TED Radio Hour

The secrets in your baby's genes

Navigating uncertainty

Who counts as a significant other?

Who is really shaping the future of AI?

Manoush Zomorodi hosts an episode of NPR's TED Radio Hour focusing on the future of AI and the differing approaches of the United States and China. The episode features Alvin Wang Graylin, who discusses three potential paths for AI development: a dystopian "Elysium" future, a destructive "Mad Max" scenario, and an opti...

Soundtracks of our lives

Remembering a maestro through 'New World Symphony'

Finding your bliss

This episode of the TED Radio Hour, hosted by Manoush Zomorodi, explores ideas for finding grounding and peace of mind. It features interviews with Krista Tippett, host of "On Being," who discusses embracing uncertainty and "living the question" instead of seeking immediate answers, and Dan Harris, author of "10% Happi...

Decoding nature’s hidden patterns

The TED Radio Hour episode "Translating Nature" explores how researchers are using AI and other technologies to understand the natural world better. It features Sara Beery, an AI professor at MIT, discussing the potential of AI in ecological conservation, including the use of citizen science data and AI tools like Inqu...

How to repair your most important relationships

Repairing fragile relationships—whether with children, mortality, or the planet—requires vulnerability, accountability, and a shift in perspective. Clinical psychologist Dr. Becky Kennedy argues that parental repair after conflict is essential to prevent children from internalizing self-blame, emphasizing that parents ...

How the creator economy is making you talk like the internet

The price of creativity

Move fast...and fix democracy?

The great food rescue

The art of choosing what to do

Head of TED, Chris Anderson, on TED’s new chapter

Future You

This episode of the TED Radio Hour, titled "Future You," explores the complex relationship people have with their future selves and the challenges of planning for a future that is often difficult to envision. Manoush Zomorodi interviews psychologist Hal Hirshfield, who discusses his research showing that our brains per...

How companies use AI to choose who gets hired and fired

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

Approaches to life: Improvise, pivot or plan

The lab behind Waymo and Google Glass that wants to reshape your life