Ted Stories: Rives — star of the Bravo special “Ironic Iconic America” — tells a typographical fairy tale that’s short and bittersweet.   Links:: Inspirational Stories, Life Stories, Love Stories, Funny Stories, Kindness Stories, Folktales, Spiritual Stories, Family Stories, Poetry, Podcast, Videos, Travel Stories, North American Stories, South American Stories,Relationship Stories, African Stories, Asian Stories, European [...]

Cookbook author (and geek) Nathan Myhrvold talks about his magisterial work, “Modernist Cuisine” — and shares the secret of its cool photographic illustrations, which show cross-sections of food in the very act of being cooked. Links:: Inspirational Stories, Life Stories, Love Stories, Funny Stories, Kindness Stories, Folktales, Spiritual Stories, Family Stories, Poetry, Podcast, Videos, Travel [...]

Is there something you’ve always meant to do, wanted to do, but just … haven’t? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted story/talk offers a neat way to think about setting and achieving goals.     Links:: Inspirational Stories, Life Stories, Love Stories, Funny Stories, Kindness Stories, Folktales, Spiritual Stories, Family [...]

At TED’s Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who’s bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental “skillness.” In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he asks: What’s the right balance between medicating craziness away and riding the manic edge of creativity and drive?   Links:: Inspirational Stories, Life Stories, Love Stories, Funny Stories, Kindness Stories, [...]

Artist-technologist Honor Harger listens to the weird and wonderful noises of stars and planets and pulsars. In her work, she tracks the radio waves emitted by ancient celestial objects and turns them into sound, including “the oldest song you will ever hear,” the sound of cosmic rays left over from the Big Bang. Links:: Inspirational [...]

Do let me know if you come up with an answer for this riddle, that’s all part of the fun! Links:: Inspirational Stories, Life Stories, Love Stories, Funny Stories, Kindness Stories, Folktales, Spiritual Stories, Family Stories, Poetry, Podcast, Videos, Travel Stories, North American Stories, South American Stories,Relationship Stories, African Stories, Asian Stories, European Stories, Oceanian [...]

Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It’s “ubuntu,” he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me. The Meaning of Ubuntu… wikipedia: Ubuntu, pronounced /ùbúntú/ (oo-BOON-too), is an ethic [...]

TEDstories: Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshat explores the paradox of being an artist in exile: a voice for her people, but unable to go home. In her work, she explores Iran pre- and post-Islamic Revolution, tracing political and societal change through powerful images of women.   Links:: Inspirational Stories, Life Stories, Love Stories, Funny Stories, Kindness Stories, [...]

Ted Stories: Imagine being able to see artwork in the greatest museums around the world without leaving your chair. Driven by his passion for art, Amit Sood tells the story of how he developed Art Project to let people do just that.   Links:: Inspirational Stories, Life Stories, Love Stories, Funny Stories, Kindness Stories, Folktales, [...]

Ted Stories: In the deep, dark ocean, many sea creatures make their own light for hunting, mating and self-defense. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder was one of the first to film this glimmering world. At TED2011, she brings some of her glowing friends onstage, and shows more astonishing footage of glowing undersea life.     Links:: Inspirational [...]