Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
The unexpected key to boosting your productivity | Dan Shipper
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wished you could stop procrastinating and just be as efficient as a machine? Since you're a hum...
How music can help you find peace after loss | Steven Sharp Nelson
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Music can act as a guide, says cellist Steven Sharp Nelson. It has the power to unlock the mind, tap...
How do we get the world off fossil fuels quickly and fairly? | TED Countdown Dilemma Series
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the realistic pathways off of fossil fuels and towards a world of abundant clean energy? TE...
Why all dogs are good dogs | Alexandra Horowitz
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Canine cognition expert Alexandra Horowitz offers a peek inside the mind of your dog, sharing soluti...
How to keep your hometown from becoming a ghost town |
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"My very first film was about a town that disappeared," says documentarian John Paget. It was the be...
How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist | Wendy Suzuki
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could transform your anxiety into something you can actually use during your work day? N...
What happens to gas stations when the world goes electric? | Emily Grubert
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When the world goes fully electric, what happens to the cars, tools and livelihoods that rely on fos...
You deserve the right to repair your stuff | Gay Gordon-Byrne
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A self-declared "repair geek," Gay Gordon-Byrne is a driving force behind the right-to-repair moveme...
The surprising psychology behind your urge to break the rules | Paul Bloom
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We all experience it: that desire to do something wrong just for the sake of it. Whether it's walkin...
Your 3-step guide to setting better boundaries at work | Nedra Glover Tawwab
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Know you should establish clear limits at work but not sure how to do it? Here are a few strategies ...
Who owns the internet of the future? | Ordinary Things
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The emergence of data-driven mass surveillance "is threatening to turn privacy into a relic of the 2...
3 elements of true fun -- and how to have more of it | Catherine Price
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What comes to mind when you think about the most fun moments of your life? Science journalist Cather...
How to Be a Team Player – Without Burning Out | Rob Cross
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Collaboration in the workplace is more important than ever -- but it's making us less productive in ...
Gourmet food for the final frontier | Phnam Bagley
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does an in-flight meal look like when you're traveling to Mars? Designer Phnam Bagley envisions...
How video games can level up the way you learn
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Video games naturally tap into the way we learn: they focus our attention and track our progress as ...
What if women built the world they want to see? | Emily Pilloton-Lam
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Only four percent of construction workers are female -- that's totally unacceptable, but it's also a...
The clean energy hub of the future | Rebekah Shirley
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why aren't more people investing in Africa's green energy? Environmental researcher Rebekah Shirley ...
The fantastically weird world of photosynthetic sea slugs | Michael Middlebrooks
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the fantastically colorful and astonishingly adaptable sea slugs that found a way to photosynth...
How to quit your job -- without ruining your career | Gala Jackson
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stuck in an unfulfilling or stagnant job? To achieve a smooth departure without burning bridges, try...
How one small idea led to $1 million of paid water bills | Tiffani Ashley Bell
03 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When programmer Tiffani Ashley Bell learned that thousands of people in Detroit were facing water sh...
How to escape the cynicism trap | Jamil Zaki
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some days, it's hard to be optimistic. But cynicism -- the idea that people are inherently selfish, ...
The nostalgia behind your favorite Chinese food | Vincent Yeow Lim
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a proud and passionate restaurant owner, Vincent Yeow Lim takes after his father and grandfather ...
The fascinating physics of insect pee | Saad Bhamla
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scientist Saad Bhamla is on a mission to answer a question most people don't think to ask: How do in...
3 steps to getting what you want in a negotiation | Ruchi Sinha
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We negotiate all the time at work -- for raises, promotions, time off -- and we usually go into it l...
What women athletes need to unlock their full potential | Kate Ackerman
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a sports scientist, athlete and director of the Female Athlete Program at Boston Children's Hospi...
The surprising climate benefits of sharing your stuff | Tessa Clarke
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There's something simple we can all do to help the planet -- and it's probably not what you think. W...
4 proven ways to kick your procrastination habit | Ayelet Fishbach
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You've got a long list of things you want to do, but there's just one problem: you can't seem to get...
The massive machines cleaning Earth's atmosphere | Jan Wurzbacher
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To restrain global warming, we know we need to drastically reduce pollution. The very next step afte...
3 rules to help you build a successful business | Julissa Prado
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have an idea you're yearning to turn into a business? Julissa Prado, founder and CEO of Rizos Curls,...
3 steps to help kids process traumatic events | Kristen Nguyen
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What do we say to kids when intensely traumatic events interrupt everyday life? Whether you're a tea...
What if buildings created energy instead of consuming it? | Ksenia Petrichenko
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Buildings are bad news for the climate -- but they don't have to be. While our structures are curren...
How everyday interactions shape your future | Mesmin Destin
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A few words can change the course of a life; they have the power to shrink, expand or transform some...
The science of falling in love | Shannon Odell
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Love is often described as heartwarming, heart-wrenching, or even heartbreaking— and your brain is...
3 steps of anxiety overload -- and how you can take back control | Lisa Damour
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anxiety is a normal part of life, so why are we so afraid of it? Psychologist Lisa Damour breaks dow...
What working parents really need from workplaces | Angela Garbes
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What if we started treating parenting like the real work it is? Podcast host and CEO Angela Garbes d...
Something in the Water: Where Do Great Athletes Come From? | Good Sport
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on TED Talks Daily we’re excited to introduce TED’s newest podcast, Good Sport, hosted by ...
Is democracy doomed? The global fight for our future | Timothy Snyder
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you think democracy is some kind of inevitable, default setting for the world, then you aren't go...
A for-profit mindset for nonprofit success | Tolu Oyekan
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How can nonprofits accelerate their impact and move the needle on intractable problems? Looking to b...
5 tips for dealing with meeting overload | Cindy Solomon
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Could this meeting have been an email? The phenomenon of "calendar creep," where meetings completely...
Could fungi actually be the key to humanity's survival? | David Andrew Quist
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a billion years of evolution, fungi are masters of invention and resilience. What wisdom can w...
The secret to making new friends as an adult | Marisa Franco
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Making friends as an adult can feel like a baffling obstacle course. Why was it so much easier to co...
How Black queer culture shaped history | Channing Gerard Joseph
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Names like Bayard Rustin, Frances Thompson and William Dorsey Swann have been largely erased from US...
The fairy tales of the fossil fuel industry -- and a better climate story | Luisa Neubauer
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The fossil fuel industry is a factory of fairy tales, says activist and school strike for climate or...
How to participate in your own legal defense | Lam Ho
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lawyers are advocates for their clients -- and, in court, they're usually the ones who do the talkin...
5 values for repairing the harms of colonialism | Jing Corpuz
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Indigenous wisdom can help solve the planetary crises that colonialism started, says lawyer Jennifer...
The ecstasy of Eskista, an ancient Ethiopian dance | Melaku Belay
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
By mastering the Eskista, an ancient Ethiopian dance, TED Fellow Melaku Belay survived a childhood o...
Hidden connections that transcend borders and defy stereotypes | Aparna Bharadwaj
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Global consumer strategist Aparna Bharadwaj shares a fascinating glimpse at under-the-radar affiniti...
How millennials and Gen Z can invest in a better future | Miguel Goncalves
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Millennials and Gen Z will inherit 30 trillion dollars of wealth in the coming decades, and what the...
The one question every aspiring leader needs to ask | Constance Hockaday
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What does inclusive leadership look like? Artist and TED Fellow Constance Hockaday shares how the ca...
The case for free, universal basic services | Aaron Bastani
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Several crises are set to define the next century -- but journalist Aaron Bastani believes we have t...
Can we feed ourselves without devouring the planet? | George Monbiot
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Farming is the worst thing humanity has ever done to the planet, says journalist George Monbiot. Wha...
How to recognize privilege – and uplift those without it | Mariam Veiszadeh
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Depending on your lot in life, you may see the status quo as a result of unearned privilege or a sim...
Using your voice is a political choice | Amanda Gorman
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For anyone who believes poetry is stuffy or elitist, Amanda Gorman -- the youngest inaugural poet in...
How bad data traps people in the US justice system | Clementine Jacoby
13 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Right now, hundreds of thousands of people are "stuck" in the US criminal justice system. They've co...
The sustainable brilliance of Indigenous design | Manu Peni
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When human rights advocate Manu Peni returned to Papua New Guinea from abroad, he built a home for h...
Why nurses are key to medical innovation | Ben Gran
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nurses represent the front line of health care -- from first breaths to last moments, and everything...
The secret to a happy life -- lessons from 8 decades of research | Robert Waldinger
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The happiest and healthiest people are those who have warm connections with others, says psychiatris...
What the discovery of exoplanets reveals about the universe | Jessie Christiansen
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the planets outside our solar system like? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Jessie Christianse...
How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi | Colin Averill
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If we want to better understand the environment and combat climate change, we need to look deep unde...
The habit that could improve your career (and your life) | Paul Catchlove
05 Jan 2023
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Paul Catchlove believes strongly in the power of reflection. Through every career he's held -- from ...
How to design climate-resilient buildings | Alyssa-Amor Gibbons
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Architecture can't ignore the realities of climate change. For time-tested solutions that perform un...
You can do better than a New Year's resolution | How to Be a Better Human
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many of us wait until a new calendar year to start setting our goals? For today's guest, t...
The deep time walk | Outrage + Optimism
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To close out the year on TED Talks Daily, we wanted to leave you with something special. It's an imm...
The problem with setting goals, with NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho | ReThinking with Adam Grant
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For someone who doesn't believe in goal-setting, Emmanuel Acho is highly accomplished. He's a former...
The emotions behind your money habits | TED Business
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Your money habits reveal a lot about you: your hopes, fears, dreams and other deep personal truths y...
How to predict the future with Jane McGonigal
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Future forecaster and game designer Jane McGonigal ran a social simulation game in 2008 that had pla...
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of the TED Talks Daily end-of-year wrap-up. As 2022 draws to a close, we're sha...
How play helps a kid's brain grow | Jesse Ilhardt
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A little bit of playtime can have big benefits for a child's developing brain, like a superfood -- b...
Africa's path to clean mobility -- driven by motorcycles | Adetayo Bamiduro
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A lack of infrastructure in parts of Africa has made unregulated, gas-powered motorcycle taxis wides...
The internet's accessibility problem -- and how to fix it | Clive Loseby
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The internet provides access to knowledge for billions across the world, but how accessible is it re...
The board game getting kids excited about school | Joel Baraka
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Going to school in a refugee camp can be complicated: students encounter crowded classrooms, rigid c...
Are insect brains the secret to great AI? | Frances S. Chance
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are insects the key to brain-inspired computing? Neuroscientist Frances S. Chance thinks so. In this...
Why joy is a state of mind | Angélique Kidjo and Femi Oke
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With infectious energy, singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo ties together the threads of her legendar...
A creative approach to community climate action | Xavier Cortada
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When he learned of the threat that rising sea levels posed to his coastal hometown of Miami, Florida...
5 hiring tips every company (and job seeker) should know | Nithya Vaduganathan
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To keep up with a rapidly evolving job market, hiring practices need to change, too. In this practic...
Can the metaverse bring us closer to wildlife? | Gautam Shah
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Technologist and TED Fellow Gautam Shah invites us to imagine how the metaverse could redefine the r...
The billion-dollar pollution solution humanity needs right now | Stacy Kauk
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Could the same mechanism used to accelerate vaccine development work for spurring solutions to the c...
Are video calls the best we can do in the age of the metaverse? | Josephine Eyre
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Remote work, while redefining the workplace landscape, seems stuck behind endless video conference c...
How great leaders take on uncertainty | Anjali Sud and Stephanie Mehta
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a constantly changing world, it's impossible for leaders to provide employees with the assurance ...
How Indigenous guardians protect the planet and humanity | Valérie Courtois
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"If we take care of the land, the land takes care of us," says Indigenous leader Valérie Courtois. ...
How to tap into your awareness -- and why meditation is easier than you think | Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation asks you to slip into a state of serene presence. But why does something that sounds effo...
How can we escape soaring energy bills? Stop using fossil fuels | Tessa Khan
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As oil and gas companies continue to make record profits off of the same forces driving climate chao...
A disability-inclusive future of work | Ryan Gersava
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One billion people worldwide are living with a disability, and too many of them are left unemployed ...
How to tackle the stigma of living with HIV | Gareth Thomas
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After his HIV diagnosis, former pro rugby player Gareth Thomas set out on a mission to tackle the st...
Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it) | Fallon Goodman
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In crowds, at parties, meetings, get-togethers with friends, everyday interactions: social anxiety c...
The bad math of the fossil fuel industry | Tzeporah Berman
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We currently have enough fossil fuels to progressively transition off of them, says climate campaign...
The fight for freedom in Iran and Ukraine | Christiane Amanpour
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Neutrality isn't an option when it comes to the fight for personal and political freedom, says world...
What a living whale is worth -- and why the economy should protect nature | Ralph Chami
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How much is one living blue whale worth in the fight against climate change? A lot more than you may...
Whose land are you on? What to know about the Indigenous Land Back movement | Lindsey Schneider
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Land thrives in Indigenous hands, and there are real, tangible ways you can help return what was sto...
How to turn around a city | Irma L. Olguin Jr.
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Computer skills aren't what's stopping people from breaking into the tech industry, says social entr...
3 steps to build peace and create meaningful change | Georgette Bennett
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the child of Holocaust survivors and a World War II refugee herself, peace builder Georgette Benn...
Meet the mysterious "monsters" of the deep sea | Alan Jamieson
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The "aliens" of Earth live in the deepest parts of the ocean, and marine biologist Alan Jamieson has...
Why people love watching sports | Kate Fagan
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sure, sports are about athleticism -- but what actually keeps fans invested? Journalist Kate Fagan t...
The danger and devotion of fighting for women in Afghanistan | Tamana Ayazi and Kat Craig
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The women of Afghanistan are being persecuted under Taliban rule, but they're not standing down. Fil...
How to find your voice for climate action | Fehinti Balogun
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Actor and activist Fehinti Balogun pieces together multiple complex issues -- climate change, coloni...
Great leadership is a network, not a hierarchy | Gitte Frederiksen
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What if leadership at work wasn't for a select few, but rather shared among many? Management consult...
Do you really need 8 hours of sleep every night? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you can't sleep, you're desperate for help. And there's a booming industry waiting to tell you ...
A colorful case for outside-the-box thinking on identity | Olivia Vinckier
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been forced to limit your identity to a single box on an application, survey or census...
The young climate activists moving Africa into the future | Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate sits down with former president of Ireland Mary Robinson for...
How global virtual communities can help kids achieve their dreams | Matthew Garcia
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do we make historically exclusive fields like classical music, fine arts or academic research mo...