Join us live May 14 on YouTube for Play@TED, an event to celebrate the power of play

TED Blog 5/5 6:59A TED Staff

TED, the LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation bring you Play@TED, a partnership to drive a movement and change how people of all ages think about play. Together, we’ll highlight how creative play can be a game-changer in the world and lead to...

Experience the Loop at TED2026 — in photos

TED Blog 5/5 6:33A TED Staff

At TED2026, the ideas didn t stop when the lights came up. Between sessions, attendees raced zucchini cars down obstacle courses, watched themselves speak fluent Mandarin in their own voices, threw...

TED, Khan Academy and ETS announce new institute to reimagine higher education for the AI age

TED Blog 4/14 7:01A TED Staff

Today at TED2026 in Vancouver, the nonprofit organizations TED, Khan Academy and ETS announced a joint plan to launch the Khan TED Institute , a new higher education collaboration designed for an AI‑driven era. The Khan TED Institute aims to...

TED podcast WorkLife returns with new host, Molly Graham

TED Blog 4/13 7:48P TED Staff

WorkLife is back — and entering a new chapter. The TED podcast is bringing in a brand-new host — community and company builder Molly Graham — to explore the lessons about work no one teaches you. Molly Graham has spent nearly two decades inside...

A letter to democracy

TED Blog 4/1 5:22A emmawoods

Dear Democracy, How are you holding up? You’ve had some tough days lately, it seems. The last few years haven’t been very kind to you. Despite democracy being at a modern-day high at the end of 2017 (...