Web Log: Unheard Voices shines light on niche TED talks

New email newsletter focuses on interesting talks from lesser-known individuals

Journalist Rose George in Let’s Talk Crap, a 14-minute video all about the importance of human excrement
Journalist Rose George in Let’s Talk Crap, a 14-minute video all about the importance of human excrement

The shiniest ideas by the highest profile speakers are usually the TED talks that get watched and shared most across the web; we’ve all seen those talks by tech superstars like Google’s Sergey Brin, rock stars including Bono, big-time movie-makers like JJ Abrams and plenty of Nobel Prize winners.

It is easy to neglect the thousands of other speakers who have graced its stages since 1984.

Unheard Voices is a new daily TED newsletter designed to showcase talks from “someone you’ve (probably) never heard of, on a topic you didn’t know you cared about – personally recommended by a TED speaker or community member”.

This email newsletter begins with a recommendation to watch Let’s Talk Crap, a 14-minute video all about the importance of human excrement.

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In this 2013 talk, journalist Rose George tells the audience that the one thing most of us take for granted – a toilet – is something that 2.5 billion people around the globe have no access to.

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