60 storytelling narrative talks from conference stages on Mezzo — ranked by views, including Your elusive creative genius by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Your elusive creative geniusElizabeth Gilbert- My journey to yo-yo masteryYo-Yo Ma
- If I should have a daughter ...Sarah Kay
The art of askingAmanda Palmer
The war in Ukraine could change everythingYuval Noah Harari- The danger of silenceClint Smith
Success, failure and the drive to keep creatingElizabeth Gilbert- What causes headaches?Daniel Kwartler
How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a timeBaratunde Thurston- The clues to a great storyAndrew Stanton
- What causes insomnia?Daniel Kwartler
- The mystery boxJJ Abrams
- Why you should make useless thingsSimone Giertz
- Why should you read "Dune" by Frank Herbert?Daniel Kwartler
- Are we born to run?Christopher McDougall
- How to raise a Black son in AmericaClint Smith
What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policyNanfu Wang- You have no idea where camels really come fromLatif Nasser
- The shared experience of absurdityCharlie Todd
- Fifty shades of gayiO Tillett Wright
- This is SaturnCarolyn Porco
- Did the Amazons really exist?Adrienne Mayor
- Why great architecture should tell a storyOle Scheeren
- This is what LGBT life is like around the worldJenni Chang and Lisa Dazols
- How my mind came back to life — and no one knewMartin Pistorius
- What our language habits revealSteven Pinker
Go ahead, dream about the futureCharlie Jane Anders- East vs. West -- the myths that mystifyDevdutt Pattanaik
The story we tell about millennials -- and who we leave outReniqua Allen- You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipseDavid Baron
- Go ahead, make up new words!Erin McKean
- Islamophobia killed my brother. Let's end the hateSuzanne Barakat
- The passing of time, caught in a single photoStephen Wilkes
My story of love and loss as a transracial adopteeSara Jones- The psychological traits that shape your political beliefsDannagal G. Young
How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problemsFederica Bianco- Ugly History: Witch HuntsBrian Pavlac
How your brain responds to stories -- and why they're crucial for leadersKaren Eber- Why do humans have a third eyelid?Dorsa Amir
- What I learned from Nelson MandelaBoyd Varty
- What I learned from 2,000 obituariesLux Narayan
A call to end the media coverage mass shooters want Tom Teves- The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain reliefLatif Nasser
The invisible life hidden beneath Antarctica's iceAriel Waldman
A queer journey from shame to self-loveCrystal Rasmussen- Wry photos that turn stereotypes upside downUldus Bakhtiozina
How to be a professional troublemakerLuvvie Ajayi Jones- A highly scientific taxonomy of hatersNegin Farsad
- How many lives can you live?Sarah Kay
The new reality of fashion is digitalGala Marija Vrbanic- To learn is to be freeShameem Akhtar
- The dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magicBill T. Jones
- What it's like to be a transgender dadLB Hannahs
A passionate, personal case for educationMichelle Obama
3 ways to find hope in hopeless timesWajahat Ali- 3 ways to fix a broken news industryLara Setrakian
- Why theater is essential to democracyOskar Eustis
- What is consciousness?Michael Graziano
- How my dad's dementia changed my idea of death (and life)Beth Malone
- A brief history of the devilBrian Pavlac