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Sunday Pick: Pride 2025 with Carol Leifer, Sonya Passi, Paul Tazewell, Leisha Hailey, and Kate Moennig | from Design Matters

07.06.2026 • 00:44:48

In celebration of Pride Month, we’re revisiting conversations with accomplished LGBTQ+ guests—Carol Leifer, Paul Tazewell, Sonya Passi, Leisha Hailey,...

Inside Dubai's mission to build the city of the future | His Excellency Khalfan Belhoul, Whitney Pennington Rodgers

06.06.2026 • 00:14:50

What does it look like when a city becomes a laboratory for innovation? His Excellency Khalfan Belhoul, CEO of the Dubai Future Foundation, explains w...

Your invitation to become a philanthropist | Sara Lomelin (re-release)

05.06.2026 • 00:16:10

Philanthropy disruptor Sara Lomelin thinks communities can build power through collective giving, or what she calls “giving circles”: groups of people...

Why the best ideas come from play | Maxwell Pearce

04.06.2026 • 00:12:54

Coaches kept telling Maxwell Pearce to stick to the fundamentals. Good thing he didn't listen. A Harlem Globetrotter and artist, he went on to build a...

Why you should disappoint your parents | Desiree Akhavan (re-release)

03.06.2026 • 00:11:40

tid127921tid When filmmaker Desiree Akhavan told her Iranian immigrant parents she was in love with a woman, she knew they would object. She explains...

The love of my life (and why I need to share it with you) | Ann Patchett

02.06.2026 • 00:37:05

If you want to live in a world where people read, novelist Ann Patchett has news for you: it's your job to help create that reality. Tracing her path ...

How to escape the smartphone doom loop | Larz May, Elise Hu

01.06.2026 • 00:17:14

Larz May has spent a decade building digital wellness programs for young people, and she's discovered something quietly radical: the smartphone doom l...

Sunday Pick: Kristen Bell on delivering honesty with empathy | from ReThinking with Adam Grant

31.05.2026 • 00:42:41

On today's "Sunday Pick" on TED Talks Daily, we're bring you an episode from the TED Podcast ReThinking with Adam Grant. You probably know Kristen Bel...

The counterintuitive secret of leadership | Jessica Kriegel

30.05.2026 • 00:14:04

Control is an illusion — and the leaders who chase it are holding their teams back. Workplace culture expert Jessica Kriegel explores the tactic that ...

Why you should be a techno-skeptic | Jonathan Haidt

29.05.2026 • 00:21:04

Humans aren't just social — we're ultrasocial, wired like bees and ants for deep connection. So what happens when smartphones take over childhood, tab...