Schedule for TED

How The Brain Works EP08

How The Brain Works EP08

1) How play helps a kid's brain grow | Jesse Ilhardt 2) Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look | Anil Ananthaswamy 3) How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins 4) Could a drug prevent depression and PTSD? | Rebecca Brachman 5) What is Alzheimer's disease? - Ivan Seah Yu Jun

2026-06-09 20:12:18 +0000 UTC2026-06-09 21:11:11 +0000 UTC(58m)
The Business Angle EP06

The Business Angle EP06

1) This is what makes employees happy at work | Michael C. Bush 2) How diversity makes teams more innovative | Rocío Lorenzo 3) How millennials and Gen Z can invest in a better future | Miguel Goncalves 4) The myth of bringing your full, authentic self to work | Jodi-Ann Burey 5) 8 lessons on building a company people enjoy working for | Patty McCord 6) Ethical dilemma: The burger murders | George Siedel and Christine Ladwig

2026-06-10 12:21:24 +0000 UTC2026-06-10 13:19:23 +0000 UTC(57m)
Justice By (Re)design EP07

Justice By (Re)design EP07

1) Why you should get paid for your data | Jennifer Zhu Scott 2) 3 ways to uproot a culture of corruption | Wanjira Mathai 3) Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained | Christina Greer 4) How marijuana reform could repair, reclaim and restore communities | Khadijah Tribble 5) An app that empowers people to solve their legal problems | Rohan Pavuluri 6) How is power divided in the United States government? - Belinda Stutzman

2026-06-10 09:24:30 +0000 UTC2026-06-10 10:24:24 +0000 UTC(59m)
Overlooked History EP06

Overlooked History EP06

1) What really caused the Irish Potato Famine | Stephanie Honchell Smith 2) History vs. Egypt's "most powerful" pharaoh | Jessica Tomkins 3) A day in the life of a Celtic Druid | Philip Freeman 4) One of history's most dangerous myths | Anneliese Mehnert 5) Why did the US try to kill all the bison? | Andrew C. Isenberg 6) How horses changed history | William T. Taylor 7) What few people know about the program that "saved" America | Meg Jacobs 8) How did Apartheid happen, and how did it finally end? | Thula Simpson 9) What happened when the United States tried to ban alcohol | Rod Phillips 10) How does impeachment work? - Alex Gendler

2026-06-09 22:20:42 +0000 UTC2026-06-09 23:30:12 +0000 UTC(1h9m)
Overlooked History EP05

Overlooked History EP05

1) The most notorious scientific feud in history | Lukas Rieppel 2) When did slavery actually end in the United States? | Karlos Hill and Soraya Field Fiorio 3) The gory history of barber surgeons | Stephanie Honchell Smith 4) The imaginary king who changed the real world 5) The dark history of the overthrow of Hawaii | Sydney Iaukea 6) The merciless mercenaries of the Italian Renaissance | Stephanie Honchell Smith 7) History vs. Henry VIII - Mark Robinson and Alex Gendler 8) Why is the US Constitution so hard to amend? - Peter Paccone 9) What caused the Rwandan Genocide? | Susanne Buckley-Zistel 10) The rise and fall of the Mongol Empire - Anne F. Broadbridge

2026-06-09 21:11:11 +0000 UTC2026-06-09 22:20:42 +0000 UTC(1h9m)
Get Smart(er) EP12

Get Smart(er) EP12

1) This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life | Tara Djokic 2) What your smart devices know (and share) about you | Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu 3) Why should you read "The Handmaid's Tale"? - Naomi R. Mercer 4) 3 ideas for communicating across the political divide | Isaac Saul 5) How to use family dinner to teach politics | Hajer Sharief 6) Group theory 101: How to play a Rubik's Cube like a piano - Michael Staff

2026-06-09 09:20:43 +0000 UTC2026-06-09 10:22:12 +0000 UTC(1h1m)
Did You Know ... ? EP08

Did You Know ... ? EP08

1) Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn't? | G. Richard Scott 2) The myth of Icarus and Daedalus - Amy Adkins 3) Who owns the "wilderness"? | Elyse Cox 4) Where do werewolves come from? 5) The Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris | Alex Gendler 6) Why do you get a fever when you're sick? | Christian Moro 7) Why do animals form swarms? - Maria R. D'Orsogna 8) The myth of the Sampo— an infinite source of fortune and greed | Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara 9) How do ventilators work? | Alex Gendler 10) Why are human bodies asymmetrical? - Leo Q. Wan 11) The Chinese myth of the white snake and the meddling monk | Shunan Teng

2026-06-09 08:13:31 +0000 UTC2026-06-09 09:20:43 +0000 UTC(1h7m)
Did You Know ... ? EP07

Did You Know ... ? EP07

1) The physics of the "hardest move" in ballet - Arleen Sugano 2) If you're scared of snakes, watch this | Andrew Whitworth 3) Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? | Andrew Smith 4) How do pain relievers work? - George Zaidan 5) The infamous overpopulation bet: Simon vs. Ehrlich | Soraya Field Fiorio 6) The myth of Ireland's two greatest warriors | Iseult Gillespie 7) How did feathers evolve? - Carl Zimmer 8) The method that can "prove" almost anything | James A. Smith 9) Why bats don't get sick | Arinjay Banerjee 10) Why is it so hard to cure the common cold? | TED-Ed 11) The myth of Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece | Iseult Gillespie

2026-06-09 07:04:46 +0000 UTC2026-06-09 08:13:31 +0000 UTC(1h8m)