Random Talks

English is big business and languages are dying as never before. Is there a connection? Is this another manifestation of McDonaldisation — the u

Classic Edo magic, known as tezuma, is the captivating integration of illusion, traditional Japanese acting, musical performance, costumes and stories

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-did-hit… Decades after the fall of the Third Reich, it feels impossible to understand how Adolf

Known in the music realm as Shing02, bilingual rapper Shingo Annen spent his childhood in Tanzania, London and Japan. At the age of 15, he moved to th

In 2008, lacquer artist and Living National Treasure Kazumi Murose began to focus on preserving intangibly important Japanese culture and heritage thr

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/did-shakesp… Some people question whether Shakespeare really wrote the works that bear his name – or

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-paradox… Imagine you’re on a game show and you can choose between two prizes: a diamond … or a b

Dr. Bob Stilger and his daughter, Annie Stilger Virnig, believe in the power of collaborating with people everywhere to create healthy, resilient comm

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Do you speak this language? Do you share the experience? The

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-h… Museums have been a part of human history for over 2,000 years — but they weren&#

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-one-tee… Teenager Cam Perron loved baseball, so he began writing letters to the veteran players

Since he was a teenager, Eddie Ugata has been drawn to sixties American pop culture, collecting original comics, records, vintage guitars and clothes,

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-you-… Imagine a police lineup where ten witnesses are asked to identify a bank robber they gl

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’

Tim Morely thinks that every student should learn Esperanto. In this unexpected and persuasive talk, he makes the case that this constructed language

About the fragrance of languages and how a sick frog can save your day. Marleen is a philologist and a communication expert with a passion for storyte