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TEDTalks (2002–2020) on TED.com

The answer: Concluded January 21, 2020.
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Network / streamer
TED.com
Premiered
March 1, 2002
Ended
January 21, 2020
Runtime
~20 min per episode
15seasons
2161episodes

About TEDTalks

TED Talks are videos that present a great idea in 18 minutes or less. They're filmed at flagship TED conferences, independent TEDx events, and other programs. Their goal is to share Ideas Worth Spreading — in fields like science, technology, business, culture, art and design — around the world.

TEDTalks episode schedule

2161 aired

Aired · 2161

DateEp.Title
January 21, 2020 S2020·E16 Adam Garske: How designing brand-new enzymes could change the world
January 17, 2020 S2020·E15 Jen Gunter: Why can't we talk about periods?
January 16, 2020 S2020·E13 Priti Krishtel: Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system
January 16, 2020 S2020·E14 Rachel Kleinfeld: A path to security for the world's deadliest countries
January 15, 2020 S2020·E12 Markus Mutz: How supply chain transparency can help the planet
January 14, 2020 S2020·E11 David J. Bier: How guest worker visas could transform the US immigration system
January 10, 2020 S2020·E9 Colette Pichon Battle: Climate change will displace millions. Here's how we prepare
January 10, 2020 S2020·E10 Tom Nash: The perks of being a pirate
January 9, 2020 S2020·E8 Anna Piperal: What a digital government looks like
January 8, 2020 S2020·E7 Emma Schachner: The secret weapon that let dinosaurs take over the planet
January 7, 2020 S2020·E6 Leon Marchal: The urgent case for antibiotic-free animals
January 6, 2020 S2020·E5 Risa Wechsler: The search for dark matter -- and what we've found so far
January 3, 2020 S2020·E4 Mitch Zeller: The past, present and future of nicotine addiction
January 3, 2020 S2020·E3 Anindya Kundu: The "opportunity gap" in US public education -- and how to close it
January 2, 2020 S2020·E2 Ipsita Dasgupta: To challenge the status quo, find a "co-conspirator"
January 2, 2020 S2020·E1 Pat Mitchell: Dangerous times call for dangerous women
December 23, 2019 S2019·E299 Cara E. Yar Khan: The beautiful balance between courage and fear
December 20, 2019 S2019·E298 Valorie Kondos Field: Why winning doesn't always equal success
December 19, 2019 S2019·E296 Nick Bostrom: How civilization could destroy itself -- and 4 ways we could prevent it
December 19, 2019 S2019·E297 Guy Winch: How to turn off work thoughts during your free time
December 18, 2019 S2019·E295 Jasmine Crowe: What we're getting wrong in the fight to end hunger
December 17, 2019 S2019·E294 Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz: Your body was forged in the spectacular death of stars
December 16, 2019 S2019·E293 Henna-Maria Uusitupa: How the gut microbes you're born with affect your lifelong health
December 13, 2019 S2019·E292 Kelsey Leonard: Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans
December 12, 2019 S2019·E291 Bright Simons: To help solve global problems, look to developing countries
December 12, 2019 S2019·E290 Lorna Davis: A guide to collaborative leadership
December 12, 2019 S2019·E289 Christiana Figueres and Chris Anderson: How we can turn the tide on climate
December 11, 2019 S2019·E288 Mariana Mazzucato: What is economic value, and who creates it?
December 10, 2019 S2019·E286 Jane Fonda: Why I protest for climate justice
December 10, 2019 S2019·E287 Edward Tenner: The paradox of efficiency
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December 6, 2019 S2019·E285 Eve Ensler: The profound power of an authentic apology
December 5, 2019 S2019·E284 Cornelia Geppert: A video game that helps us understand loneliness
December 4, 2019 S2019·E283 Kelsey Johnson: The problem of light pollution -- and 5 ridiculously easy ways to fix it
December 2, 2019 S2019·E282 Heidi Boisvert: How I'm using biological data to tell better stories -- and spark social change
December 2, 2019 S2019·E281 Alejandro Durán: How I use art to tackle plastic pollution in our oceans
November 27, 2019 S2019·E280 Cathy Mulzer: The incredible chemistry powering your smartphone
November 25, 2019 S2019·E279 Deepa Narayan: 7 beliefs that can silence women -- and how to unlearn them
November 25, 2019 S2019·E278 Sougwen Chung: Why I draw with robots
November 22, 2019 S2019·E277 Mike Brown: The search for our solar system's ninth planet
November 21, 2019 S2019·E276 Daniel Bögre Udell: How to save a language from extinction
November 20, 2019 S2019·E275 LaToya Ruby Frazier: A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan
November 19, 2019 S2019·E274 David Asch: Why it's so hard to make healthy decisions
November 18, 2019 S2019·E272 Jean-Manuel Izaret: A new Netflix-style pricing model that could make medical treatments affordable for all
November 18, 2019 S2019·E271 Dan Ariely: How to change your behavior for the better
November 18, 2019 S2019·E273 Arunabha Ghosh: 5 steps for clean air in India
November 15, 2019 S2019·E270 Gaby Barrios: Why gender-based marketing is bad for business
November 14, 2019 S2019·E269 Erika Pinheiro: What's really happening at the US-Mexico border -- and how we can do better
November 13, 2019 S2019·E267 Cady Coleman: What it's like to live on the International Space Station
November 13, 2019 S2019·E268 Sydney Jensen: How can we support the emotional well-being of teachers?
November 12, 2019 S2019·E265 Peter Beck: Small rockets are the next space revolution
November 12, 2019 S2019·E266 Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity
November 11, 2019 S2019·E263 Rabiaa El Garani: Hope and justice for women who've survived ISIS
November 11, 2019 S2019·E264 Mani Vajipey: How India's local recyclers could solve plastic pollution
November 8, 2019 S2019·E262 Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin: A historical musical that examines black identity in the 1901 World's Fair
November 7, 2019 S2019·E260 Eli Pariser: What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good?
November 7, 2019 S2019·E261 Ma Yansong: Urban architecture inspired by mountains, clouds and volcanoes
November 6, 2019 S2019·E256 Paul A. Kramer: Our immigration conversation is broken -- here's how to have a better one
November 6, 2019 S2019·E257 Morley: "Follow the Sound"
November 6, 2019 S2019·E258 Maria Popova: An excerpt from "Figuring"
November 6, 2019 S2019·E259 Martha Redbone: "Sleep Sleep Beauty Bright"
November 5, 2019 S2019·E255 Tashka and Laura Yawanawá: The Amazon belongs to humanity -- let's protect it together
November 4, 2019 S2019·E253 Bob Langert: The business case for working with your toughest critics
November 4, 2019 S2019·E254 Bhakti Sharma: What open water swimming taught me about resilience
November 1, 2019 S2019·E251 Lori Gottlieb: How changing your story can change your life
November 1, 2019 S2019·E252 Sara-Jane Dunn: The next software revolution: programming biological cells
October 31, 2019 S2019·E250 Daniel Streicker: What vaccinating vampire bats can teach us about pandemics
October 30, 2019 S2019·E248 Toby Kiers: Lessons from fungi on markets and economics
October 30, 2019 S2019·E249 Jess Kutch: What productive conflict can offer a workplace
October 29, 2019 S2019·E247 Leila Pirhaji: The medical potential of AI and metabolites
October 28, 2019 S2019·E246 Rose M. Mutiso: How to bring affordable, sustainable electricity to Africa
October 25, 2019 S2019·E245 Andrew Nemr: The sounds and sights of tap dance
October 25, 2019 S2019·E244 Hiromi Ozaki: How I bring myth and magic to life
October 25, 2019 S2019·E242 Beau Lotto and Cirque du Soleil: How we experience awe -- and why it matters
October 25, 2019 S2019·E243 Alexis Gambis: Why we need more (real) science in fiction
October 24, 2019 S2019·E241 Claire Wardle: How you can help transform the internet into a place of trust
October 24, 2019 S2019·E240 Ashwin Naidu: The link between fishing cats and mangrove forest conservation
October 23, 2019 S2019·E239 Jon M. Chu: The pride and power of representation in film
October 23, 2019 S2019·E238 Abhishek Gopalka: How motivation can fix public systems
October 22, 2019 S2019·E237 Janelle Shane: The danger of AI is weirder than you think
October 22, 2019 S2019·E236 Becca McCharen-Tran: Fashion that celebrates all body types -- boldly and unapologetically
October 18, 2019 S2019·E235 Bjarke Ingels: An architect's guide to living on Mars
October 15, 2019 S2019·E234 Julie Cordua: How we can eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet
October 14, 2019 S2019·E233 David Deutsch: After billions of years of monotony, the universe is waking up
October 11, 2019 S2019·E230 Adena Friedman: What's the future of capitalism?
October 11, 2019 S2019·E232 First Aid Kit: "King of the World" / "Nothing Has to Be True" / "My Silver Lining"
October 11, 2019 S2019·E229 Judith Jamison and members of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Revelations from a lifetime of dance
October 11, 2019 S2019·E231 The Bloom Twins: "Wrong" / "Small Town Weirdos"
October 10, 2019 S2019·E228 Shannon Lee: What Bruce Lee can teach us about living fully
October 10, 2019 S2019·E227 Laura Boykin: How we're using DNA tech to help farmers fight crop diseases
October 9, 2019 S2019·E226 Juan Enriquez: A personal plea for humanity at the US-Mexico border
October 8, 2019 S2019·E225 Andrew Forrest: A radical plan to end plastic waste
October 8, 2019 S2019·E224 Gangadhar Patil: How we're helping local reporters turn important stories into national news
October 8, 2019 S2019·E223 Herman Narula: The transformative power of video games
October 7, 2019 S2019·E222 Tara Djokic: This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life
October 4, 2019 S2019·E221 Paul Rucker: "Criminalization of Survival"
October 4, 2019 S2019·E220 Efosa Ojomo: Reducing corruption takes a specific kind of investment
October 3, 2019 S2019·E219 David Peterson: Why language is humanity's greatest invention
October 3, 2019 S2019·E218 Camilla Arndal Andersen: What happens in your brain when you taste food
October 2, 2019 S2019·E217 Mitchell Katz: What the US health care system assumes about you
October 1, 2019 S2019·E215 Mohammad Modarres: Why you should shop at your local farmers market
October 1, 2019 S2019·E216 Moreangels Mbizah: How community-led conservation can save wildlife
September 30, 2019 S2019·E214 Sarah Sze: How we experience time and memory through art
September 27, 2019 S2019·E212 Sam Van Aken: How one tree grows 40 different kinds of fruit
September 26, 2019 S2019·E211 Will Hurd: A wall won't solve America's border problems
September 26, 2019 S2019·E213 Muthoni Drummer Queen: Creativity builds nations
September 25, 2019 S2019·E210 Yaniv Erlich: How we're building the world's largest family tree
September 24, 2019 S2019·E209 Emily Nagoski: How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime
September 23, 2019 S2019·E208 Tim Flannery: Can seaweed help curb global warming?
September 23, 2019 S2019·E207 Safeena Husain: A bold plan to empower 1.6 million out-of-school girls in India
September 20, 2019 S2019·E205 Richard Bona: "Tumba La Nyama" / "Mulema"
September 20, 2019 S2019·E206 Sonaar Luthra: We need to track the world's water like we track the weather
September 19, 2019 S2019·E204 Christer Mjåset: 4 questions you should always ask your doctor
September 18, 2019 S2019·E203 Johann Hari: This could be why you're depressed or anxious
September 17, 2019 S2019·E201 Patrick Chappatte: A free world needs satire
September 17, 2019 S2019·E202 Federica Bianco: How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problems
September 16, 2019 S2019·E200 Kristie Ebi: How climate change could make our food less nutritious
September 16, 2019 S2019·E199 Emmett Shear: What streaming means for the future of entertainment
September 13, 2019 S2019·E198 Nick Hanauer: The dirty secret of capitalism -- and a new way forward
September 12, 2019 S2019·E196 Jacqueline Woodson: What reading slowly taught me about writing
September 12, 2019 S2019·E197 Raj Jayadev: Community-powered criminal justice reform
September 11, 2019 S2019·E195 Danielle Citron: How deepfakes undermine truth and threaten democracy
September 10, 2019 S2019·E194 Sandeep Jauhar: How your emotions change the shape of your heart
September 10, 2019 S2019·E193 Carl June: A "living drug" that could change the way we treat cancer
September 9, 2019 S2019·E192 Phillip Atiba Goff: How we can make racism a solvable problem -- and improve policing
September 6, 2019 S2019·E191 Luisa Neubauer: Why you should be a climate activist
September 5, 2019 S2019·E190 Andrew Marantz: Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists
September 4, 2019 S2019·E188 Emily F. Rothman: How porn changes the way teens think about sex
September 4, 2019 S2019·E189 Anthony Veneziale: "Stumbling towards intimacy": An improvised TED Talk
September 3, 2019 S2019·E186 Asmeret Asefaw Berhe: A climate change solution that's right under our feet
September 3, 2019 S2019·E187 Jochen Wegner: What happened when we paired up thousands of strangers to talk politics
August 30, 2019 S2019·E185 Yeonmi Park: What I learned about freedom after escaping North Korea
August 29, 2019 S2019·E184 Lee Thomas: How I help people understand vitiligo
August 29, 2019 S2019·E183 Dessa: Can we choose to fall out of love?
August 28, 2019 S2019·E182 Kelly Wanser: Emergency medicine for our climate fever
August 27, 2019 S2019·E181 Britt Wray: How climate change affects your mental health
August 26, 2019 S2019·E180 Kishore Mahbubani: How the West can adapt to a rising Asia
August 23, 2019 S2019·E179 Pico Iyer: What ping-pong taught me about life
August 22, 2019 S2019·E178 Bina Venkataraman: The power to think ahead in a reckless age
August 21, 2019 S2019·E177 Jon Lowenstein: Family, hope and resilience on the migrant trail
August 20, 2019 S2019·E176 Joseph Gordon-Levitt: How craving attention makes you less creative
August 19, 2019 S2019·E175 Sara Valencia Botto: When do kids start to care about other people's opinions?
August 2, 2019 S2019·E172 Victor Vescovo: What's at the bottom of the ocean -- and how we're getting there
August 2, 2019 S2019·E174 Marc Bamuthi Joseph: "You Have the Rite"
August 1, 2019 S2019·E173 Margaret Heffernan: The human skills we need in an unpredictable world
July 31, 2019 S2019·E171 Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy
July 30, 2019 S2019·E170 Ivonne Roman: How policewomen make communities safer
July 29, 2019 S2019·E169 Nicola Sturgeon: Why governments should prioritize well-being
July 26, 2019 S2019·E168 George Monbiot: The new political story that could change everything
July 25, 2019 S2019·E167 Tshering Tobgay: An urgent call to protect the world's "Third Pole"
July 24, 2019 S2019·E166 Albert-László Barabási: The real relationship between your age and your chance of success
July 23, 2019 S2019·E165 Hajer Sharief: How to use family dinner to teach politics
July 22, 2019 S2019·E164 Rahul Mehrotra: The architectural wonder of impermanent cities
July 19, 2019 S2019·E163 Douglas Thomas: How a typeface helped launch Apollo
July 18, 2019 S2019·E162 Elizabeth Howell: How we can improve maternal healthcare -- before, during and after pregnancy
July 17, 2019 S2019·E161 Claudia Miner: A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten
July 16, 2019 S2019·E160 Melanie Nezer: The fundamental right to seek asylum
July 16, 2019 S2019·E159 Derren Brown: Mentalism, mind reading and the art of getting inside your head
July 15, 2019 S2019·E158 Ella Al-Shamahi: The fascinating (and dangerous) places scientists aren't exploring
July 12, 2019 S2019·E157 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: How film transforms the way we see the world
July 11, 2019 S2019·E156 Amy Padnani: How we're honoring people overlooked by history
July 10, 2019 S2019·E155 Jamie Paik: Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves
July 9, 2019 S2019·E154 Rick Doblin: The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
July 8, 2019 S2019·E153 Barbara J. King: Grief and love in the animal kingdom
July 5, 2019 S2019·E152 Natalie Fratto: 3 ways to measure your adaptability -- and how to improve it
July 3, 2019 S2019·E151 Julius Maada Bio: A vision for the future of Sierra Leone
July 2, 2019 S2019·E150 Moriba Jah: The world's first crowdsourced space traffic monitoring system
July 1, 2019 S2019·E149 Glenn Cantave: How augmented reality is changing activism
June 28, 2019 S2019·E148 Jon Gray: The next big thing is coming from the Bronx, again
June 27, 2019 S2019·E147 Jonny Sun: You are not alone in your loneliness
June 26, 2019 S2019·E146 Heidi Grant: How to ask for help -- and get a "yes"
June 25, 2019 S2019·E145 Ethan Lindenberger: Why we need to fight misinformation about vaccines
June 24, 2019 S2019·E144 Lindsay Amer: Why kids need to learn about gender and sexuality
June 21, 2019 S2019·E142 Sarah Kay: "A Bird Made of Birds"
June 21, 2019 S2019·E143 Brandon Clifford: The architectural secrets of the world's ancient wonders
June 20, 2019 S2019·E141 Lynn Rothschild: The living tech we need to support human life on other planets
June 19, 2019 S2019·E140 Suleika Jaouad: What almost dying taught me about living
June 18, 2019 S2019·E139 Rob Reid: How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it
June 17, 2019 S2019·E138 David Baker: 5 challenges we could solve by designing new proteins
June 14, 2019 S2019·E137 Michael Tubbs: The political power of being a good neighbor
June 13, 2019 S2019·E136 Daniel Lismore: My life as a work of art
June 12, 2019 S2019·E135 Ryan Martin: Why we get mad -- and why it's healthy
June 11, 2019 S2019·E134 Priya Parker: 3 steps to turn everyday get-togethers into transformative gatherings
June 10, 2019 S2019·E133 Karen Lloyd: The mysterious microbes living deep inside the earth -- and how they could help humanity
June 7, 2019 S2019·E132 Juna Kollmeier: The most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made
June 6, 2019 S2019·E131 Michelle Kuo: The healing power of reading
June 5, 2019 S2019·E130 David Brooks: The lies our culture tells us about what matters -- and a better way to live
June 4, 2019 S2019·E129 Kate Bowler: "Everything happens for a reason" -- and other lies I've loved
June 3, 2019 S2019·E128 Bjarke Ingels: Floating cities, the LEGO House and other architectural forms of the future
May 31, 2019 S2019·E127 Roger Hanlon: The amazing brains and morphing skin of octopuses and other cephalopods
May 30, 2019 S2019·E126 Reniqua Allen: The story we tell about millennials -- and who we leave out
May 30, 2019 S2019·E125 Erika Hamden: What it takes to launch a telescope
May 29, 2019 S2019·E124 Baratunde Thurston: How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time
May 28, 2019 S2019·E123 Morgan Vague: These bacteria eat plastic
May 24, 2019 S2019·E122 Jarrell Daniels: What prosecutors and incarcerated people can learn from each other
May 23, 2019 S2019·E121 America Ferrera: My identity is a superpower -- not an obstacle
May 22, 2019 S2019·E120 Hamdi Ulukaya: The anti-CEO playbook
May 21, 2019 S2019·E119 Bruce Friedrich: The next global agricultural revolution
May 21, 2019 S2019·E118 Lucy Cooke: Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal
May 20, 2019 S2019·E117 Brittany Packnett: How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others
May 17, 2019 S2019·E116 Katie Hood: The difference between healthy and unhealthy love
May 16, 2019 S2019·E115 Arnav Kapur: How AI could become an extension of your mind
May 15, 2019 S2019·E114 Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin: What you should know about vaping and e-cigarettes
May 14, 2019 S2019·E113 Carson Bruns: Could a tattoo help you stay healthy?
May 13, 2019 S2019·E112 Doug Roble: Digital humans that look just like us
May 10, 2019 S2019·E111 Matt Walker: Sleep is your superpower
May 9, 2019 S2019·E109 Wajahat Ali: The case for having kids
May 9, 2019 S2019·E110 Sabine Doebel: How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it
May 8, 2019 S2019·E108 Halla Tómasdóttir and Bryn Freedman: The crisis of leadership -- and a new way forward
May 7, 2019 S2019·E107 Eric Liu: How to revive your belief in democracy
May 6, 2019 S2019·E106 Ivan Poupyrev: Everything around you can become a computer
May 3, 2019 S2019·E105 Es Devlin: Mind-blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology
May 2, 2019 S2019·E104 Joanne Chory: How supercharged plants could slow climate change
May 1, 2019 S2019·E103 Michele Wucker: Why we ignore obvious problems -- and how to act on them
April 30, 2019 S2019·E102 Yana Buhrer Tavanier: How to recover from activism burnout
April 29, 2019 S2019·E101 Hannah Gadsby: Three ideas. Three contradictions. Or not.
April 26, 2019 S2019·E100 Elizabeth Dunn: Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it
April 25, 2019 S2019·E99 Kim Gorgens: The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime
April 24, 2019 S2019·E98 Leah Georges: How generational stereotypes hold us back at work
April 23, 2019 S2019·E97 David R. Liu: Can we cure genetic diseases by rewriting DNA?
April 22, 2019 S2019·E96 Romain Lacombe: A personal air-quality tracker that lets you know what you're breathing
April 19, 2019 S2019·E95 Danielle N. Lee: How hip-hop helps us understand science
April 18, 2019 S2019·E94 Sheperd Doeleman: Inside the black hole image that made history
April 17, 2019 S2019·E93 Jack Dorsey: How Twitter needs to change
April 16, 2019 S2019·E92 Carole Cadwalladr: Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy
April 16, 2019 S2019·E91 Christoph Keplinger: The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future
April 15, 2019 S2019·E90 Kakenya Ntaiya: Empower a girl, transform a community
April 12, 2019 S2019·E89 Rana Abdelhamid: 3 lessons on starting a movement from a self-defense trailblazer
April 11, 2019 S2019·E88 Kashfia Rahman: How risk-taking changes a teenager's brain
April 10, 2019 S2019·E87 Keith Kirkland: Wearable tech that helps you navigate by touch
April 9, 2019 S2019·E86 Nora McInerny: We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it

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