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  • Soundtracks of our lives

    Soundtracks of our lives
    Dec 12 2025
    From our favorite songs to our own voices, we're surrounded by sound all day. But how does all this noise affect our emotions and behavior? This hour, TED speakers explore how sound shapes our lives. Guests include musician and professor of songwriting Scarlet Keys, AI CEO Pierre Barreau, voice expert Rebecca Kleinberger and musician Snow Raven.


    (Original Broadcast Date: February 21, 2025)


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    51 minutos
  • Remembering a maestro through 'New World Symphony'

    Remembering a maestro through 'New World Symphony'
    Dec 10 2025
    Before his passing, conductor Robert Franz guided us through the first movement of Dvorák's "New World Symphony" using his four essential tools for listening—rhythm, melody, texture and visuals. As the year comes to a close, Manoush Zomorodi shares one of her favorite TED Radio Hour+ episodes.

    Robert Franz was also featured in episode, "How we experience time."

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    14 minutos
  • Finding your bliss

    Finding your bliss
    Dec 5 2025
    It's been a long, complicated year. This hour, TED speakers share ideas to help you get grounded, back on track, and even edge toward something like bliss.

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    52 minutos
  • Decoding nature’s hidden patterns

    Decoding nature’s hidden patterns
    Nov 28 2025
    We can’t protect what we don’t understand. From decoding wolf howls to making sense of millions of citizen-science sightings, we explore the tools helping researchers understand the wild in new ways.

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    50 minutos
  • How to repair your most important relationships

    How to repair your most important relationships
    Nov 21 2025
    It's never too late to make things right—even when cracks form within our relationships with our families, our environment...or the inevitable. This hour, TED speakers offer healing solutions.

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    50 minutos
  • How the creator economy is making you talk like the internet

    How the creator economy is making you talk like the internet
    Nov 14 2025
    Online linguist Adam Aleksic explains how he goes viral decoding internet slang. Plus, why making a living online means working for “the algorithm,” in part 2 of our creator economy series.

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  • The price of creativity

    The price of creativity
    Nov 7 2025
    The words "content creator" may make you roll your eyes. But in part 1 of our series, Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler explains how the creator economy is changing work, art and what we value.

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  • Move fast...and fix democracy?

    Move fast...and fix democracy?
    Oct 31 2025
    It's easy to despair with another government shutdown. But this hour, three speakers argue that simple upgrades are key to restoring faith in the American experiment. Guests include venture capitalist and political consultant Bradley Tusk, political advisor Jennifer Pahlka and e-governance expert Anna Piperal.

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    50 minutos