Why I love a country that once betrayed me | George Takei
When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a "security" measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back at how the ca...
28 Jun 201716min
The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single ...
28 Jun 201718min
Why some of us don't have one true calling | Emilie Wapnick
What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, if you're not sure you want to do just one thing for the rest of your life, you're not alone. In this illuminating talk, writer and artist Emilie Wapnick...
27 Jun 201712min
The boiling river of the Amazon | Andrés Ruzo
When Andrés Ruzo was a young boy in Peru, his grandfather told him a story with an odd detail: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it. Twelve years later, after ...
26 Jun 201716min
Don't feel sorry for refugees -- believe in them | Luma Mufleh
We have seen advances in every aspect of our lives -- except our humanity," says Luma Mufleh, a Jordanian immigrant and Muslim of Syrian descent who founded the first accredited school for refugees in...
23 Jun 201714min
A celebration of natural hair | Cheyenne Cochrane
Cheyenne Cochrane explores the role that hair texture has played in the history of being black in America -- from the heat straightening products of the post-Civil War era to the thousands of women to...
22 Jun 201714min
Why design should include everyone | Sinéad Burke
Sinéad Burke is acutely aware of details that are practically invisible to many of us. At 105 centimeters (or 3’ 5”) tall, the designed world -- from the height of a lock to the range of available sho...
21 Jun 201710min
The refugee crisis is a test of our character | David Miliband
Sixty-five million people were displaced from their homes by conflict and disaster in 2016. It's not just a crisis; it's a test of who we are and what we stand for, says David Miliband -- and each of ...
20 Jun 201718min
