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  • The great food rescue

    The great food rescue
    Oct 24 2025
    The average American household throws away $200 of food each month. How can we get more food onto plates and less into landfills? This hour, changing the food system, from the farm to your kitchen. Guests include food waste expert Dana Gunders, social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe-Houston, chef and sustainability activist Anthony Myint and behavioral scientist Jiaying Zhao.


    Original broadcast date: December 6, 2024.


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    50 min
  • The art of choosing what to do

    The art of choosing what to do
    Oct 17 2025
    The way we spend our hours defines our lives. This hour, TED speakers explore how we make choices about time, meaning and attention in a world of infinite options.

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    50 min
  • Head of TED, Chris Anderson, on TED’s new chapter

    Head of TED, Chris Anderson, on TED’s new chapter
    Oct 15 2025
    Based on the simple premise, "Ideas worth spreading," Chris Anderson spent the last 25 years turning the non-profit TED organization into a globally recognized media powerhouse. Now he's ready to announce a new chapter for TED, along with a new steward and visionary: Sal Khan.

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    16 min
  • Future You

    Future You
    Oct 10 2025
    Who will you be in 10 years? In 20 years? Envisioning how you will evolve is very hard. This hour, TED speakers share ideas on how to better plan for the future, while allowing for the unexpected.

    Original broadcast date: June 16, 2023

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    50 min
  • How companies use AI to choose who gets hired and fired

    How companies use AI to choose who gets hired and fired
    Oct 3 2025
    AI is reshaping the workplace, but at what cost? Journalist Hilke Schellmann reveals the flaws of algorithmic hiring and how workers can adapt to a world where machines decide who gets in the door.

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    50 min
  • What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change

    What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change
    Sep 26 2025
    Since childhood, Joshua Roman's life revolved around the cello. But when long COVID forced him to set his cello aside, he had to rethink his approach to life, faith and music.

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    50 min
  • Approaches to life: Improvise, pivot or plan

    Approaches to life: Improvise, pivot or plan
    Sep 19 2025
    Big life decisions are never easy. Should you follow a plan? Make a hard pivot? Improvise as you go? This hour, TED speakers who’ve made extreme life choices and their advice for getting unstuck. Guests include comedian and musician Reggie Watts, biomedical researcher Sonia Vallabh and conservationist Kristine McDivitt Tompkins.

    Original broadcast date: October 18, 2024

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    50 min
  • The lab behind Waymo and Google Glass that wants to reshape your life

    The lab behind Waymo and Google Glass that wants to reshape your life
    Sep 12 2025
    The moonshot factory X is home to some of Silicon Valley's boldest inventions. CEO Astro Teller reveals how the secretive lab tests crazy ideas that can change the world... even when they fail.

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    51 min