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Category Archives: TedTalks
Listening to shame
Brené Brown, whose earlier Ted Talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head on. It’s funny, raw and vulnerable. A must watch.
The Power of Vulnerability
With over 41 million views 😯, this Ted Talk is a must watch! It’s poignant, funny and Brene Brown shares a deep insight from her research, to help us understand humanity.
The world’s most boring television and it’s hilariously addictive.
You’ve heard about slow food. Now there’s slow tv. In this very funny talk, Norwegian television producer Thomas Hellum shares how his team began to broadcast long, boring events to a rapt audience.
Ingenious homes in unexpected places
In the center of Caracas, stands the 45-story “Tower of David,” an unfinished, abandoned skyscraper. Eight years ago, people started moving in. Photographer Iwan Baan shows how people build homes in unlikely places.
How you can help save the bees
Bees are dying off in record numbers so ecologist Noah Wilson-Rich recruited citizen scientists to set up beehives in their backyards, gardens and rooftops to explore where bees are healthy and thriving.
Grow your own fresh air
Did you know with just three common house plants you can grow fresh air? Researcher Kamal Meattle sees us through this in his inspiring Ted Talk.
The wicked wit of Jane Austen
Bickering families, declarations of love, and juicy gossip – Jane Austen’s writing often feels as though it was written just for you. Iseult Gillespie explores her sly societal satire in this terrific ted talk.
The Most Powerful Women You’ve Never Heard of.
Everyone’s heard of Martin Luther King Jr. But do you know the woman Dr. King called “the architect of the civil rights movement,” Septima Clark? It’s her blueprint for change-making that has stood the test of time.
Music is medicine. Music is sanity.
Music can be instrumental to change lives. In this inspiring Ted Talk Robert Gupta, violinist with the LA Philharmonic, talks about a violin lesson he once gave to a brilliant, schizophrenic musician and what he learned.