7 Deadly Sins

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Original broadcast date: February 6, 2016. Sinful behavior is human, and nearly impossible to avoid. In this hour, TED speakers talk about the guilty pleasure of behaving badly and the challenge of confronting sin — and avoiding it. Guests include psychologist Christopher Ryan, former Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett, activist Dave Meslin, epidemiologist Gary Slutkin, entrepreneur Nick Hanauer, book editor Parul Seghal, and record-holding Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Guy here. Just a quick note to tell you that we're working on a whole bunch of new episodes.
0:04.6	But in the meantime, here's one from our archives. You may not have heard it.
0:07.6	It's called Seven Deadly Sins. We get seven different Ted Speakers to go over each one of the Deadly Sins.
0:13.0	It's an amazing episode. I hope you enjoy it.
0:17.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:23.1	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:25.2	Ted Talks. Ted.
0:26.8	Ted, technology.
0:27.8	Entertainment, design.
0:29.1	Is that really what's 10 for?
0:30.9	I've never known the...
0:31.9	Delivered at Ted Conferences Around the World.
0:34.2	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:35.6	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:38.4	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:42.8	Those talks, those ideas adapted for radio.
0:48.6	From NPR.
0:53.2	I'm Guy Ross.
0:54.6	And on the show today, the Seven Deadly Sins.
0:58.6	And in preparation for this episode, we kind of fell down an internet rabbit hole.
1:04.1	Because if you spend enough time looking, you'll find a surprising number of internet conspiracy theories
1:10.5	that claim that many of the most beloved film and TV characters are based on those seven sins.
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