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TED Radio Hour

The hidden forces shaping your choices

4/10/202650 min

Every day, we make countless choices—but are these decisions guided by desire or design? This hour, TED speakers on what shapes the food we eat, how we power our homes, and how we communicate. Guests include food systems expert Sarah Lake, infrastructure engineer Deb Chachra, cross-cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand, urban planner Jeff Speck, and Tempe resident Ignacio Delgadillo. Original broadcast date: May 2, 2025

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Clips

McDonald's During Dad's Surgery
From No Meat To Less Meat
Disasters Aren't 'Natural'
Grocery Stores Stack The Deck
That Day Is Here
Why Fake Meat 'Flopped'
Highway Rules Don’t Fit Cities
Freedom Of Choice Is A Myth
Tight Vs. Loose Trade-offs
From Stopping Sprawl To Spreading Walkability

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Manoush Zomorodi· Host0:16

    This [electronic tone] is the TED Radio Hour. [electronic music] Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks- Our job now is to dream big ... delivered at TED Conferences- To bring about the future we want to see ... around the world.

  3. Deb Chachra· Guest0:30

    To understand who we are From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you- You just don't know what you're gonna find ...

  4. Manoush Zomorodi· Host0:39

    challenge you- We truly have to ask ourself, like, why is it noteworthy? ... and even change you. I literally feel like I'm a different person. [laughs] Yes. Do you feel that way? Ideas worth spreading. From TED and NPR. I'm Manoush Zomorodi. [gentle music] Today on the show, hidden forces.

  5. Sarah Lake· Guest1:00

    My grandma Toots was a big meat eater. She was a classic 1950s-style housewife in the US, and grew up in a time when meat was everywhere.

  6. Manoush Zomorodi· Host1:13

    80 or so years ago, when Sarah Lake's grandma was running her household and feeding her family, meat was served at pretty much every meal.

  7. Sarah Lake· Guest1:24

    You would have breakfast with maybe perhaps sausage offered, you'd have lunch where

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