Soundtracks of our lives
From our favorite songs to our own voices, we're surrounded by sound all day. But how does all this noise affect our emotions and behavior? This hour,...
Remembering a maestro through 'New World Symphony'
Before his passing, conductor Robert Franz guided us through the first movement of Dvorák's "New World Symphony" using his four essential tools for li...
Finding your bliss
It's been a long, complicated year. This hour, TED speakers share ideas to help you get grounded, back on track, and even edge toward something like b...
Decoding nature’s hidden patterns
We can’t protect what we don’t understand. From decoding wolf howls to making sense of millions of citizen-science sightings, we explore the tools hel...
How to repair your most important relationships
It's never too late to make things right—even when cracks form within our relationships with our families, our environment...or the inevitable. This h...
How the creator economy is making you talk like the internet
Online linguist Adam Aleksic explains how he goes viral decoding internet slang. Plus, why making a living online means working for “the algorithm,” i...
The price of creativity
The words "content creator" may make you roll your eyes. But in part 1 of our series, Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler explains how the creator...
Move fast...and fix democracy?
It's easy to despair with another government shutdown. But this hour, three speakers argue that simple upgrades are key to restoring faith in the Amer...
The great food rescue
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 art of choosing what to do
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 infi...