TED Talks Daily

A sharp look at layoffs and the chaos they leave behind. The conversation explores why job cuts often point to leadership mistakes, how trust can start to be repaired with honest apologies, and why clear plans matter after uncertainty. It also digs into rebuilding morale, reshaping the future story, and supporting teams through the fallout.

Vivian Tu, a former Wall Street trader turned financial educator and entrepreneur, makes money talk feel way less intimidating. She dives into the three lessons she learned while broke. She explores why talking openly about money builds power. She highlights digital-first tools, generational knowledge, and why financial advice should actually fit modern life.

Virginia Santy, a design researcher focused on workplaces and cities for women, explores how everyday spaces still treat men as the default. She looks at offices built around women’s needs, from temperature and childcare to collaboration and belonging. She also imagines cities shaped by care work, transit realities and family life.

Jaime Rojo, a photographer and visual storyteller focused on wildlife and conservation, dives into the wonder of monarch butterflies. He explores their epic migration across North America. He spotlights the mystery of how they navigate back to Mexico. He also looks at the many threats along their route and the growing effort to protect their habitats.

Mike Albo, a comedian and writer known for sharp cultural commentary, turns a bank fraud call into a hilarious public unraveling. Strange charges spark a comic tour of groceries, wine, dating apps and late-night habits. Phones, surveillance and algorithms turn everyday purchases into an awkwardly intimate portrait.

In a world where design trends are quietly converging — same color palettes, same typography, same illustration styles — how do you make work that actually looks different? Designer and TED Fellow Lope Gutierrez-Ruiz distills his answer into three sharp, counterintuitive ideas, ticking through his studio's own funky creations to show how you can make things that stand out.Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jane Ferguson, an award-winning foreign correspondent and war reporter, shares what life is really like covering conflict. She talks about women claiming space on the frontlines. Syria marks a turning point in journalism. Afghanistan brings civilians, especially women, into focus. Ukraine and Iran show how war coverage became more human, intimate and emotionally immediate.

Amber Tamblyn, actor-author-poet, joins spoken-word educator Sarah Kay, scholar-poet Elizabeth Alexander, and downtown literary icon Eileen Myles. They reflect on language, identity, race, memory, performance, and creative discipline. There are stories of New York, slam poetry after 9/11, diaries becoming poems, and poetry as refuge, reinvention, and a way to translate daily life.

Rhonda Ross, a singer-songwriter, actress and mindset coach, joins Daniel Alexander Jones, a scholar, playwright and TED Fellow. They dig into emotional sovereignty, inner narratives and how thoughts shape feelings. They touch on grief, miscarriage, parenting panic, lineage, freedom and Ross’s music-based “songtras” for reshaping self-talk.

David Larbi, a poet and author known for reflective writing on emotion and resilience, shares a moving poem about finding joy in ordinary life. He explores simple pleasures, body awareness, pain alongside optimism, and why small moments of contentment can help us keep going.