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• 2026-10-05 The secret to lasting love | Eli J Finkel Social psychologist Eli J. Finkel has spent decades studying what makes partnerships successful. In a practical talk drawing on lessons from pop culture, he explores why so many of us struggle to be true to ourselves in our relationships — and what th Transcript →
• 2026-10-04 Sunday Pick: All the lonely people | from Corner Piece From group chats to video calls, technology should make social connection easier than ever. So, why is everyone so lonely? In this special featured episode from the new TED podcast, Corner Piece, host Sabrina sets out to investigate the "loneliness epi Transcript →
• 2026-10-03 The joy of foraging your own food | Alexis Nikole Nelson There's a whole world of food growing right outside our doors — in our backyards, on sidewalks, in the parks we walk through every day — and most of us pass by it without a second glance. Alexis Nikole Nelson wants to change that. A self-described Transcript →
• 2026-10-02 Why we should design cities like Disney | Zach DeBoer Where you live shapes your relationships, your emotions and even how long you live, says community designer Zach DeBoer. After studying what a century of building cities around cars has done to downtowns in the US, he turned to lessons from some of the Transcript →
• 2026-10-01 Are your dealbreakers sabotaging your love life? | Amy Chan Relationship expert Amy Chan believes we're in a relationship recession, fueled by modern daters constantly looking for what could go wrong. But what if your dealbreakers are the very thing keeping you from finding love? In this relatable talk, she reve Transcript →
• 2026-09-30 AI and the end of loneliness | Paul Bloom AI companions may soon cure loneliness, says psychologist Paul Bloom: a gift for the isolated and the elderly, but a danger for the young, who need to experience the hard work of real relationships. So what happens to a generation raised on chatbots tha Transcript →
• 2026-09-29 How to break down barriers and not accept limits | Candace Parker What can't Candace Parker do? A two-time NCAA champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time WNBA champion, Parker knows what it takes to fight for your dreams. In this inspiring talk, she shares what she's learned during a career spent not accep Transcript →
• 2026-09-28 Why I’m building libraries inside prisons | Reginald Dwayne Betts At age 16, Reginald Dwayne Betts was sentenced to nine years in prison. He turned to books to help hold onto his sanity — and developed a belief that we find what we look for, even in the toughest places. Now a lawyer and poet, he's opened hundreds of Transcript →
• 2026-09-27 How to break through fear and become a leader | Valerie Montgomery Rice Vigilance. Grit. Resilience. Valerie Montgomery Rice, the president and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine, shares where she learned these key qualities of successful leadership, offering three lessons for anyone who wants to overcome their fears, stan Transcript →
• 2026-09-26 How to escape your obsession with productivity | Rebecca McMackin and Catherine Price Why are we so obsessed with productivity? Horticulturist Rebecca McMackin (who wants people to let their lawns grow wild) and author Catherine Price (who wrote a book about the power of fun) come together to discuss the relief of giving up control. From Transcript →
• 2026-09-25 I thought I was lazy. Turns out I had a sleep disorder | Lindsay Scola For more than two decades, sleep health educator Lindsay Scola attributed her never-ending exhaustion to long hours and demanding jobs. When she was diagnosed with narcolepsy, she finally got the wake-up call that transformed her life. In this rousing t Transcript →
• 2026-09-24 Inside the "play labs" helping refugee kids heal | Erum Mariam What does healing look like for a refugee child? That's the question educational leader Erum Mariam asked when her team built the humanitarian "play labs": small, welcoming spaces where children displaced from their homes can play and reconnect with wha Transcript →
• 2026-09-23 Why we blew up four dams — and saved a river | Amy Bowers Cordalis For thousands of years, the Klamath River in Northern California was home to one of the continent’s great salmon runs, creating abundance for the native Yurok Tribe … until a series of dams and a century of extraction nearly destroyed it. Indigenous Transcript →
• 2026-09-22 What makes a good game? | Eric Zimmerman What’s the best way to make a project more playful? Game designer Eric Zimmerman has a counterintuitive suggestion: a few good rules. Drawing on his experience making everything from video games and tabletop classics to museum-scale installations, he Transcript →
• 2026-09-21 How to clean up the world's dirtiest industry | Joojin Kim Climate strategist Joojin Kim spent years convincing banks across South Korea to stop funding coal, and it worked. Now he's aiming that same playbook at a new target: maritime shipping, a hidden engine of the global economy — and one of the world's di Transcript →
• 2026-09-20 The secret to mastering life's biggest transitions | Bruce Feiler How do you navigate life's growing number of transitions with meaning, purpose and skill? Writer Bruce Feiler offers a powerful way to handle uncertain, painful and confusing times -- or "lifequakes", as he calls them. Learn how to equip yourself with t Transcript →
• 2026-09-19 How tech will (and won't) replace your doctor | Zack Abbott and Dhruv Khullar There's more health advice available than ever before — and no easy way to tell what’s worth your time. From biotech breakthroughs to smarter cancer screening, physician Dhruv Khullar and microbiologist Zack Abbott examine what happens when science Transcript →
• 2026-09-18 How to make AI companies pay your energy bill | Ari Matusiak Climate expert Ari Matusiak spends his days working to rewire America's energy system, and he has an idea: instead of tech companies building new power plants for their AI data centers, they should invest in energy-efficient upgrades to your home. He la Transcript →
• 2026-09-17 How to use tech to outsmart dictators | Leopoldo López In seven years as a political prisoner in Venezuela, activist Leopoldo López kept asking one question: Who holds the keys to freedom? Now the leader of an alliance of dissidents and exiles from more than 60 countries, he makes the case that open-source Transcript →
• 2026-09-16 Campaigns spend millions to influence voters. This works better | Katie Paris Katie Paris quit her career in Washington, DC, to figure out how to make politics feel less like strangers shouting at each other and more like friends looking out for each other. In this practical talk, she reveals why conversations between real people Transcript →