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Adam Conover: Adam Fixes Everything

11:12am October 13, 2017

Adam Conover from truTV's 'Adam Ruins Everything' tells us why ignorance is not bliss. Then we challenge the notorious debunker to a game we call Adam Fixes Everything, about famously broken things.

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Spelling Bee Style

11:12am October 13, 2017

Way less A-W-K-W-A-R-D than your average middle school spelling bee. In this quiz, contestants need to identify a fashion label and then correctly spell the brand name.

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Monkee Business

11:12am October 13, 2017

This music parody quiz is exactly as fun as a barrel of Monkees! We rewrote Monkees songs to be about other zoo animals. Hey hey, we're the Giraffes!

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Mystery Guest

11:12am October 13, 2017

This episode's mystery guest, Steve Baldwin, leads an unusual tour through Brooklyn. Can you guess his secret before Jonathan and Ophira do?

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The End

11:12am October 13, 2017

In this final round, contestants must endure an impending letter trend that portends the end: every answer contains the letters "E-N-D" in consecutive order.

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Human Flow is a documentary directed by Ai Weiwei that explores the everyday lives of people fleeing various conflicts around the world.

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'Human Flow' Offers A Searing Look At The Global Refugee Crisis

11:04am October 13, 2017

by Ella Taylor

Using aerial photography and intimate, one-on-one interviews to document the plight of migrants in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, artist Ai Weiwei's documentary is grim but vital.

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Tristan Harris: Do Our Devices Control More Than We Think?

9:40am October 13, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

When Tristan Harris worked in Silicon Valley, his job was to direct users online to a particular website or service. Now, he speaks out against tech companies who manipulate their users' attention.

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Steve Ramirez with Xu Liu on the TED Stage

Steve Ramirez: If We Could Erase Memories ... Should We?

9:40am October 13, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez used lasers to enter the brains of mice and edit their memories. He imagines a future where this technology might be possible in humans as well.

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Ali Velshi: In An Age Of "Alternative Facts," How Do We Know What's True?

9:29am October 13, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Journalist Ali Velshi began his career to "speak truth to power." Now he worries that fake news has subverted the meaning of truth.

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Elizabeth Loftus: How Can Our Memories Be Manipulated?

9:29am October 13, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Years of research have taught Elizabeth Loftus just how unreliable our memories are. From tweaking a real memory to planting a completely fabricated one, tampering with our minds is surprisingly easy.

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