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The TED Interview

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Chris Anderson talks to some of the most interesting TED stage speakers.

The TED Interview: Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The TED Interview, Elizabeth Gilbert

Chris Anderson talks to some of the most interesting TED stage speakers: author of ‘Eat Pray Love’, Elizabeth Gilbert.

Founded in 1984 in the USA, TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. The first TED Talks were first posted online in 2006 and since then TED Talks have had many millions of views.

In The TED Interview hosted by Chris Anderson - audiences can immerse themselves more deeply in some of the most compelling ideas heard on the TED stage. 

Elizabeth Gilbert shows up for...everything.
Chris Anderson talks to Elizabeth Gilbert. As a writer, Elizabeth Gilbert is notorious for placing her heart squarely on her sleeve. Her best-selling memoir "Eat Pray Love" was a sensation precisely because of her eloquent, open-hearted descriptions of fear, divorce and wanting everything life had to offer. When she spoke at TED back in 2009, she charmed the audience with her frank descriptions of what happened after the book became a runaway success and her lyrical ideas of the nature of creativity. Nearly ten years later, in this extraordinarily intimate conversation with TED curator Chris Anderson, she shares why openness, transparency and creativity are still central to her philosophy of life -- even when faced with moments of desperation and personal tragedy.

Selected highlights from a TED original podcast.

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