1) The perks of being a pirate | Tom Nash 2) How to make a sad story funny | Jodie Houlston-Lau 3) How I made friends with reality | Emily Levine 4) Why is Aristophanes called "The Father of Comedy"? - Mark Robinson 5) What I've learned about parenting as a stay-at-home dad | Glen Henry 6) How does alcohol make you drunk?
1) Why art is a tool for hope | JR 2) How art can shape America's conversation about freedom | Dread Scott 3) How to see more and care less: The art of Georgia O'Keeffe | Iseult Gillespie 4) An illustrated kingdom of real, fantastical plants | Nirupa Rao 5) AI-generated creatures that stretch the boundaries of imagination | Sofia Crespo 6) The unexpected math of origami | Evan Zodl
1) How symbols and brands shape our humanity | Debbie Millman 2) The strange history of the world's most stolen painting | Noah Charney 3) A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings | eL Seed 4) Why books are here to stay | Chip Kidd 5) Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"? | Yen Pham 6) Portraits that transform people into whatever they want to be | Uldus Bakhtiozina 7) Gyotaku: The ancient Japanese art of printing fish - K. Erica Dodge
1) How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are | Andrew Solomon 2) How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb 3) The power of vulnerability | Brené Brown
1) Embrace your main character energy with Natasha Rothwell | On the Spot | Natasha Rothwell 2) How to make anxiety your friend | David H. Rosmarin 3) The science behind dramatically better conversations | Charles Duhigg 4) Your inner fire is your greatest strength | Xiye Bastida
1) Ethical dilemma: Should knowledge be free? | Michael Vazquez and Will Kanwischer 2) How digital culture is reshaping our faces and bodies | Elise Hu 3) AI won't plateau — if we give it time to think | Noam Brown 4) How AI can bridge the Deaf and hearing worlds | Adam Munder 5) Lessons from history for a better future | Roman Krznaric 6) How to see the future coming — and prepare for it | Jane McGonigal
1) Why thinking about death helps you live a better life | Alua Arthur 2) Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast 3) Would you opt for a life with no pain? - Hayley Levitt and Bethany Rickwald 4) Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay
1) Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price 2) The philosophy of cynicism - William D. Desmond 3) How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) | Grace Kim 4) Why do our bodies age? | Monica Menesini 5) What really matters at the end of life | BJ Miller
1) How to discover your authentic self -- at any age | Bevy Smith 2) The most notorious scientific feud in history | Lukas Rieppel 3) The case for a 4-day work week | Juliet Schor 4) What's the best country to live in? | TED-Ed 5) The real reason female entrepreneurs get less funding | Dana Kanze
1) How to make applying for jobs less painful | Priyanka Jain 2) The story we tell about millennials -- and who we leave out | Reniqua Allen 3) The future of machines that move like animals | Robert Katzschmann 4) Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy | Carole Cadwalladr 5) How to govern AI — even if it's hard to predict | Helen Toner
1) How do personality tests work? | Merve Emre 2) Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it) | Fallon Goodman 3) The psychology of narcissism - W. Keith Campbell 4) How to turn climate anxiety into action | Renée Lertzman 5) Why we get mad -- and why it's healthy | Ryan Martin
1) Why some people are more altruistic than others | Abigail Marsh 2) Do you really know why you do what you do? | Petter Johansson 3) The counterintuitive psychology of insurance | Orit Tykocinski 4) Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)? | Claire Wardle 5) Can you spot the problem with these headlines? (Level 1) | Jeff Leek and Lucy McGowan
1) How some friendships last — and others don't | Iseult Gillespie 2) An ethicist's guide to living a good life | Ira Bedzow 3) A new vision of healthy masculinity | Davonte Green 4) Are we still human if robots help raise our babies? | Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
1) Why friendship can be just as meaningful as romantic love | Rhaina Cohen 2) How to be an "apocalyptic optimist" | Dana R. Fisher 3) Can you love your body — and still want to change it? | Gabriella Lascano 4) 5 signs you're a good driver | Iseult Gillespie 5) Parkour! How the sport keeps your body and mind fit | Taylor Lynn Carpenter 6) Why does uncertainty bother us so much? | Adam Kucharski
1) TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat -- and the rise of bite-sized content | Qiuqing Tai 2) How to train employees to have difficult conversations | Tamekia MizLadi Smith 3) Activism needs introverts | Sarah Corbett 4) The single most important parenting strategy | Becky Kennedy 5) What productive conflict can offer a workplace | Jess Kutch
1) A taste of Mexico's ancient chocolate-making tradition | Germán Santillán 2) Why aren't there more Native American restaurants? | Sean Sherman 3) The four fish we're overeating -- and what to eat instead | Paul Greenberg 4) How we could eat real meat without harming animals | Isha Datar
1) Our savory, spicy, significant relationship with food | June Jo Lee 2) The foods humanity forgot — and how we're bringing them back | Helianti Hilman 3) A menu of foods we might lose forever | Sam Kass 4) The food that fertilizes itself | Giles E.D. Oldroyd 5) The delicious potential of rescuing wasted food | Jasmine Crowe-Houston
1) Give yourself permission to be creative | Ethan Hawke 2) A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity | Tim Harford 3) The left brain vs. right brain myth | Elizabeth Waters 4) When the world is burning, is art a waste of time? | R. Alan Brooks 5) How to build a fictional world | Kate Messner 6) The infinite alchemy of storytelling | Zahra Al-Mahdi
1) Star Wars changed visual effects — AI is doing it again | Rob Bredow 2) How can creativity help us heal? A doctor and a cartoonist answer | Amy Baxter and Navied Mahdavian 3) Forget hustle culture. Behold the Artist Corporation | Yancey Strickler
1) The miracle of organ donation — and a breakthrough for the future | Abbas Ardehali 2) The new science of personalized vaccines | Ofer Levy 3) Your body vs. implants - Kaitlyn Sadtler 4) The agony of opioid withdrawal -- and what doctors should tell patients about it | Travis Rieder 5) How did we get fertility so wrong? | Mona Chalabi 6) How I'm using biological data to tell better stories -- and spark social change | Heidi Boisvert