The TED Interview

The TED Interview

58 episodes

Sit down with author and podcaster Steven Johnson to hear from leading thinkers and creators from around the world. The TED Interview is a space for guests to further delve into their groundbreaking work, give us a peek into how they discover and explore fascinating ideas, and, in some cases, even defend their thinking. This season, we’re looking at the future of intelligence. Ponder how we can train ourselves to see into the future with Jane McGonigal, find the humanities in science with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, and listen in on the thought processes of Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan. Welcome to your front-row seat to great conversations with the world’s brightest minds.

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Introducing Good Sport

Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 34 seconds

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Our Predictions for 2023 | After Hours

Published: Jan. 4, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 44 seconds

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The music of David Byrnes mind

Published: Nov. 17, 2022, 11 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 21 seconds

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The hidden gifts of visual thinking with Temple Grandin

Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 11 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 37 seconds

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Inciting joy with Ross Gay

Published: Nov. 3, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 56 seconds

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Randall Munroe answers your wildest questions

Published: Oct. 27, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 34 seconds

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A future without pandemics? with Mark Smolinski

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 20 seconds

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Atul Gawande on why American healthcare desperately needs innovation

Published: Oct. 13, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 5 seconds

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Linda Villarosa on the hidden toll of racism on health

Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 2:46 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 55 seconds

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Can AI make healthcare human again? with Eric Topol

Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 12:44 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 56 seconds

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Ed Yong on how animal senses reveal the world around us

Published: Sept. 22, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 27 seconds

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Mark Cuban doesnt believe in following your passions | ReThinking w/ Adam Grant

Published: Sept. 15, 2022, 7 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 52 seconds

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Pete Souza, Reagan and Obamas White House Photographer | Design Matters

Published: Sept. 8, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 29 seconds

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A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley | TED Tech

Published: Sept. 1, 2022, 3:26 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 48 seconds

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How do we fix the restaurant tipping system? with Saru Jayaraman

Published: Aug. 25, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 24 seconds

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Michael Schur on every moral question ever

Published: Aug. 18, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 17 seconds

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Aaron Bastani is thinking about automated luxury...communism?

Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 28 seconds

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Juliet Schor wants a four-day work week

Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 25 seconds

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DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on the future of AI

Published: July 28, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 48 seconds

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Jennifer Egan on storytelling in a data-hooked world

Published: July 21, 2022, 10 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 11 seconds

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Garry Kasparov on chess, technology and democracy

Published: July 14, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 31 seconds

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein connects history to the stars

Published: July 7, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 24 seconds

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How to predict the future with Jane McGonigal

Published: June 30, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 43 seconds

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Steven Johnson wants to know how enlightenment happens

Published: June 23, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 31 seconds

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Unlocking the mysteries of our brain | David Eagleman

Published: June 16, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 19 seconds

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Whats on Elon Musks mind?

Published: April 15, 2022, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 52 seconds

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The limitless potential of human knowledge | David Deutsch

Published: June 26, 2021, 5:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 39 seconds

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The science and ethics of rewriting our DNA | Jennifer Doudna

Published: June 17, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 7 seconds

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Can planting trees really stop climate change? | Thomas Crowther

Published: June 10, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 38 seconds

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Bonus: How to give a killer speech | How To!

Published: June 8, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 44 seconds

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The end of our 50-year stagnation | Tyler Cowen

Published: June 3, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 19 seconds

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How to turn grit into a lifelong habit | Angela Duckworth

Published: May 27, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 seconds

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What it really takes to make change | Jacqueline Novogratz

Published: May 20, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 seconds

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How youth gave climate the urgency it needed | Xiye Bastida

Published: May 13, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 44 seconds

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Work is never going back to normal | Simon Sinek

Published: May 6, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 26 seconds

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How COVID vaccines are revolutionizing medicine | Adrian Hill

Published: April 22, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 41 seconds

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The race to build AI that benefits humanity | Sam Altman

Published: April 15, 2021, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 4 seconds

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A special announcement from TED on climate

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 5:03 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 1 second

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Malala Yousafzai on why educating girls changes everything

Published: July 16, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 35 seconds

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The role of the wealthy in achieving equality with Darren Walker

Published: July 9, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 2 seconds

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Al Gore on the new urgency of the climate crisis

Published: July 2, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 15 seconds

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A path to peace in Afghanistan with President Ashraf Ghani

Published: June 25, 2020, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 18 seconds

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Why a companys future depends on putting its employees first with Dan Schulman

Published: June 18, 2020, 1:54 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 43 seconds

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How Taiwan used digital tools to solve the pandemic with Audrey Tang

Published: June 11, 2020, 3:23 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 49 seconds

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Reckoning with racial injustice in the U.S. -- and where we go from here

Published: June 5, 2020, 2:36 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 2 seconds

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What we learn from the crisis can make our economy stronger with Kristalina Georgieva

Published: May 28, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 9 seconds

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What we get wrong about global growth with Dambisa Moyo

Published: April 24, 2020, 4:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 36 seconds

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Design your life for happiness with Elizabeth Dunn

Published: April 17, 2020, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 16 seconds

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The world after the coronavirus pandemic with Fareed Zakaria

Published: April 10, 2020, 6:15 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes

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What coronavirus means for the global economy with Ray Dalio

Published: April 9, 2020, 10:11 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 25 seconds

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The tech we need to end the pandemic and restart the economy with Danielle Allen

Published: April 7, 2020, 7:16 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 34 seconds

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How to create meaningful connections while apart with Priya Parker

Published: April 5, 2020, 6:56 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 44 seconds

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Emotional resilience right now with Susan David

Published: April 4, 2020, 6:50 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 33 seconds

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Elizabeth Gilbert says it's OK to feel overwhelmed. Here's what to do next

Published: April 3, 2020, 6 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 40 seconds

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How to sleep during a pandemic with Matt Walker

Published: April 2, 2020, 9:27 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 32 seconds

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Why pandemics are not inevitable with Sonia Shah

Published: April 2, 2020, 3:45 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 48 seconds

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Lessons from China's response to COVID-19 with Gary Liu

Published: April 1, 2020, 1:13 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 16 seconds

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Building unity during a pandemic with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Published: March 31, 2020, 8:53 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 33 seconds

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The quest for the coronavirus vaccine with Seth Berkley

Published: March 31, 2020, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 53 seconds

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Bill Gates on how we must respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

Published: March 30, 2020, 7:14 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 55 seconds

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Bonus: Adam Kucharski on what should -- and shouldn't -- worry us about the coronavirus

Published: March 12, 2020, 6:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 15 seconds

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Bonus: Tom Rivett-Carnac is optimistic about the fate of our planet

Published: Dec. 23, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 42 seconds

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Christiana Figueres on how we can solve the climate crisis

Published: Dec. 11, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 39 seconds

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Frances Frei's three pillars of leadership

Published: Nov. 20, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 37 seconds

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Donald Hoffman has a radical new theory on how we experience reality

Published: Nov. 13, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 50 seconds

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Kate Raworth argues that rethinking economics can save our planet

Published: Nov. 6, 2019, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 51 seconds

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Michael Tubbs on politics as a force for good

Published: Oct. 30, 2019, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 50 seconds

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Elif Shafak on the urgent power of storytelling

Published: Oct. 23, 2019, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute

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Anil Seth explores the mystery of consciousness

Published: Oct. 16, 2019, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 6 seconds

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Dan Gilbert on the surprising science of happiness

Published: Oct. 9, 2019, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 29 seconds

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Bonus: Parag Khanna on global connectivity

Published: Sept. 25, 2019, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 8 seconds

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Johann Hari challenges the way we think about depression

Published: July 24, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 40 seconds

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Yuval Noah Harari reveals the real dangers ahead

Published: July 17, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 47 seconds

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Tim Ferriss on life-hacks and psychedelics

Published: July 10, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 5 seconds

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Monica Lewinsky argues for a bully-free world

Published: July 3, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 41 seconds

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Sylvia Earle makes a passionate case for our oceans

Published: June 26, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 40 seconds

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Andrew McAfee on the future of our economy

Published: June 19, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 57 seconds

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Susan Cain takes us into the mind of an introvert

Published: June 12, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 7 seconds

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Kai-Fu Lee on the future of AI

Published: June 5, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 9 seconds

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David Brooks on political healing

Published: May 29, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 15 seconds

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Amanda Palmer on radical truth telling

Published: May 22, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 13 seconds

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Bill Gates looks to the future

Published: May 15, 2019, 5 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 27 seconds

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Roger McNamee takes on big tech

Published: May 3, 2019, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 36 seconds

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Bonus Episode: Chris Anderson on the Ezra Klein Show

Published: Dec. 20, 2018, noon
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 25 seconds

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Sir Ken Robinson (still) wants an education revolution

Published: Dec. 18, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 48 seconds

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Daniel Kahneman wants you to doubt yourself. Heres why

Published: Dec. 11, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 51 seconds

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Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds next

Published: Dec. 4, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 2 seconds

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Mellody Hobson challenges us to be color brave

Published: Nov. 27, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 49 seconds

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Robin Steinbergs passionate quest to reform cash bail

Published: Nov. 20, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 14 seconds

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Steven Pinker argues that our pessimism about today's world is profoundly wrong

Published: Nov. 13, 2018, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes

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Dalia Mogahed on Islam in the world today

Published: Nov. 6, 2018, noon
Duration: 52 minutes 23 seconds

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Sam Harris on using reason to build our morality

Published: Oct. 30, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 24 seconds

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David Deutsch on the infinite reach of knowledge

Published: Oct. 23, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 46 seconds

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Elizabeth Gilbert shows up for ... everything

Published: Oct. 16, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 49 seconds

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Coming Soon: The TED Interview

Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 6:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds

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