TED Radio Hour

The Ted Radio Hour
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Each year, TED hosts the world's most fascinating thinkers - convention-breaking mavericks, icons, and geniuses - who give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less about the best ideas in Technology, Entertainment, Design and much more. 

Through this exciting co-production between TED and NPR, each episode will focus around a theme (such as "Happiness") and TEDTalks that put ideas about the theme through the paces. 

Guy Raz, host of TED Radio Hour
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Guy Raz, host of TED Radio Hour

But the TEDTalks are just a launching point. Woven into and around a Talk, we've layered innovative soundscapes that bring ideas to life and break-off into conversation with the original speakers to probe why an idea made waves, got inside people's heads, and provoked excitement. Sometimes only portions of the original TEDTalk is played; other times you hear them almost in their entirety. Each approach to every idea is different, yet fascinating listening and great radio. 

The TED Radio Hour offers a fresh step back from the frenetic pace of news. By pulling back from immediate events to explore the ideas underlying them, a whole new, connected picture opens up. And, for the most part, it's hopeful: astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, new ways to teach and learn. Through this series, public radio stations can offer the one gift you can hang onto even after you've given it away -- the magic of an idea worth spreading. 

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TED Radio Hour
10:13 am
Fri May 17, 2013

Giving It Away

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"If you have something to give, give it now." – Mark Bezos

"It feels good to be able to change something. It feels good to give." -- Ron Finley

You can give away almost anything — your time, money, food, your ideas. Giving helps define who we are and helps us connect with others. And thanks to the Internet and a rise in social consciousness, there's been a seismic shift not only in what we're giving, but how. In this hour, stories from TED speakers who are "giving it away" in new and surprising ways, and the things that happen in return.

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TED Radio Hour
9:55 am
Fri May 17, 2013

How Do You Get People To Pay For Music?

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Musician Amanda Palmer says she learned about trust and giving when she was a street performer.

Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode Giving It Away.

About Amanda Palmer's TEDTalk

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TED Radio Hour
9:55 am
Fri May 17, 2013

Do We Have The Wrong Idea About Charity?

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Giving It Away.

About Dan Pallotta's TEDTalk

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TED Radio Hour
9:49 am
Fri May 10, 2013

What Can Doctors Learn By Admitting Their Mistakes?

Originally published on Fri May 10, 2013 11:28 am

Part 1 of TED Radio Hour episode Making Mistakes.

About Brian Goldman's TEDTalk

Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine's culture of denial keeps doctors from talking about and learning from those mistakes. Goldman calls on doctors to start talking about being wrong.

About Brian Goldman

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NPR Story
10:00 am
Fri May 3, 2013

Unstoppable Learning

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Babies and young children are "already about as smart as they could possibly be."

Originally published on Fri May 3, 2013 12:35 pm

"It's not about making learning happen. It's about letting it happen." — Sugata Mitra

Learning is an integral part of human nature. But why do we — as adults — assume learning must be taught, tested and reinforced? Why do we put so much effort into making kids think and act like us? In this hour, TED speakers explore the ways babies and children learn, from the womb to the playground to the Web.

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TED Radio Hour
10:00 am
Fri May 3, 2013

Can Schools Exist In The Cloud?

Originally published on Fri May 3, 2013 11:03 am

Part 5 of the TED Radio Hour episode Unstoppable Learning.

About Sugata Mitra's TEDTalk

After years of offering children self-supervised access to the Web, Sugata Mitra says kids can teach themselves. Mitra continues the conversation from earlier this episode by arguing that self-organized classes are the future of education, and he puts forward a bold vision: to build a school in the cloud.

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TED Radio Hour
10:00 am
Fri May 3, 2013

What Role Do Relationships Play In Learning?

Originally published on Fri May 3, 2013 11:03 am

Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode Unstoppable Learning.

About Rita Pierson's TEDTalk

Veteran teacher Rita Pierson believes that relationships are crucial to education. She talks about how classrooms lack the kind of human connections kids need to feel inspired and to learn. Pierson gave her talk as part of the PBS Special TED Talks Education, airing May 7.

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TED Radio Hour
4:01 pm
Fri April 19, 2013

How Does Beauty Feel?

Part 5 of the TED Radio Hour episode What Is Beauty?

About Richard Seymour's TEDTalk

A story, a work of art, a face, a designed object — how do we tell that something is beautiful? And why does it matter so much to us? Designer Richard Seymour explores our response to beauty and the surprising power of objects that exhibit it.

About Richard Seymour

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TED Radio Hour
10:00 am
Fri April 19, 2013

Are We Hard-Wired For Beauty?

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"Beauty draws us in...It takes us outside ourselves and it motivates us. It's essential to life and to happiness."

Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode What Is Beauty?

Psychologist Nancy Etcoff joins philosopher Denis Dutton to explain why beauty inspires and motivates us. Etcoff says our response to beauty is visceral, and we use strong words — like "bombshell" — when we talk about it.

About Nancy Etcoff

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TED Radio Hour
10:00 am
Fri April 19, 2013

Does Being Beautiful Make You Happy?

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode What Is Beauty?

About Cameron Russell's TED Talk

Cameron Russell admits she won "a genetic lottery": She's tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don't judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry look at the industry that had her looking highly seductive at barely 16 years old.

About Cameron Russell

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