If you would like to listen/watch a TED Talk/Podcast for credit, please reach out to your advisor no later than 5PM on Thursday the week of to request approval. To be eligible, you must be passing all your classes and have no missing assignments. Upon confirmation, you will receive an email from us containing a survey that you will need to complete after you've listened/watched your TedTalk/Podcast, and the password needed to complete the survey. This option can only be selected once per month, and you must pick a new Ted Talk/Podcast each time!
Ted Talks/Podcasts
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Topics/Categories 2025-2026
STEM
- How AI is Saving Billions of Years of Human Research Time *NEW(opens in new window)
- The Incredible Inventions of Intuitive AI *NEW(opens in new window)
- SpaceX's Supersized Starship Rocket and the Future of Galactic Exploration *NEW(opens in new window)
- TED Explores: Food for the Future *NEW(opens in new window)
- What Happens to the Plastic You Throw Away? *NEW(opens in new window)
- The Inside Story of Chat GPT'S Astonishing Potential(opens in new window)
- How mRNA Medicine Will Change the World(opens in new window)
Current Events
- The Daily - student can pick any episode that was released within the last 7 days(opens in new window)
- What Next I Daily News and Analysis– student can pick any episode that was released within the last 7 days(opens in new window)
Personal Growth and Social Development
- The Battle Between Your Present and Future Self *NEW(opens in new window)
- 4 Tips to Beat Procrastination *NEW(opens in new window)
- How to Turn Setbacks Into Success *NEW(opens in new window)
- Social Media: The Biggest Threat to your Brain *NEW(opens in new window)
- Alex Smith: An NFL Quarterback on Overcoming Setbacks and Self Doubt(opens in new window)
- The Danger of a Single Story(opens in new window)
College - Seniors Only!