Bonus: How to give a killer speech | How To!
The TED Interview
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4.4 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
We all have to give a presentation at some point in our lives—on a stage, in a conference room, and, these days, on Zoom. So what makes a good speech? In this episode from How To! science writer David Epstein turns the microphone on Chris to find the answer. Chris breaks down some of the most famous talks of all time and solves an unusual challenge from a 6th-grader named Lucy: can he help her prepare for the biggest speech of her young life?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Tom Rivic-Karnack and I'm one of the hosts of Outrage and Optimism, a TED podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Is it too late to avert the climate crisis? |
| 0:08.0 | This is increasingly the question that is on everyone's lips. |
| 0:11.0 | The answer is, it depends what we do now. |
| 0:14.0 | Each week on Outrage and Optimism together with my co-host, |
| 0:17.0 | we break down the latest news, make it intelligible, |
| 0:21.0 | and help you understand how you can be part of this generation that will make the difference. |
| 0:26.0 | Find Outrage and Optimism wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | Hi, I'm Felix Overholzer-G, and I'm one of the hosts of a podcast called After Hours, from TED. |
| 0:40.0 | Each week my friends and colleagues from Harvard Business School break down the latest in business and culture. |
| 0:46.0 | This season we're talking about quiet, quitting, Twitter, innovation and rice farming, |
| 0:52.0 | and why recycling might be a really bad idea. |
| 0:55.0 | Stay tuned for our beat and of the year awards and predictions for 2023. |
| 1:00.0 | Two episodes where everything is on the table. |
| 1:04.0 | Find After Hours wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 1:12.0 | Hello there, this is Chris Anderson, host of the TED interview. |
| 1:16.0 | But this actually isn't an episode of the TED interview. |
| 1:19.0 | It's something else that I thought you might enjoy. |
| 1:22.0 | Namely, a podcast in which I appear as a guest. |
| 1:26.0 | This is a conversation I had with the science writer David Epstein for his podcast called Simply Enough How To. |
| 1:32.0 | Each week on his podcast with the help of someone he considers an expert. |
| 1:37.0 | He tackles a question posed by a listener, |
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