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TED Radio Hour

Through the Looking Glass

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.421.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Original broadcast date: Friday, March 19, 2021. Our senses can only take us so far in understanding the world. But with the right tools, we can dig deeper. This hour, TED speakers take us through the looking glass, where we explore new frontiers. Guests include astrophysicist Emily Levesque, wildlife filmmaker Ariel Waldman, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist Rick Doblin and science fiction author Charlie Jane Anders.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This... is the Ted Radio Hour.

0:04.3

Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.

0:06.7

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.

0:11.8

Around the world.

0:12.8

To understand who we are.

0:14.8

From those talks, we bring you speakers

0:17.3

and ideas that will surprise you.

0:19.9

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?

0:25.0

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.

0:42.3

I'm Anusha Zamorodi.

0:45.3

And I want to start the show on a mountain top in Chile.

0:49.3

Eight thousand feet above sea level

0:52.3

at Las Campanas Observatory.

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