TED Radio Hour

Can curiosity save the wild?

How we experience time

Time perception functions as a subjective, malleable experience shaped by biology, environment, and cognitive focus. Artist Katie Paterson bridges human and cosmic scales by using sound to represent deep time, such as melting glaciers and lunar-transmitted music. Cognitive neuroscientist Irena Arslanova explains that i...

Have we forgotten how to play?

The shocking power of tiny things

The women missing from music

Life can be so awkward. Here's how to embrace the embarrassing

Big mysteries explained through your senses

What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change

Less guilt, more joy: A new chapter for climate action

The day the dinosaurs died

The Edelman Fossil Park and Museum in New Jersey offers a unique, accessible window into the catastrophic asteroid impact that ended the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago. Paleontologist Ken Lacovara explains how this site, once a fertilizer quarry, preserves a rare "death assemblage" that reveals the immediate, v...

How the creator economy is making you talk like the internet

The price of creativity

Trusting medicine in an age of doubt

Addiction, motherhood and Jesus with writer Anne Lamott

Rethinking addiction in the age of Ozempic

GLP-1 medications, originally developed for diabetes and weight loss, are emerging as potential tools for treating substance use disorders by acting as "moderation molecules." These drugs may modulate the brain's mesolimbic reward pathway, dampening dopamine spikes associated with cravings for alcohol, nicotine, and ot...

Searching for paradise

Tracking what your body needs

The state of fashion

Are we using screens as a scapegoat for teen mental health?

Sports psychology for everyday life