How to Be a Better Human

How to find small delights in an uncontrollable world (w/ Sarah Kay)

What makes a hometown home, and how do you find community? Sarah Kay is a spoken word poet and author of the latest poetry collection, A Little Daylight Left. Sarah and Chris grew up in New York City where the energetic and diverse community shaped their lives. They discuss how to find belonging in new neighborhoods, how to focus on creating art and being empathetic when it feels like the world is chaotic, and how to take note of the small things in life that bring them joy. Host & Guest Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy [https://www.instagram.com/chrisiduffy/?hl=en] | https://chrisduffycomedy.com/ [https://chrisduffycomedy.com/]) Sarah Kay (Instagram: @kaysarahsera [https://www.instagram.com/kaysarahsera/?hl=en] | https://kaysarahsera.com/ [https://kaysarahsera.com/]) Links Humor Me by Chris Duffy: https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL [https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL] Follow TED!  X: https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks [https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted [https://www.instagram.com/ted] Facebook: https://facebook.com/TED [https://facebook.com/TED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks  [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks] Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcasts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts] For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts [https://go.ted.com/BHTranscripts] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How to Eat with Awareness and Purpose (w/ Sean Sherman)

If you remove ingredients like dairy, wheat, flour, cane sugar, beef, pork, and chicken from your diet—then what do you eat? For Sioux chef Sean Sherman, excluding colonial ingredients from his cuisines gives him the opportunity to spotlight indigenous produce and uplift local communities. Sean is the owner of the James Beard Award-winning restaurant Owamni in Minneapolis. Sean joins Chris to discuss the philosophy behind his indigenous restaurant, where he thinks the American education system falls short, and how he is using food to reclaim indigenous history. This episode is part of a series of bonus videos from "How to Be a Better Human." You can watch the extended video companion on the TED YouTube Channel and the extended interview on the TED Audio Collective YouTube Channel. Watch Sean cooking Indigenous foods: https://youtu.be/p0IpMqUZKbs [https://youtu.be/p0IpMqUZKbs] Chris extended interview: TBA Follow Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy [https://www.instagram.com/chrisiduffy/?hl=en] | https://chrisduffycomedy.com/ [https://chrisduffycomedy.com/]) Guests: Sean Sherman (Instagram: @the_sioux_chef [https://www.instagram.com/the_sioux_chef/] and @siouxchef [https://www.instagram.com/siouxchef/?hl=en]| https://seansherman.com/ [https://seansherman.com/])   Linda Black Elk (Instagram: @linda.black.elk [https://www.instagram.com/linda.black.elk/?hl=en] Links Humor Me by Chris Duffy (https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL [https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL]) Instagram: @owamni [https://www.instagram.com/owamni/] | Facebook: @Owamni - By The Sioux Chef [https://www.facebook.com/owamni/] | https://owamni.com/ [https://owamni.com/] Instagram: @natifs_org [https://www.instagram.com/natifs_org/?hl=en] | Facebook: @NATIFSorg [https://www.facebook.com/NATIFSorg/] | https://natifs.org/ [https://natifs.org/] Follow TED!  X: https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks [https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted [https://www.instagram.com/ted] Facebook: https://facebook.com/TED [https://facebook.com/TED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks  [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks] Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcasts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts] For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts [https://go.ted.com/BHTranscripts] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How to find belonging (w/ Hanif Abdurraqib)

Where do you belong and what does community mean to you? These are the central questions Chris asks poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib while visiting Hanif’s hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Hanif is a poet and essayist of many notable works such as They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us, A Fortune for Your Disaster, and A Little Devil in America, among others. Hanif joins Chris to share his love for the city Columbus, what it means to be cared for by community members, and how spending time with others can show you how to love them better.  This episode is part of a series of bonus videos from "How to Be a Better Human." You can watch the extended video companion on the https://www.youtube.com/@TED/videosTED YouTube Channel and the extended interview on the TED Audio Collective YouTube Channel. Watch Hanif shows Chris and Sarah his hometown: https://youtu.be/xGJe_eRw2Ao [https://youtu.be/xGJe_eRw2Ao] Extended interview with Chris: https://youtu.be/hl-5PGuwEBg [https://youtu.be/hl-5PGuwEBg] Follow Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy [https://www.instagram.com/chrisiduffy/?hl=en] | https://chrisduffycomedy.com/ [https://chrisduffycomedy.com/]) Guest:  Hanif Abdurraqib (Instagram: @nifmuhammad [https://www.instagram.com/nifmuhammad/] | https://www.abdurraqib.com/ [https://www.abdurraqib.com/]) Sarah Kay (Instagram: @kaysarahsera [https://www.instagram.com/kaysarahsera/?hl=en] | https://kaysarahsera.com/ [https://kaysarahsera.com/]) Links Humor Me by Chris Duffy (https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL [https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL]) Follow TED!  X: https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks [https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted [https://www.instagram.com/ted] Facebook: https://facebook.com/TED [https://facebook.com/TED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks  [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks] Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcasts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts] For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts [https://go.ted.com/BHTranscripts] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Why you need to learn how to fight in a relationship (w/ Dr. Julie and John Gottman)

“All couples fight. In fact, how they fight in the first three minutes predicts with 96% accuracy not only how the rest of the conversation will go, but how the rest of the relationship will go six years down the road,” says relationship expert Dr. Julie Gottman. Dr. Julie and John Gottman are founders of the Gottman Institute and the Love Lab where they study how to sustain love and health in relationships. They join Chris to discuss why more people now than ever are deciding to go solo, what a healthy end to a conflict looks like, and the 52 questions you should ask your partner before getting married. This episode is part of a series of bonus videos from "How to Be a Better Human." You can watch the extended video companion on the https://www.youtube.com/@TED/videosTED YouTube Channel and the extended interview on the TED Audio Collective YouTube Channel. Watch Julie and John answer listeners' questions: https://youtu.be/nJ4RtT0T_BA [ https://youtu.be/nJ4RtT0T_BA] Extended interview with Chris: https://youtu.be/CxW0JRAw8bk [https://youtu.be/CxW0JRAw8bk] Follow Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy [https://www.instagram.com/chrisiduffy/?hl=en] | https://chrisduffycomedy.com/ [https://chrisduffycomedy.com/]) Guest: Dr. Julie and John Gottman Links Humor Me by Chris Duffy (https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL [https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL]) https://www.gottman.com/ [https://www.gottman.com/] Instagram: @thegottmaninstitute [https://www.instagram.com/gottmaninstitute/?hl=en] YouTube: @TheGottmanInstitute [https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGottmanInstitute] Linkedin: @the-gottman-institute [https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-gottman-institute/] TikTok: @thegottmaninstitute [https://www.tiktok.com/@thegottmaninstitute?lang=en] Follow TED!  X: https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks [https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted [https://www.instagram.com/ted] Facebook: https://facebook.com/TED [https://facebook.com/TED] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks  [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks] Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcasts [https://www.ted.com/podcasts] For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts [https://go.ted.com/BHTranscripts] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How to break bad habits (w/ Edith Zimmerman)

Edith Zimmerman is a sketchbook cartoonist and writer of the Substack newsletter, Drawing Links. In this episode, she joins Chris to talk about honesty and self-discovery. From sharing her artwork to discussing her sobriety journey to falling in love with running, Edith and Chris explore how creativity and pursuing new activities can help you overcome personal challenges. This episode is part of the How to Be a Better Human Bonus Videos series. You can find the extended video companion on the TED YouTube Channel. Watch Edith draw and go running with Chris: https://youtu.be/1jWA3mE5o9Y [https://youtu.be/1jWA3mE5o9Y] Edith and Chris' interview: https://youtu.be/U_tOmuja0w8 [https://youtu.be/U_tOmuja0w8] Follow Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy [https://www.instagram.com/chrisiduffy/?hl=en] | chrisduffycomedy.com [https://chrisduffycomedy.com/]) Guest: Edith Zimmerman (Instagram: @edithzimmermans [http://edithzimmermans] | Website: https://www.edithzimmerman.com/ [https://www.edithzimmerman.com/])  Links https://drawinglinks.substack.com/ [https://drawinglinks.substack.com/] Stop Drinking Now by Allen Carr [https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Drinking-Now-Allen-Carr/dp/184837982X] Subscribe to TED  Instagram: @ted [https://www.instagram.com/ted/?hl=en] YouTube: @TED [https://www.youtube.com/@TED] TikTok: @tedtoks [https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks?lang=en] LinkedIn: @ted-conferences [https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences] Website: ted.com [https://ted.com] Podcasts: https://www.ted.com/podcaststed.com/podcasts [http://ted.com/podcasts] For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts [https://go.ted.com/BHTranscripts] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.