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Every weekday, TED Talks Daily brings you the latest talks in audio. Join host and journalist Elise Hu for thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable — from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and everything in between — given by the world's leading thinkers and creators. With TED Talks Daily, find some space in your day to change your perspectives, ignite your curiosity, and learn something new.

Quick coffee break inspiration

Up to 10 minutes
The beautiful paradoxes of a multicultural identity | Farhad Mohit
The innovators building Africa's thriving tech scene | Peace Itimi
The unsung heroes putting climate solutions into practice | Aline Sousa
The ancient origins of the Olympics | Armand D'Angour
The satellite helping slow climate change — right now | Millie Chu Baird
Bravery, brilliance and RuPaul Charles | On the Spot
Why great leaders take humor seriously | Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas
Why you should disappoint your parents | Desiree Akhavan
A new national park to reclaim Indigenous land | Tracie Revis
A comedian's take on how to save democracy | Jordan Klepper
The relationship between sex and imagination | Gina Gutierrez
AI and the paradox of self-replacing workers
How poop turns into forests | Ludmila Rattis
The Herds, a vast act of theater to spark climate action | Amir Nizar Zuabi
What if a simple blood test could detect cancer? | Hani Goodarzi
Could AI give you X-ray vision? | Tara Boroushaki
Can a simple brick be the next great battery? | John O'Donnell
Fight for justice — even if you don't live to see it | Golriz Lucina
The vital data you flush down the toilet | Newsha Ghaeli
What's your leadership language? | Rosita Najmi
Life is hard. Art helps | Liana Finck
Time is running out on climate change. The metaverse could help | Cedrik Neike
An economy powered by sun and wind — it's almost here | Kala Constantino
The unexpected way spirituality connects to climate change | Gopal D. Patel
Photographing nature beyond the limits of human perception | Doris Mitsch
The powerful possibilities of recycling the world's batteries | Emma Nehrenheim
Unions for climate action! | Payton M. Wilkins
The tech we need to fight workplace ageism | Piyachart Phiromswad
We actually have a shot at stopping the climate crisis | Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
How to fix fashion and protect the planet | Amy Powney
10 lessons I learned from being a nerd | Jordan Dinwiddie
CRISPR's next advance is bigger than you think | Jennifer Doudna
The simple solution to fast fashion | Josephine Philips
How to supercharge renewables and energize the world | Rebecca Collyer
Our creative relationship with AI is just beginning | K Allado-McDowell
Why rivals are working together to transform shipping | Bo Cerup-Simonsen
The first-ever cargo ship powered by green fuel | Morten Bo Christiansen

While preparing your breakfast

Up to 15 minutes
Will the end of economic growth come by design — or disaster? | Gaya Herrington
Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do | Gus Worland
The magical, mesmerizing migration of monarch butterflies | Jaime Rojo
What’s next for immersive storytelling? | Mark Grimmer
The otters of Singapore — and other unexpected wildlife thriving in cities | Philip Johns
The hidden forces behind your food choices | Sarah Lake
The power of personalization in the age of AI | Mark Abraham
Everything is improvisation — including this TED Talk | Reggie Watts
How quadratic funding could finance your dreams | Kevin Owocki
Can AI preserve your most precious memories? | Pau Aleikum Garcia
The sweet future of vertical farming | Hiroki Koga
How to make your cat happier — in 3 minutes | Nicky Trevorrow
Capitalism broke the climate. Now it can fix it | Akshat Rathi
How testosterone and culture shape behavior | Carole K. Hooven
The invisible networks shaping your everyday life | Deb Chachra
How to disagree with respect — not hate | Spencer J. Cox
Why isn't the climate movement voting? | Nathaniel Stinnett
A firework ladder to the sky — and the magic of explosive art | Cai Guo-Qiang
The secret force for limitless energy? Lasers | Tammy Ma
How buildings can improve life — inside and out | Doris Sung
What to do when you offend someone | Lambers Fisher
How to claim your leadership power | Michael Timms
Quantum computers aren’t what you think — they’re cooler | Hartmut Neven
3 ideas for communicating across the political divide | Isaac Saul
Why you should talk about your anxiety at work | Adam Whybrew
Why AI needs a "nutrition label" | Kasia Chmielinski
Entertainment is getting an AI upgrade | Kylan Gibbs
12 predictions for the future of technology | Vinod Khosla
Why broken hearts hurt — and what heals them | Yoram Yovell
Your right to repair AI systems | Rumman Chowdhury
The difference between false empathy and true support | Chezare A. Warren
An optimist's take on reskilling in the age of AI | Sagar Goel
How fantasy worlds can spark real change | Annalee Newitz
The science of lifespan — and the impact of your five senses | Christi Gendron
The US has a teacher shortage — here's how to fix it | Randy Seriguchi Jr.
An updated action plan for solving the climate crisis — and a look at progress to date | Ryan Panchadsaram, Anjali Grover and David Biello
How to govern AI — even if it's hard to predict | Helen Toner
The secret ingredient of business success | Pete Stavros
How to live with fire | Oral McGuire
The art of persuasive storytelling | Kelly D. Parker
What you can do to stop economic crime | Hanjo Seibert
How to find joy in climate action | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look | Anil Ananthaswamy
Can AI catch criminals at sea? | Dyhia Belhabib
What happens to sex in midlife? A look at the "bedroom gap" | Maria Sophocles
A futuristic vision for Latin America, rooted in ancient design | Catalina Lotero
The human cost of coal mining in China | Xiaojun "Tom" Wang
How to live with economic doomsaying | Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak
Let your garden grow wild | Rebecca McMackin
Why don't we have better robots yet? | Ken Goldberg
3 steps to better connect with your fellow humans | Amber Cabral
The benefits of not being a jerk to yourself | Dan Harris
How business leaders can renew democracy | Daniella Ballou-Aares
How to choose clothes for longevity, not the landfill | Diarra Bousso
How business can improve the world, not just the bottom line | Esha Chhabra
The billion-dollar problem in education | Tanishia Lavette Williams
How AI and democracy can fix each other | Divya Siddarth
A meditation on Rumi and the power of poetry | Leili Anvar
What's the point of digital fashion? | Karinna Grant
How clicking a single link can cost millions | Ryan Pullen
The 5 tenets of turning pain into power | Christine Schuler Deschryver
Can nanoparticles help fight hunger? | Christy L. Haynes
Is climate change slowing down the ocean? | Susan Lozier
How to design for dignity during times of war | Slava Balbek
What makes someone vote against their political party? | Sarah Longwell
A reframing of masculinity, rooted in empathy | Gary Barker
What if advertising was honest? | Sylvester Chauke
Let curiosity lead | Yara Shahidi
AI's single point of failure | Rob Toews
What happens when we deny people abortions? | Diana Greene Foster
Don't be a jerk to your barista — and other thoughts on frontline work | Adriann Negreros
Why you should embrace mediocrity | Crispin Thurlow
How to keep AI under control | Max Tegmark
Why businesses need a dreamer's magic and a doer's realism | Beth Viner
When AI can fake reality, who can you trust? | Sam Gregory
My mission to change the narrative of mental health | Glenn Close
Why AI will spark exponential economic growth | Cathie Wood
What happens as we die? | Kathryn Mannix
How to build a global pro-democracy movement | Yordanos Eyoel
How acts of kindness sparked a global movement | Asha Curran
Why helping people makes you happy | Asha Curran
How stress drains your brain — and what to do about it | Nicole Byers
What will happen to marketing in the age of AI? | Jessica Apotheker
The dark side of competition in AI | Liv Boeree
How to find humor in life's absurdity | Maira Kalman
How to stop the next pandemic? Stop deforestation | Neil Vora
Democracy works — we just need better leaders | Lindiwe Mazibuko
A playbook on financing climate solutions | Nili Gilbert and David Blood
A playbook for financing climate solutions | Nili Gilbert and David Blood
The science behind how sickness shapes your mood | Keely Muscatell
How to harness abundant, clean energy for 10 billion people | Julio Friedmann
Can we hack photosynthesis to feed the world? | Steve Long
Life on the frontlines of war reporting | Jane Ferguson
A case for a new Great Migration in the US | Charles M. Blow
The case for a new Great Migration in the US | Charles M. Blow
How gratitude rewires your brain | Christina Costa
Why you shouldn't trust boredom | Kevin H. Gary
Are you really as good at something as you think? | Robin Kramer
The exciting, perilous journey toward AGI | Ilya Sutskever
Meet methane, the invisible climate villain | Marcelo Mena
The secret perks of driving electric | Cynthia Williams
A case for color blindness | Coleman Hughes
The real gold of our economy is in our hands | Salvatore Cali
Why you should ditch deadly fossil-fuel appliances | Donnel Baird
Artificial skin? We made it — here's why | Anna Maria Coclite
It's time to rethink the role of First Lady | Irina Karamanos Adrian
How tech can help create the world we want | Ruha Benjamin
Is technology our savior — or our slayer? | Ruha Benjamin
Regenerative living can restore a broken world | Paul Hawken
Regeneration can restore a broken world | Paul Hawken
AI is dangerous, but not for the reasons you think | Sasha Luccioni
My quest to end the horror of gun violence in the US | Lucy McBath
A simple way to inspire your team | David Burkus
How to make learning as addictive as social media | Luis von Ahn
A cleaner world could start in a rice field | Jim Whitaker and Jessica Whitaker Allen
The ordinary people doing extraordinary things in Ukraine | Oleksandra Matviichuk
The joy of learning random things on Wikipedia | Annie Rauwerda
Let's reframe cancel culture | Sarah Jones
To support people at work, focus on needs — not identity | Gabrielle Novacek
What does "wealth" mean to you? | Aisha Nyandoro
Lessons from my father, Alexey Navalny | Dasha Navalnaya
3 practices for wisdom and wholeness | Krista Tippett
Work has changed. Why haven't resumes? | Nicos Marcou
The Encyclopedia of Invisibility — a home for lost stories | Tavares Strachan
The truth about human population decline | Jennifer D. Sciubba
This country runs on 98 percent renewable energy | Ramón Méndez Galain
The world's rarest diseases — and how they impact everyone | Anna Greka
Why I gave my teenage daughter a vibrator | Robin Buckley
How I found myself -- by impersonating other people | Melissa Villaseñor
Are we the last generation -- or the first sustainable one? | Hannah Ritchie
Can AI help solve the climate crisis? | Sims Witherspoon
Can the US and China take on climate change together? | Changhua Wu
An extreme weather report from America's weatherman | Al Roker
The single most important parenting strategy | Becky Kennedy
Birds aren't real? How a conspiracy takes flight | Peter McIndoe
Does more freedom at work mean more fulfillment? | Sarah Aviram
Why you should stop setting goals (yes, really) | Emmanuel Acho
The dream of digital ownership, powered by the metaverse | Yat Siu

While enjoying a cup of tea

Up to 20 minutes
How to fight (and win) an information war | Peter Pomerantsev
How regenerative agriculture brings life back to the land | Gabe Brown
The case for good jobs — and why they're good for business too | Zeynep Ton
Want to get ahead at work? Risk the awkward moments | Henna Pryor
The secret to finding your ideal workplace | Marion Campan
What's possible when the arts belong to everybody | Lear deBessonet with Brian Stokes Mitchell
My search for proof aliens exist | Avi Loeb
How farmworkers are fighting extreme heat | Jon Esformes and Gerardo Reyes Chávez
How to spot authoritarianism — and choose democracy | Ian Bassin
Even healthy couples fight — the difference is how | Julie and John Gottman
What DEI gets wrong — and how to do it right | Paolo Gaudiano
How to use venture capital for good | Freada Kapor Klein
A snack’s journey from the farm to your mouth | Aruna Rangachar Pohl
My quest to cure prion disease — before it's too late | Sonia Vallabh
Sunday Pick: Why people and AI make good business partners
Is your partner "the one?" Wrong question | George Blair-West
How the US is destroying young people's future | Scott Galloway
The weird and wonderful art of Niceaunties | Niceaunties
A Palestinian and an Israeli, face to face | Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon
How to spot a cult | Sarah Edmondson
Want to succeed in business? Find a problem to solve | Anthony Tan and Amane Dannouni
5 lessons on happiness — from pop fame to poisonous snakes | Mike Posner
How to lead with radical candor | Kim Scott
How to bridge political divides — from two friends on opposing sides | Samar Ali and Clint Brewer
6 tips on being a successful entrepreneur | John Mullins
Advice for leaders on creating a culture of belonging | Melonie D. Parker
Mind, body, spirit (part 1) | TED Radio Hour
The transformative potential of AGI — and when it might arrive | Shane Legg and Chris Anderson
Life lessons from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 | Benjamin Zander
A crash course in making political change | Katie Fahey
The power of unconventional thinking | David McWilliams
How to solve the world's biggest problems | Natalie Cargill
How to take the BS out of business speak | Bob Wiltfong
How to hack your brain when you're in pain | Amy Baxter
How "digital twins" could help us predict the future | Karen Willcox

Nice duration for a walk

Up to 30 minutes
A medical mythbuster's mission to improve health care | Joel Bervell
The probe on a mission to touch the Sun | Nour E. Rawafi
Break the bad news bubble (Part 1) | Angus Hervey
TED Intersections: An actor and a neuroscientist answer: What makes you "you"? | Yara Shahidi and Anil Seth
Sunday Pick: Mexico City
A second chance for fathers to connect with their kids | Charles C. Daniels, Jr.
Be courageous! A call to speak up for what you believe | Bari Weiss
What is an AI anyway? | Mustafa Suleyman
Ideas change everything — and what's next for TED | Chris Anderson and Monique Ruff-Bell
Sunday Pick: The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain
What it's like to find your birth parent | Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
How business can drive solutions to social problems | Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor
You don't actually know what your future self wants | TED Business

On your way to work

Up to 45 minutes
Sunday Pick: Unsolicited Advice: Why is Amazon dragging its employees back into the office?
How to come together in a meaningful way | Priya Parker
Sunday Pick: How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear
TED Talks Daily Book Club: Come Together | Emily Nagoski
Sunday Pick: How much water do you actually need a day?
Can America come together after the Trump assassination attempt? | Ian Bremmer
Sunday Pick: Fixable Live - A conversation with Scott Galloway
Sunday Pick: What really went down at OpenAI and the future of regulation w/ Helen Toner
Sunday Pick: The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks
Sunday Pick: ALOK is microdosing creativity and rejecting norms
TED's Sunday Pick: The Spermageddon is coming
How to find creativity and purpose in the face of adversity | Suleika Jaouad
The artists re-framing Chicago | Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala
Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly on reframing the stories we tell | ReThinking with Adam Grant
An Israeli and a Palestinian talk peace, dignity and safety | Ali Abu Awwad and Ami Dar
The science of happiness with Laurie Santos | How to Be a Better Human
When Biden met Xi (and what's going on with the US and China) | Ian Bremmer
How comedy helps us deal with hard truths | Roy Wood Jr.
How to stop finding your self-worth through your job | How to Be a Better Human
How to self-promote without shame | Fixable
Why meetings suck and how to fix them | WorkLife with Adam Grant
How labor unions create worker power | How to Be a Better Human

Perfect for a gym session

Up to 60 minutes
Why creativity thrives on challenges | Jon M. Chu
Harris vs. Trump — and what’s at stake for the world | Ian Bremmer
Sunday Pick: The UN is speaking up about AI — here's what they're saying
Sunday Pick: Vibe Check with Elise Hu
The Olympic spirit — and how you can tap into it | Allyson Felix
Why young people are worse off than their parents — and what to do about it | Scott Galloway and Chris Anderson
Sunday Pick: How Bill Gates spends $9 billion a year
TED is 40 — here's how it all started | Chris Anderson and Richard Saul Wurman
TED Explores: A New Climate Vision | TED Countdown
ChatGPT did not title this podcast | ReThinking with Adam Grant
The Israel-Hamas war — and what it means for the world | Ian Bremmer

While doing a deep cleaning

Up to 75 minutes
Sunday Pick: Design Matters with Carrie Brownstein
Rick Rubin | Design Matters with Debbie Millman