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Sit down with Head of TED Chris Anderson as he interviews leading thinkers and creators from around the world. The TED Interview is a space for guests to further delve into their groundbreaking work, give us a peek into how they discover and explore fascinating ideas, and, in some cases, even defend their thinking. This season, we’re looking at Infectious Generosity.

Generosity is at the heart of being human. It's how we've co-operated, innovated and grown as a civilization. Following Chris’s book of the same name, this podcast will dive into the idea that through the power of the internet, small acts of thoughtfulness spread to change lives at a scale never experienced before. Welcome to your front-row seat to great conversations with the world’s brightest minds.

And in the spirit of the Infectious Generosity, listeners can receive a free copy of Chris’s book in e-book or audio format. Just visit ted.com/generosity and fill out the short form to receive yours.

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107 episodes • 0 archived •

How to solve the world’s biggest problems with Natalie Cargill

May 23, 2024

40 mins

How much happiness can 2 million USD buy? with Elizabeth Dunn

May 16, 2024

51 mins

Exercising your generosity like a muscle with John M. Sweeney

May 9, 2024

30 mins

Why true success goes beyond profit with Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya

May 2, 2024

38 mins

How to use your time and money for good — as effectively as possible — with Will MacAskill

Apr 25, 2024

46 mins

The healing power of art with Lily Yeh

Apr 18, 2024

47 mins

How to fight hatred with curiosity with Daryl Davis

Apr 11, 2024

37 mins

How empathy gets in the way of a better world with Paul Bloom

Apr 4, 2024

37 mins

How kindness went viral with Catherine Barrett

Mar 28, 2024

39 mins

How Bill Gates spends $9 billion a year

Mar 21, 2024

50 mins

New season coming March 21: Infectious Generosity

Mar 14, 2024

5 mins

Frances Frei's three pillars of leadership

Jun 8, 2023

1 hr

Introducing Good Sport

Feb 8, 2023

3 mins

Our Predictions for 2023 | After Hours

Jan 4, 2023

45 mins

The music of David Byrne’s mind

Nov 17, 2022

39 mins

The hidden gifts of visual thinking with Temple Grandin

Nov 10, 2022

31 mins

Inciting joy with Ross Gay

Nov 3, 2022

32 mins

Randall Munroe answers your wildest questions

Oct 27, 2022

33 mins

A future without pandemics? with Mark Smolinski

Oct 20, 2022

33 mins

Atul Gawande on why American healthcare desperately needs innovation

Oct 13, 2022

46 mins

Linda Villarosa on the hidden toll of racism on health

Oct 6, 2022

39 mins

Can AI make healthcare human again? with Eric Topol

Sep 29, 2022

45 mins

Ed Yong on how animal senses reveal the world around us

Sep 22, 2022

43 mins

Mark Cuban doesn’t believe in following your passions | ReThinking w/ Adam Grant

Sep 15, 2022

44 mins

Pete Souza, Reagan and Obama’s White House Photographer | Design Matters

Sep 8, 2022

38 mins

A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley | TED Tech

Sep 1, 2022

17 mins

How do we fix the restaurant tipping system? with Saru Jayaraman

Aug 25, 2022

42 mins

Michael Schur on every moral question ever

Aug 18, 2022

49 mins

Aaron Bastani is thinking about automated luxury…communism?

Aug 11, 2022

44 mins

Juliet Schor wants a four-day work week

Aug 4, 2022

37 mins

DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on the future of AI

Jul 28, 2022

48 mins

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Jennifer Egan on storytelling in a data-hooked world

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Jul 21, 2022

45 mins

Garry Kasparov on chess, technology and democracy

Jul 14, 2022

45 mins

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein connects history to the stars

Jul 7, 2022

47 mins

How to predict the future with Jane McGonigal

Jun 30, 2022

42 mins

Steven Johnson wants to know how enlightenment happens

Jun 23, 2022

54 mins

Unlocking the mysteries of our brain | David Eagleman

Jun 16, 2022

57 mins

What’s on Elon Musk’s mind?

Apr 15, 2022

1h 9m

The limitless potential of human knowledge | David Deutsch

Jun 26, 2021

1h 3m

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The science and ethics of rewriting our DNA | Jennifer Doudna

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Jun 17, 2021

46 mins

S6 E9

Can planting trees really stop climate change? | Thomas Crowther

S6 E9·

Jun 10, 2021

47 mins

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Bonus: How to give a killer speech | How To!

S6 E8·

Jun 8, 2021

29 mins

S6 E7

The end of our 50-year stagnation | Tyler Cowen

S6 E7·

Jun 3, 2021

58 mins

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How to turn grit into a lifelong habit | Angela Duckworth

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May 27, 2021

1 hr

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What it really takes to make change | Jacqueline Novogratz

S6 E5·

May 20, 2021

1 hr

S6 E4

How youth gave climate the urgency it needed | Xiye Bastida

S6 E4·

May 13, 2021

44 mins

S6 E3

Work is never going back to normal | Simon Sinek

S6 E3·

May 6, 2021

46 mins

S6 E2

How COVID vaccines are revolutionizing medicine | Adrian Hill

S6 E2·

Apr 22, 2021

1h 6m

S6 E1

The race to build AI that benefits humanity | Sam Altman

S6 E1·

Apr 15, 2021

1h 9m

S5 E9

A special announcement from TED on climate

S5 E9·

Oct 8, 2020

1h 7m

S5 E8

Malala Yousafzai on why educating girls changes everything

S5 E8·

Jul 16, 2020

34 mins

The role of the wealthy in achieving equality with Darren Walker

Jul 9, 2020

46 mins

S5 E6

Al Gore on the new urgency of the climate crisis

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Jul 2, 2020

48 mins

S5 E5

A path to peace in Afghanistan with President Ashraf Ghani

S5 E5·

Jun 25, 2020

39 mins

Why a company’s future depends on putting its employees first with Dan Schulman

Jun 18, 2020

40 mins

S5 E4

How Taiwan used digital tools to solve the pandemic with Audrey Tang

S5 E4·

Jun 11, 2020

42 mins

S5 E3

Reckoning with racial injustice in the U.S. -- and where we go from here

S5 E3·

Jun 5, 2020

1h 2m

S5 E1

What we learn from the crisis can make our economy stronger with Kristalina Georgieva

S5 E1·

May 28, 2020

40 mins

S4 E14

What we get wrong about global growth with Dambisa Moyo

S4 E14·

Apr 24, 2020

1h 5m

Design your life for happiness with Elizabeth Dunn

Apr 17, 2020

1h 2m

S4 E12

The world after the coronavirus pandemic with Fareed Zakaria

S4 E12·

Apr 10, 2020

35 mins

S4 E11

What coronavirus means for the global economy with Ray Dalio

S4 E11·

Apr 9, 2020

52 mins

S4 E10

The tech we need to end the pandemic and restart the economy with Danielle Allen

S4 E10·

Apr 7, 2020

45 mins

S4 E9

How to create meaningful connections while apart with Priya Parker

S4 E9·

Apr 5, 2020

46 mins

S4 E8

Emotional resilience right now with Susan David

S4 E8·

Apr 4, 2020

51 mins

S4 E7

Elizabeth Gilbert says it's OK to feel overwhelmed. Here's what to do next

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Apr 3, 2020

59 mins

S4 E6

How to sleep during a pandemic with Matt Walker

S4 E6·

Apr 2, 2020

58 mins

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Why pandemics are not inevitable with Sonia Shah

S4 E5·

Apr 2, 2020

43 mins

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Lessons from China's response to COVID-19 with Gary Liu

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Apr 1, 2020

58 mins

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Building unity during a pandemic with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

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Mar 31, 2020

59 mins

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The quest for the coronavirus vaccine with Seth Berkley

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Mar 31, 2020

58 mins

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Bill Gates on how we must respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Mar 30, 2020

51 mins

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Bonus: Adam Kucharski on what should -- and shouldn't -- worry us about the coronavirus

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Mar 12, 2020

1h 8m

Bonus: Tom Rivett-Carnac is optimistic about the fate of our planet

S3·

Dec 23, 2019

49 mins

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Christiana Figueres on how we can solve the climate crisis

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Dec 11, 2019

1h 6m

S3 E7

Frances Frei's three pillars of leadership

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Nov 20, 2019

59 mins

S3 E6

Donald Hoffman has a radical new theory on how we experience reality

S3 E6·

Nov 13, 2019

54 mins

S3 E5

Kate Raworth argues that rethinking economics can save our planet

S3 E5·

Nov 6, 2019

53 mins

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Michael Tubbs on politics as a force for good

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Oct 30, 2019

50 mins

S3 E3

Elif Shafak on the urgent power of storytelling

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Oct 23, 2019

1h 1m

S3 E2

Anil Seth explores the mystery of consciousness

S3 E2·

Oct 16, 2019

51 mins

S3 E1

Dan Gilbert on the surprising science of happiness

S3 E1·

Oct 9, 2019

1h 1m

Bonus: Parag Khanna on global connectivity

S3·

Sep 25, 2019

38 mins

S2 E11

Johann Hari challenges the way we think about depression

S2 E11·

Jul 24, 2019

1h 15m

S2 E10

Yuval Noah Harari reveals the real dangers ahead

S2 E10·

Jul 17, 2019

1h 9m

S2 E9

Tim Ferriss on life-hacks and psychedelics

S2 E9·

Jul 10, 2019

51 mins

S2 E8

Monica Lewinsky argues for a bully-free world

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Jul 3, 2019

40 mins

S2 E7

Sylvia Earle makes a passionate case for our oceans

S2 E7·

Jun 26, 2019

55 mins

S2 E6

Andrew McAfee on the future of our economy

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Jun 19, 2019

1h 21m

S2 E5

Susan Cain takes us into the mind of an introvert

S2 E5·

Jun 12, 2019

48 mins

S2 E4

Kai-Fu Lee on the future of AI

S2 E4·

Jun 5, 2019

1h 5m

S2 E3

David Brooks on political healing

S2 E3·

May 29, 2019

1h 8m

S2 E2

Amanda Palmer on radical truth telling

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May 22, 2019

1h 7m

S2 E1

Bill Gates looks to the future

S2 E1·

May 15, 2019

44 mins

Roger McNamee takes on big tech

S2·

May 3, 2019

59 mins

Bonus Episode: Chris Anderson on the Ezra Klein Show

S1·

Dec 20, 2018

1h 3m

S1 E10

Sir Ken Robinson (still) wants an education revolution

S1 E10·

Dec 18, 2018

55 mins

S1 E9

Daniel Kahneman wants you to doubt yourself. Here’s why

S1 E9·

Dec 11, 2018

41 mins

S1 E8

Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds next

S1 E8·

Dec 4, 2018

38 mins

S1 E7

Mellody Hobson challenges us to be color brave

S1 E7·

Nov 27, 2018

53 mins

S1 E6

Robin Steinberg’s passionate quest to reform cash bail

S1 E6·

Nov 20, 2018

39 mins

S1 E5

Steven Pinker argues that our pessimism about today's world is profoundly wrong

S1 E5·

Nov 13, 2018

56 mins

S1 E4

Dalia Mogahed on Islam in the world today

S1 E4·

Nov 6, 2018

52 mins

S1 E3

Sam Harris on using reason to build our morality

S1 E3·

Oct 30, 2018

1h 2m

S1 E2

David Deutsch on the infinite reach of knowledge

S1 E2·

Oct 23, 2018

59 mins

S1 E1

Elizabeth Gilbert shows up for ... everything

S1 E1·

Oct 16, 2018

58 mins

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Sep 25, 2018

1 min

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