Humor Us

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ ? minutes

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Original broadcast date: June 3, 2022. Humor can lighten the mood. But it can also provoke, cajole and inspire. This hour, TED speakers share how we can wield humor as a tool across all aspects of our lives. Guests include comedian Marcia Belsky, computer scientist Vinith Misra, behavioral scientist Jennifer Aaker, corporate strategist Naomi Bagdonas and science comedian Kasha Patel.

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0:00.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:03.4	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:06.8	Our job now is to dream big.
0:08.1	Deliver it at Ted Conferences.
0:09.8	To bring about the future we want to see.
0:11.9	Around the world.
0:12.9	To understand who we are.
0:14.7	From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you.
0:20.0	You just don't know what you're gonna find.
0:21.8	Challenge you.
0:22.7	We truly have to ask ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy?
0:25.1	And even change you.
0:26.2	I literally feel like I'm a different person.
0:28.4	Yes.
0:29.7	Do you feel that way?
0:31.1	Ideas worth spreading.
0:33.5	From Ted and NPR.
0:36.0	Thank you.
0:38.8	So this song, maybe you've heard it, maybe haven't.
0:41.8	I'm Anusha Zamorodi.
0:43.2	It is the true story about the first American woman who they ever sent to space.
0:48.4	Whose name was Sally Rye.
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