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October 21, 2014

The funniest TED Talks

This playlist, curated by TED, is courtesy of TED.com. It comprises 10 talks with a total running duration of about 2 hours and 31 minutes.

Talks in this playlist:

Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of a New Yorker cartoon

Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

Randall Munroe: Comics that ask “what if?”

Maysoon Zayid: I got 99 problems… palsy is just one

Emily Levine: A theory of everything

Ze Frank: Nerdcore comedy

Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity

Sarah Jones: A one-woman global village

Maz Jobrani: A Saudi, an Indian and an Iranian walk into a Qatari bar …

Julia Sweeney: It’s time for “The Talk”

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Talks in this playlist

Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of a New Yorker cartoon

Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of a New Yorker cartoon

Emily Levine: A theory of everything

Emily Levine: A theory of everything

Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity

Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity

Maysoon Zayid: I got 99 problems… palsy is just one

Maysoon Zayid: I got 99 problems… palsy is just one

Maz Jobrani: A Saudi, an Indian and an Iranian walk into a Qatari bar …

Maz Jobrani: A Saudi, an Indian and an Iranian walk into a Qatari bar …

Randall Munroe: Comics that ask “what if?”

Randall Munroe: Comics that ask “what if?”

Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

Ze Frank: Nerdcore comedy

Ze Frank: Nerdcore comedy

Sarah Jones: A one-woman global village

Sarah Jones: A one-woman global village

Julia Sweeney: It’s time for “The Talk”

Julia Sweeney: It’s time for “The Talk”

Other talks

  • David Pizarro: The strange politics of disgust

    David Pizarro: The strange politics of disgust

  • Nancy Duarte: The secret structure of great talks

    Nancy Duarte: The secret structure of great talks

  • Esther Duflo: Social experiments to fight poverty

    Esther Duflo: Social experiments to fight poverty

  • Imogen Heap: “Wait It Out”

    Imogen Heap: “Wait It Out”

  • Tyler DeWitt: Hey science teachers — make it fun

    Tyler DeWitt: Hey science teachers — make it fun

  • Jill Sobule + Julia Sweeney: The Jill and Julia Show

    Jill Sobule + Julia Sweeney: The Jill and Julia Show

  • Dame Stephanie Shirley: Why do ambitious women have flat heads?

    Dame Stephanie Shirley: Why do ambitious women have flat heads?

  • Seth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there — get ready

    Seth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there — get ready

  • Ray Kurzweil: The accelerating power of technology

    Ray Kurzweil: The accelerating power of technology

  • Lee Cronin: Print your own medicine

    Lee Cronin: Print your own medicine

  • David Griffin: How photography connects us

    David Griffin: How photography connects us

  • Lee Mokobe: A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender

    Lee Mokobe: A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender

  • Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine

    Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine

  • Nick Bostrom: What happens when our computers get smarter than we are?

    Nick Bostrom: What happens when our computers get smarter than we are?

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  • Glenn Close: The talks that moved me

    Glenn Close: The talks that moved me

  • Ramsey Musallam: 6 talks that blew me away

    Ramsey Musallam: 6 talks that blew me away

  • Wang Lifen: 5 highly quotable talks

    Wang Lifen: 5 highly quotable talks

  • Ken Robinson: 10 talks on education

    Ken Robinson: 10 talks on education

  • Pearl Arredondo: 8 talks to spark success

    Pearl Arredondo: 8 talks to spark success

  • Cesar Harada’s playlist

    Cesar Harada’s playlist

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto: On music and more

    Ryuichi Sakamoto: On music and more

  • Carlton Cuse: 6 talks that help me create

    Carlton Cuse: 6 talks that help me create

  • Malcolm London: 4 talks that speak out

    Malcolm London: 4 talks that speak out

  • Tim O’Reilly: 9 talks that stretched my mind

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