Listen Again: The Power Of Spaces

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Technology

4.3 • 21.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Original broadcast date: July 24, 2020. How do spaces shape the human experience? In what ways do our rooms, homes, and buildings give us meaning and purpose? This hour, TED speakers explore the power of the spaces we make and inhabit.Guests include architect Michael Murphy, musician David Byrne, artist Es Devlin, and architect Siamak Hariri.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Mnuch here. Right now, more of us are feeling comfortable venturing out,
0:07.1	going back to places that we haven't been to since early 2020. Like maybe you're working
0:12.9	from the office again, or you went to your first indoor concert in a while. As you can hear,
0:20.2	I am getting over COVID, so I am happy to be finally
0:24.5	out and about after being stuck at home for a couple weeks. Anyway, it feels like the perfect time to
0:31.5	revisit our episode about the power of spaces and how a structure can change the way that we think, the way that we
0:40.1	behave. We made this episode back in July 2020, so you will hear me mention travel bans and
0:47.0	make other peak pandemic references. But truly, this is a knockout episode. I mean, I got to
0:53.5	interview musician David Byrne from his daughter's linen closet.
0:59.1	So whether you are listening again or for the first time, I hope you enjoy it.
1:03.6	We'll be back next week with a brand new episode.
1:06.2	Meanwhile, thanks for being here.
1:08.0	And I'll see you then.
1:09.8	This is the TED Radio Hour.
1:13.8	Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks.
1:16.5	Our job now is to dream big.
1:17.9	Delivered at TED conferences.
1:19.6	To bring about the future we want to see.
1:21.7	Around the world.
1:22.7	To understand who we are.
1:24.6	From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you. You just
1:30.1	don't know what you're going to find. Challenge you. We truly have to ask ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy?
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