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This is the TED Radio Hour.

Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks.

Our job now is to dream big.

Delivered at TED conferences.

To bring about the future we want to see.

Around the world.

To understand who we are.

From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you.

You just don't know what you're going to find.

Challenge you.

We truly have to ask ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy?

And even change you.

I literally feel like I'm a different person.

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