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Brené Brown on the Building Blocks of Wholeheartedness
Brené Brown on the Building Blocks of Wholeheartedness

“In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen — really seen.”

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Wanderlust: Four Minutes of Cinematic Aliveness
Wanderlust: Four Minutes of Cinematic Aliveness

From South America to New Zealand, a global journey of vitalizing beauty.

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Opening Lines: How Famous Creators Got Their Start
Opening Lines: How Famous Creators Got Their Start

Stick-to-itiveness, the case for self-delusion, and what Steve Jobs has to do with illegal phones.

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Books for Dad: 7 Esoteric Father’s Day Gift Ideas
Books for Dad: 7 Esoteric Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Film neverland, copper, maps, and how to save dad from having a midlife affair.

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Ayn Rand on Love as a Business Deal: The 1959 Interview
Ayn Rand on Love as a Business Deal: The 1959 Interview

Why state and economics should remain separate and what the true currency of love is.

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Oil + Water: Posters Printed with Oil from The Gulf
Oil + Water: Posters Printed with Oil from The Gulf

What dirty coastlines have to do with graphic design and talking trees.

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Inside The Kelly Writers House Audio Archives
Inside The Kelly Writers House Audio Archives

The muses of happiness and misery, or what closet hedonism has to do with the arts.

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HAPPY: A Documentary
HAPPY: A Documentary

From swamps to slums and why owning nothing can mean having everything.

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Music Philosophy: Famous Lyrics as Typographic Art
Music Philosophy: Famous Lyrics as Typographic Art

Love is all you need, worry vs. laughter, and why Plato’s got nothing on Jay Z.

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Highlights from TED 2010: Day Two
Highlights from TED 2010: Day Two

Suspended animation, augmented reality, and what sheep’s knuckles have to do with the future of cultural problem-solving.

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