NPR/TED Staff

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Sally Kohn: What Is The Opposite Of Hate?

Friday, July 13, 2018

Political commentator Sally Kohn wanted to understand why people hate. She traveled the world tracking down stories of hatred - but along the way, discovered an uncomfortable truth about her own past.

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Anand Giridharadas: Do Hateful People Deserve Forgiveness?

Friday, July 13, 2018

Anand Giridharadas spent two years researching a man who committed a string of hate crimes after 9/11. Along the way, he uncovered a striking story of mercy from an unlikely source: the man's victim.

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Pearl Arrendondo: How Can Mentors Push Students To Move Beyond Their Circumstances?

Friday, June 29, 2018

Pearl Arredondo grew up in East Los Angeles, the daughter of gang members. Education was her ticket out. She says young people need mentors to push them not to be victims of their own circumstances.

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Victor Rios: How Can Mentors Guide Kids To Live Up To Their Full Potential?

Friday, June 29, 2018

Victor Rios had dropped out of high school. But one teacher helped him turn his life around. Today, he's a sociologist who studies youth and the factors that nurture their potential.

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Regina Hartley: Why We Shouldn't Overlook The "Scrapper" With The Atypical Resume

Friday, June 29, 2018

Regina Hartley grew up a self-described scrapper, with far fewer opportunities than her peers. Now the VP of Human Resources at UPS, she says she knows the value of candidates who faced adversity.

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Malika Whitley: How Can Homeless Youth Heal From Trauma And Realize Their Potential?

Friday, June 29, 2018

Malika Whitley was a straight-A student who struggled with homelessness. To cope, she turned to the arts and later founded an organization helping teens in similar situations do the same.

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Jeff Smith: How Much Entrepreneurial Potential Lives Inside Our Prisons?

Friday, June 29, 2018

After serving a year in prison, Jeff Smith realized his fellow inmates were just as business savvy as many on the outside. He now works to help inmates harness those skills when they leave prison.

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Taiye Selasi: How Do The Places We Call Home Inform Our Identities?

Friday, June 15, 2018

Rather than identify with a country, writer Taiye Selasi chooses to identify with localities — local places and cities where her diverse range of experiences have helped shape her many identities.

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Roxane Gay: What Does It Mean To Identify As A Feminist?

Friday, June 15, 2018

Roxane Gay is a writer, a Haitian-American, a bisexual, and a feminist — albeit a self-proclaimed bad one. She says her journey to identify as a feminist has evolved over time.

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Kaustav Dey: How Can Fashion Shape Identity?

Friday, June 15, 2018

For Kaustav Dey, fashion can embolden us to express our unique identities. He describes how the clothes we wear can give us freedom to choose how we want to look and how we want to live.

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Jackson Bird: How Can We Demystify Trans Identity?

Friday, June 15, 2018

Jackson Bird was born female, but identified as male and transitioned in his twenties. He says compassion can help us become more comfortable talking about issues that affect transgender people.

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Janine Shepherd: How Can We Redefine Ourselves After A Tragedy?

Friday, June 15, 2018

Janine "the machine" Shepherd was a cross-country skier bound for Olympic greatness, when an accident left her paralyzed. She describes her struggle to redefine her identity beyond being an athlete.

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Jaron Lanier: How Can We Repair The Mistakes Of The Digital Era?

Friday, May 25, 2018

Jaron Lanier says tech giants are battling for our attention to manipulate our behavior. But how did we get here? Lanier offers insights from the Internet's early days and a possible path forward.

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Zeynep Tufekci: How Is Our Attention Packaged And Sold As A Commodity?

Friday, May 25, 2018

Why is it so easy to burn through an hour on YouTube or Facebook? Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci explains how advertisting algorithms have turned our attention into a valuable commodity.

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Manoush Zomorodi: Has Constant Stimulation Replaced Boredom?

Friday, May 25, 2018

With a never-ending stream of stimulation, we rarely experience boredom. But tech podcast host Manoush Zomorodi says we actually need to feel bored in order to jump-start our creativity.

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Tristan Harris: What Is The Cost Of Infinite Distractions?

Friday, May 25, 2018

Designer Tristan Harris says attention is at the core of human experience. He argues that our addiction to technology has the power to threaten our very capacity to think, reason and problem solve.

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Amishi Jha: How Can We Pay Better Attention To Our Attention?

Friday, May 25, 2018

What exactly is attention, and how can we reclaim it? Neuroscientist Amishi Jha says there's a powerful link between mindfulness, meditation and attention.

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Jochen Menges: What Role Does Charisma Play In Inspiring Followers?

Friday, May 18, 2018

What are the qualities of charismatic leaders? Professor of leadership Jochen Menges discusses why charismatic leaders have the power to inspire action — sometimes to a fault.

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Halla Tómasdóttir: How Can Leaders Inspire Others To Lead?

Friday, May 18, 2018

In 1980, Iceland elected the country's first female president. Halla Tómasdóttir grew up with this image of leadership, and then in 2016 ran for president. She says this is why more women need to run.

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Simon Sinek: How Do Great Leaders Inspire Us To Take Action?

Friday, May 18, 2018

Leadership expert Simon Sinek says lasting movements need inspiring leaders. He argues the best leaders are the best followers — they believe they are following a cause bigger than themselves.

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