What is your favourite T E D talk?

Question

I enjoy Jorge Drexler's music and have just listened to a beautiful TED talk by him. If you go onto the TED site you can obtain a transcript in Spanish or English.

Here is an article about the six talks in Spanish they have added [you can read the article in Spanish]

6 T E D talks in Spanish

Here is the Drexler one on YouTube.

Youtube

The friend who advised him about decimas was the Spanish singer Joaquin Sabina

I am hoping to listen to the other 5 soon.

On the basis I am a Drexler fan here is a link to his latest song which I think is a decima, but in any event I like it!

telefonia

Ooops , I nearly posted thinking this was about "Father Ted ". - ray76, Jul 24, 2017

Ted is good at motivation and philosophy - Mardle, Jul 24, 2017

I had never heard Drexler's song before. It has good rythm. - polenta1, Oct 5, 2017

It is from a new disc which is very good. He is singing in Montevideo today. - Mardle, Oct 6, 2017

Answer 1

I enjoy listening to TED talks and have never thought of listening to them in Spanish so thanks for the links. That's a great idea!

One if my favorites in English is Brené Brown on the power of vulnerability.

I hadn't listened to that one. She is inspiring. - Mardle, Jul 30, 2017

Answer 2

Jorge Drexler is a physician but hasn't worked in this area for years and years. Both his father and mother were otolaryngologists. I think they are now separated. Thank you for having let us know about the "décimas" . I really didn't know they have disappeared in Spain.

Answer 3

I love this one - Do schools kill creativity ?

This is in English but there is a one subtitled in Spanish somewhere.

This one is dubbed in Spanish.

Sir Ken Robinson_Las escuelas matan la creatividad TED 2006

I am not in education, but I remember listening to that one years ago and it is excellent. - Mardle, Jul 22, 2017

Answer 4

Of the ones at your link, you might predict which I picked to listen to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73QS1CCPV48

I looked her up, she is Argentine (although now at LSU).

I have not listened much to Argentine accents, but I found her quite understandable, she talked at a nice pace very clearly.

Nice bit of philosophy at the end regarding the utility of pure science.

There were a few that looked interesting in the up next column that looked interesting to me as well. I will have to try them when I have time.

Thanks for the link.

They subtitle a lot in Spanish but these ones are a new departure. I enjoy listening to something I wouldn't usually here. I always enjoy some philosophy. - Mardle, Jul 23, 2017

Hear (autocorrected) - Mardle, Jul 23, 2017

Gabriela speaks Argentinian Spanish but not specifically from Buenos Aires. She tends to aspire the "S" before vowels, which is not typically from the Rio de la Plata region. Maybe from some province from the interior. - polenta1, Jul 23, 2017

When she says ·"esas ondas gravitacionales" she says" esaH "ondas gravitacionales - polenta1, Jul 23, 2017

It's about 1:24 or 25. She repeats the same thing some times later. Maybe some non-native could get it and say in what minutes. - polenta1, Jul 23, 2017

Interesting Polenta. - Mardle, Jul 23, 2017

Yes, she inconsistently aspirated the s for me, more than once but I noticed it. Also her ll was different for me. But I could follow her well. Accents from Spain I sometimes can't follow at all. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 23, 2017

Many dialects aspirate the S and pronounce like an English H but between consonants and vowels. She does it between two vowels too. - polenta1, Jul 24, 2017

As for the pronunciation of ll and y it's similar to the S in the English word exposure. - polenta1, Jul 24, 2017

Thanks for making me realize the difference between aspire and aspirate. - polenta1, Jul 24, 2017

Wiki says she was born in Cordoba which is some distance from BA in fact nearer to Chile. I found her very engaging. - Mardle, Jul 30, 2017

Answer 5

Having mentioned these to our teacher I now have one to listen to before next lesson, summarise and be ready to discuss. Fortunately it was one I definitely wanted to watch.

The speaker is the journalist Jorge Ramos

Jorge Ramos ted talk

Answer 6

I have gone back to these and found a link on the Facebook page to 8 talks in Spanish. Some of these are a few years old.

I decided to listen to me slightly outside my comfort zone - Math is forever by Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón. He is funny and engaging but I found his accent difficult to get used to.

Math is forever

They have added another one from the journalist Jorge Ramos, so later in the week I will listen to those.

Any more to suggest?

Math is forever is nice. De acuerdo al orador regalemos un teorema a una mujer porque los teoremas son para siempre. jaja - polenta1, Jul 30, 2017

Me encanta que te lo guste y que ahora sé una palabras nueva orador - Mardle, Jul 31, 2017

S added by auto correct! - Mardle, Jul 31, 2017

I've relistened and found his accent no problem. He is from Spain. - Mardle, Jul 31, 2017