TED Health

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What does exercise do to your brain? Can psychedelics treat depression? From smart daily habits to new medical breakthroughs, welcome to TED Health, with host Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider. TED speakers answer questions you never even knew you had, and share ideas you won't hear anywhere else, all around how we can live healthier lives.


Episode Date
A campaign for period positivity | Ananya Grover
Apr 16, 2024
Do gut microbes control your personality? | Kathleen McAuliffe
Apr 09, 2024
How to hack your brain when you're in pain | Amy Baxter
Apr 02, 2024
What happens as we die? | Kathryn Mannix
Mar 26, 2024
Is alternative meat the recipe for a healthier planet? | Tao Zhang
Mar 19, 2024
What happens when we deny people abortions? | Diana Greene Foster
Mar 12, 2024
My mission to change the narrative of mental health | Glenn Close
Mar 05, 2024
Why you shouldn't trust boredom | Kevin H. Gary
Feb 27, 2024
Racism has a cost for everyone | Heather C. McGhee
Feb 20, 2024
The science behind how sickness shapes your mood | Keely Muscatell
Feb 13, 2024
Are you really as good at something as you think? | Robin Kramer
Feb 06, 2024
Which is better for you: "Real" meat or "fake" meat? | Carolyn Beans
Jan 30, 2024
The truth about human population decline | Jennifer D. Sciubba
Jan 23, 2024
Why I gave my teenage daughter a vibrator | Robin Buckley
Jan 16, 2024
So much sitting, looking at screens. Can we combat our sedentary lives? | Body Electric
Jan 11, 2024
Artificial skin? We made it — here's why | Anna Maria Coclite
Jan 09, 2024
Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it) | Fallon Goodman
Jan 02, 2024
The secret to a happy life — lessons from 8 decades of research | Robert Waldinger
Dec 26, 2023
Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer
Dec 19, 2023
CRISPR's next advance is bigger than you think | Jennifer Doudna
Dec 12, 2023
What did people do before anesthesia? | Sally Frampton
Dec 05, 2023
A flavorful field guide to foraging | Alexis Nikole Nelson
Nov 28, 2023
The single most important parenting strategy | Becky Kennedy
Nov 21, 2023
The world's rarest diseases — and how they impact everyone | Anna Greka
Nov 14, 2023
Can you change your sleep schedule? | Alexandra Panzer
Nov 07, 2023
How to hack your brain when you're in pain | Amy Baxter
Oct 31, 2023
How targeted ads might just save your life | Sandersan Onie
Oct 24, 2023
Blindness isn't a tragic binary — it's a rich spectrum | Andrew Leland
Oct 17, 2023
How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist | Wendy Suzuki
Oct 10, 2023
The epidemics that almost happened | George Zaidan
Oct 03, 2023
Introducing Body Electric
Oct 02, 2023
Sex education should start with consent | Kaz
Sep 26, 2023
Why is it so hard to get effective birth control in the US? | Mark Edwards
Sep 19, 2023
Your right to mental privacy in the age of brain-sensing tech | Nita Farahany
Sep 12, 2023
The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air | Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah
Sep 05, 2023
Why do we have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn't? | G. Richard Scott
Aug 29, 2023
Why thinking about death helps you live a better life | Alua Arthur
Aug 22, 2023
Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price
Aug 15, 2023
Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do | Gus Worland
Aug 08, 2023
The Internet's First Main Character? | The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks
Aug 01, 2023
Lessons from losing my mind | Andy Dunn
Jul 25, 2023
What is a poop transplant, and how does it work? | Kathryn M. Stephenson and David L. Suskind
Jul 18, 2023
How to keep house while drowning (w/ KC Davis)
Jul 11, 2023
How does alcohol cause hangovers? | Judy Grisel
Jul 04, 2023
The science of preserving sight | Joshua Chu-Tan
Jun 27, 2023
The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain | Sheetal DeCaria
Jun 20, 2023
A sex therapist's secret to rediscovering your spark | Ian Kerner
Jun 13, 2023
Mental health care that disrupts cycles of violence | Celina de Sola
Jun 06, 2023
What girls and women in sports need to unlock their potential | Kate Ackerman
May 30, 2023
Why nurses are key to medical innovation | Ben Gran
May 23, 2023
Why autism is often missed in women and girls | Kate Kahle
May 16, 2023
3 steps to help kids process traumatic events | Kristen Nguyen
May 09, 2023
May the 4th Be With You: Introducing The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks
May 04, 2023
Fixable: Kelli - “How do I deal with a communication breakdown?"
May 02, 2023
The secret to a happy life -- lessons from 8 decades of research | Robert Waldinger
Apr 25, 2023
Where does your sense of self come from? A scientific look | Anil Ananthaswamy
Apr 18, 2023
How puberty changes your brain | Shannon Odell
Apr 11, 2023
Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it) | Fallon Goodman
Apr 04, 2023
How to do laundry when you're depressed | KC Davis
Mar 28, 2023
A disability-inclusive future of work | Ryan Gersava
Mar 21, 2023
How to preserve your private life in the age of social media | Bryce Dallas Howard
Mar 14, 2023
3 ways community creates a healthy life | Olivia Affuso
Mar 07, 2023
Why is it so hard to cure the common cold? | George Zaidan
Feb 28, 2023
The truth about faking orgasms | Karen Gurney
Feb 21, 2023
Introducing Good Sport
Feb 14, 2023
An Olympic champion's mindset for overcoming fear | Allyson Felix
Feb 07, 2023
How does heart transplant surgery work? | Roni Shanoada
Jan 31, 2023
The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain | Sheetal DeCaria
Jan 24, 2023
How to squeeze all the juice out of retirement | Riley Moynes
Jan 17, 2023
Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price
Jan 10, 2023
What's your happiness score? | Dominic Price
Jan 03, 2023
The affordable, 3D-printed bionics of the future | Enzo Romero
Dec 27, 2022
A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley
Dec 20, 2022
Why the price of insulin is a danger to diabetics | Brooke Bennett
Dec 13, 2022
Is there a link between cancer and heart disease? | Nicholas Leeper
Dec 06, 2022
It's impossible to have healthy people on a sick planet | Shweta Narayan
Nov 28, 2022
How to have great sex (with Siphumeze Khundayi and Tiffany Mugo) | How To Be A Better Human
Nov 22, 2022
Surgeon Atul Gawande wants everyone to have a coach | ReThinking w/Adam Grant
Nov 15, 2022
Why public health messaging matters | Peter Hotez
Nov 08, 2022
Are women more likely to get Alzheimer's? | Maria Shriver
Nov 01, 2022
How your body could become its own diagnostic lab | Aaron Morris
Oct 25, 2022
How to protect your mental well-being online -- from a Gen-Z | Peachy Liv
Oct 18, 2022
Is the pandemic actually over? It’s complicated | Anthony Fauci
Oct 11, 2022
How does alcohol cause hangovers? | Judy Grisel
Oct 04, 2022
Why are eating disorders so hard to treat? | Anees Bahji
Sep 27, 2022
The tragedy of air pollution -- and an urgent demand for clean air | Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah
Sep 20, 2022
A flavorful field guide to foraging | Alexis Nikole Nelson
Sep 13, 2022
Transforming the US social safety net | Amanda Renteria | TED Tech
Sep 06, 2022
What happens to people's donated eggs and sperm after they die? | Ellen Trachman
Aug 30, 2022
Why ASMR is good for your brain | Craig Richard
Aug 23, 2022
How to find your voice | Greta Morgan
Aug 16, 2022
How sugar affects the brain | Nicole Avena
Aug 09, 2022
Racism has a cost for everyone | Heather McGhee
Aug 02, 2022
How technology has changed what it's like to be deaf | Rebecca Knill
Jul 26, 2022
The breakthrough science of mRNA medicine | Melissa J. Moore
Jul 19, 2022
From Revisionist History: Way to Go, Ohio
Jul 14, 2022
Sex education should start with consent | Kaz
Jul 12, 2022
The inaccurate link between body ideals and health | Nancy N. Chen
Jul 05, 2022
We can make COVID-19 the last pandemic | Bill Gates
Jun 28, 2022
Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists | Andrew Marantz
Jun 21, 2022
How comic strips create better health care | Sam Hester
Jun 14, 2022
Can I speed up my metabolism?
Jun 07, 2022
How we can protect truth in the age of misinformation | Sinan Aral
May 31, 2022
4 kinds of regret -- and what they teach you about yourself | Daniel H. Pink
May 24, 2022
Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter
May 20, 2022
You shouldn't have to choose between filling your prescriptions and paying bills | Kiah Williams
May 17, 2022
The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
May 10, 2022
What's your happiness score? | Dominic Price
May 03, 2022
We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it | Nora McInerny
Apr 26, 2022
How to manage your stress like an ER doctor | Darria Long
Apr 19, 2022
Listen now: WorkLife season 5
Apr 12, 2022
My mother's final wish — and the right to die with dignity | Elaine Fong
Apr 05, 2022
The power of venom -- and how it could one day save your life | Mandë Holford
Mar 29, 2022
A smart bra for better heart health | Alicia Chong Rodriguez
Mar 22, 2022
3 ways to prepare society for the next pandemic | Jennifer B. Nuzzo
Mar 15, 2022
Will humans one day hibernate? | TED Radio Hour
Mar 08, 2022
A new way to help young people with their mental health | Tom Osborn
Mar 01, 2022
It's impossible to have healthy people on a sick planet | Shweta Narayan
Feb 22, 2022
The mood-boosting power of crying | Kathy Mendias
Feb 15, 2022
The life-changing power of assistive technologies | Jane Velkovski
Feb 08, 2022
The anxiety that comes from being treated like an outsider | Valerie Purdie-Greenaway
Feb 01, 2022
How we could eat real meat without harming animals | Isha Datar
Jan 25, 2022
3 ways community creates a healthy life | Olivia Affuso
Jan 18, 2022
A simple solution to maintaining life-saving vaccines | Nithya Ramanathan
Jan 11, 2022
The brain science of obesity | Mads Tang-Christensen
Jan 04, 2022
The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Dec 28, 2021
Maternal and child health is a human right | Aparna Hedge
Dec 21, 2021
An NFL quarterback on overcoming setbacks and self-doubt | Alex Smith
Dec 14, 2021
How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century | Steven Johnson
Dec 07, 2021
Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells? | Nabiha Saklayen
Nov 30, 2021
Is drinking milk essential for building strong bones? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter
Nov 23, 2021
The Spermageddon is coming | Am I Normal?
Nov 16, 2021
The future of psychedelic medicines and healthcare | Shoshana Clubhouse Conversation
Nov 09, 2021
The inaccurate link between body ideals and health | Nancy N. Chen
Nov 02, 2021
The power of venom -- and how it could one day save your life | Mandë Holford
Oct 26, 2021
Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
Oct 19, 2021
What if mental health workers responded to emergency calls? | Leslie Herod
Oct 12, 2021
A smart bra for better heart health | Alicia Chong Rodriguez
Oct 05, 2021
The tiny balls of fat that could revolutionize medicine | Kathryn A. Whitehead
Sep 28, 2021
The anxiety that comes from being treated like an outsider | Valerie Purdie-Greenaway
Sep 21, 2021
Meet the scientist couple driving an mRNA vaccine revolution | Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci
Sep 14, 2021
3 ways to create a menopause-friendly work culture | Andrea Berchowitz
Sep 07, 2021
How to find meaning after loss | David Kessler
Aug 31, 2021
Could we treat spinal cord injuries with asparagus? | Andrew Pelling
Aug 24, 2021
An innovative way to support children with special needs | Billy Samuel Mwape
Aug 17, 2021
How your body could become its own diagnostic lab | Aaron Morris
Aug 10, 2021
The science behind how parents affect child development | Yuko Munakata
Aug 03, 2021
How COVID-19 transformed the future of medicine | Daniel Kraft
Jul 27, 2021
How motivation can fix public systems | Abhishek Gopalka
Jul 20, 2021
The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
Jul 13, 2021
What causes opioid addiction, and why is it so tough to combat? | Mike Davis
Jul 06, 2021
Maternal and child health is a human right | Aparna Hedge
Jun 29, 2021
The mood-boosting power of crying | Kathy Mendias
Jun 22, 2021
How to manage your stress like an ER doctor | Darria Long
Jun 15, 2021
How your memory works -- and why forgetting is totally OK | Lisa Genova
Jun 08, 2021
What is pneumonia and why is it so dangerous? | Eve Gaus and Vanessa Ruiz
Jun 01, 2021
How to deal with stress from COVID-19 and manage your well-being | Esther Perel
May 25, 2021
The past, present and future of nicotine addiction | Mitch Zeller
May 18, 2021
The next software revolution: programming biological cells | Sara-Jane Dunn
May 11, 2021
What it means to be intersex | Susannah Temko
May 04, 2021
My mother's final wish — and the right to die with dignity | Elaine Fong
Apr 27, 2021
Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system | Priti Krishtel
Apr 20, 2021
How menopause affects the brain | Lisa Mosconi
Apr 13, 2021
The Biology of Sex | TED Radio Hour
Apr 06, 2021
What causes panic attacks and how you can prevent them | Cindy J. Aaronson
Mar 30, 2021
How synthetic biology can improve our health, food and materials | Emily Leproust
Mar 23, 2021
How to avoid catching prickly emotions from other people | Jessica Woods
Mar 16, 2021
What causes headaches? | Dan Kwartler
Mar 09, 2021
TEDxSHORTS: Tal Zak
Mar 02, 2021
How theater weathers wars, outlasts empires and survives pandemics | Cara Greene Epstein
Feb 23, 2021
How to Be a Better Human: The emotional support you need right now | Guy Winch‪
Feb 16, 2021
What you can do to prevent Alzheimer's | Lisa Genova
Feb 09, 2021
How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime | Emily Nagoski
Feb 02, 2021
Is marijuana bad for your brain? | Anees Bahji
Jan 26, 2021
Can we edit memories? | Amy Milton
Jan 19, 2021
The case for student mental health days | Hailey Hardcastle
Jan 12, 2021
How your brain's executive function works -- and how to improve it | Sabine Doebel
Jan 05, 2021
How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb
Dec 29, 2020
What happens when biology becomes technology? | Christina Agapakis
Dec 22, 2020
The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers | Laurel Braitman
Dec 15, 2020
What yoga does to your body and brain | Krishna Sudhir
Dec 08, 2020
The way we think about biological sex is wrong | Emily Quinn
Dec 01, 2020
You shouldn't have to choose between filling your prescriptions and paying bills | Kiah Williams
Nov 24, 2020
The brain-changing benefits of exercise | Wendy Suzuki
Nov 17, 2020
The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy | Rick Doblin
Nov 10, 2020
What foods did your ancestors love? | Aparna Pallavi
Nov 03, 2020
A comprehensive, neighborhood-based response to COVID-19 | Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Oct 27, 2020
How to manage your stress like an ER doctor | Darria Long
Oct 20, 2020
Sleep is your superpower | Matt Walker
Oct 13, 2020
Introducing TED Health
Oct 06, 2020