
The poetry of family | Duncan Keegan
Duncan Keegan doesn't consider himself a poet, but this deeply beautiful talk shows otherwise. With simple grace and quiet eloquence, he celebrates family, connection and togetherness, often most call...
9 Touko 20259min

Can AI help with the chaos of family life? | Avni Patel Thompson
Tech innovator Avni Patel Thompson designed an app to shield busy parents from the chaos of scheduling school pickups, coordinating playdates, planning birthday parties and more — but as the product d...
8 Touko 20258min

A parent's guide to raising kids after loss | Andy Laats
Andy Laats had the textbook fairytale family setup ... a great job, a happy marriage, three wonderful kids and everything going for them. Until one day, they didn't anymore. In this tender, wise and u...
8 Touko 20259min

You are the bridge to the next generation | Ndinini Kimesera Sikar
"Do you know what you want to preserve for the next generation?" asks community leader Ndinini Kimesera Sikar. Drawing on her experience growing up in a family of 38 in a traditional Maasai village in...
7 Touko 20259min

Are we still human if robots help raise our babies? | Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
AI is transforming the way we work — could it also reshape what makes us human? In this quick and insightful talk, evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy explores how the human brain was shape...
6 Touko 20258min

The mental health AI chatbot made for real life | Alison Darcy
Who do you turn to when panic strikes in the middle of the night — and can AI help? Psychologist Alison Darcy shares the vision behind Woebot, a mental health chatbot designed to support people in tou...
5 Touko 202513min

How art helped me grapple with grief | Navied Mahdavian
With just a few lines, cartoons can say so much with so little. In a moving talk, cartoonist Navied Mahdavian shares his process for distilling huge concepts into drawings on the page — and shows how ...
2 Touko 20258min

The economic opportunity hidden in the climate transition | Marielle Remillard
The energy grid of the future demands a massive amount of materials: billions of solar panels, millions of wind turbines and more. Climate strategist Marielle Remillard reveals why there may be critic...
2 Touko 202512min




















