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Thelma Golden: How art gives shape to cultural change Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 16, 2010 Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The "...

Jonathan Klein: Photos that changed the world Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: April 13, 2010 Photographs do more than document history — they make it. At TED University, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images shows some of the most iconi...

Kirk Citron: And now, the real news Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 31, 2010 How many of today’s headlines will matter in 100 years? 1000? Kirk Citron's "Long News" project collects stories that not only matter toda...

Alan Siegel: Let’s simplify legal jargon! Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 24, 2010 Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They’re crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long. He calls for...

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 17, 2010 Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gam...

Eric Mead: The magic of the placebo Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 12, 2010 Sugar pills, injections of nothing — studies show that, more often than you’d expect, placebos really work. At TEDMED, magician Eric Mea...

Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 10, 2010 Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he c...

James Cameron: Before Avatar ... a curious boy Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: March 04, 2010 James Cameron’s big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fa...

Aimee Mullins: The opportunity of adversity Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: February 17, 2010 The thesaurus might equate "disabled" with synonyms like "useless" and "mutilated," but ground-breaking runner Aimee Mullins is out to redefine the...

Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 27, 2010 In this passionate talk, Eve Ensler declares that there is a girl cell in us all — a cell that we have all been taught to suppress. She ...

Ravin Agrawal: 10 young Indian artists to watch Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: January 20, 2010 Collector Ravin Agrawal delivers a glowing introduction to 10 of India’s most exciting young contemporary artists. Working in a variety of media, ...

James Geary, metaphorically speaking Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 18, 2009 Aphorism enthusiast and author James Geary waxes on a fascinating fixture of human language: the metaphor. Friend of scribes from Aristotle to Elvi...

Ryan Lobo: Photographing the hidden story Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 15, 2009 Ryan Lobo has traveled the world, taking photographs that tell stories of unusual human lives. In this haunting talk, he reframes controversial su...

Marc Pachter: The art of the interview Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 09, 2009 Marc Pachter has conducted live interviews with some of the most intriguing characters in recent American history as part of a remarkable series cr...

Scott Kim takes apart the art of puzzles Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: December 04, 2009 At the 2008 EG conference, famed puzzle designer Scott Kim takes us inside the puzzle-maker’s frame of mind. Sampling his career's work, ...

Tom Wujec demos the 13th-century astrolabe Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: November 20, 2009 Rather than demo another new technology, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our earliest but most ingenious devices — the astrolabe. With ...

Matthew White gives the euphonium a new voice Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 30, 2009 The euphonium, with its sweet brass sound, is rarely heard outside of traditional brass bands. Cutting loose on the euph, prodigy Matthew White pe...

Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 21, 2009 An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam...

Sam Martin: The quirky world of "manspaces" Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 09, 2009 Author Sam Martin shares photos of a quirky world hobby that’s trending with the XY set: the "manspace." (They're custom-built hangouts wh...

Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: October 07, 2009 Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cult...

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