The 10 Best TED Talks Daily Podcast Episodes
1) "Everything happens for a reason" -- and other lies I've loved | Kate Bowler
In life's toughest moments, how do you go on living? Kate Bowler has been exploring this question ever since she was diagnosed with stage IV cancer at age 35. In a profound, heartbreaking and unexpect...Show More
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Good reminder that life isn’t a calculation and things don’t “happen for a reason”. Good things don’t necessarily happen to good people nor ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) What if a US presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election? | Van Jones
If the 2020 US presidential election is close, the race could drag on in the courts and halls of Congress long after ballots are cast, says lawyer and political commentator Van Jones. Explaining why t...Show More
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Talk about premonition
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) How gratitude rewires your brain | Christina Costa
When a psychologist who studies well-being ends up with a brain tumor, what happens when she puts her own research into practice? Christina Costa goes beyond the "fight" narrative of cancer -- or any ...Show More
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Why we should practice gratitude instead of trying to be a "fighter" in life.
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Why can't we talk about periods? | Jen Gunter
"It shouldn't be an act of feminism to know how your body works," says gynecologist and author Jen Gunter. In this revelatory talk, she explains how menstrual shame silences and represses -- and leads...Show More
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“I used to have to buy my menstrual products in the feminine hygiene aisle. So why don’t we buy toilet paper in the anal hygiene aisle?!?” ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Super speed, magnetic levitation and the vision behind the hyperloop | Josh Giegel
What if your hour-long commute was reduced to just minutes? That's the promise of the hyperloop: a transit system designed around a pod that zooms through a vacuum-sealed space (roughly the size of a ...Show More
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Interesting argument for the hyperloop. If you think about it, it's quite crazy how we hurl ourselves in tubes in the air and don't think mu...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) How the magic of kindness helped me survive the Holocaust | Werner Reich
Holocaust survivor Werner Reich recounts his harrowing adolescence as a prisoner transported between concentration camps -- and shares how a small, kind act can inspire a lifetime of compassion. "If y...Show More
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Because kindness is magical and lasts a lifetime!
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) The difference between healthy and unhealthy love | Katie Hood
In a talk about understanding and practicing the art of healthy relationships, Katie Hood reveals the five signs you might be in an unhealthy relationship -- with a romantic partner, a friend, a famil...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) The actual cost of preventing climate breakdown | Yuval Noah Harari
Nobody really knows how much it would cost to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Yet historian Yuval Noah Harari's analysis, based on the work of scientists and economists, indicates that huma...Show More
9) Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022 | Elon Musk
In this live, unedited conversation, Elon Musk -- the head of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company -- digs into the recent news around his bid to purchase Twitter and gets honest about the ...Show More
10) How to stop languishing and start finding flow | Adam Grant
Have you found yourself staying up late, joylessly bingeing TV shows and doomscrolling through the news, or simply navigating your day uninspired and aimless? Chances are you're languishing, says orga...Show More
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