Schedule for TED

Afternoon Snack EP05

Afternoon Snack EP05

1) The fascinating physics of everyday life | Helen Czerski 2) How theater weathers wars, outlasts empires and survives pandemics | Cara Greene Epstein 3) Why plague doctors wore beaked masks | TED-Ed 4) How a typeface helped launch Apollo | Douglas Thomas

2026-06-15 22:23:27 +0000 UTC2026-06-15 23:19:41 +0000 UTC(56m)
Did You Know ... ? EP06

Did You Know ... ? EP06

1) The myth of Narcissus and Echo | Iseult Gillespie 2) The myth of the original star-crossed lovers | Shannon Zhao 3) How Thor got his hammer - Scott A. Mellor 4) The myth of Prometheus - Iseult Gillespie 5) The Egyptian myth of Isis and the seven scorpions - Alex Gendler 6) The Taino myth of the cursed creator | Bill Keegan 7) The myth of Anansi, the trickster spider | Emily Zobel Marshall 8) The myth of Pegasus and the chimera | Iseult Gillespie 9) The Hawaiian story of the king's betrayal | Sydney Iaukea 10) The Japanese folktale of the selfish scholar | Iseult Gillespie 11) The myth of Loki and the deadly mistletoe | Iseult Gillespie

2026-06-16 09:36:59 +0000 UTC2026-06-16 10:45:20 +0000 UTC(1h8m)
Did You Know ... ? EP05

Did You Know ... ? EP05

1) The accident that changed the world - Allison Ramsey and Mary Staicu 2) Why is cotton in everything? - Michael R. Stiff 3) Why are earthquakes so hard to predict? | Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl 4) The kingdom hidden in Brazil | Marc Adam Hertzman and Flavio dos Santos Gomes 5) How do cancer cells behave differently from healthy ones? | George Zaidan and Charles Morton 6) The bizarre world of parasitic wasps | Miles Zhang 7) Why do people have seasonal allergies? | Eleanor Nelsen 8) What's the fastest way to alphabetize your bookshelf? | Chand John 9) How dangerous was it to be a jester? | Beatrice K. Otto 10) What happens during a heart attack? | Krishna Sudhir 11) Why your phone battery gets worse over time | George Zaidan

2026-06-16 08:27:14 +0000 UTC2026-06-16 09:36:59 +0000 UTC(1h9m)
Afternoon Snack EP06

Afternoon Snack EP06

1) Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal | Lucy Cooke 2) Why you should stop setting goals (yes, really) | Emmanuel Acho 3) What happens when you fall into piranha-infested waters? | Antonio Machado-Allison 4) How the compass unlocked the world | David Biello 5) How daylight saving time affects our bodies, minds -- and world | Matt Walker 6) The trick to regaining your childlike wonder | Zach King 7) Adventures of an asteroid hunter | Carrie Nugent 8) 4 ways the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we sleep | Matt Walker

2026-06-15 23:19:41 +0000 UTC2026-06-16 00:23:27 +0000 UTC(1h3m)
Secrets of the Wild EP04

Secrets of the Wild EP04

1) Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves? - Rebecca D. Tarvin 2) The loves and lies of fireflies | Sara Lewis 3) This weird trick will help you summon an army of worms | Kenny Coogan 4) How we found the giant squid | Edith Widder 5) Vultures: The acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem | Kenny Coogan 6) The colorful, shapeshifting wonder of the Amazon's praying mantises | Leo Lanna and Lvcas Fiat 7) Why can parrots talk? | Grace Smith-Viduarre and Tim Wright

2026-06-15 19:21:29 +0000 UTC2026-06-15 20:25:18 +0000 UTC(1h3m)
Climate Action, Now! EP05

Climate Action, Now! EP05

1) Whatever happened to the hole in the ozone layer? | Stephanie Honchell Smith 2) Climate change isn't a distant threat -- it's our reality | Selina Neirok Leem 3) How to provide cooling for everyone -- without warming the planet | Rachel Kyte 4) How do wind turbines work? | Rebecca J. Barthelmie and Sara C. Pryor 5) How to find your voice for climate action | Fehinti Balogun 6) The intended consequences of helping nature thrive | Ryan Phelan

2026-06-15 11:22:13 +0000 UTC2026-06-15 12:24:23 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Art of the Future EP05

Art of the Future EP05

1) 24 hours on Earth -- in one image | Stephen Wilkes 2) The power of an image -- and the mind behind it | Misan Harriman 3) In the age of AI art, what can originality look like? | Eileen Isagon Skyers 4) Test yourself: Can you tell the difference between music and noise? | Hanako Sawada 5) How to 3D print human tissue | Taneka Jones 6) The forgotten art of the zoetrope | Eric Dyer 7) How AI can help shatter barriers to equality | Jamila Gordon 8) How will AI change the world? | TED-Ed

2026-06-15 08:18:22 +0000 UTC2026-06-15 09:21:13 +0000 UTC(1h2m)
Art and Science of Love EP05

Art and Science of Love EP05

1) Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care | Cleo Wade 2) How long does it take to get over a breakup? | Mona Chalabi 3) The best way to apologize (according to science) | TED-Ed 4) A queer vision of love and marriage | Tiq Milan and Kim Katrin Milan 5) The money talk that every couple needs to have | Wendy De La Rosa 6) The myth of Hades and Persephone | Iseult Gillespie 7) Intimate photos of a senior love triangle | Isadora Kosofsky

2026-06-15 07:20:15 +0000 UTC2026-06-15 08:18:22 +0000 UTC(58m)