An interview with my mom
Mother’s Day is coming up. And since my TED Talk was about how meaningful it was to record a StoryCorps interview with my father, I wa...
12 talks to watch this Earth Day
Planet Earth doesn’t exactly have a birthday. But every year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day — the anniversary of the moment the e...
All 50 TED Talks shown for a split-second on 60 Minutes
In 2015, 60 Minutes aired a story called “When TED talks, people listen,” to show what happens when TED Talks are shared across ...
On 60 Minutes, the impact of TED Talks
On tonight’s episode of 60 Minutes, a segment called “TED Talks” tells the story of three TED speakers whose talks rippled out into the worl...
A professor shaves her head to explain the brain, a documentary highlights Afghan soldiers, + more news from the TED community
This week as usual, the TED community has lots of news to share. From an unusual neuroscience explainer to a heart-pounding documentary to a...
Tradition or travesty? A TED Fellow’s documentary investigates the complexities of whale hunting in the Faroe Islands
For the 50,000 people of the Faroe Islands, a self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark, hunting long-finned pilot whales — a dar...
60 Minutes previews “TED’s excellent adventure”
. On Sunday night, 60 Minutes will take a look at what they call “TED’s excellent adventure.” In a segment to air on April 19 at 7pm ET/PT, ...
Sweet tea, friendly folks + Kermit the Frog: TEDx takes shape in the South
“It is great to be back in Mississippi — yes it is,” said Kermit the Frog on the TEDxJackson stage in 2014. “I have deep roots here.” The Mu...
The TIME 100 for 2015 is filled with TED connections
As we perused the Time 100 today, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people of the year, we couldn’t help bu...