 18 min
The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Adichie warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
Jun 27, 2017 · 12 min
Why some of us don't have one true calling | Emilie Wapnick
Emilie Wapnick describes the kind of people she calls "multipotentialites" -- who have a range of interests and jobs over one lifetime.
Jun 26, 2017 · 16 min
The boiling river of the Amazon | Andrés Ruzo
Ruzo explores a river that forces us to question the line between known and unknown ... and reminds us that there are great wonders yet to be discovered.
Jun 23, 2017 · 14 min
Don't feel sorry for refugees -- believe in them | Luma Mufleh
Get inspired to make a personal difference in the lives of refugees with this powerful talk.
Jun 22, 2017 · 14 min
A celebration of natural hair | Cheyenne Cochrane
Cochrane explores the role that hair texture has played in the history of being black in America.
Jun 21, 2017 · 10 min
Why design should include everyone | Sinéad Burke
Burke tells us what it's like to navigate the world as a little person and asks: "Who are we not designing for?"
Jun 20, 2017 · 18 min
The refugee crisis is a test of our character | David Miliband
Miliband gives us specific, tangible ways to help refugees and turn empathy and altruism into action.
Jun 19, 2017 · 14 min
Why we need to imagine different futures | Anab Jain
Catch a glimpse of possible futures in this eye-opening talk.
Jun 16, 2017 · 3 min
"Awoo" | Sofi Tukker
Electro-pop duo Sofi Tukker dance it out with the TED audience in a performance of their upbeat, rhythmic song.
Jun 16, 2017 · 22 min
Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life? | Jim Yong Kim
As President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim wants to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity for all.
Jun 15, 2017 · 15 min
Science didn't understand my kids' rare disease until I decided to study it | Sharon Terry
Sharon Terry took the medical research world by storm when her two young children were diagnosed with a rare disease.