TED Talks News and Politics

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Seeing the world beyond news headlines: politicians, journalists and researchers share their insights onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.

An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter | Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi
Nov 29, 2016 – 00:16:05
It's time to reclaim religion | Sharon Brous
Dec 21, 2016 – 00:16:14
How to have better political conversations | Robb Willer
Jan 20, 2017 – 00:12:01
How jails extort the poor | Salil Dudani
Feb 16, 2017 – 00:12:43
3 ways to fix a broken news industry | Lara Setrakian
Feb 15, 2017 – 00:08:37
Why civilians suffer more once a war is over | Margaret Bourdeaux
Mar 22, 2017 – 00:14:08
The racial politics of time | Brittney Cooper
Feb 21, 2017 – 00:12:16
Who would the rest of the world vote for in your country's election? | Simon Anholt
Mar 23, 2017 – 00:14:55
Political common ground in a polarized United States | Gretchen Carlson, David Brooks
Apr 3, 2017 – 00:47:33
Behind the lies of Holocaust denial | Deborah Lipstadt
May 2, 2017 – 00:15:30
How (and why) Russia hacked the US election | Laura Galante
May 3, 2017 – 00:09:33
This is what democracy looks like | Anthony D. Romero
May 24, 2017 – 00:12:48
Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform | Marlon Peterson
May 31, 2017 – 00:07:32
The refugee crisis is a test of our character | David Miliband
Jun 20, 2017 – 00:18:38
Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life? | Jim Yong Kim
Jun 16, 2017 – 00:22:12
Don't feel sorry for refugees -- believe in them | Luma Mufleh
Jun 23, 2017 – 00:14:13
Why journalists have an obligation to challenge power | Jorge Ramos
Jul 12, 2017 – 00:14:30
What six years in captivity taught me about fear and faith | Ingrid Betancourt
Aug 2, 2017 – 00:19:40
How I help free innocent people from prison | Ronald Sullivan
Aug 15, 2017 – 00:11:54
Courage is contagious | Damon Davis
Aug 14, 2017 – 00:05:25
Why we need to end the era of orphanages | Tara Winkler
Aug 29, 2017 – 00:13:11
How young people join violent extremist groups -- and how to stop them | Erin Marie Saltman
Sep 5, 2017 – 00:11:38
How the US government spies on people who protest -- including you | Jennifer Granick
Aug 31, 2017 – 00:14:11
Who belongs in a city? | OluTimehin Adegbeye
Sep 8, 2017 – 00:12:03
How our friendship survives our opposing politics | Caitlin Quattromani and Lauran Arledge
Sep 11, 2017 – 00:14:25
What we're missing in the debate about immigration | Duarte Geraldino
Sep 19, 2017 – 00:07:42
A Black man goes undercover in the alt-right | Theo E.J. Wilson
Sep 21, 2017 – 00:18:07
What I learned as a prisoner in North Korea | Euna Lee
Sep 29, 2017 – 00:11:46
How to seek truth in the era of fake news | Christiane Amanpour
Oct 6, 2017 – 00:17:58
Why I risked my life to expose a government massacre | Anjan Sundaram
Oct 24, 2017 – 00:07:34
A Republican mayor's plan to replace partisanship with policy | G.T. Bynum
Nov 30, 2017 – 00:13:20
How judges can show respect | Victoria Pratt
Nov 10, 2017 – 00:15:50
Activism needs introverts | Sarah Corbett
Nov 21, 2017 – 00:13:57
What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit | Teresa Njoroge
Nov 13, 2017 – 00:12:10
How to transform apocalypse fatigue into action on global warming | Per Espen Stoknes
Nov 17, 2017 – 00:14:46
How adoption worked for me | Christopher Ategeka
Jan 2, 2018 – 00:07:44
From death row to law graduate | Peter Ouko
Feb 2, 2018 – 00:08:50
My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement -- and how I got out | Christian Picciolini
Mar 28, 2018 – 00:20:18
3 thoughtful ways to conserve water | Lana Mazahreh
Jan 3, 2018 – 00:11:22
How to put the power of law in people's hands | Vivek Maru
Jan 12, 2018 – 00:19:43
What comes after tragedy? Forgiveness | Azim Khamisa and Ples Felix
Jan 19, 2018 – 00:12:53
American bipartisan politics can be saved -- here's how | Bob Inglis
Jan 18, 2018 – 00:10:35
How protest is redefining democracy around the world | Zachariah Mampilly
Feb 8, 2018 – 00:10:02
3 lessons of revolutionary love in a time of rage | Valarie Kaur
Feb 9, 2018 – 00:22:12
Capitalism isn't an ideology -- it's an operating system | Bhu Srinivasan
Feb 12, 2018 – 00:06:10
Refugees want empowerment, not handouts | Robert Hakiza
Feb 22, 2018 – 00:06:45
How shocking events can spark positive change | Naomi Klein
Mar 7, 2018 – 00:15:35
How Baltimore called a ceasefire | Erricka Bridgeford
May 8, 2018 – 00:11:27
The human stories behind mass incarceration | Eve Abrams
Mar 22, 2018 – 00:13:39
What if we replaced politicians with randomly selected people? | Brett Hennig
Jun 5, 2018 – 00:09:18

Recent Reviews

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Ingrid Betancourt!!!

What an amazing and inspirational speaker!!!
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Salil Dudani recent talk was great

Not every TED talks News & Politics is of interest to me, but some of them hit a homerun. The most recent one given by Salil Dudani was one of those gems. Very thought provoking and informative. Overall, a very worthwhile podcast.