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Podcast title	TEDTalks (audio)
Website URL	http://www.ted.com/talks/brows...
Description	Each year, the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference hosts some of the world's most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses. These podcasts (also available in audio format) capture the most extraordinary presentations delivered from the TED stage.
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1. TEDTalks : How we are deceived by our own miscalculations of the future - Dan Gilbert (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 4.81Mb) Description: Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness -- sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself. Watch through to the end for a sparkling Q&A with some familiar TED faces.
2. TEDTalks : Healing and other natural wonders - Dean Ornish (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.78Mb) Description: Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's natural desire to heal itself.
3. TEDTalks : A brief digression on matters of lost time - John Hodgman (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.00Mb) Description: Humorist John Hodgman rambles through a new story about aliens, physics, time, space and the way all of these somehow contribute to a sweet, perfect memory of falling in love.
4. TEDTalks : Creativity, fulfillment and flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.34Mb) Description: Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow."
5. TEDTalks : Chalking it up to the blank slate - Steven Pinker (2003) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.02Mb) Description: Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found it incredibly upsetting.
6. TEDTalks : The real difference between liberals and conservatives - Jonathan Haidt (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.76Mb) Description: Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.
7. TEDTalks : What positive psychology can help you become - Martin Seligman (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.23Mb) Description: Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become?
8. TEDTalks : Technology, faith and human shortcomings - Billy Graham (1998) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 211.99Mb) Description: Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world -- but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED's archives.
9. TEDTalks : The brain in love - Helen Fisher (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.98Mb) Description: Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who had just been dumped.
10. TEDTalks : Classical music with shining eyes - Benjamin Zander (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.45Mb) Description: Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.
11. TEDTalks : Institutions vs. collaboration - Clay Shirky (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.56Mb) Description: In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.
12. TEDTalks : How ordinary people become monsters ... or heroes - Philip Zimbardo (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.44Mb) Description: Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic unseen photos from the Abu Ghraib trials. Then he talks about the flip side: how easy it is to be a hero, and how we can rise to the challenge.
13. TEDTalks : 4 ways to improve the lives of the "bottom billion" - Paul Collier (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.46Mb) Description: Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. How can we help them? Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold, compassionate plan for closing the gap between rich and poor.
14. TEDTalks : Exploring the ocean's hidden worlds - Robert Ballard (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.34Mb) Description: Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone?
15. TEDTalks : The amazing intelligence of crows - Joshua Klein (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 3.52Mb) Description: Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant machine that may form a new bond between animal and human.
16. TEDTalks : 6 ways mushrooms can save the world - Paul Stamets (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.53Mb) Description: Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu ... Read more.
17. TEDTalks : An inside tour of the world's biggest supercollider - Brian Cox (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.64Mb) Description: "Rock-star physicist" Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging, accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project.
18. TEDTalks : Your genes are not your fate - Dean Ornish (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 1.74Mb) Description: Dean Ornish shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a person at a genetic level. For instance, he says, when you live healthier, eat better, exercise, and love more, your brain cells actually increase.
19. TEDTalks : The universe on a string - Brian Greene (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.40Mb) Description: Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe.
20. TEDTalks : Where does creativity hide? - Amy Tan (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 9.98Mb) Description: Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.
21. TEDTalks : Open-source economics - Yochai Benkler (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.82Mb) Description: Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization.
22. TEDTalks : New thinking on the climate crisis - Al Gore (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.22Mb) Description: In this brand-new slideshow (premiering on TED.com), Al Gore presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists recently predicted. He challenges us to act.
23. TEDTalks : 2008 TED Prize wish: Charter for Compassion - Karen Armstrong (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 9.29Mb) Description: People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help build a Charter for Compassion -- to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.
24. TEDTalks : 2008 TED Prize wish: Once Upon a School - Dave Eggers (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 13.33Mb) Description: Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open
25. TEDTalks : 2008 TED Prize wish: An African Einstein - Neil Turok (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 12.51Mb) Description: Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, physicist Neil Turok speaks out for talented young Africans starved of opportunity: by unlocking and nurturing the continent's creative potential, we can create a change in Africa's future.
26. TEDTalks : My stroke of insight - Jill Bolte Taylor (2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.43Mb) Description: Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.
27. TEDTalks : Theremin, the untouchable music - Pamelia Kurstin (2002) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 17.31Mb) Description: Virtuoso Pamelia Kurstin performs and discusses her theremin, the not-just-for-sci-fi electronic instrument that is played without being touched. Songs include "Autumn Leaves," "Lush Life" and David Mash’s "Listen, Words Are Gone."
28. TEDTalks : Way-new collaboration - Howard Rheingold (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.94Mb) Description: Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.
29. TEDTalks : The omnivore's next dilemma - Michael Pollan (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.11Mb) Description: What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view.
30. TEDTalks : The story of a passionate life - Ben Dunlap (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.78Mb) Description: Wofford College president Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living and lifelong learning.
31. TEDTalks : The mystery box - J.J. Abrams (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.21Mb) Description: J.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery –- a passion that’s evident in his films and TV shows, including Cloverfield, Lost and Alias -- back to its magical beginnings.
32. TEDTalks : Tales of passion - Isabel Allende (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.24Mb) Description: Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism -- and, of course, passion -- in this talk.
33. TEDTalks : Why aren't we all Good Samaritans? - Daniel Goleman (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.38Mb) Description: Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren't more compassionate more of the time.
34. TEDTalks : Why design? - Philippe Starck (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.30Mb) Description: Designer Philippe Starck -- with no pretty slides to show -- spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question "Why design?" Listen carefully for one perfect mantra for all of us, genius or not.
35. TEDTalks : Beauty and truth in physics - Murray Gell-Mann (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.05Mb) Description: Armed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge on TEDsters about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones?
36. TEDTalks : Habits of happiness - Matthieu Ricard (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.35Mb) Description: What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true sense of serenity and fulfillment.
37. TEDTalks : Our cell phones, ourselves - Jan Chipchase (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.91Mb) Description: Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase's investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our pockets. He's made some unexpected discoveries along the way.
38. TEDTalks : How creativity is being strangled by the law - Larry Lessig (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.31Mb) Description: Larry Lessig, the Net’s most celebrated lawyer, cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the "ASCAP cartel" in his argument for reviving our creative culture.
39. TEDTalks : A journey to the center of your mind - Vilayanur Ramachandran (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.92Mb) Description: Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples.
40. TEDTalks : The illustrated woman - Maira Kalman (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.50Mb) Description: Author and illustrator Maira Kalman talks about her life and work, from her covers for The New Yorker to her books for children and grown-ups. She is as wonderful, as wise and as deliciously off-kilter in person as she is on paper.
41. TEDTalks : Life at 30,000 feet - Richard Branson (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 11.66Mb) Description: Richard Branson talks to TED's Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences -- and reveals some of his (very surprising) motivations.
42. TEDTalks : Fly me to the moons of Saturn - Carolyn Porco (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.91Mb) Description: Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Titan, and on frozen Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice.
43. TEDTalks : Making movies that make change - Jeff Skoll (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.66Mb) Description: Film producer Jeff Skoll (An Inconvenient Truth) talks about his film company, Participant Productions, and the people who've inspired him to do good.
44. TEDTalks : The stuff of thought - Steven Pinker (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.82Mb) Description: In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize.
45. TEDTalks : A brief history of violence - Steven Pinker (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.21Mb) Description: Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.
46. TEDTalks : Redefining the dictionary - Erin McKean (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.41Mb) Description: Is the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways today's print dictionary is poised for transformation.
47. TEDTalks : Tackling poverty with "patient capital" - Jacqueline Novogratz (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.35Mb) Description: Jacqueline Novogratz shares stories of how "patient capital" can bring sustainable jobs, goods, services -- and dignity -- to the world's poorest.
48. TEDTalks : Educating a new generation of African leaders - Patrick Awuah (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.01Mb) Description: Patrick Awuah makes the case that a liberal arts education is critical to forming true leaders.
49. TEDTalks : Cheetahs vs. Hippos for Africa's future - George Ayittey (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.97Mb) Description: Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa -- and calls on the “Cheetah generation” to take back the continent.
50. TEDTalks : Is 4 a.m. the new midnight? - Rives (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 3.67Mb) Description: Poet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o'clock in the morning.
51. TEDTalks : Toys that make worlds - Will Wright (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.78Mb) Description: In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces.
52. TEDTalks : How do ants know what to do? - Deborah Gordon (2003) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.30Mb) Description: With a dusty backhoe, a handful of Japanese paint markers and a few students in tow, Deborah Gordon digs up ant colonies in the Arizona desert in search of keys to understanding complex systems.
53. TEDTalks : The Web's secret stories - Jonathan Harris (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.47Mb) Description: Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for.
54. TEDTalks : What do we really know about the spread of AIDS? - Emily Oster (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.35Mb) Description: Emily Oster re-examines the stats on AIDS in Africa from an economic perspective and reaches a stunning conclusion: Everything we know about the spread of HIV on the continent is wrong.
55. TEDTalks : Why can't we grow new body parts? - Alan Russell (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.86Mb) Description: Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.
56. TEDTalks : Journey to the center of the Earth ... and beyond! - Bill Stone (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.11Mb) Description: Bill Stone, a maverick cave explorer who has plumbed Earth’s deepest abysses, discusses his efforts to mine lunar ice for space fuel and to build an autonomous robot for studying Jupiter’s moon Europa.
57. TEDTalks : Becoming Buddha -- on the Web - Robert Thurman (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 4.00Mb) Description: In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is our first step toward Buddha nature.
58. TEDTalks : John Doerr sees salvation and profit in greentech - John Doerr (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.09Mb) Description: "I don't think we're going to make it," John Doerr says in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. To create a world fit for his daughter to live in, he says, we need to invest now in clean, green energy.
59. TEDTalks : Swim with giant sunfish in the open ocean - Tierney Thys (2003) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.75Mb) Description: Marine biologist Tierney Thys asks us to step into the water to visit the world of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. Basking, eating jellyfish and getting massages, this behemoth offers clues to life in the open sea.
60. TEDTalks : The tragedy of suburbia - James Howard Kunstler (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.47Mb) Description: In James Howard Kunstler's view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about.
61. TEDTalks : "Black Men Ski" - Stew (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 4.52Mb) Description: What happens when a black man visits Aspen? Singer/songwriter Stew and his band are about to let you know.
62. TEDTalks : Inside the Google machine - Sergey Brin and Larry Page (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 4.61Mb) Description: Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin offer a peek inside the Google machine, sharing tidbits about international search patterns, the philanthropic Google Foundation, and the company's dedication to innovation and employee happiness.
63. TEDTalks : Technology's Long Tail - Chris Anderson (Wired) (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.10Mb) Description: Chris Anderson, the editor of WIRED, explores the four key stages of any viable technology: setting the right price, gaining market share, displacing an established technology and, finally, becoming ubiquitous.
64. TEDTalks : An atheist's call to arms - Richard Dawkins (2002) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 11.00Mb) Description: Richard Dawkins urges all atheists to openly state their position -- and to fight the incursion of the church into politics and science. A fiery, funny, powerful talk.
65. TEDTalks : How could God have allowed the tsunami? - Tom Honey (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.07Mb) Description: In the days following the tragic South Asian tsunami of 2004, the Rev. Tom Honey pondered the question, "How could a loving God have done this?" Here is his answer.
66. TEDTalks : After the gold rush, there's innovation ahead - Jeff Bezos (2003) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.45Mb) Description: The dot-com boom and bust is often compared to the Gold Rush. But Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos says it’s more like the early days of the electric industry.
67. TEDTalks : How to listen to music with your whole body - Evelyn Glennie (2003) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 28.79Mb) Description: In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.
68. TEDTalks : Can we know our own minds? - Dan Dennett (2003) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 3.43Mb) Description: Philosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us.
69. TEDTalks : The universe is queerer than we can suppose - Richard Dawkins (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 4.57Mb) Description: Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.
70. TEDTalks : Why are we happy? Why aren't we happy? - Dan Gilbert (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.92Mb) Description: Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.
71. TEDTalks : Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better - Tony Robbins (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.93Mb) Description: Tony Robbins discusses the "invisible forces" that motivate everyone's actions -- and high-fives Al Gore in the front row.
72. TEDTalks : What separates us from the apes? - Jane Goodall (2002) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 10.49Mb) Description: Jane Goodall hasn't found the missing link, but she's come closer than nearly anyone else. The primatologist says the only real difference between humans and chimps is our sophisticated language. She urges us to start using it to change the world.
73. TEDTalks : Nice building. Then what? - Frank Gehry (2002) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.30Mb) Description: In a wildly entertaining discussion with Richard Saul Wurman, architect Frank Gehry gives TEDsters his take on the power of failure, his recent buildings, and the all-important “Then what?” factor.
74. TEDTalks : 12 sustainable design ideas from nature - Janine Benyus (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.47Mb) Description: In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build.
75. TEDTalks : Sliced bread and other marketing delights - Seth Godin (2003) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.27Mb) Description: In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.
76. TEDTalks : The Pentagon's new map for war and peace - Thomas Barnett (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.82Mb) Description: In this bracingly honest talk, international security strategist Thomas Barnett outlines a post-Cold War solution for the foundering U.S. military that is both sensible and breathtaking in its simplicity: Break it in two.
77. TEDTalks : The double helix and today's DNA mysteries - James Watson (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.45Mb) Description: Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.
78. TEDTalks : Design is in the details - Paul Bennett (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 3.92Mb) Description: Showing a series of inspiring, unusual and playful products, British branding and design guru Paul Bennett explains that design doesn't have to be about grand gestures, but can solve small, universal and overlooked problems.
79. TEDTalks : Inspired ideas for a sustainable future - Alex Steffen (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 3.44Mb) Description: Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries.
80. TEDTalks : Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man - Susan Savage-Rumbaugh (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.18Mb) Description: Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology -- and how much by cultural exposure.
81. TEDTalks : Measuring the fastest animal on earth - Sheila Patek (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.95Mb) Description: Biologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second.
82. TEDTalks : Decoding the future with genomics - Juan Enriquez (2003) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.64Mb) Description: Scientific discoveries, futurist Juan Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to thrive depends on our mastery of that code. Here, he applies this notion to the field of genomics.
83. TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Let's build a health care system in Rwanda - Bill Clinton (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 9.39Mb) Description: Accepting the 2007 TED Prize, Bill Clinton asks for help in bringing health care to Rwanda -- and the rest of the world.
84. TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Help build the Encyclopedia of Life - E.O. Wilson (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.02Mb) Description: As E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize, he makes a plea on behalf of all creatures that we learn more about our biosphere -- and build a networked encyclopedia of all the world's knowledge about life.
85. TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Share a vital story with the world - James Nachtwey (2007) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.39Mb) Description: Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, war photographer James Nachtwey shows his life’s work and asks TED to help him continue telling the story with innovative, exciting uses of news photography in the digital era.
86. TEDTalks : A secular, scientific rebuttal to Rick Warren - Dan Dennett (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 9.24Mb) Description: Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion -- all religion -- to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon. Then he takes on The Purpose-Driven Life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution.
87. TEDTalks : The paradox of choice - Barry Schwartz (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.52Mb) Description: Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.
88. TEDTalks : Slowing down in a world built for speed - Carl Honore (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.16Mb) Description: Journalist Carl Honore believes the Western world's emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality of life. But there's a backlash brewing, as everyday people start putting the brakes on their all-too-modern lives.
89. TEDTalks : The rise of the amateur professional - Charles Leadbeater (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.50Mb) Description: In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. Passionate amateurs, using new tools, are creating products and paradigms that companies can't.
90. TEDTalks : Earth in its final century? - Martin Rees (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.32Mb) Description: Speaking as both an astronomer and "a concerned member of the human race," Sir Martin Rees examines our planet and its future from a cosmic perspective. He urges action to prevent dark consequences from our scientific and technological development.
91. TEDTalks : Cultures at the far edge of the world - Wade Davis (2003) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.84Mb) Description: With stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.
92. TEDTalks : Our priorities for saving the world - Bjorn Lomborg (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.46Mb) Description: Given $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming? Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers.
93. TEDTalks : The world now eats (and dies) like Americans - Dean Ornish (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 1.45Mb) Description: Stop wringing your hands over AIDS, cancer and the avian flu. Cardiovascular disease kills more people than everything else combined -- and it’s mostly preventable. Dr. Dean Ornish explains how changing our eating habits will save lives.
94. TEDTalks : "If I controlled the Internet" (a poem) - Rives (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 1.84Mb) Description: How many poets could cram eBay, Friendster and Monster.com into 3-minute poem worthy of a standing ovation? Enjoy Rives' unique talent.
95. TEDTalks : Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes - Richard St. John (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 2.14Mb) Description: Why do people succeed? Is it because they're smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.
96. TEDTalks : How technology's accelerating power will transform us - Ray Kurzweil (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.14Mb) Description: Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.
97. TEDTalks : How juries are fooled by statistics - Peter Donnelly (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 4.62Mb) Description: Oxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics -- and the devastating impact these errors can have on the outcome of criminal trials.
98. TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Share the story of Earth's manufactured landscapes - Edward Burtynsky (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.69Mb) Description: Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.
99. TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Finding new cures for migraine, depression, malpractice - Robert Fischell (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.71Mb) Description: Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, inventor Robert Fischell makes three wishes: redesigning a portable device that treats migraines, finding new cures for clinical depression and reforming the medical malpractice system.
100. TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Join my call to action on Africa - Bono (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 11.01Mb) Description: Musician and activist Bono accepts the 2005 TED Prize with a riveting talk, arguing that aid to Africa isn't just another celebrity cause; it's a global emergency.
101. TEDTalks : Entrepreneurs are the future of space flight - Burt Rutan (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.00Mb) Description: In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space program for stagnating and asks entrepreneurs to pick up where NASA has left off.
102. TEDTalks : Investing in Africa's own solutions - Jacqueline Novogratz (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 4.45Mb) Description: Jacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for a new approach.
103. TEDTalks : My dream about the future of medicine - Eva Vertes (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.71Mb) Description: Eva Vertes -- only 19 when she gave this talk -- discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer’s.
104. TEDTalks : Why we age and how we can avoid it - Aubrey de Grey (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 5.53Mb) Description: Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.
105. TEDTalks : What we can learn from spaghetti sauce - Malcolm Gladwell (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.09Mb) Description: Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce -- and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.
106. TEDTalks : Why do crack dealers still live with their moms? - Steven Levitt (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 19.29Mb) Description: Freakonomics author Steven Levitt presents new data on the finances of drug dealing. Contrary to popular myth, he says, being a street-corner crack dealer isn’t lucrative: It pays below minimum wage. And your boss can kill you.
107. TEDTalks : What is our place in the cosmos? - David Deutsch (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 4.25Mb) Description: Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The first step toward solving global warming, he says, is to admit that we have a problem.
108. TEDTalks : The science of love, and the future of women - Helen Fisher (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.73Mb) Description: Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic -- love –- and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.
109. TEDTalks : Finding happiness in body and soul - Eve Ensler (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 19.10Mb) Description: Eve Ensler, creator of "The Vagina Monologues," shares how a discussion about menopause with her friends led to talking about all sorts of sexual acts onstage, waging a global campaign to end violence toward women and finding her own happiness.
110. TEDTalks : Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning - Richard Baraniuk (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.30Mb) Description: Rice University professor Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions, his open-source, online education system. It cuts out the textbook, allowing teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world.
111. TEDTalks : How a ragtag band created Wikipedia - Jimmy Wales (2005) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 4.46Mb) Description: Jimmy Wales recalls how he assembled "a ragtag band of volunteers," gave them tools for collaborating and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished online encyclopedia.
112. TEDTalks : Dazzling set by 11-year-old violinist - Sirena Huang (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 10.16Mb) Description: Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interlude, the 11-year-old praises the timeless design of her instrument.
113. TEDTalks : Magical improv from 14-year-old pianist - Jennifer Lin (2004) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 9.81Mb) Description: Pianist and composer Jennifer Lin gives a magical performance, talks about the process of creativity and improvises a moving solo piece based on a random sequence of notes.
114. TEDTalks : The vision behind One Laptop Per Child - Nicholas Negroponte (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.67Mb) Description: Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the "$100 laptop."
115. TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Open-source architecture to house the world - Cameron Sinclair (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.52Mb) Description: Accepting his 2006 TED Prize, Cameron Sinclair demonstrates how passionate designers and architects can respond to world housing crises. He unveils his TED Prize wish for a network to improve global living standards through collaborative design.
116. TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Unite the world on Pangea Day, a global day of film - Jehane Noujaim (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.00Mb) Description: In this hopeful talk, Jehane Noujaim unveils her 2006 TED Prize wish: to bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film.
117. TEDTalks : TED Prize wish: Help stop the next pandemic - Larry Brilliant (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.64Mb) Description: Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from the planet, and calls for a new global system that can identify and contain pandemics before they spread.
118. TEDTalks : Living a life of purpose - Rick Warren (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 8.36Mb) Description: Pastor Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life, reflects on his own crisis of purpose in the wake of his book's wild success. He explains his belief that God's intention is for each of us to use our talents and influence to do good.
119. TEDTalks : "Letting Go of God" (an excerpt) - Julia Sweeney (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.50Mb) Description: Julia Sweeney (God Said, "Ha!") performs the first 15 minutes of her 2006 solo show Letting Go of God. When two young Mormon missionaries knock on her door one day, it touches off a quest to completely rethink her own beliefs.
120. TEDTalks : When it comes to tech, simplicity sells - David Pogue (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 6.66Mb) Description: New York Times columnist David Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders, and provides encouraging examples of products that get it right. To funny things up, he bursts into song.
121. TEDTalks : Greening the ghetto - Majora Carter (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.12Mb) Description: In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from flawed urban policy.
122. TEDTalks : Do schools kill creativity? - Ken Robinson (2006) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mp3, 7.08Mb) Description: Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.