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.

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…

Jonathan Haidt

Screens, Stress, and Struggling Kids--Jonathan Haidt Breaks It Down

Personal Well-Being

Are we failing to protect kids in the digital age? In this TEDMED Conversation, psychologist and bestselling author Jonathan Haidt dives into the alarming rise in youth anxiety,…

Francis X. Shen

Every Story is a Brain Story: The Future of Neurolaw

Brain & Body

“Every story is a brain story.” This motto from the Shen Neurolaw Lab challenges us to consider why understanding the brain is essential for responsibly integrating neuroscience into…

Lisa Sanders

Long COVID and other post-acute infection syndromes

COVID isn’t the only pathogen that causes post-acute long term symptoms including intense fatigue, brain fog, chronic pain, and shortness of breath. Lyme disease, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome…