How Your Childhood Toys Tell Your Life Story | Chris Byrne | TED
Toy historian Chris Byrne explores how childhood toys like Matchbox cars, Barbie, Rubik's Cube, and Squishmallows reflect cultural values and influence adult development, revealing insights about personality and identity through playthings.
Our Savory, Spicy, Significant Relationship With Food | June Jo Lee | TED
Food ethnographer June Jo Lee explores how our "modern hungers" — our deepest desires and need for connection — shape what we eat. She analyzes what Gen Z's food preferences reveal about the present moment and future trends, examining the deeper meaning behind our food choices.
How to Be an “Apocalyptic Optimist” | Dana R. Fisher | TED
Sociologist Dana R. Fisher discusses how increasing climate disasters will drive people to demand action through social movements. She explains how to build resilience to catastrophe in yourself and your community, and how to rally for change despite seemingly intractable problems.
From Prison to Purpose Through Wildland Firefighting | Royal Ramey | TED
Royal Ramey shares his experience as an incarcerated firefighter in California and how it inspired him to co-found the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, a nonprofit that helps formerly incarcerated people become wildland firefighters and find purpose through public service.
Meet Our Planet's Hidden Defenders | Anjan Sundaram | TED
War reporter Anjan Sundaram highlights how small Indigenous communities, representing just 5% of the world's population, defend 80% of Earth's remaining biodiversity. He focuses on Mexico's ecological frontlines where these communities battle corporations and cartels to protect natural ecosystems.
What DEI Gets Wrong — and How to Do It Right | Paolo Gaudiano | TED
Social entrepreneur Paolo Gaudiano critiques common DEI approaches that focus too narrowly on one aspect, showing how leaders can create more equitable workplaces while boosting profits by avoiding backlash and costly turnover.
Even Healthy Couples Fight — the Difference Is How | Julie and John Gottman | TED
Relationship scientists Julie and John Gottman explain how the way couples handle conflict can predict their relationship's future. They demonstrate how to transform arguments into opportunities for deeper connection and understanding.
Les femmes peuvent-elles gagner le temps de vivre ? | Marie-Pierre RIXAIN | TEDxSaclay Women
Le rapport des femmes au temps est un enjeu central d’égalité. Malgré les principes d’égalité salariale, les femmes disposent de moins de ressources économiques et de temps disponible en raison de la précarité professionnelle et de la charge des tâches familiales. Les normes sociales contribuent éga
Pas tous les hommes...et pourtant | Arnaud DARS | TEDxSaclay Women
Après avoir répondu « Not all men » lors d’une discussion sur les inégalités femmes-hommes, Arnaud entame une remise en question qui va transformer sa manière de voir le monde. Dans ce talk, il raconte comment il est passé de la culpabilité à la responsabilité, et comment chacun peut utiliser ses pr
On Misrepresentation of Identities | Sada Malumfashi | TEDxMinna
In a world shaped by media, politics, and social perception, identities are often reduced to stereotypes. This talk explores how communities, especially in Northern Nigeria, have been misrepresented and the long-term impact of these narratives. Sada challenges us to confront distorted stories, recla
The Silent Barrier: How Assumptions Limit Us | Kaleb Brownson | TEDxPSU
When your disability is visible, one of the most limiting factors if your life is the assumptions other people make about you. Your disability isn't what limits you - it's their understanding of your disability. Kaleb Brownson, an adult with down syndrome, explores both the ways others have limited
My Time as a Transgender Teen | Bryn Sides | TEDxYouth@FranklinSchoolOfInnovation
My talk is about me, my friends, and trans kids all across the world's time living in this day and age as transgender. I talk about growing up in Louisiana, real data, and the history of trans people going all the way back to 1492. I hope listening to my story can help change your perspective on tra
Experiencing Without Eyes | Rabail Pirzada | TEDxUniversity of Wah
At TEDx University of Wah, Rabail Pirzada invites the audience to step into a world experienced beyond sight where sound, touch, and emotion shape reality. Through personal insight and lived experience, this talk challenges the visually dominant way society is designed and understood. Rabail Pirzad
Screened Affection: How Media Reimagines Love | Bok-sil Yun | TEDxHanyangU
Love in today’s media no longer stems solely from personal emotion. Cameras, algorithms, and platforms do not merely reflect love transparently; instead, they often portray it as hotter or colder than the true temperature of reality. As we seek authentic connection, our emotions constantly oscillate
Equal Pay, Equal Play, Equal Everything | Jen Barnes | TEDxBelltown Women
NOTE FROM TED: TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf Jen Barnes founded the first business built to promote gender equity in sports viewing and
Fighting Global Crime with Anonymous Action | Hayley Van Loon | TEDxBerlin Salon
NOTE FROM TED: This talk contains a discussion of human trafficking. Contents represent the speaker's personal approach and understanding. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manu
The cultural echo effect | Laney Bartos | TEDxASM Youth
How does culture travel? Like sound waves. Laney Bartos uses the physics of resonance and the history of jazz to explore how ideas, art, and stories echo across borders. She challenges the audience to consider not just what they hear, but what they transmit: What culture are you carrying, and how wi
Real Life as a Social Media Feed | Gabriela Prioli | TEDxOeiras
We live in a curious time: life happens, but it must also fit into a feed. In this talk, Gabriela Prioli explores how social media no longer shapes only what we show the world, but also what we choose to live. Between filters, likes and carefully edited narratives, a quiet question emerges: are we
Born Into Roles | Aziza Tillakhujayeva | TEDxAjou U Tashkent
From the moment we are born, society begins to assign us roles—based on culture, gender, family expectations, and tradition. In this talk, the speaker explores how these predefined roles can shape our choices, identities, and dreams. By questioning these expectations, the talk invites us to reflect
Who Gets to Shape Tomorrow? | Viola Jardon | TEDxWoodLaneWomen
In this bold and research-driven TEDx talk, venture capital researcher Viola Jardon exposes one of the most consequential gender gaps hiding in plain sight, who controls the money that builds our future. Despite women making up half the world's population, fewer than 16% of venture capital general p
Cronología de la violencia vicaria | Raquel López Cascales | TEDxRiodelaPlata
¿Qué pasa cuando el dolor desarma el lenguaje? Cuando se trata de violencia vicaria, reconstruir la línea temporal de los hechos no es solo un procedimiento técnico: es una forma de comprender, recuperar la voz y comenzar un proceso de reparación. Raquel comparte cómo acompañar a víctimas a narrar s