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Ideas about our world, our communities and ourselves. Hosted by @ManoushZ. A co-production of @NPR & @TEDTalks.

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28 Apr 2023
🧵(1/2) TED Radio Hour is stepping away from Twitter, following our org NPR’s lead n.pr/3o3nits If you want to reach us, email us anytime TedRadioHour@npr.org or find us in the following places ⬇️
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🧵(1/2) TED Radio Hour is stepping away from Twitter, following our org NPR’s lead n.pr/3o3nits If you want to reach us, email us anytime TedRadioHour@npr.org or find us in the following places ⬇️
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🧵(2/2) Follow our host: @ManoushZ Our Facebook: n.pr/3oPJ58y NPR's Instagram: n.pr/3A0tOEd and look out for TED Radio Hour's video series TRH Plus: plus.npr.org/ted Our YouTube: n.pr/3AzdPNJ Our webpage: n.pr/3VehxWl
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TRH listeners are the bee’s knees! What’s your favorite animal phrase?
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Each of your nostrils is actually doing a different job 👃
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Marlene Zuk studies insects and some of their more… creative reproduction styles
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Peacocks have large, beautiful feathers. 🦚 But, turns out, they may not be the best dads. Generally speaking, @carinbondar says, the more beautiful a male bird is, the less he's going to help with the peachicks.
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FUN FACT: There are 20,000 species of bees worldwide. But most people can only name a handful of bee species. How many can you name?
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Can insects feel happy or sad, like us? Biologist Marlene Zuk thinks personifying questions like this miss just how different we are from other animals.
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City bees are actually thriving Researchers think it’s because urban areas have more plant diversity these days. That’s good for bees — and humans. Host: @manoushz • Producer: Keren Carrión
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Spring is here 🐦🌷🐝 So this week, we’re talking about the birds, the bees, and the bugs: what they do for our earth and how they “do it” n.pr/3AMd4lx
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Learn more about the history of the Iranian people's struggle for gender equality with @throughlineNPR npr.org/2022/10/19/112999820…

The Woman Question : Throughline

What's happening in Iran right now is unprecedented. But the Iranian people's struggle for gender equality began generations before the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also...

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Shirin Neshat’s first feature film, "Women Without Men," is filled with metaphors describing feminine resilience. One image that persists in many of Shirin’s works: the garden.
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Shirin Neshat’s latest multimedia exhibit, “The Fury,” focuses on the female body, showcasing beauty and strength alongside vulnerability and trauma.
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“The Fury (2023)” Copyright Shirin Neshat, Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
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“What I wanted to do... is to show that while the women are always against the wall in Iran, they're always protesting, resilient, powerful and ultimately rebellious." - Shirin Neshat
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“Offered Eyes (1993)” and “Rebellious Silence (1994)” Copyright Shirin Neshat, Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
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Iranian-born visual artist Shirin Neshat explores the paradox of being an artist in exile.
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“By studying a woman, you can read the structure and the ideology of the country” —Shirin Neshat
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This week we have something special — a video of @manoushz’s conversation with artist Shirin Neshat. Check it out on NPR’s YouTube Channel.
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Why this sneaky bird lays its eggs so fast...
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