Ted Talks Daily

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Want TED Talks on the go? Every weekday, 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.

Episodes

  • You don't have to be an expert to solve big problems | Tapiwa Chiwewe

    23/02/2018 Duration: 08min

    Driving in Johannesburg one day, Tapiwa Chiwewe noticed an enormous cloud of air pollution hanging over the city. He was curious and concerned but not an environmental expert -- so he did some research and discovered that nearly 14 percent of all deaths worldwide in 2012 were caused by household and ambient air pollution. With this knowledge and an urge to do something about it, Chiwewe and his colleagues developed a platform that uncovers trends in pollution and helps city planners make better decisions. "Sometimes just one fresh perspective, one new skill set, can make the conditions right for something remarkable to happen," Chiwewe says. "But you need to be bold enough to try." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Refugees want empowerment, not handouts | Robert Hakiza

    22/02/2018 Duration: 06min

    The prevailing image of where refugees live is of temporary camps in isolated areas -- but in reality, nearly 60 percent of them worldwide end up in urban areas. TED Fellow Robert Hakiza takes us inside the lives of urban refugees -- and shows us how organizations like the one that he started can provide them with the skills they need to ultimately become self-sufficient. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • How to have a healthier, positive relationship to sex | Tiffany Kagure Mugo and Siphumeze Khundayi

    22/02/2018 Duration: 11min

    From our fear of women's bodies to our sheepishness around the word "nipple," our ideas about sex need an upgrade, say sex educators (and hilarious women) Tiffany Kagure Mugo and Siphumeze Khundayi. For a radical new take on sex positivity, the duo take the TED stage to suggest we look to Africa for erotic wisdom both ancient and modern, showing us how we can shake off problematic ideas about sex we've internalized and re-define pleasure on our own terms. (This talk contains mature content.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • A life-saving invention that prevents human stampedes | Nilay Kulkarni

    21/02/2018 Duration: 07min

    Every three years, more than 30 million Hindu worshippers gather for the Kumbh Mela in India, the world's largest religious gathering, in order to wash away their sins. With massive crowds descending on small cities and towns, stampedes inevitably happen, and in 2003, 39 people were killed during the festival. In 2014, then 15-year-old Nilay Kulkarni decided to put his skills as a self-taught programmer to use by building a tech solution to help prevent stampedes. Learn more about his invention -- and how it helped the 2015 Nashik Kumbh Mela have zero stampedes and casualties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • How we can build AI to help humans, not hurt us | Margaret Mitchell

    20/02/2018 Duration: 09min

    As a research scientist at Google, Margaret Mitchell helps develop computers that can communicate about what they see and understand. She tells a cautionary tale about the gaps, blind spots and biases we subconsciously encode into AI -- and asks us to consider what the technology we create today will mean for tomorrow. "All that we see now is a snapshot in the evolution of artificial intelligence," Mitchell says. "If we want AI to evolve in a way that helps humans, then we need to define the goals and strategies that enable that path now." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • How (and why) Russia hacked the US election | Laura Galante

    19/02/2018 Duration: 09min

    Hacking, fake news, information bubbles ... all these and more have become part of the vernacular in recent years. But as cyberspace analyst Laura Galante describes in this alarming talk, the real target of anyone looking to influence geopolitics is dastardly simple: it's you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • The secret to great opportunities? The person you haven't met yet | Tanya Menon

    16/02/2018 Duration: 14min

    We often find ourselves stuck in narrow social circles with similar people. What habits confine us, and how can we break them? Organizational psychologist Tanya Menon considers how we can be more intentional about expanding our social universes -- and how it can lead to new ideas and opportunities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • 3 creative ways to fix fashion's waste problem | Amit Kalra

    15/02/2018 Duration: 09min

    What happens to the clothes we don't buy? You might think that last season's coats, trousers and turtlenecks end up being put to use, but most of it (nearly 13 million tons each year in the United States alone) ends up in landfills. Fashion has a waste problem, and Amit Kalra wants to fix it. He shares some creative ways the industry can evolve to be more conscientious about the environment -- and gain a competitive advantage at the same time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Fashion that celebrates African strength and spirit | Wale Oyejide

    15/02/2018 Duration: 04min

    "To be African is to be inspired by culture and to be filled with undying hope for the future," says designer and TED Fellow Walé Oyéjidé. With his label Ikiré Jones (you'll see their work in Marvel's "Black Panther"), he uses classic design to showcase the elegance and grace of often-marginalized groups, in beautifully cut clothing that tells a story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • The virginity fraud | Nina Dølvik Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl

    13/02/2018 Duration: 11min

    The hymen is still the most misunderstood part of the female body. Nina Dølvik Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl share their mission to empower young people through better sex education, debunking the popular (and harmful) myths we're told about female virginity and the hymen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Capitalism isn't an ideology -- it's an operating system | Bhu Srinivasan

    12/02/2018 Duration: 06min

    Bhu Srinivasan researches the intersection of capitalism and technological progress. Instead of thinking about capitalism as a firm, unchanging ideology, he suggests that we should think of it as an operating system -- one that needs upgrades to keep up with innovation, like the impending take-off of drone delivery services. Learn more about the past and future of the free market (and a potential coming identity crisis for the United States' version of capitalism) with this quick, forward-thinking talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • How protest is redefining democracy around the world | Zachariah Mampilly

    08/02/2018 Duration: 10min

    The democratic process is messy, complicated and often inefficient -- but across Africa, activists are redefining democracy by putting protest at its center. In an illuminating talk, political scientist Zachariah Mampilly gives us a primer on the current wave of protests reshaping countries like Tunisia, Malawi and Zimbabwe -- and explains how this form of political dissension expands our political imaginations beyond what we're told is possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This company pays kids to do their math homework | Mohamad Jebara

    08/02/2018 Duration: 13min

    Mohamad Jebara loves mathematics -- but he's concerned that too many students grow up thinking that this beautiful, rewarding subject is difficult and boring. His company is experimenting with a bold idea: paying students for completing weekly math homework. He explores the ethics of this model and how it's helping students -- and why learning math is crucial in the era of fake news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • How architecture can create dignity for all | John Cary

    07/02/2018 Duration: 13min

    If architect and writer John Cary has his way, women will never need to stand in pointlessly long bathroom lines again. Lines like these are representative of a more serious issue, Cary says: the lack of diversity in design that leads to thoughtless, compassionless spaces. Design has a unique ability to dignify and make people feel valued, respected, honored and seen -- but the flip side is also true. Cary calls for architects and designers to expand their ranks and commit to serving the public good, not just the privileged few. "Well-designed spaces are not just a matter of taste or a questions of aesthetics," he says. "They literally shape our ideas about who we are in the world and what we deserve." And we all deserve better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • How we can help hungry kids, one text at a time | Su Kahumbu

    06/02/2018 Duration: 07min

    Su Kahumbu raises badass cows -- healthy, well-fed animals whose protein is key to solving a growing crisis in Africa: childhood nutritional stunting. With iCow, a simple SMS service she developed to support small-scale livestock farmers, the TED Fellow is helping farmers across the continent by texting them tips on caring for and raising animals. Learn more about how this cheap innovation is helping feed hungry kids, one text at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • This deep-sea mystery is changing our understanding of life | Karen Lloyd

    06/02/2018 Duration: 13min

    How deep into the Earth can we go and still find life? Marine microbiologist Karen Lloyd introduces us to deep-subsurface microbes: tiny organisms that live buried meters deep in ocean mud and have been on Earth since way before animals. Learn more about these mysterious microbes, which refuse to grow in the lab and seem to have a fundamentally different relationship with time and energy than we do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism | Stuart Duncan

    02/02/2018 Duration: 10min

    The internet can be an ugly place, but you won't find bullies or trolls on Stuart Duncan's Minecraft server, AutCraft. Designed for children with autism and their families, AutCraft creates a safe online environment for play and self-expression for kids who sometimes behave a bit differently than their peers (and who might be singled out elsewhere). Learn more about one of the best places on the internet is this heart-warming talk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • How I earned a law diploma while on death row | Peter Ouko

    02/02/2018 Duration: 08min

    Peter Ouko spent 18 years in Kamiti Prison in Kenya, sometimes locked up in a cell with 13 other grown men for 23 and a half hours a day. In a moving talk, he tells the story of how he was freed -- and his current mission with the African Prisons Project: to set up the first law school behind bars and empower people in prison to drive positive change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • How we can use space technology to improve life on Earth | Danielle Wood

    01/02/2018 Duration: 10min

    Danielle Wood leads the Space Enabled research group at the MIT Media Lab, where she works to tear down the barriers that limit the benefits of space exploration to only the few, the rich or the elite. She identifies six technologies developed for space exploration that can contribute to sustainable development across the world -- from observation satellites that provide information to aid organizations to medical research on microgravity that can be used to improve health care on Earth. "Space truly is useful for sustainable development for the benefit of all peoples," Wood says. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • Black life at the intersection of birth and death | Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

    01/02/2018 Duration: 07min

    "It is the artist's job to unearth stories that people try to bury with shovels of complacency and time," says poet and freedom fighter Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa. Performing her poem "The Joys of Motherhood," Katwiwa explores the experience of Black mothers in America and discusses the impact of the Movement for Black Lives -- because, she says, it's impossible to separate the two. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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