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The Big Five
What are the five biggest global challenges we face right now — and what can we do about them? This hour, TED speakers explore some radical solutions to these enduring problems. Guests include geoengineer Tim Kruger, president of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband, political scientist Ian Bremmer, global data analyst Sarah Menker, and historian Rutger Bregman.
Such Cryptocurrency. So Amaze.
Dogecoin, a bitcoin spinoff created as a joke, is now worth $1.4 billion. The coin's creator tells us how the joke became real — and explains why he has mixed feelings about the whole thing.
The War On Coal
President Trump's Energy Secretary, Rick Perry, had a plan to prop up the coal industry. This week, a federal commission—led by a Trump appointee—rejected it.
This Racism Is Killing Me Inside
On this weeks episode we hear the story of Shalon Irving, who passed away after giving birth to her daughter. Black women in the United States are 243 percent more likely than white women to die of pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes. There's evidence that shows this gap is caused by the "weathering" effects of racism.
Why Quitting Is Awesome
The state of the American job market, as revealed by jobs numbers released this morning.
What To Do About Inequality
A lot of popular plans for boosting middle-class wages don't work as well as as they used to. Here are a few ideas that might work now.
Hidden Gems of the Jobs Report
Here are three illuminating but largely overlooked numbers from today's jobs report.
Solve For X
Math intimidates a lot of us, but it can deliver surprising answers to life's pressing questions. In this episode, TED speakers discuss the elegant simplicity, and giddy complexity, of solving for X. Guests include comic book author Randall Munroe, polymath Terry Moore, percussionist Clayton Cameron and Mathematician Hannah Fry. (Original broadcast date: March 5, 2015)
Corruption, Protests, and the Price of Eggs in Iran
Thousands of people are protesting in the streets of Iran. Part of the reason: the price of eggs just went through the roof.