How to solve the world’s biggest problems with Natalie Cargill
To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity What if the world’s biggest problems could be solved with jus...
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20 of 107 episodesHow much happiness can 2 million USD buy? with Elizabeth Dunn
To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity How much happiness could be gained if more people had access...
Exercising your generosity like a muscle with John M. Sweeney
To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity When John M. Sweeney first read about the old Italian traditi...
Why true success goes beyond profit with Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya
To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder of Chobani (a company with expecte...
How to use your time and money for good — as effectively as possible — with Will MacAskill
To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity William MacAskill is a moral philosopher and the cofounder of...
The healing power of art with Lily Yeh
To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity . From Taiwan to Rwanda, artist Lily Yeh has traveled all ove...
How to fight hatred with curiosity with Daryl Davis
To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity . Daryl Davis is a Black musician and actor who regularly ent...
How empathy gets in the way of a better world with Paul Bloom
To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity . It may feel like the world is running low on a seemingly cr...
How kindness went viral with Catherine Barrett
To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, when misinformation and...
How Bill Gates spends $9 billion a year
To get a free copy of the Infectious Generosity book, visit ted.com/generosity . Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and the co-chair of th...
New season coming March 21: Infectious Generosity
The TED Interview is back for a special season. Chris Anderson, Head of TED, returns as host to investigate the ultimate idea worth spreadin...
Frances Frei's three pillars of leadership
A professor at Harvard Business School and expert in work culture, Frei goes into companies like WeWork and Uber with the goal of turning to...
Introducing Good Sport
This week on The TED Interview we’re excited to introduce TED’s newest podcast, Good Sport, hosted by veteran sports producer Jody Avirgan....
Our Predictions for 2023 | After Hours
Curious about 2023? Youngme, Mihir and Felix from the podcast After Hours are back with their celebrated predictions episode. Who will acqui...
The music of David Byrne’s mind
David Byrne views life through many lenses. He’s a musician, author, filmmaker, curator, conservationist, digital music theorist, bicycle ad...
The hidden gifts of visual thinking with Temple Grandin
When she was just 18, scientist, industrial designer, animal behaviorist, and autism activist Temple Grandin created one of her most well-kn...
Inciting joy with Ross Gay
Nearly every day for a year, American poet Ross Gay sat down and wrote about something that delighted him–from carrying a small tomato plant...
Randall Munroe answers your wildest questions
How many soulmates do you think people have? What if you tried to funnel all the water from Niagara falls through a straw? Do you think it’s...
A future without pandemics? with Mark Smolinski
In 2011, when medical doctor and epidemiologist Mark Smolinski was working as a science advisor for the blockbuster film “Contagion,” the fi...
Atul Gawande on why American healthcare desperately needs innovation
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy in the United States was 79. Today it’s 76. When compared to other countries like the UK and J...