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The digital detectives preserving the truth of war | Hadi Al Khatib
2026-11-14 · 42 min
A lot of today’s war footage is shot on phones and posted to platforms that were never meant to permanently store it. Digital archivist and TED Fellow Hadi Al Khatib founded Mnemonic to save these pho...
Could this ancient Greek idea make us better citizens? | Scott Reich
2026-11-13 · 12 min
More than 2,000 years ago in ancient Athens, young citizens were required to complete “ephebeia,” a two-year civic service program that taught them the laws of the city and how to defend their democra...
How we’ll actually ditch fossil fuels — by the numbers | Michael Liebreich
2026-11-12 · 15 min
Have you heard the clean energy transition is failing? Energy analyst Michael Liebreich says to look again. Using a four-line spreadsheet model of the global energy system, he shows why fossil fuels w...
How to repair harm — in relationships and nations | Aria Florant
2026-11-11 · 17 min
Aria Florant cofounded a nonprofit to help accelerate the reparations movement in the US … but less than a year in, her partnership with her own cofounder fell apart. Drawing on what brought the two o...
Your phone is disgusting. Here's how to clean it | Lotti Tajouri
2026-11-10 · 17 min
What’s dirtier: your phone or your hands? Molecular biologist Lotti Tajouri says there’s a gaping hole in our hygiene routine. We scrub our hands clean, then reach right for the phone — a warm, humid ...
How to rewire your brain — and find your flow | Heather Berlin
2026-11-09 · 17 min
When life gets uncertain, do you grip a little tighter? Neuroscientist Heather Berlin explores a surprising paradox: the harder you try to control everything, the more likely you are to get in your ow...
Sunday Pick: The science on improving your brain health with Dr. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai
2026-11-08 · 34 min
When does normal aging end and something more concerning begins? In this episode Shoshana invites neurologist Drs. Ayesha and Dean Sherzai to discuss their studies on Alzheimer’s and Dementia. They...
How to build the next wave of clean energy | Jennifer Granholm, Ryan Panchadsaram
2026-11-07 · 19 min
Jennifer Granholm steered Michigan through the auto industry's near-collapse and later ran the US Department of Energy during the largest clean energy investment in the country's history. In conversat...
The surprising beauty of mosquitos | Felix Hol
2026-11-06 · 32 min
Most people hate mosquitoes, but biotechnologist and TED Fellow Felix Hol thinks they're beautiful. He takes us inside his lab, where his team developed some unusual ways to study how these blood-s...
Why great art requires risk | Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Robert Vargas
2026-11-05 · 17 min
Alex Van Halen and David Lee Roth — two of the rock stars behind the legendary band Van Halen — sit down with visual artist Robert Vargas to reveal the two-step recipe for great art: do your homework,...

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