Past Talks

Turning “A Worker Shortage” into “A Globally Fluent Workforce”
R.T. Rybak

Technology for the people, by the people
Kristen Murray

Going natural: embracing my curls and finding my voice
Alex West Steinman

Reclaiming cultural identity and language through hip hop
Tou SaiK Lee

The Geography of Inequality
Kevin Ehrman-Solberg

A dream of touch when touch is gone
Black Label Movement

Poor women are heroes, not victims
Fartun Weli

To Save Farming We have to Save Farmers
Eric Sannerud

Sound and Color: I learned I have synesthesia and you could too
Sarah Kraning

Composing for choir, orchestra—and video projections
Jocelyn Hagen

Unraveling Gender: A Journey Through History and Self-Expression
Ruby Mathiason

Breaking the Cycle of Gun Violence
Sherman Patterson

Revealing our brain’s super-listening powers
Roger Dumas

Stop Training. Start Talking.
Leondra Hanson

Performance at MacPhail Center for Music | Ananya Dance Theatre | TEDxMinneapolisWomen
Ananya Dance Theatre

The Power of the Black Experience in the Classroom
Dr. Keith Mayes

Xenophobia in America: How we got here and what's at stake
Erika Lee

"I understand my injury; I don't accept it"
Jack Jablonski

How our kitchen tables affect our ability to thrive
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni

How Genomics Will Change the Way We Treat Cancer Patients
George Vasmatzis

Performance at MacPhail Center for Music | Maria Isa | TEDxMinneapolisWomen
Maria Isa

This Unlikely 1960s Space Tech Can Help Save the Bees
Rob Davis

Beat Box + Cello + Flute
Julie Johnson, Jacqueline Ultan, and DJ Snuggles

Honoring Indigenous Cultures and Histories
Jill Fish

How cell phones and video gaming can help cancer patients
Dr. David Odde

A grieving artist goes viral finding flow
Josie Lewis

Building bridges across racial divides: Let's keep building
Tru Pettigrew

3D Printed Prosthetic Hands for the World
Desineni Subbaram Naidu

Why we need each other to survive and thrive after loss
Anne Harbison

Performance at MacPhail Center for Music | ENCORE! Twin Cities Women's Choir | TEDxMinneapolisWomen
ENCORE! Twin Cities Women’s Choir

How indigenous hoop dancers see the world
Sampson Brothers

Dance as storytelling: Excerpts from Fires of Varanasi
Ragamala Dance Company

Te power of “art and”
Laura Zabel

Dance your way to empowerment (no experience required)
Brian Bose

Why we should all eat bugs
Dr Sujaya Rao

Are All Relationships Messy?
Carol Bruess, Ph.D.

How Deep Brain Devices Open New Research into Brain Diseases
Jadin Jackson

How to inspire like a rock star
Michael Fanuele

Opening Light Performance | Enticing Entertainment | TEDxMinneapolis
Enticing Entertainment

Kaleena Miller Dance | Kaleena Miller Dance | TEDxMinneapolis
Kaleena Miller Dance

Winter Innovation Grows Change for Northern Food System
Carol Ford

Hack-Proofing Childhood: Ensuring our children's online safety
Zinet Kemal

Black kid white town: Hip hop, George Floyd, and brokenness
Nur-D

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The impossible happens every day in the life of the refugee
Kao Kalia Yang

Opportunities of the On-Demand Economy
Tom Fisher

Engaging and empowering Somali youth
Mohamed Farah

Finding the words to heal from racial trauma
Dr Richard Lee

Copyrighting all the melodies to avoid accidental infringement
Damien Riehl

The invitation
Margaret Anderson Kelliher

What I Learned About Life from Death
Jane Whitlock

Food can fuel economic growth in underserved communities
Glenn Ford

Can you make space for intuition in your industry?
Kirsten Johnson

Why I Wear Purple
Andrea Jenkins

Hip-Hop Diaspora and Diplomacy
Toki Wright

Great Cities Begin With Sidewalks
Bill Lindeke

This blind Ironman turns disability into possibility
Louie McGee

Bionic humans aren’t science fiction
Michael McAlpine

School as a positive element of change in our food system
Bertrand Weber

Live Performance @ TEDxMinneapolis | Sarah White + Band | TEDxMinneapolisSalon
Sarah White + Band

From COVID ICU to Ironman finish line
Ben O’Donnell

Can Virtual Reality Change Your Mind?
Thong Nguyen

Executive function skills are the roots of success
Stephanie Carlson

How indigenous values can help sexual violence victims heal
Nicole Matthews

Singing is Your Birthright
Ariella Forstein

Performance at MacPhail Center for Music | Blythe Baird | TEDxMinneapolisWomen
Blythe Baird

Performance by batteryboy | batteryboy – @batteryboymusic | TEDxMinneapolis
Batterboy

How to see somebody naked
Nic Askew

Harnessing the power of restlessness
Terry Esau

Places and Spaces and the Behavior They Create
Damaris Hollingsworth

Choice is an Illusion for the Unhoused
Dr. Brittany Lewis

Technoparenting: How tech can reconnect parents and kids
Lana Yarosh, Ph.D.

It’s okay not to be the center of the Universe
May Lee-Yang

Meet You at the Red Bench
SHAPESHIFT Dance

Stepping Into The Punch: Claiming Our Identity As America's North
Eric Dayton

The revolutionary truth about kids and gender identity
Angela Kade Goepferd

Improv Closing Performance
Theater of Public Policy

The Lasting Legacy of Place Names
Kate Beane, Ph.D.

Performance at TEDxMinneapolis: Intention | Fires of 1918: Fantome Rosu Quartet
Fires of 1918: Fantome Rosu Quartet

When Two Women Walk on Stage, it becomes a "Woman's Show"
2 Sugars Show

Performance by Open Eye Theater | Open Eye Theater | TEDxMinneapolis
Open Eye Theater

Be better than fine
Nora McInerny

Flying cell towers are what the global fight to end poverty needs
Rahul Tiwari

Can a voice-interactive toy robot transform education?
DeLonn Crosby

Play Proud:Leveling the playing field for Muslim girls in sports
Fatimah Hussein

Struggling to survive America’s real-time nightmare
Sagirah Shahid

Healing mental illness through brain network stimulation
Alik Widge

The community transformed me when the system almost broke me
Jason Sole

Sex Trafficking in Your Back Yard
Vednita Carter

Why adoptees need a new kind of village
Cam Lee Small, MS, LPCC

How nanoparticles can help solve the global food crisis
Christy Haynes

Voices of Hope from within prison walls
Amanda Weber

Summer’s Bounty—Ask Me For More
Pakou Hang

Climate Change Through Art and Dance
Dr. Cecilia Martinez and Chitra Vairavan

The Poet Talks of Freedom
Tish Jones

The side of climate change we must debate: how do we adapt
Jessica Hellmann

Dance Performance at TEDxMinneapolis: Intention
Nkauj Ntxuam Dej

Heritage: Seek the uncensored guttural truth
Romeny Chan

Pleasure to the People! Reclaiming Healthy Pleasure
Dr. Rachel Allyn

All The Lights On: Reimagining Theater to Include Everyone
Michelle Hensley

Reap & Sow Performance on Apr 1, 2016 | Roe Family Singers Band | TEDxMinneapolisSalon
Roe Family Singers Band

Is Performing Art Worth the Struggle?
Vie Boheme

Let’s shape an economy that values connection over consumption
Neely Tamminga