👁The haunting history of the Paris Catacombs
🧠Stephanie H. Smith
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣For centuries, Parisians had buried their dead in the Cemetery of the Innocents. By the 18th century, the grounds had become overcrowded — spewing foul odors across the city. Residents worried that it posed a public health threat, and petitioned the government for a solution. But where could they move millions of remains? Stephanie H. Smith explores the vast, underground network of the Catacombs. [Directed by Laura Jayne Hodkin, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Cem Misirlioglu, Brooks Ball].
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👁How hat fashion has evolved throughout history
🧠Alison Goodrum
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Humans have been fashioning caps since the dawn of civilization. A bearskin cap from the Bronze Age is one of the earliest surviving hats, discovered alongside Europe’s oldest mummy. Hats aren’t just for keeping heads warm or making a fashion statement— they’ve been used throughout history as a symbol of status, power, and politics. Alison L. Goodrum traces the illustrious history of headwear. [Directed by Biljana Labović, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Cem Misirlioglu, WORKPLAYWORK].
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👁Does hypnosis ever actually work?
🧠Devin Terhune
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In the 19th century, Scottish surgeon James Braid revolutionized the field of hypnotism, transitioning the practice towards inducing a sleep-like state. Today, hypnosis is used in psychiatry as a helpful medical tool, yet it still holds an entrancing place in popular fantasy. So, is there any truth to what it can accomplish? Or is it just illusion? Devin Terhune explores the power of suggestion. [Directed by Leah Putnam, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Stephen LaRosa, Wonder Boy Audio].
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👁The art and science of wine tasting
🧠Qian Janice Wang
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣No two people taste wine the same way, and science is starting to show us why. Sensory scientist Qian Janice Wang explores why experts and beginners experience complexity so differently — revealing that what makes a wine great may have less to do with what's in the glass and more to do with what's happening in your brain.
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#science #brain #food

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👁The nurse who can smell Parkinson’s
🧠Joy Milne
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What does Parkinson's smell like? Ask nurse Joy Milne. Born with a hypersensitive nose, she spent a lifetime learning to recognize diseases through their scents. When she smelled Parkinson's on her husband years before his diagnosis, she decided to put her gift to the test. Today, her extraordinary nose has been translated into a non-invasive test — helping researchers diagnose what was right under their noses all along.
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#science #health #disease #innovation #health_care #biology #medicine

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👁I let DaddyGPT parent my kids. Here's what I learned
🧠Stephen Remedios
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣As the world races toward digital perfection, tech humanist Stephen Remedios tried to optimize the messiest and most imperfect of all human work: parenting. He shares the story of DaddyGPT, a digital version of himself built to help raise his kids — until they began to prefer it over him. What unfolds is a personal look at the limits of AI, and a reminder that what matters most isn't getting it right every time but showing up with the authentic imperfection only humans have.
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👁What I got wrong about changing the world
🧠Malala Yousafzai
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Malala Yousafzai has spent her life advocating for girls' education — surviving an assassination attempt at 15, meeting with world leaders and then watching hard-won progress collapse when Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in 2021. That moment of despair forced her to completely rethink what it means to create change, and what she discovered replaced her shattered optimism with something more powerful and more honest. Hear how to keep fighting for the future you want, even when hope feels lost.
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#social_change #education #activism #Middle_East #human_rights

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👁A plan to stop AI from automating our decline
🧠Gina Raimondo
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣The United States is on track to win the AI race — and hollow itself out in the process, says Gina Raimondo, former Governor of Rhode Island and US Secretary of Commerce. In this unflinching look at the threat of AI-induced economic disruption and social unrest, she offers a concrete blueprint to prepare workers for what’s coming next. "AI is a 100-year technology and needs a 100-year response," she says. Is America up to the challenge?
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#AI #technology #social_change #politics #work #business

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👁A cheat sheet for canceling coal
🧠Kimiko Hirata
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣After the Fukushima disaster shut down Japan's nuclear reactors, the coal industry rushed in to fill the energy gap. As climate advocate Kimiko Hirata watched dozens of new coal plant proposals quietly surface across the country — each one locking in decades of future emissions — she resolved to make them impossible to ignore. She shares how a small, scrappy civil society movement took on a fossil-fuel-dependent economy and got people to say "yes" to a renewable future.
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#Countdown #climate_change #fossil_fuels #renewable_energy #policy

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👁The problem with billionaires — and the debut of True Net Worth
🧠Randall Lane
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣As chief content officer of Forbes, Randall Lane oversees the magazine's signature list of billionaires, tracking the richest people on Earth. But he has noticed that this prompts the ultra-wealthy to stockpile their money instead of spending it on the public good. He debuts a new ranking — True Net Worth — that applauds billionaires for their philanthropy and rewards generosity. Guess who's in the top five?
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#economics #finance #money #philanthropy #culture #society

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👁How I created OpenClaw, the breakthrough AI agent
🧠Peter Steinberger
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger takes us back to the transformative moment he let his AI agent loose on the internet, igniting one of the world's fastest-growing open-source projects. He makes a fascinating (and slightly unnerving) case that agents are a real shift, not just better versions of chatbots, and explores how they might reshape your ability to work, build and create. "The lobster is loose, and it's not going back into the tank," he says. (Followed by a brief Q&A with TED Chairman Chris Anderson)
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#technology #AI #computers #machine_learning #Internet #artificial_intelligence

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👁How to google your symptoms without freaking out
🧠John Whyte
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Why does searching your symptoms online always leave you more frightened than before? As former chief medical officer of WebMD, physician John Whyte spent years believing more information meant better health — until he saw how too much of it was making people spiral. In a world of health influencers, algorithms and AI tools designed to keep you clicking, he reveals why clarity and context is a better prescription.
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#health_care #public_health #technology #Internet #education

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👁Beware the power of prediction
🧠Carissa Véliz
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What do the story of Oedipus and your insurance premiums have in common? They are both driven by self-fulfilling prophecies. Philosopher and TED Fellow Carissa Véliz traces the hidden power of prediction, from Roman emperors who banned prophets to the AI algorithms quietly making decisions about your life right now. We tend to associate predictions with knowledge, she says, but they're actually attempts to grab power. So the next time someone tells you a specific outcome is inevitable, remember: they aren't describing the future — they're selling it.
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#AI #technology #future #ethics

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👁You got what you wanted. Now what?
🧠Debbie Millman
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Over two decades of interviewing countless creative people, Debbie Millman (host of the iconic "Design Matters" podcast) had a realization: the pride and joy of accomplishing something often evaporates almost instantly. She explains how to stop chasing external validation for your achievements and instead live for the act of creation itself.
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#creativity #design #personal_growth

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👁What Kosovo can teach the world about freedom
🧠Vjosa Osmani Sadriu
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣“Truth is the real oxygen for democracy,” says Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, the 6th President of the Republic of Kosovo. As a child of war, she once longed for someone to save her people. Now she’s been in the rooms where decisions are made — and she’s never forgotten what brought her there. In conversation with solutions journalist Angus Hervey, she reflects on what it takes to defend democracy in a world where truth itself is under threat. (Recorded on April 14, 2026)
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#leadership #democracy #government #social_change #politics

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👁The fascinating reason you loved peek-a-boo
🧠 TED-Ed
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In Italy, it’s called il gioco del cucù. Palestinians say ba' 'éno. And in Japan, it’s inaīnaibā! Peek-a-boo is a near universal source of laughter and connection for infants and adults— it’s the first game that almost everyone plays. So what is it about this goofy game that babies love so much? Dig into how this simple game promotes the development of our cognitive, motor, and social skills. [Directed by Homework Studio, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
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#TED_Ed #education #animation #brain #psychology #emotions #memory

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👁Reimagining traditional architecture for modern needs
🧠Riyad Joucka
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Architect Riyad Joucka believes your home should be a mirror of who you are. Using 3D printing and ancient architectural wisdom, he's designing efficient, personal homes that respond to context, climate and culture without sacrificing character. He makes the case that we should start designing for people, not the market.
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#architecture #technology #design #3D_printing #urban_planning #innovation

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👁Why AI is unlikely to become conscious
🧠Anil Seth
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣We see consciousness in AI the same way we see faces in clouds, says neuroscientist Anil Seth. He explores the all-too-human tendency to project inner life onto machines that are brilliant mimics, not sentient beings, and gives a definitive answer to the urgent question: Will AI ever gain consciousness?
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👁How to invite creativity into your life
🧠Debbie Millman
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What do you hear when you sit in silence? For artist Rose B. Simpson, that question is the beginning of all art. She comes from a line of ceramic artists stretching back generations and, as part of her multidisciplinary work, she also builds custom lowrider cars. (If that sounds like a contradiction, that's kind of the point.) In conversation with "Design Matters" podcast host Debbie Millman, Simpson invites you to find your own aesthetic — not by searching, but by listening.
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#art #culture #mindfulness #nature #creativity #storytelling

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👁The rising cost of dissent in America
🧠Miles Taylor
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Former senior US national security official Miles Taylor shares a personal account that raises a broader civic concern: the growing cost of dissent in American public life. Drawing on his experience inside government and living the consequences of speaking openly, he says that the real threat to US democracy isn't the politicians or hard-liners — it's the two-thirds of Americans who don’t speak up. (This talk contains mature language.)
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#politics #United_States #government #media #social_change #democracy

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👁What really won the trillion-dollar Supreme Court case
🧠Neal Kumar Katyal
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣In November 2025, Neal Kumar Katyal was asked to do what no US Supreme Court litigator had ever done: convince the justices to strike down a sitting president's signature initiative. After enlisting the help of four unlikely coaches — and one secret weapon he hasn't told anyone about until now — he walked into the courtroom ready for anything. What he discovered about winning and connecting might just change how you think about performing under pressure.
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#society #culture #law #policy #AI

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