{"id":22275,"date":"2024-11-15T11:13:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/best-of-ted-talks-series-coming-to-acorn-tv\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T11:47:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:47:05","slug":"best-of-ted-talks-series-coming-to-acorn-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/best-of-ted-talks-series-coming-to-acorn-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of TED Talks Series for Acorn TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The six-episode series <em>Acorn TV X TED: Transform Your Thinking<\/em> is set to premiere exclusively on Acorn TV in the U.S. and Canada on November 25.<\/p>\n<p>Each episode includes five TED Talks with a common theme. Among the TED Talks that are featured are \u201cHow to Be a Better You,\u201d \u201cThe Art and Science of Love,\u201d \u201cYour Body, Explained,\u201d \u201cTales from the Edge,\u201d \u201cThe Future Ahead\u201d and \u201cClimate Action, Now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TED speakers featured throughout the series include Agnes Larsson, game director; Alec Soth, photographer; Alex Honnold, rock climber; Alua Arthur, death doula; Anjali Grover, strategist; Cara E. Yar Khan, human rights and disability activist; Chris Hadfield, astronaut; Dan Buettner, longevity coach and explorer; Dan Widmaier, biomaterials investigator; David Biello, TED science curator and author; Dessa, rapper, singer and writer; Esther Perel, therapist, speaker and consultant; Giulia Enders, doctor and author; and Greta Thunberg, climate activist.<\/p>\n<p>Also featured are Helen Fisher, anthropologist and expert on love; Katie Hood, relationship revolutionary; Lisa Mosconi, neuroscientist; Luis von Ahn, educational equity technologist; Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI; Robert Waldinger, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Zen priest; Ryan Panchadsaram, systems innovator; Shweta Narayan, climate and health campaigner; Stacey Baker, photo editor; Susan Ruffo, ocean expert; Tom Oxley, Neurotech entrepreneur; Tombo Banda, energy access innovator; Wendy Suzuki, neuroscientist and author; and Yeonmi Park, human rights activist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcorn TV has long been known as a destination for compelling scripted dramas and comedies, and now, with this new partnership with TED, we are able to offer our audiences compelling content beyond the scripted world,\u201d said Don Klees, senior VP of programming at Acorn TV. \u201cIn the TED spirit of \u2018powerful ideas, powerfully presented,\u2019 we aim to provide an opportunity to spark deeper inspiration and curiosity with this endeavor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The six-episode series Acorn TV X TED: Transform Your Thinking is set to premiere exclusively on Acorn TV in the U.S. and Canada on November 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[4980,10232,10233,10234,10235],"class_list":["post-22275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-acorn-tv","tag-acorn-tv-x-ted-transform-your-thinking","tag-don-klees","tag-ted","tag-ted-talks","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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