Episodes

  • Together for 20 years — but living apart?

    Together for 20 years — but living apart?
    Nov 1 2023
    The binary category of single/married doesn't allow for much nuance. What if, say, you’re in a long term committed relationship like a marriage — but you live apart? In the last episode of this mini series, Saleem talks to a couple who’s been living apart together ("LAT") for years about what motivates them to be in a LAT relationship, and how the arrangement works for them.

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    23 mins
  • What it's like to find your birth parent

    What it's like to find your birth parent
    Oct 25 2023
    In Britain, one-fourth of people who were adopted make contact with their birth parents before they turn 18. In this episode, Saleem meets Amanda, a Dominican woman who was adopted by a white couple in Connecticut. Amanda always knew she was adopted and was curious about her birth parents. After a few years of dead ends, she finally finds her biological mother … in the last place she expected.

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    21 mins
  • Lessons from the happiest place in the world

    Lessons from the happiest place in the world
    Oct 18 2023
    For multiple years in a row, Gallup has named Finland the happiest country in the world. But can you actually measure happiness — and what do the Finns know that the rest of the world doesn’t? Before you move to Finland, we talk to a Finnish “happyologist” about how she defines happiness, what we can learn from even trying to quantify something so subjective, and why happiness might be less of an individual pursuit than you think.

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    22 mins
  • Should kids have more freedom?

    Should kids have more freedom?
    Oct 11 2023
    Would you let your child run errands unaccompanied? Saleem investigates what this kind of early age autonomy can teach us about community, resilience, and family. Saleem talks to a Japanese mother who has lived in the U.S. & Japan about how she and her family navigate independence. Then he hears from one special on-the-ground expert about the value of doing things on one’s own.

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    24 mins
  • What it’s like to live at home with your parents as an adult

    What it’s like to live at home with your parents as an adult
    Oct 4 2023
    In the U.S. living with your parents can be seen as a “bad” thing. But across the world, living with your parents is common – and even preferable to living by yourself. In the first episode of a special series of Am I Normal, Saleem Reshamwala talks to a 28-year-old teacher from Hong Kong about what it’s like to be growing into adulthood in her childhood home.

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    20 mins
  • Introducing Body Electric

    Introducing Body Electric
    Oct 2 2023
    Am I Normal will be back this week! Until then, we’ve got a special 6-part series with an interactive twist coming your way: On Body Electric, TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi investigates the relationship between our bodies and our technology…and she has a challenge for YOU. Starts TOMORROW Tuesday, October 3rd.

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    2 mins
  • Episode 1: The Internet’s First Main Character? | The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks

    Episode 1: The Internet’s First Main Character? | The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks
    Jul 26 2023

    The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks is a new show from the TED Audio Collective, hosted by Dylan Marron.

    It’s 1999, and sixteen years after its original release, a new Star Wars is finally coming. Fans have been camping out in front of theaters across the country just to be the first to see it. The beloved intergalactic saga is set to debut a slew of brand new characters, one of whom is a revolutionary CGI creation named Jar Jar Binks. Whispers begin to spread about big changes coming to the galaxy far, far away – and not everyone’s happy about it.

    Listen to The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks wherever you get your podcasts.

    Transcripts for The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks are available at go.ted.com/jarjar


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    33 mins
  • Fixable: Kelli - "How do I deal with a communication breakdown?"

    Fixable: Kelli - "How do I deal with a communication breakdown?"
    Apr 5 2023
    This is an episode of Fixable, a new business call-in podcast from the TED Audio Collective hosted by Harvard Business professor Frances Frei and CEO and best-selling author Anne Morriss. Kelli is a nurse at a leading teaching hospital where communication issues are not only leading to resentment – they could also be affecting patient care. After hearing from Kelli about the larger problems at play in the healthcare space, Anne and Frances discuss the link between communication and transparency and guide Kelli into taking matters into her own hands. If you want to be on Fixable, call the hotline at 234-Fixable (that's 234-349-2253) to leave Anne and Frances a voicemail with your workplace problem -- or email them at fixable@ted.com

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    28 mins