TED Radio Hour

Exploring the hidden history of slave dwellings, resilience of enslaved people, ancestral roots, and embracing the legacy of descendants. The push for resurgent black power in the South and the importance of acknowledging and preserving ancestral traditions.

Cardiologist, law professor, pediatric nurse, and climate activist discuss heartache and ways to mend broken hearts. Topics include the impact of emotions on heart health, importance of difficult conversations in relationships, and battling grief as a nurse.

Guests include author Naomi Klein reflecting on the impact of mistaken identity, aerospace engineer Karen Willcox discussing the potential of digital twins, planetary scientist Sarah T. Stewart explaining the unique relationship between Earth and Moon, and psychologist Nancy Segal sharing insights on the similarities between unrelated twins.

Leadership is explored through the perspectives of executive coach Patrice Gordon, organizational psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, and educator Shabana Basij-Rasikh. Topics include reverse mentoring, redefining leadership, lessons from losing, reimagining success beyond GDP, changing landscape of leadership, and education and resilience in Afghanistan.

Legal scholar Nita Farahany shares a heartbreaking experience, and guests explore topics such as rewriting traumatic memories, protecting privacy in the era of neurotechnology, the erosion of cognitive liberty, building a new type of personal computer, brain hacks and brain organoids, and living with epilepsy.

Dementia care, navigating the American health insurance system, reflections on transracial adoption, and creating a home-like environment for individuals with dementia are the most interesting topics discussed in this podcast featuring Yvonne van Amerongen, Diana Adams, Sara Jones, and Bill Bernat.

Time management expert Laura Vanderkam, non-profit CEO Aisha Nyandoro, environmental data scientist Hannah Ritchie, and writer Emily Esfahani Smith talk about managing time, balancing work and personal life, finding time for what matters, financial planning, shifting perspectives on climate change and sustainability, achieving sustainability, decline in CO2 emissions, and the power of finding fulfillment in life.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, meditation expert, joins Dan Harris on the Ten Percent Happier podcast to discuss practical tips for starting a meditation practice and being more mindful in day-to-day life. They explore the benefits of meditating in bed upon waking up, the significance of posture in meditation, treating meditation as a way of being, the core practice of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, discovering deep motivation, and the power of awareness and mindfulness in breaking free from limited knowledge.

This podcast explores various perspectives on common resolutions. Topics include exercise's impact on brain health, the brain's reaction to weight loss, taking control of financial environment, and the importance of interconnectedness and family.

Psychologist, journalist, and philosopher discuss how to better plan for the future while allowing for the unexpected. Topics include perceiving the future self, planning for the future when hope seems dim, finding harmony between the present and the future, planning for an unpredictable future, consequences of failure in future planning, becoming good ancestors, and a philosopher's prescription for long-term thinking.