👁The agony of trying to unsubscribe
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🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣It happens to all of us: you unsubscribe from an unwanted marketing email, and a few days later another message from the same company pops up in your inbox. Comedian James Veitch turned this frustration into whimsy when a local supermarket refused to take no for an answer. Hijinks ensued.
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👁Aliens, love -- where are they?
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🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣Humorist John Hodgman rambles through a new story about aliens, physics, time, space and the way all of these somehow contribute to a sweet, perfect memory of falling in love.
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👁Three ideas. Three contradictions. Or not.
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English

👣Hannah Gadsby's groundbreaking special \"Nanette\" broke comedy. In a talk about truth and purpose, she shares three ideas and three contradictions. Or not.
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👁Comics that ask \"what if?\"
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions (\"what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?\") using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming talk, a reader's question about Google's data warehouse leads Munroe down a circuitous path to a hilariously over-detailed answer — in which, shhh, you might actually learn something.
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👁We're worried about local warming ... in your lap
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👣Investor and prankster Yossi Vardi delivers a ballsy lecture on the dangers of blogging. Specifically, for men.
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👁A Saudi, an Indian and an Iranian walk into a Qatari bar ...
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👣Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani takes to the TEDxSummit stage in Doha, Qatar to take on serious issues in the Middle East -- like how many kisses to give when saying “Hi,” and what not to say on an American airplane.
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👁Beats that defy boxes
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👣Reggie Watts' beats defy boxes. Unplug your logic board and watch as he blends poetry and crosses musical genres in this larger-than-life performance.
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👁I got 99 problems ... palsy is just one
🗣Subtitle: Farsi | English | Turkish

👣\"I have cerebral palsy. I shake all the time,\" Maysoon Zayid announces at the beginning of this exhilarating, hilarious talk. (Really, it's hilarious.) \"I'm like Shakira meets Muhammad Ali.\" With grace and wit, the Arab-American comedian takes us on a whistle-stop tour of her adventures as an actress, stand-up comic, philanthropist and advocate for the disabled.
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👁How healthy living nearly killed me
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👣For a full year, A.J. Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could -- from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the surprising things he learned.
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👁The world's largest family reunion ... we're all invited!
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👣You may not know it yet, but A.J. Jacobs is probably your cousin (many, many times removed). Using genealogy websites, he's been following the unexpected links that make us all, however distantly, related. His goal: to throw the world's largest family reunion. See you there?
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👁Are you human?
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👣Have you ever wondered: Am I a human being? Ze Frank suggests a series of simple questions that will determine this. Please relax and follow the prompts. Let's begin …
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👁Letting go of God
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👣When two young Mormon missionaries knock on Julia Sweeney's door one day, it touches off a quest to completely rethink her own beliefs, in this excerpt from Sweeney's solo show \"Letting Go of God.\"
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👁A hilarious celebration of lifelong female friendship
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👣Legendary duo Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin have been friends for decades. In a raw, tender and wide-ranging conversation hosted by Pat Mitchell, the three discuss longevity, feminism, the differences between male and female friendship, what it means to live well and women's role in future of our planet. \"I don't even know what I would do without my women friends,\" Fonda says. \"I exist because I have my women friends.\"
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👁It's time for \"The Talk\"
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👣Despite her best efforts, comedian Julia Sweeney is forced to tell a little white lie when her 8-year-old begins learning about frog reproduction -- and starts to ask some very smart questions.
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👁The joy of taking out the trash
🧠Aparna Nancherla
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣Comedian Aparna Nancherla loves to take out the trash. In this funny and sharp meditation on garbage -- "the stuff that our modern, consumerist, carbon-powered culture makes us buy endlessly, and often for no reason" -- she shares thoughts on how to use less in a world that's choking on ever-larger piles of waste.
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👁How to make a sad story funny
🧠Jodie Houlston-Lau
🗣Subtitle: 🇹🇷Turkish | 🇬🇧English

👣It may seem counterintuitive, but comedy is often key to a serious story. As a writer, you need your audience to experience a range of emotions, no matter what your genre. Comic relief is a tried-and-true way of creating the varied emotional texture a compelling story needs. So how can you create this effect in your own stories? Jodie Houlston-Lau shares some tips for lightening the mood. [Directed by Joe Taylor, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Jarrett Farkas].
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👁Inside the mind of a master procrastinator
🧠Tim Urban
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through YouTube binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and bouts of staring out the window -- and encourages us to think harder about what we're really procrastinating on, before we run out of time.
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👁A Saudi, an Indian and an Iranian walk into a Qatari bar ...
🧠Maz Jobrani
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👣Iranian-American comedian Maz Jobrani takes to the TEDxSummit stage in Doha, Qatar to take on serious issues in the Middle East -- like how many kisses to give when saying “Hi,” and what not to say on an American airplane.
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👁How dangerous was it to be a jester?
🧠Beatrice K. Otto
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Contrary to common belief, jesters weren't just a medieval European phenomenon but flourished in other times and cultures. The first reliably recorded jester is thought to be You Shi, of 7th century BCE China. Jesters had unique relationships to power: they could be viewed as objects of mockery or as entertainers and trusted companions. Beatrice K. Otto digs into history's most infamous jokers. [Directed by Yael Reisfeld, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Jan Willem de With].
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👁A comedian's take on how to save democracy
🧠Jordan Klepper
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Conversation is a battlefield with only one winner. Or is it? Comedian and author Jordan Klepper believes we can get better at talking to each other (and perhaps save democracy) by learning how to lose.
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