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How to discover your authentic self -- at any age | Bevy Smith

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Ted Audio Collective It's Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh. You're in for a treat and a lot of laughing out loud in today's dog from Pop Culture Queen, Bevy Smith. She took the Ted 2022 stage in five-inch heels and a whole lot of moxie. She shares where it all came from and her key lessons about aging in her singular,...

The case for a 4-day work week | Juliet Schor

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Ted Audio Collective Hey, it's Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks Daily. Economist Juliet Shaw wants us to work shorter weeks. Sounds compelling already, right? In her Ted 2022 talk, she lays out the case for a four-day work week with five days of pay. Like around after the talk, where she adds context to this...

How targeted ads might just save your life | Sandersan Onie

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Ted Audio Collective You're listening to Ted Talks daily, I'm Elise Hugh. Big Data and Geo-Targeting touches our lives in so many ways, finding us to recommend products and sell us more things, for example. But researcher and professor Sanderson Onis says big data can also save lives. in his 2022 talk from TEDx Sydney...

In the age of AI art, what can originality look like? | Eileen Isagon Skyers

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Ted Audio Collective I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks Daily. Where does your mind go when you think about the technological future? For media art creator, Elaine Easegan-Skyers, the future will mean multiplying all the creative possibilities at our fingertips and beyond. When her Ted 2023 talk, she lays o...

What the fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to know | Al Gore

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Ted Audio Collective I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks daily. Climate advocate and Nobel laureate Al Gore says we are seeing tremendous progress in the global climate crisis. But the situation is growing worse, faster than we're deploying solutions. It is 2023 talk from the Ted Countdown Summit. He lays ou...

Can global food companies make the shift to regenerative agriculture? | Steve Presley

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Ted Audio Collective I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks Daily. Food production accounts for about 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. To cut those down, the way food is grown, sourced, and packaged has to change. To paint a picture of how that conversion is happening, in the farming and food space, Steve P...

How to make sure materials get reused — again and again | Garry Cooper

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Ted Audio Collective You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm your host, Elise Hugh. Gary Cooper is a connector. He helps organizations reuse items such as building materials, IT, and furniture so they don't go to waste. All through something called circular economies. In his talk from Ted 2023, Cooper shows us how to...

The tree-growing movement restoring Africa's vital landscapes | Wanjira Mathai

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Ted Audio Collective You're listening to Ted Talks daily, I'm Elise Hugh. Juan Jira Mavai is at the forefront of re-greening the planet. In her talk from Ted 2023, she shares her vision for scaling the restoration of the African continent through her work on the audacious project Grantee, Restore Local, after the Your...

How to be a leader for climate justice | David Lammy and Justin J. Pearson

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Ted Audio Collective You're listening to Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh. In today's episode, Justin J. Pearson, the Tennessee Lawmaker, who's becoming a household name, sits down for a powerful conversation with UK Parliament member David Lamy. The two describe this moment in climate leadership and environmental just...

The growing megafire crisis -- and how to contain it | George T. Whitesides

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Ted Audio Collective I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks Daily. Wildfires. Well, I'm coming at you from Southern California, so this is something we live with annually. But all of us around the world are living in a reality of more and more mega wildfires, and they're getting worse. And his dog from Ted 2023...

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