Podcast Episodes

The wonder of weightlifting | Jaime Seeman

With humor and hard science, obstetrician and gynecologist Jaime Seeman reveals why building muscle is one of the best ways to combat women’s top health risks. Learn the truth behind three weightlift…

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

The powerful promise of Earth’s harshest places | Lei Zhang

Clean energy visionary Lei Zhang loves the Gobi Desert — the most Mars-like place on Earth. Why? Because of the promise it holds to provide the free, abundant solar and wind energy to fuel humanity’s…

Published on 3 weeks ago

How ethics can help you make better decisions | Michael Schur (re-release)

What would Immanuel Kant say about a fender bender? In a surprisingly funny trip through the teachings of some of history's great philosophers, TV writer and producer Michael Schur (from hit shows li…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Sunday Pick: Ai Weiwei | Design Matters

Ai Weiwei joins to discuss his new memoir “1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows,” depicting a century-long epic tale of China told through a story of his family.

For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill…

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

How to make learning as addictive as social media | Luis von Ahn (re-release)

When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Life is hard. Art helps | Liana Finck (re-release)

Cartoonist Liana Finck's drawings hold our hands through life's predicaments, big and small: dating, breakups, what to make for dinner, how to leave a party without being rude, how to think about our…

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

How to recapture the joy of the early internet | Michael Sun

Before algorithms ruled our feeds, the internet was a mess — glitchy, chaotic and full of unexpected magic. Internet culture writer Michael Sun reflects on the wild digital world of the 2000s — and m…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

The blueprint for serving a million school lunches — every day | Wawira Njiru

With a genius combination of smart tech, local food and bold partnerships, Wawira Njiru and her nonprofit Food4Education have gone from serving 25 children in a makeshift kitchen to becoming a corner…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

The multidimensional magic of modern maps | Peter Wilczynski

Maps have long helped us understand the world — now, they can help us shape it. Digital cartographer Peter Wilczynski introduces the Living Globe: a real-time, data-rich digital twin of Earth that fu…

Published on 4 weeks ago

A small nation’s surprising solution to unemployment | James Mnyupe

How did a small, economically vulnerable country become a trailblazer in sustainable industry? Clean economy builder James Mnyupe explores how Namibia is teaming up with partners from around the worl…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago