The attack on Iran — why now? | Ian Bremmer
On the morning of February 28, 2026, the US and Israel bombed several parts of Iran, including the Tehran compound of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Geopolitical expert and Eurasia Group founder Ian Bre...
2 Mars 46min
Sunday Pick: Matt Damon on solving one of the planet’s biggest problems, in partnership with Gary White | from ReThinking with Adam Grant
Matt Damon is best known as the Hollywood icon from movies like Good Will Hunting and The Martian, but he has another passion offscreen: ensuring access to clean, safe water around the world. When he ...
1 Mars 29min
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams
What do you do when the world declares something impossible? When physician-scientist David Fajgenbaum was dying from a rare disease and social entrepreneur Kiah Williams was confronting the realities...
28 Feb 30min
The tiny organisms transforming farming | Karsten Temme
What if the solution to feeding humanity has been hiding in the soil for millions of years? Bioengineer Karsten Temme discovered a remarkable answer to this question: for eons, crops relied on soil mi...
27 Feb 11min
Jermaine Dupri on the art of making a hit | On the Spot
Legendary music producer Jermaine Dupri pulls back the curtain on how hit songs really get made in TED’s rapid-fire Q&A format, “On the Spot.” Answering a stream of unexpected questions, he covers wha...
26 Feb 12min
The story you're not hearing about AI data centers | Ayșe Coskun
The race to build smarter AI is crashing into a physical limitation: the power grid simply can't keep up with the energy demands of data centers. Computer scientist Ayșe Coskun shows how we could turn...
25 Feb 13min
The controversial climate tool funding real change | Sandeep Roy Choudhury
If a company plants trees to offset its pollution, is that climate progress — or is it greenwashing? Critics of carbon markets say it’s the latter. But Sandeep Roy Choudhury, who’s spent two decades f...
24 Feb 10min
A surprisingly effective way to fight misinformation | Dave Jorgenson
What if the best defense against misinformation isn’t panic, but a punchline? Journalist and comedian Dave Jorgenson explores how misinformation has proliferated throughout history — from the age of P...
23 Feb 15min
