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Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves.Get more brainy miscellany with TED Radio Hour+. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/ted

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Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves.Get more brainy miscellany with TED Radio Hour+. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed. Learn more at plus.npr.org/ted

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    Audacious Solutions

    Audacious Solutions

    Original broadcast date: June 30, 2023. Big problems need audacious solutions. This hour, TED speakers use data and common sense to make laws more effective, reform the foster care system and hold environmental offenders accountable. Guests include criminal justice reform activist Sheena Meade, child welfare advocates Sixto Cancel and Marquan Teetz, and ocean monitoring expert Tony Long.

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    This psychologist says empathy is not the answer (TED Radio Hour+)

    This psychologist says empathy is not the answer (TED Radio Hour+)

    We need to be more empathetic — that's something we hear a lot these days. We're told that empathy is the first step towards solving many of society's problems. Yale psychologist Paul Bloom disagrees. He has given three TED talks and was featured on our episode, Shock Value (https://n.pr/43gUbDE). He's also the author of several books, including Against Empathy: The Case for Radical Compassion. In this bonus episode for TED Radio Hour+, he makes the case that compassion and reason will offer a more positive impact on the world.

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    Natural Intelligence: What we and AI can learn from nature

    Natural Intelligence: What we and AI can learn from nature

    Artificial intelligence is powerful, but what about natural intelligence? This hour, TED speakers explore the intrinsic genius in animal language, insect behavior, plant anatomy and our immune system. Guests include neuroscientist Greg Gage, computational neuroscientist Frances Chance, social psychoneuroimmunologist Keely Muscatell and environmental researcher Karen Bakker.

    We want to dedicate this episode to Bakker who passed away in August 2023, only a few months after giving her TED Talk. Her research and legacy continue to inspire.

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    Memory And The Brain

    Memory And The Brain

    Original broadcast date: December 23, 2022. Our brains are magnificently complex - and highly fallible. This hour, neuroscientist and novelist Lisa Genova explains how to keep our brains healthy and what to do when something goes wrong.

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    A neurotech expert on how TikTok could influence elections (TED Radio Hour+)

    A neurotech expert on how TikTok could influence elections (TED Radio Hour+)

    TikTok is one of the most popular social media platforms on the planet, but the Chinese company makes a lot of regulators nervous. Could the video platform be used to promote government propaganda? In this bonus episode, technology scholar Nita Farahany weighs in. Farahany was featured in the episode "Brain Hacks."

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    Retracing Their Steps

    Retracing Their Steps

    To move forward, the United States must confront its history of racial inequality. This hour, three perspectives on looking to the past to build a better future for Black Americans. Guests include author Joseph McGill Jr., Code Switch co-host B.A. Parker and opinion columnist Charles Blow.

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Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
1K Ratings

1K Ratings

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Love this show!!

It’s like a distillation of the greatest ideas from around the world into a beautiful narrative. I’ve been listening to this since like 2016. Of course, some episodes are better than others, but there’s some real gems in here to get you thinking. The hosts and the whole team are great!

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Why?!?

This was a 5 star podcast under guy. Was truly about ideas and technology. It is now a 2-3 star podcast that shamelessly tries to force agenda politics far more often then it introduces new ideas.

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Not as good as it was

For me this podcast isn’t as interesting since Manoush took over from Guy as host. The show has far less “hard” science and tech topics, and a lot more “soft” science - sociology, psychology and the like. A lot of the topics or approaches to topics don’t even seem to fit into the Technology/Entertainment/Design scope of TED talks. If soft science is your thing you’ll be happy, otherwise you’ll skip a lot of episodes.

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