So, I have a problem I want to talk about. You see, just just to give it's not a huge problem, but I want to give you a few contexts. I really really love stories.And not just like any stories. I love really really long stories. I love getting into really long book franchises or movie franchises or movie serieses that can last weeks or even months of my life because I think it's fun.I like getting into all the different characters and waking up thinking about these places. But the problem is something very ...

Now – more than ever, it’s critical to our democracy that we find a way to connect with people to discuss controversial topics. Sharing stories is a very effective way to do that – and everyone has stories to share. Research proves that when we share stories with each other, we connect on a physiological level. If we truly want to change this dynamic of polarization and division, sharing our personal stories MUST happen with the intention to CONNECT with people - to build trust, NOT to be persuasive – NOT w ...

This heartfelt speech explores the rich and diverse worldviews of Indigenous peoples, drawing on lessons of interconnectedness, respect for nature, and the power of storytelling and humor. Through light-hearted anecdotes and meaningful insights, listeners are invited to reconsider their relationship with the earth, each other, and even their houseplants. It's a call to see the world not as something to conquer, but as a vibrant web of life we’re all a part of. Student This talk was given at a TEDx event usi ...

Asalamaikkum. It's a very difficult topic. I think the first topic that was given to me was much easier and that was about how media has transformed Pakistan into.But when you say re-imagining culture, we have to define what culture is. And I think as I was preparing for this topic, the more I read about culture and the culture of Pakistan, it was so difficult for me to assess what is the culture of Pakistan. Culture basically means shared values and belief that a group of people or individuals have.Is Pakt ...

Welcome to the Bloomberg business of sports. We are here in san francisco during super bowl week. I'm joined by nfl hall of Famer media personality entrepreneur Michael Irvin.Michael, thanks so much for joining the Bloomberg business in sports. Thank thank you, guys, for having me. I appreciate you guys having me.And yeah, this is this is pretty nice to be back out here in San Francisco. I'm with Hard Rock Betts and having a chance to be at another Super Bowl, especially here in San Francisco, where I've ha ...

February 9th, 2022, 9:25 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. I'm in the control room of the Beijing Winter Olympics. As executive producer of NBC's Olympics coverage, I oversee the production of the games and I'm responsible for everything viewers see on the screen. I'm not in a good mood. These co air Olympics have been creating headlines for empty stadiums, athletes in mass, and geopolitical issues. But as fortune would have it, we had circled this night on the Olympic calendar literally years before because it f ...

The last time I was on a stage like this, I was giving an apology. It was January 24th and me and a team of high schoolers were organizing the first TEDex youth event in upstate South Carolina. TEDex 5 Forks Youth.We had been planning for six to seven months with 15 change makers, eight youth speakers, hundreds of emails, hundreds of Zoom meetings, all of it leading up to this moment. I remember waiting backstage excitedly thinking to myself that all of these efforts that we'd been putting in would finally ...

[music] If you disappeared tomorrow, how much of your story would remain. We live in a machine-led world where every post and every message is recorded. So where is your authentic story.Let me take you back to three years ago. I was oh so happy. I was truly content with my life.I had three wonderful adult sons and one amazing grandson and a husband that I love deeply for more than 30 years. We had built a beautiful life together. In the fall of 22, we traveled through Europe and had so much fun.We were new ...

[music] [music] I've [music] been advised by the organizers not to repeat my name um which you've heard. So I'll tell you my other name which is Tamino Fury or Afiri a name I got from my grandmother who you heard of from the teaser you just watched. Um and I think um my role today in this um whole thing is I guess um the role of storytelling and art in very serious um public socopolitical um context and I'm here to really talk about my hometown. Um my topic today is a love story um with home and it really t ...

Once long, long long ago when the world was young, there were no humans, just vices and virtues. and all the vices and virtues, compassion, rage, kindness, sloth, vengeance, jealousy, creativity. They're all standing around one day and creativity said, "You know what we should do. We should play a game. Let's play a game of hideand-seek." And madness said, "I want to be it. I'm on. Everyone else go hide.One 7 minus the square root of pi. " And all of the vices and virtues ran began to hide. Rage went and sm ...