Random Talks

The search for answers — and the romance of maths.

Yuji Hirayama is a bona fide rock star—the kind with grit on his hands, open air all around, and no net below. A competition climber who’s scaled peak

Sanah lost all of her hair to Alopecia in the 7th grade, after which she frequently struggled with wigs, self-harm and self hate. When she finally cam

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

Mel Robbins is a married working mother of three, an ivy-educated criminal lawyer, and one of the top career and relationship experts in America. Wide

Halla M. Yagoub, A 16 years old, born to a typical Sudanese family she lived a pretty normal life, until the age of six, then her whole life changed w

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

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Kate Simonds, senior at Timberline High School, is 17. Take

When he was just 25, Yoshiharu Habu became the only player ever to simultaneously seize all seven titles of the ancient board game known as shogi. He’

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

TEDxLondonBusinessSchool 2012

Sarah Kay, Founder of Project V.O.I.C.E performs and discusses living through storytelling and learning how to stop rushing.

Among the American servicemen committed in Vietnam, there were twice more deaths after the war than in the fight. Why? What’s going on? What do

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

Born Mabinty Bangura in 1995, Michaela DePrince had many identities. One of them was “devil’s child” thanks to her vitiligo. Michaela grew up as an or

Uyanga Erdenebold is a native of Darkhan city, an avid lover of books and dogs and one of the founders of the “Lucky Paws” dog rescue grou