TED Radio Hour
Hosted by Manoush Zomorodi · 9 decoded episodes · newest Oct 2, 2026
Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves.<br><br><em> Support public media by joining NPR+ at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" ><em>plus.npr.org.</em></a><em> You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, including sponsor-free listening for TED Radio Hour.</em>
Episodes 9
- Oct 2, 2026 · 50 minGabriella Di Laccio reopens music history’s missing chaptersThe episode shows how archives, performance, and institutional choices determine whose creative work survives in the canon.
- Sep 25, 2026 · 50 minAwkwardness reveals hidden strengths and sharper self-knowledgeThe episode argues that embarrassment and social discomfort can become tools for persistence, creativity, honest conversation, and self-understanding.
- Sep 18, 2026 · 50 minScientists turn cosmic waves and hidden illness into sensory experiencesThe episode shows how sound, smell, and visual art can make distant cosmic forces, medical warning signs, and technological risks easier to understand.
- Sep 11, 2026 · 50 minLong COVID forces a celebrated cellist to reinvent his workJoshua Roman’s illness turns a career built on discipline and performance into a searching examination of identity, faith, and creative purpose.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 50 minElizabeth Dunn reframes climate action around happinessThe episode examines whether sustainable habits last longer when they improve well-being, while keeping individual choices in view of structural constraints and corporate responsibility.
- Aug 28, 2026 · 50 minA New Jersey fossil bed captures the dinosaurs’ final dayThe episode connects a precisely preserved mass extinction to the human responsibility to understand and protect the living world that followed.
- Aug 21, 2026 · 50 minAlgorithms turn internet slang into everyday speechThe episode shows how platform incentives shape not only what people watch, but also how language, identity, and political ideas spread.
- Aug 14, 2026 · 50 minCreators seek ownership in an economy built on constant outputAs platforms and AI expand creative production, the episode asks whether better legal and financial structures can keep human creators in control.
- Aug 7, 2026 · 50 minMedical progress cannot earn trust on its ownThe episode shows how honest uncertainty, patient listening, and collaboration can make healthcare more responsible and humane.