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Aging Boldly

Aging Boldly
Let’s end ageism

Ashton Applewhite

The writer and anti-ageism activist. Aging is not a problem to be fixed. Ageism is the prejudice to end.

How to live passionately, no matter your age

Isabel Allende

The Chilean-American novelist, speaking at 71. Her fears about getting older, and how she plans to keep living with passion.

Life’s third act

Jane Fonda

The actor and activist. How to re-imagine the extra thirty years added to our lives.

Displaced People

Displaced People

Don't feel sorry for refugees -- believe in them

Luma Mufleh

The founder of the first accredited school for refugees in the United States. Young people from war-torn countries building new homes, and why they need belief, not pity.

Let's help refugees thrive, not just survive

Melissa Fleming

Then spokesperson for the UN refugee agency. The individual human stories inside the refugee crisis, and how to help people rebuild.

The danger of a single story

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Nigerian novelist. What we get wrong when we hear only one story about a person or a country.

Malala Yousafzai, Nobel lecture

The Pakistani education activist and youngest Nobel laureate. Every child’s right to go to school.

Mind, Mood & Mental Fitness

Mind, Mood & Mental Fitness

The power of vulnerability

Brené Brown

A research professor at the University of Houston who studies human connection. What her research on shame and belonging taught her about vulnerability.

The gift and power of emotional courage

Susan David

The psychologist and author of Emotional Agility. Why a culture that prizes positivity over emotional truth fails us, and what to do instead.

One of the Greatest Speeches Ever

Gabor Maté

The Hungarian-born Canadian physician and author of The Myth of Normal. How mind, body and our social surroundings shape us, what children need to grow up well, and why trauma calls for understanding, not just diagnosis.

The Hill We Climb

Amanda Gorman

The first National Youth Poet Laureate, then 22, reciting her poem at the US presidential inauguration. Unity and hope after a hard, divided time.

The Call to Courage

Brené Brown

Her filmed talk on Netflix. Choosing courage over comfort, and why vulnerability is the way there.

Mind, Mood & Mental Fitness

Mind, Mood & Mental Fitness

The power of vulnerability

Brené Brown

A research professor at the University of Houston who studies human connection. What her research on shame and belonging taught her about vulnerability.

The gift and power of emotional courage

Susan David

The psychologist and author of Emotional Agility. Why a culture that prizes positivity over emotional truth fails us, and what to do instead.

One of the Greatest Speeches Ever

Gabor Maté

The Hungarian-born Canadian physician and author of The Myth of Normal. How mind, body and our social surroundings shape us, what children need to grow up well, and why trauma calls for understanding, not just diagnosis.

The Hill We Climb

Amanda Gorman

The first National Youth Poet Laureate, then 22, reciting her poem at the US presidential inauguration. Unity and hope after a hard, divided time.

The Call to Courage

Brené Brown

Her filmed talk on Netflix. Choosing courage over comfort, and why vulnerability is the way there.

Ai & The Future We Choose

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Why AI is our ultimate test and greatest invitation

Tristan Harris

The technologist and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology. How we roll out AI is a choice, not a given, and the lessons to take from social media.

Why the future is human … plus AI

Sal Khan and Esther Perel

The founder of Khan Academy and the psychotherapist. What part of being human a machine cannot take over, across work, school and love.

The Future of Intelligence: Chasing Utopia.

Mo Gawdat

The former Chief Business Officer of Google X and author of Scary Smart, speaking at the Love Tomorrow conference. Where AI is heading, and whether it leads to a better world.

Stories From The Kitchen Table

Stories From The Kitchen Table

How a team of chefs fed Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

José Andrés

The chef and founder of World Central Kitchen. Feeding an island after a hurricane, and what a hot meal tells people in need.

The hunt for General Tso

Jennifer 8. Lee

The reporter and author. Where familiar Chinese-American dishes really came from, and how two cultures made a new cuisine.