A Taste of TEDTalks
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16 great TEDTalks that could turn you into a lifelong TED fan in 18 minutes or less. If you like these talks, look for 500 more TEDTalks in our iTunes channels. For more information about TED, visit TED.com.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoEmmanuel Jal: The music of a war child - Emmanuel Jal | For five years, young Emmanuel Jal fought as a child soldier in the Sudan. Rescued by an aid worker, he's become an international hip-hop star and an activist for kids in war zones. In words and lyrics, he tells the story of his amazing life. | 8/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoAlain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success - Alain de Botton | Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure -- and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work. | 7/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoHow my legs give me super-powers - Aimee Mullins | Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs -- she's got a dozen amazing pairs -- and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height ... Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be. | 3/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoPattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense - Pattie Maes Pranav Mistry | This demo -- from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry -- was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine "Minority Report" and then some. | 3/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoThe real crisis? We stopped being wise - Barry Schwartz | Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for "practical wisdom" as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world. | 2/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoA different way to think about creative genius - Elizabeth Gilbert | Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk. | 2/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoTelling stories of our shared humanity - Chris Abani | Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It's "ubuntu," he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me. | 7/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoHow to help Africa? Do business there - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | We know the negative images of Africa -- famine and disease, conflict and corruption. But, says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, there's another, less-told story happening in many African nations: one of reform, economic growth and business opportunity. | 3/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoMy stroke of insight - Jill Bolte Taylor | Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story. | 3/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoUnderwater astonishments - David Gallo | David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square's worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean. | 1/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoA journey to the center of your mind - Vilayanur Ramachandran (2007) (video) | Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples. | 10/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoSwim with giant sunfish in the open ocean - Tierney Thys (2003) (video) | Marine biologist Tierney Thys asks us to step into the water to visit the world of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. Basking, eating jellyfish and getting massages, this behemoth offers clues to life in the open sea. | 5/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoThe science of love, and the future of women - Helen Fisher | Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic -- love -- and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse. | 9/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoDebunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen - Hans Rosling | You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world." | 6/27/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoGreening the ghetto - Majora Carter | In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhood suffer most from flawed urban policy. | 6/26/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoDo schools kill creativity? - Sir Ken Robinson | Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. | 6/26/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 16 Episodes |
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