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Episodes
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Susan Pinker: What Makes Social Connection So Vital To Our Well-Being?
Psychologist Susan Pinker explains why face-to-face connection is a human necessity. But during this period of isolation, she says some ways of connecting online are better substitutes than others.
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Helen Walters: Ideas That Bring Us Joy
More than ever, we need to make time for joy. This hour, Manoush and TED's Head Curator Helen Walters explore talks that surprise, inspire, and delight.
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Postcards From The Pandemic: Pico Iyer
Over the past weeks, we've been reaching out to TED speakers to ask how their lives have changed since COVID-19. On this episode, we hear from writer Pico Iyer, at his home in Nara, Japan.
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Anupam Jena: What Are Some Less Obvious Ways COVID-19 Could Change Our Lives?
Anupam Jena has made a practice of looking at big data and natural experiments to ask questions others overlook. He describes how the COVID-19 pandemic could have several unexpected consequences.
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Daniel Streicker: What If We Could Stop A Virus At Its Animal Source?
MERS, Ebola, and COVID-19—the viruses that cause these diseases likely have the same patient zero: bats. For researcher Daniel Streicker, the key to preventing an outbreak is the bats themselves.
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Postcards From The Pandemic
Over the past weeks, most us have had to adapt to a new normal. We reached out to a few TED speakers to ask how their lives have changed and what they're thinking about these days.
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Heidi Larson: Why Is Trust In Vaccines Just As Important As Vaccines Themselves?
In 2003, polio reemerged in twenty countries that had long been declared polio-free. Anthropologist Heidi Larson says to stop the spread of disease, we need to first build trust in vaccines.
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Laura Spinney: What Does The 1918 Flu Teach Us About Our Response To Pandemics?
A century after the 1918 flu, we see similar patterns in the ways we're responding to COVID-19. Laura Spinney reflects on the Spanish flu and how societies learn to move forward after pandemics.
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Jacqueline Woodson: What Is The Hidden Power Of Slow Reading?
Novelist Jacqueline Woodson is a slow reader. Taking her time lets her savor each word brings her closer to each story, and it lets her pay respect to her ancestors who weren't allowed to read.
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Liz Kleinrock: How Can We Broach Hard Conversations With Kids, From Race To COVID-19?
When one of Liz Kleinrock's fourth grade students made a cringeworthy comment about race, rather than change the subject, she chose to turn the moment into a teachable one—and start a conversation.
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Thomas Curran: How Can We Teach Kids To Accept Imperfection?
Many students feel unrelenting pressure to be... perfect. Social psychologist Thomas Curran warns that striving for perfectionism isn't just impossible—it's also dangerous to children's health.
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Richard Culatta: Can This Crisis Revolutionize The Way We Teach?
What does a global pandemic mean for our education system? Educator Richard Culatta discusses the ways we can teach for better humans virtually... and the opportunity this moment presents.