Conversations - TEDMED

TEDMED Conversations share the ideas, breakthroughs, and stories shaping the future of health and medicine. Each episode features thought-provoking conversations with scientists, clinicians, advocates, and innovators working to improve health for all. Guided by curiosity, compassion, and science, TEDMED Conversations invite listeners to imagine what’s possible for a healthier world.

Season 2

New Hosts, New Guests, Same Great Conversations

Jennifer Stellar, Jon Ellenthal

The Biology of Awe: Why Wonder Might Be Essential to Health

What if awe is more than a fleeting feeling? In this TEDMED Conversation, psychologist Jennifer Stellar joins Jon Ellenthal to explore the biology of awe, compassion, and emotional…

Katherine Eban, Jay Walker

Trust, Truth, and the Fragility of Scientific Institutions - Part 2

Public Health & Policy

This is Part 2 of a two-part TEDMED Conversation with investigative journalist Katherine Eban. In this companion episode, host Jay Walker and Eban move from foundational questions about…

Katherine Eban, Jay Walker

Trust, Truth, and the Fragility of Scientific Institutions – Part 1

Public Health & Policy

This is Part 1 of a two-part TEDMED Conversation with investigative journalist Katherine Eban. Across these companion episodes, host Jay Walker and Eban examine what happens when the…

Diana Nyad, Kelly Thomas

What resilience really requires

After declaring at TEDMED in 2011 that she would one day complete the Cuba-to-Florida swim, Diana Nyad returned in 2014 having done just that — at age 64.…

Lauren Hughes, Theresa Santoro

Designing Pediatric Care for Access, Trust, and Time

Medicine

What if pediatric care were built around relationships instead of billing codes?

Bruce Schneier, Leana Wen

The Promise, and Limits, of AI in Medicine

Artificial intelligence is already making medical decisions—often without patients realizing it. In this episode of TEDMED Conversations, Bruce Schneier and Dr. Leana Wen unpack where AI is quietly…