Random Talks

Jon is a farmer from northeastern Thailand. He founded the Pun Pun Center for Self-reliance, an organic farm outside Chiang Mai, with his wife Peggy R

Emily Levine humorist and writer is one of the most popular TED-speakers. She has a characteristic way of storytelling: with every phylosophically dee

TEDxLondonBusinessSchool 2012

How do you cope as a survivor after your whole family has been killed in a nightmarish event? Rwandan singer-songwriter Jean Paul Samputu lost his par

Giles Duley Photographer Giles was a photographer who, some years ago, tired of celebrity photoshoots and the attendant egos and tantrums that often a

If the moon had a harbor, Minoru Saito would have already reached it and raised sail for home. He and his steel yacht, the Nicole BMW Shuten-dohji III

In a time when beauty is defined by supermodels, success is defined by wealth, and fame is deified by how many followers you have on social media, Liz

Imagine running ninety meters on a single breath. Daunting but conceivable, right? But . . . underwater? You’d have to be a fish, a mermaid or Ai Futa

Richard St. John discusses how success is always asking ‘What’s Next?’ at TEDxToronto.

Karen X. Cheng learned how to dance in one year, and created a video platform for anyone to upload their efforts of learning something in 100 days, pr

When he was just 17, C. W. Nicol journeyed from his homeland of Wales to the North Pole and across Canada. A decade later, he was struggling desperate

Scott Dinsmore’s mission is to change the world by helping people find what excites them and build a career around the work only they are capabl

All people, be born into royalty, or into a family of farmers, are brought into this world with a little potential in their hearts. Zubin Sharma looks

Rosie Hardy is a Manchester based photographer whose work has featured in publications in the UK, Europe and the USA. In 2013 she was nominated as a P

The multi-talented Khadija Massoudi asked children to ask big questions and got big answers in return. What do children have to teach us about life? P

The search for answers — and the romance of maths.