Episodes of TED Radio Hour

Incognito -> Holly Herndon: How AI can transform your voice

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. And today on the show, nothing is as it seems.JONNA MENDEZ: We called it hiding in plain sight. Being able to transform - I always found it to be a v

Incognito -> Mary L. Gray: The invisible "ghost" workforce powering our day-to-day lives

TRANSCRIPT: (SOUNDBITE OF TED TALK)HOLLY+: (Singing in Catalan).MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. On the show today, incognito. And what if we can disguise and manipulate our voices to do thing

Incognito -> Gala Marija Vrbanic: How a fashion designer creates clothes for our digital selves

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:So you may not realize it, but there are companies that go incognito so that they can smoothly and swiftly help you get through the day.MARY GRAY: So let's imagine you're running late to a meeting or tryin

Found in Translation -> How imaging technology is recovering damaged texts and rewriting history

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:Today on the show, incognito. So far this hour, we have mostly explored strange and unusual ways that people and companies disguise themselves. But it's something we all do every single day when we get dress

Found in Translation -> What a living whale is worth in the fight against climate change

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi.(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)ZOMORODI: This is music from German composer Georg Philipp Telemann.GREGORY HEYWORTH: Telemann is the most prolific baroque co

Found in Translation -> Bacteria talk to each other. Decoding their signals could spot diseases sooner

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:Today on the show, Found in Translation.(SOUNDBITE OF WATER FLOWING)RALPH CHAMI: I'm sitting at the edge, and suddenly this magnificent creature surfaces. And I'm thinking, that's a blue whale.ZOMORODI

Found in Translation -> There's a secret to learning many languages — and it has nothing to do with smarts

TRANSCRIPT: (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. On the show today, Found In Translation. One thing we've all gotten used to over the past couple years is testing ourselves at ho

Writing for a Better Future -> How Can Kids Learn Human Skills in a Tech-Dominated World?

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:As we come to the close of our show, Found In Translation, we want to acknowledge that people usually say lost in translation to refer to all the nuances that get missed when you try to express yourself in a

May 12th, 2023

DIY -> A near-death experience, a tabloid frenzy and one woman's plan to reclaim her story

DIY -> How one idea helped turn water back on for thousands in Detroit

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED RADIO HOUR from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. And our story today begins one winter night in 2013 in an isolated area of Scotland.KATE STONE: A small - like, a hamlet called Lochailort, fairly ne

DIY -> The trades need more gender diversity. One woman is training the next generation

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:On the show today, ideas about doing it yourself. And for our next speaker, well, her story starts by doing not much at all, just scrolling through social media.TIFFANI ASHLEY BELL: Yeah. So this was July

DIY -> How to teach economics — but make it ridiculous, funny and easy to understand

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. Today's show, DIY - do it yourself. It's an ethos very often associated with hammers and nails.EMILY PILLOTON-LAM: Oh, I could talk about tools all d

Friction -> Jennifer Vail: How tribology can change the way you view the material world

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:So we've talked about people taking on the media, utility companies, gender stereotypes. And we want to end our episode on DIY with an individual who is taking on economics on social media because social med

Friction -> Yaël Eisenstat: Why we need more friction on social media

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi.(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)ZOMORODI: And I want to talk about a force that is happening all around us.JENNIFER VAIL: And it's something that we actually

Friction -> David Moinina Sengeh: The sore problem of prosthetic limbs

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. On the show today, friction. And in the tech world, entrepreneurs want as little of it as possible. Their goal is to build frictionless platforms and g

Friction -> Elan Gale: How tension in relationships makes for great reality television

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. On the show today - friction. And right now, I would like you to imagine you are running down a rocky hill in a pair of shoes that are way too tight.

The Birds and The Bees -> How city habitats help honeybees to thrive

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:So on this episode, we have heard about all kinds of friction. But we can't talk about friction without talking about relationships. And real quick, parents, this last segment delves into some more mature co

The Birds and The Bees -> Eggs and the genius of bird moms

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi.I see bees. Hello, friend. Hello.And today on the show...One just landed on me....The birds and the bees.Oh, my goodness. We have just come up

The Birds and The Bees -> What humans can learn from the sex lives of insects

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. And on the show today, Birds And Bees - the buzzy, busy, amazing cycle of reproduction that keeps all life clucking along.(SOUNDBITE OF CHICKENS CLUC

The Birds and The Bees -> When it's finally time to have "The Talk"

TRANSCRIPT: MANOUSH ZOMORODI, HOST:We've been hearing about animal instincts, behaviors that are crucial to survival, because it can be tough out there. Take the lowly cricket, for example.MARLENE ZUK: From a cricket's standpoint, the world