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TED Radio Hour TED Radio Hour
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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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The most common time management mistakes and how to do better (TED Radio Hour+)
We're all figuring out how to best make use of our time. But a lot of hacks don't actually help us prioritize and focus. In this bonus episode, time management expert Laura Vanderkam shares her favorite strategies for making decisions with more intention, so you have time for the things that truly matter. Laura Vanderkam was featured in the episode "Flip the Script" (https://n.pr/4bfYu4L).
To get access to this and other bonus episodes, sign up for TED Radio Hour+. When you do, all your episodes also become sponsor-free. That's because you are directly supporting our work at NPR. Learn more at plus.npr.org/ted -
The Public Commons: Building public spaces that actually serve the public
Original broadcast date: July 23, 2021. How can we create public places that feel welcoming and safe for everyone? This hour, TED speakers examine our physical and digital spaces—how they run, who they serve, and how to make them better. Guests include community organizer Shari Davis, researcher Eli Pariser, Wikipedia Library founder Jake Orlowitz, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, and artist Matthew Mazzotta.
TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen to regular episodes (like this one!) without sponsors. Sign-up at plus.npr.org/ted.
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A psychologist's do's and don'ts for finding love online (TED Radio Hour+)
Dating apps give us the impression that our dating pool is endless--while simultaneously making us feel insecure. In this bonus episode, love expert and psychologist Ty Tashiro helps us keep things in perspective while we swipe. He shares advice from his book The Science of Happy Ever After about what to prioritize when searching for the right partner. He was featured in the episode "So Awkward." (https://n.pr/3xRyOgE) To get access to this and other bonus episodes, sign up for TED Radio Hour+. When you do, all your episodes also become sponsor-free. That's because you are directly supporting our work at NPR. Learn more at plus.npr.org/ted
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So Awkward: How to embrace the embarrassing
Forgetting a name, a poorly executed hug, the 7th grade — awkwardness is part of our lives whether we like it or not. But what if we put the embarrassment aside and embraced our awkward selves? Guests include social scientist Ty Tashiro, cartoonist Liana Finck, journalist Melissa Dahl and sex and relationship counselor Erin Chen.
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What's In A Face: How technology uses our faces
Original broadcast date: December 9, 2022. We think our faces are our own. But technology can use them to identify, influence and mimic us. This week, TED speakers explore the promise and peril of turning the human face into a digital tool. Guests include super recognizer Yenny Seo, Bloomberg columnist Parmy Olson, visual researcher Mike Seymour and investigative journalist Alison Killing.
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Writer Anne Lamott loves these books. And she thinks you will too. (TED Radio Hour+)
Bestselling author Anne Lamott has written 20 books in the past 40 years. But Lamott says she's first and foremost a reader. In this bonus episode for TED Radio Hour+, Lamott shares the books that have inspired her own work, books that opened her mind and ones she just couldn't put down. To get access to this and other bonus episodes, sign up for TED Radio Hour+. When you do, all your episodes also become sponsor-free. That's because you are directly supporting our work at NPR. Learn more at plus.npr.org/ted
Customer Reviews
Lots of “Ah-ha” Moments in Fantastic Conversations and Interviews
Every week or so, Manoush revisits a theme through conversations with various speakers from different TED talks.
I love how Manoush interviews them, never shying away from toufh questions but always personable and making us at ease, while uncovering fantastic ideas and revelations.
Great balance between conversational interviews, commentary and extracts from TED talks.
We’re not all a little autistic
As a low support needs autistic person, I am exhausted of hearing that “everyone is a little autistic.” They aren’t. You’re either autistic or you’re not, and if you are, you fall somewhere on the spectrum. So having a whole episode about “awkward” people that takes pains to point out that these people are nearly autistic except not is reinforcing this misconception. Add to that, having the episode point out how many amazing things these “nearly autistic” awkward people can do while making clear they aren’t autistic just reinforces that you don’t think autistic people are capable of the same. And guess what? A lot of us are. And a lot of the awkward people you are talking about are also probably auctually autistic. Do better.
Needs a change of direction
What happened to Technology Entertainment and Design. The original concept of the show was around these core concepts to grow and talk about scientific, cultural, political, humanitarian, and academic topics. Yet the majority of the time with this topic we only hear American societal issues. As a global listener this makes it harder to listen. I still subscribe in the off chance they do something that isn’t about race or gender in the United States but it feels more and more unlikely.