David Biello

The TED Talks Daily team includes Martha Estifanos, Oliver Friedman, Lucy Little, Emma Tobner, and Thansika Sungmarnevong, with support from Daniella Ballarezzo, Valentina Bohanini, Banban Cheng, and Laine Lott.

Special thanks to Sanaz Meshkinpour and my team at NPR's TED Radio Hour for all their help on this special takeover, and to my co-curator at TED 2026, a very special thank you to David Biello.

You can hear more from these speakers on the TED Radio Hour with episodes coming out throughout the summer.

I'm Manoush Zomorodi.

This episode was produced by me and Costanza Gallardo, edited by Alejandra Salazar, and fact-checked by Vanessa Garcia Woodworth.

Special thanks to Maria Lages, Farah Desgranges, David Biello, Daniela Balarezo, and Michelle Quint.

I'm Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, and I'll talk to you again next week