TED Radio Hour

Special Delivery (2021)

Sep 30, 2022

50:10

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Fireball Detection

01:49

COVID - The Gates Have Opened for mRNA Therapeutics

01:32

RNA Vaccines - The Delivery Woman's Dream

04:03

Introduction

2min

Amal Is a 90 Year Old Syrian Girl

2min

Amal Is a Living Creature With Thoughts, With Complications, and Fears

2min

The Importance of Special Deliveries

2min

Becoming a Theater Practitioner in Palestine

3min

TED Talks - She's Not a Piece of Furniture.

2min

What Is It That You Hope Amal Delivered?

2min

Amir Nizar Zuabi Gives Hope to Many People

2min

Fireball - The Building Block of Everything

3min

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Fireball Detection

2min

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What Happened Next?

2min

12.

The Balloon Fireball Launched

2min

13.

Is There a Hole in the Balloon?

1min

14.

Why I Love My Job

2min

15.

Fireball, a Spectacular Telescope

2min

16.

The COVID-19 Messenger RNA Vaccine

2min

17.

Using mRNA as a Therapeutic

2min

18.

Shipping RNA Vaccines

3min

19.

RNA Vaccines - The Delivery Woman's Dream

4min

20.

COVID - The Gates Have Opened for mRNA Therapeutics

2min

21.

Drone Delivery - Delivering Life-Saving Medicine

2min

22.

Drones

2min

23.

The Importance of Blood in Rwanda

2min

24.

Transfused Blood - The Difference Between Life and Death

2min

25.

TED Talks - Zipline, Inc.

3min

Original broadcast date: October 29, 2021. What does it take to deliver a message, precious cargo, or vaccines — meant for exactly the right place in our bodies? This hour, TED speakers explore the often perilous journey of crucial deliveries. Guests include theater director Amir Nizar Zuabi, astrophysicist Erika Hamden, chemical engineer Kathryn Whitehead, and entrepreneur Keller Rinaudo.

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TED Radio Hour

Special Delivery (2021)

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COVID - The Gates Have Opened for mRNA Therapeutics

RNA Vaccines - The Delivery Woman's Dream

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