Episodes

  • How companies use AI to choose who gets hired and fired

    How companies use AI to choose who gets hired and fired
    Oct 3 2025
    AI is reshaping the workplace, but at what cost? Journalist Hilke Schellmann reveals the flaws of algorithmic hiring and how workers can adapt to a world where machines decide who gets in the door.

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  • What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change

    What this musician’s identity crisis teaches us about navigating change
    Sep 26 2025
    Since childhood, Joshua Roman's life revolved around the cello. But when long COVID forced him to set his cello aside, he had to rethink his approach to life, faith and music.

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  • Approaches to life: Improvise, pivot or plan

    Approaches to life: Improvise, pivot or plan
    Sep 19 2025
    Big life decisions are never easy. Should you follow a plan? Make a hard pivot? Improvise as you go? This hour, TED speakers who’ve made extreme life choices and their advice for getting unstuck. Guests include comedian and musician Reggie Watts, biomedical researcher Sonia Vallabh and conservationist Kristine McDivitt Tompkins.

    Original broadcast date: October 18, 2024

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  • The lab behind Waymo and Google Glass that wants to reshape your life

    The lab behind Waymo and Google Glass that wants to reshape your life
    Sep 12 2025
    The moonshot factory X is home to some of Silicon Valley's boldest inventions. CEO Astro Teller reveals how the secretive lab tests crazy ideas that can change the world... even when they fail.

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  • Are the kids alright? Part 2

    Are the kids alright? Part 2
    Sep 5 2025
    Teens today are navigating academic pressure, social media, gun violence and climate anxiety. But adolescent psychologist Lisa Damour argues that stress isn’t the enemy. It’s part of growing up. What matters is how teens and the adults around them learn to manage it. In part two of this series, Damour offers clear-eyed, compassionate advice plus a reminder: even in a turbulent world, kids are still resilient, resourceful and full of wonder.

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  • Are the kids alright? Part 1

    Are the kids alright? Part 1
    Aug 29 2025
    Being a kid—or raising one—has never been tougher. From AI in classrooms to social media pressures to economic stress, kids are navigating a minefield. In this two-part series, host Manoush Zomorodi explores what today’s young people are up against and what they need most from adults.

    This episode is Part 1 of TED Radio Hour's two-part series: "Are the kids alright?" Part 2 will be out on September 5, 2025.

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  • A guide to being brave in relationships

    A guide to being brave in relationships
    Aug 22 2025
    From sustaining a marriage to making new friends, forming connections requires courage. This hour, TED speakers guide us through being brave during the most difficult moments in relationships. Guests include writer and podcaster Kelly Corrigan, journalist Allison Gilbert and clinical psychologists Julie and John Gottman.

    Original broadcast date: November 1, 2024

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  • How deserted places find a second life

    How deserted places find a second life
    Aug 15 2025
    Lots left vacant, offices full of equipment but devoid of people, entire villages literally left to the wolves--this hour, TED speakers share stories about bringing new life to abandoned places. Guests include evolutionary biologist Shane Campbell-Staton, entrepreneur Garry Cooper, urban renewal expert Anika Goss, and conservationist Alysa McCall. (Original broadcast date: September 8, 2023)

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