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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 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.
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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
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Addiction, Motherhood, and Jesus with writer Anne Lamott
Writer Anne Lamott has garnered a cult following with her shockingly honest prose on love, death, faith, writing and more. This hour, her wisdom from a career that has spanned 20 books and 40 years.
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This is a great podcast that tells amazing stories with beutiful sound design. Very inspirational.
TED Radio Hour
Frankly I regularly, repeatedly, find this podcast superb. It is a fantastically well curated show. In its blended combinations, even more powerful than the individual TED talks. The shows delight and inform me. They do their best to introduce and connect me to the evolving diaspora of humanity. They offer a rich trove of material for reflection and the appreciation of the lives of others. It allows me to delight in our differences and to relish a new (for me) oneness with others. The show gives me access to hear some amazing people. It educates me and gives me much more reason to be hopeful. Guy Raz is perhaps the ‘media’ voice I rate highest of any and I don’t say that lightly. His team of colleagues must be a skilled bunch and I’m (evidently)grateful for their work.
One of my favourites
I absolutely love these podcasts - they are eye-opening, intriguing, informative, and captivating. Love to listen to them on my commute home :)