Ted Koppel's interview with Nelson Mandela in 1990 on ABC News. Nelson Mandela visited the U.S. for the first time after being freed from 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa. Here is sectioned out... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 1 month 3 weeks ago • 6 views • 8:19

Mike Rowe the host of "Dirty Jobs," tells some compelling (and horrifying) real-life job stories. Listen for his insights and observations about the nature of hard work, and how its been unjustifiably... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 5 years 8 months ago • 32 views • 20:03

The Coffee Break video that started the uproar with Kurzgesagt. -Popular Science is science for the masses. The stock in trade is nifty insights and suprising facts, conclusions that amaze and astound.... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 914 views • 17:49

Kimberly Noble: How does income affect childhood brain development? Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family... continue reading

posted by notarobot 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 52 views

As America becomes more and more multicultural, Rich Benjamin noticed a phenomenon: Some communities were actually getting less diverse. So he got out a map, found the whitest towns in the USA — and... continue reading

posted by Ashenkase 6 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 582 views • 13:02

He's given a TED talk too, https://www.ted.com/talks/andres_ruzo_the_mythical_boiling_river_of_the_amazon YouTube description: When Andrés Ruzo was a boy, his grandfather would tell him tales of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 2,029 views • 2:34

youtube- TEDx Talks Published on Sep 7, 2017 Imagine a global "Hive Mind" that can tap the knowledge, wisdom, insights, and intuitions of millions of people, and produce a super-intelligence that is... continue reading

posted by Buck 7 years 3 months ago • 119 views • 15:59

YouTube description: Adam Savage makes things and builds experiments, and he uses costumes to add humor, color and clarity to the stories he tells. Tracing his lifelong love of costumes — from a childhood... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 155 views • 13:08

Extreme Ownership | Jocko Willink | TEDxUniversityofNevada From YouTube: War is hell, but war is also a brutal teacher. War teaches you about brotherhood, honor, humility, and leadership. In this riveting... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 7 years 10 months 1 week ago • 116 views • 13:50

This is so wrong

posted by Gratefulmom 8 years 8 months ago • 947 views • 4:34

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Building strong children is easier than repairing broken adults. Why allow something to break only to try to fix... continue reading

posted by LukeForsyth455 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 24 views • 17:43

"As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds... continue reading

posted by ant 9 years 5 months 1 week ago • 22 views • 14:04

YT: For six months, Suki Kim worked as an English teacher at an elite school for North Korea's future leaders - while writing a book on one of the world's most repressive regimes. As she helped her students... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 133 views • 12:33

YT: Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old, but has learned to "see" using a form of echolocation. He clicks his tongue and sends out flashes of sound that bounce off surfaces in the environment... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 208 views • 13:08

From YT: "In a hilarious talk capping off a day of new ideas at TEDxNewYork, professional funny person Will Stephen shows foolproof presentation skills to make you sound brilliant -- even if you are literally... continue reading

posted by blackfox42 9 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,763 views • 5:56

Good talk about personal privacy, and the Internet From Brussels

posted by Vexus 1 decade ago • 1,783 views • 19:17

Addiction is less prevalent and problematic than we have been led to believe, and drugs have been scapegoated for problems related to poverty and race. Carl Hart, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and... continue reading

posted by cricket 1 decade 2 months 4 weeks ago • 683 views • 21:17

The creator of the Tree of 40 Fruits does TED talks explaining how he went about making them. slightly more info at http://www.treeof40fruit.com/

posted by newtboy 1 decade 4 months 1 week ago • 475 views • 5:18