Why living online is leaving us exhausted — and what actually helps (with Manoush Zomorodi and Elise Hu)
TED Talks Daily
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🗓️ 21 June 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Manoush Zomorodi, host of TED Radio Hour, takes over as guest host ofTED Talks Daily this week to answer a timely question: What does it mean to be human right now, as technology reshapes everything around us? She brings together seven thinkers — scientists, doctors, parents, an artist — to wrestle with how we stay connected to ourselves, and our bodies, in a world that keeps pulling us away. First up, Manoush is joined by Elise Hu to dig into the ideas that are going to be explored this week. They discuss her new book, Body Electric, which explores the hidden health costs of our sedentary lifestyle, and what we can all be doing to reverse the damages.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:08.7 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. |
| 0:10.6 | This week we're doing something special. |
| 0:12.4 | We're handing over the feed for the week to one of my favorite colleagues and my friend, Manushe Zomerode. |
| 0:18.2 | Many of you know Manushe as the host of NPR's TED Radio Hour. She's also a |
| 0:22.1 | TED speaker and the author of two books, bored and brilliant and her new one, Body Electric. She has |
| 0:28.2 | spent her career exploring what technology is quietly doing to us and our bodies and our minds. |
| 0:34.1 | She was a guest curator for TED 2026, working directly with speakers to develop their |
| 0:38.9 | talks. And this week, she's taking over my feed to share those talks and the stories behind them. |
| 0:44.9 | The week's series is called Your Body on Tech, how you can live a healthier life in our high-tech |
| 0:50.4 | era. And it's built around what I think is one of the big questions of this moment. |
| 0:55.0 | What does it mean to stay human and stay in touch with our bodies and brains in a world of |
| 0:59.3 | rapid technological and digital change? Manouche has assembled seven extraordinary thinkers to |
| 1:05.2 | explore this urgent topic from every angle, from the virologist who helped lead a vaccine release |
| 1:10.3 | in a record 66 days, to the |
| 1:12.8 | artist who makes you feel climate data in your bones. From the psychologist upending everything we thought |
| 1:18.6 | we knew about teenagers and phones, to the father who found wonder inside the worst moments imaginable. |
| 1:25.3 | It's a week of talks and conversations that can change how you think about your |
| 1:29.7 | body, your mind, your relationship with technology, and what it means to be alive. But before I hand |
| 1:36.0 | the mic over to Manus for the week, I can't pass up the chance to ask her some big questions |
| 1:40.2 | about these big ideas because she's been thinking about this topic a lot. Before the industrial age, |
| 1:47.5 | no one used to say, I need to get into nature more. No one said that because we all lived in |
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