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The TED Radio Hour is a narrative journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.
Episodes
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Emily Quinn: Male Or Female Is The Wrong Question—How Can We Rethink Biological Sex?
Artist Emily Quinn is intersex. She's one of over 150 million people in the world who don't fit neatly into the categories of male or female. She explains how biological sex exists on a spectrum.
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Lisa Mosconi: What Does Biological Sex Look Like In The Brain?
The human body is not a patchwork of separate systems. It's intricately connected, says neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi. She explains the relationship between our brains, hormones and reproductive organs.
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Molly Webster: Is Our Definition Of "Sex Chromosomes" Too Narrow?
Over a century ago, one part of our DNA got labelled the "sex chromosomes." Science and radio journalist Molly Webster explains the consequences of that oversimplification.
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Corey Hajim: Is It Time To Rethink What Our Economy Should Value?
As the pandemic reveals the weaknesses of our economy, businesses and consumers are rethinking what they value. This hour, TED's Corey Hajim shares ideas on shifting the role of business in society.
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Grace Kim: What Happens When You Design A Home With Community In Mind?
For architect Grace Kim, the antidote to isolation is co-housing. She describes how she built a home—and a community—by designing an apartment building for her family and eight other families.
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Suleika Jaouad: How Can We Transform Loneliness Into Creative Solitude?
As a cancer patient, Suleika Jaouad spent years in and out of hospital rooms, isolated from the outside world. She shares her insights on finding creative solitude during periods of forced isolation.
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Jonny Sun: You're Not Alone In Feeling Lonely
For Jonny Sun, loneliness felt like being an alien on a distant planet, alone in the universe. But when he shared those feelings online, he found a community of people who felt precisely the same way.
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Susan Pinker: What Makes Social Connection So Vital To Our Well-Being?
Psychologist Susan Pinker explains why face-to-face connection is a human necessity. But during this period of isolation, she says some ways of connecting online are better substitutes than others.
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Helen Walters: Ideas That Bring Us Joy
More than ever, we need to make time for joy. This hour, Manoush and TED's Head Curator Helen Walters explore talks that surprise, inspire, and delight.
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Postcards From The Pandemic: Pico Iyer
Over the past weeks, we've been reaching out to TED speakers to ask how their lives have changed since COVID-19. On this episode, we hear from writer Pico Iyer, at his home in Nara, Japan.
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Anupam Jena: What Are Some Less Obvious Ways COVID-19 Could Change Our Lives?
Anupam Jena has made a practice of looking at big data and natural experiments to ask questions others overlook. He describes how the COVID-19 pandemic could have several unexpected consequences.
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Daniel Streicker: What If We Could Stop A Virus At Its Animal Source?
MERS, Ebola, and COVID-19—the viruses that cause these diseases likely have the same patient zero: bats. For researcher Daniel Streicker, the key to preventing an outbreak is the bats themselves.