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Will climate change make your home uninsurable? | Amy Barnes
Insurance is the hidden engine that keeps the economy churning, but climate change is making home insurance unaffordable for many people, says climat…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
What it’s really like to win the lottery | Matt Pitcher
What happens when ordinary people win the lottery? Financial planner Matt Pitcher shares lessons from more than a decade of advising lotto winners, r…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How we got hooked on credit cards | from TED Talks Daily
Today, credit cards are a $500 billion-a-year industry. Banks consider these lines of credit when deciding whether or not to approve loans, incentivi…
5 months ago
What 2025 Taught Us—And Where 2026 Is Taking Us
What do foot massage parties, otters, and AI robot tutors have in common? To find out, tune into our special end-of-year conversation featuring the h…
5 months, 1 week ago
Stephen J. Dubner | from Design Matters
Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and co-creator of Freakonomics—the cultural phenomenon that, over the past 20 y…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Why we need to know our lives matter | Jennifer Wallace
It’s not enough to do important work — we need to know it truly matters, says journalist Jennifer Wallace. Drawing on her research into firefighters,…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Most countries fail at clean energy. Here’s how mine succeeded | Sebastián Kind
Energy expert Sebastián Kind helped Argentina go from virtually no renewable energy to generating nearly 40 percent of its electricity from wind and …
6 months ago
What sex, soap and alcohol taught me about making an impact | Myriam Sidibe
What if saving lives and growing a company went hand in hand? Public health expert Myriam Sidibe thinks many businesses are going about social impact…
6 months, 1 week ago
Tax the rich — and save the planet | from TED Talks Daily
Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo brings her data-driven precision to the climate crisis — and the numbers are damning. While world leaders …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Tech Solutions (#1): The affordable tech that will revolutionize farming (with Samir Ibrahim and Josephine Waweru)
When entrepreneur Samir Ibrahim asked farmers in Kenya what problem they most needed solved, the answer was simple: reliable access to water to irrig…
6 months, 3 weeks ago