TED Talks Daily
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Want TED Talks on the go? Everyday, this feed brings you our latest talks in audio format. Hear thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable – from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and everything in between – given by the world's leading thinkers and doers. This collection of talks, given at TED and TEDx conferences around the globe, is also available in video format. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 3, 2026 • 43min
Sunday Pick: Are you feeling emotionally stuck? Here’s How to get past it (w/ Yowei Shaw) | from How to Be a Better Human
Yowei Shaw, an audio journalist and creator of Proxy, dives into emotional investigative journalism and why strangers can unlock feelings loved ones cannot. She explores friend breakups, layoff shame and the comfort of being understood. The conversation also looks at support groups, stand-in relationships and making space for messy emotions without blame.
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May 2, 2026 • 20min
How to invite creativity into your life | Rose B. Simpson, Debbie Millman
Rose B. Simpson, a Santa Clara Pueblo multidisciplinary artist and ceramic sculptor, explores creativity through silence, listening and transformation. She connects family traditions, self-reliance and everyday beauty. She also dives into lowrider culture, Indigenous aesthetics, animacy in sculpture and how art can shape daily life.
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May 1, 2026 • 17min
Why AI is unlikely to become conscious | Anil Seth
A neuroscientist tackles why people mistake convincing AI behavior for inner experience. The conversation explores the gap between intelligence and feeling, whether brain simulations could ever truly experience anything, and why consciousness may be tied to living bodies. It also looks at the social risks of treating humanlike machines as sentient.
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Apr 30, 2026 • 10min
Reimagining traditional architecture for modern needs | Riyad Joucka
Riyad Joucka, a Dubai-based architect and researcher, explores how homes can reflect culture, climate and identity. He gets into 3D printing, robotics and local materials. He revisits courtyards, wind catchers, mashrabiyas and majlis spaces. He also looks at modular housing that avoids cookie-cutter design.
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Apr 29, 2026 • 10min
The "hot shot rule" to help you become a better leader | Kat Cole (re-release)
Kat Cole, a business leader who rose from waitress to CEO, shares her “hot shot rule” for stepping into stronger leadership. She explores why confidence follows action. She talks about fighting complacency before problems hit. She also reflects on self-coaching, courage from her mother, and using quick decisive moves at work and in life.
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Apr 28, 2026 • 10min
You got what you wanted. Now what? | Debbie Millman
Over two decades of interviewing countless creative people, Debbie Millman (host of the iconic "Design Matters" podcast) had a realization: the pride and joy of accomplishing something often evaporates almost instantly. She explains how to stop chasing external validation for your achievements and instead live for the act of creation itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Apr 27, 2026 • 15min
How to google your symptoms without freaking out | John Whyte
John Whyte, a physician and former WebMD chief medical officer, digs into why symptom searches can send people spiraling. He explores cyberchondria, the dangers of partial advice, and how algorithms boost shaky health claims. He also looks at why medical context matters and how to better judge who to trust online.
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Apr 26, 2026 • 1h 12min
Sunday Pick: Min Jin Lee | from Design Matters
Min Jin Lee, novelist and journalist behind Pachinko and Free Food for Millionaires, reflects on immigrating from Korea to Queens and the toughness of working-class New York. She talks about faith and moral imagination, leaving corporate law for fiction, years of financial uncertainty, deep research, and why ordinary lives belong at the center of history.
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Apr 25, 2026 • 50min
What you discover when you really listen | Hrishikesh Hirway (re-release and interview)
Hrishikesh Hirway, musician, composer and creator of Song Exploder, explores the art of deep listening. He talks about conversations as layered spaces and how music can teach us to hear people better. Later, he opens up about his album In the Last Hour of Light, songwriting through grief, family history and vulnerability, and the making of “Things Change, Even Now.”
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Apr 24, 2026 • 20min
What Kosovo can teach the world about freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu
Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, Kosovo’s president and a jurist shaped by war, reflects on freedom under pressure. She explores how children of conflict can become leaders of peace. She shares Kosovo’s fight to defend democracy and moral courage in power rooms. She also warns how deepfakes and propaganda can threaten truth, and why shared humanity matters more than religious division.
