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10 things to know before you pitch a VC for money Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 19, 2008 Thinking startup? David S. Rose’s rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself...

Security and insecurity Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 18, 2008 Playwright Eve Ensler explores our modern craving for security — and why it makes us less secure. Listen for inspiring, heartbreaking st...

Spinning a story of Mama Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 12, 2008 Storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy spins a funny, wise and luminous tale of parents and kids, starring her Cuban mother. Settle in and enjoy the ride &...

A digital library, free to the world Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: September 10, 2008 Brewster Kahle is building a truly huge digital library — every book ever published, every movie ever released, all the strata of web hi...

Photography connects us with the world Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: August 19, 2008 The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with gloriou...

Origami, blindfolded and to music Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: August 01, 2008 After Robert Lang’s talk on origami at TED2008, Bruno Bowden stepped onstage with a challenge — he would fold one of Lang's ast...

The art of collecting stories Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: July 24, 2008 At the EG conference in December 2007, artist Jonathan Harris discusses his latest projects, which involve collecting stories: his own, strangers&...

Telling stories of our shared humanity Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: July 22, 2008 Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. ...

Brain magic Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: July 18, 2008 First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies — in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in...

My year of living biblically Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: July 17, 2008 Speaking at the most recent EG conference, author, philosopher, prankster and journalist A.J. Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblical...

"Mother of Pearl" and "If I Had You" Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: July 11, 2008 The wonderful Nellie McKay sings "Mother of Pearl" (with the immortal first line "Feminists don’t have a sense of humor") and "If I Had You" from h...

How would you feel if you lost everything? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: July 09, 2008 Nine days before TED2008, filmmaker David Hoffman lost almost everything he owned in a fire that destroyed his home, office and 30 years of passio...

Using biology to make better animation Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: July 08, 2008 Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people — by building a human from the inside out...

"Everybody" and "Peace on Earth" Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: July 04, 2008 Guitarist and singer Raul Midon plays "Everybody" and "Peace on Earth" during his 2007 set at TED.

A girl, a photograph, a homecoming Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: July 02, 2008 Photographer Rick Smolan tells the unforgettable story of a young Amerasian girl, a fateful photograph, and an adoption saga with a twist.

Breath, music, passion Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 30, 2008 Composer Sxip Shirey makes music from the simple, dramatic act of breathing — alone and together. Open your ears to a passionate 3 minutes.

"Clonie" Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 27, 2008 Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay performs the semi-serious song "Clonie" — about creating the ultimate companion.

Classical music with shining eyes Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 25, 2008 Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it — and by extension, ou...

Why we know less than ever about the world Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why — though we want to know more about the world than ever -- the US medi...

Do all languages have a common ancestor? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 After speaking at TED2007 on elegance in physics, the amazing Murray Gell-Mann gives a quick overview of another passionate interest: finding the ...

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