TED Radio Hour
Saturdays at 2 p.m. on 88.5 NEPM
TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions and new ways to think and create. Each episode includes excerpts from the renowned TED stage where some of the world’s deepest thinkers and innovators are invited to give the 18-minute “talk of their lives.” The TED Radio Hour team takes the most compelling talks and organizes them around a common theme. Host Manoush Zomorodi interviews the guests, delving deeper, dissecting the speaker’s ideas and posing probing questions you’d like to hear answered.
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Amy Kurzweil never met her grandfather Fred. But with the help of AI and an extensive archive of Fred's writings, she was able to "speak" with him in the form of a chatbot... decades after his death. -
Refugees or disaster victims often flee their homes, leaving behind all traces of their family history. Technologist Pau Aleikum Garcia uses AI to create dreamlike visuals of their memories. -
Activist Yifat Susskind's organization, MADRE, is rooted in the idea that in uncertain times, we should 'think like a mother.' To her, this means being determined to ease the suffering of others. -
When Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir's life fell apart, she realized she'd lost touch with her inner voice. She decided to create a new path for herself inspired by innsæi, the Icelandic word for "intuition." -
Cynicism is tempting in uncertain times. But Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki says cynicism makes us more lonely, less trusting and less healthy. He suggests opting for "hopeful skepticism" instead. -
At a hospital, you may not expect to see clowns playing ukuleles or wearing tutus. But Matt Wilson says clowns can be a crucial distraction—even a companion—amid the fear and uncertainty of hospitals. -
Mustafa Suleyman has played a pivotal role in the evolution of AI, as co-founder of DeepMind and now as CEO of Microsoft AI. This hour, he reflects on his career and shares his vision for the future. -
When we think of climate action, we often think of sacrifice: less driving, less meat, less shopping. Behavioral scientist Jiaying Zhao challenges this notion with "happy climate hacks." -
What is a restaurant's role in food sustainability? Chef and climate activist Anthony Myint is giving restaurants and their customers a more direct way to support regenerative farming. -
Every year, billions of pounds of food go to waste in the U.S. Social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe-Houston created a platform to reroute excess food from landfills to people in need.
