Hey y'all, it's Elise Hugh. You're listening to TED Talks Daily. Today we're going to feature an episode of another TED Audio Collective podcast, the TED Radio Hour from TED and NPR. On the show, host Manushe Zomeroode takes you on a journey through ideas every week.

Here's a sneak peek of a recent episode all about the purpose of play in our lives.

If you like what you hear, find and follow the TED Radio Hour wherever you're listening to this.

It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR.

I'm Minnush Zomerode.

And today, part two of our series,

work, play, rest. We're examining the fundamental ways that we spend our time and how they're changing, including what it means to play. And we're going to start with some music.

This is from a performance on the TED stage in 2017.

Listening to this performance, you might not guess that all of these instruments are being

played by one single musician who is practically leaping across the stage.

He's here for a second on the drums.

Then suddenly he's upright at his bass and then over to the keyboard.

And he is just totally joyous, playful.

That musician is Jacob Collier.

What's up, everyone? Hey, we were just talking about you. Yeah, what's this I'm hearing?

Oh, you know, the usual. Let's start by having you introduce yourself. Tell us your name and what you do.

So, hello. My name is Jacob. I'm from North London. I am a multi-instrumentalist, so I play a few different instruments, and I'm also a producer,

and a songwriter and an arranger and composer and a performer and a few other things besides.

But mainly I'm just a human being.

I was walking down love.

Trying to find some peace of love. Something Jacob is so modestly not sharing a five-time Grammy award winner.

And he's only 27.

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