The 2020 Summer Extravaganza was cancelled due to COVID-19.  

The 2019 Summer Extravaganza was an all day event held in the Renaissance Theater.  Five topics were selected and grouped together, plus there was a bonus section.  To review the 2019 Summer Extravaganza - please click here for talks by topic.

The following TED Talks were shown in previous seasons. They're still fun and educational to watch!

2019-2020

• 10 ways to have a better conversation. Celeste Headlee
• How can AI save our humanity. Kai - Fu Lee
• The enchanting music of sign language. Christine Sun Kim
• 8 Secrets of success. Richard St. John
• How to practice effectively…for just about anything. Annie Bosler
• The power of vulnerability. Brenee Brown
• The beautiful future of solar power. Marian Van
• There is more to life than being happy. Emily Esfahani
• Love letter to strangers.  Hannah Brencher
• Our natural sleep cycle is nothing like we do now. Jessa Gamble
• What makes a good life? Robert Waldinger
• How china is (and isn’t) fighting pollution and climate change. Angel Hsu
• The little problem I had renting a house. James White Sr.
• Are we running out of clean water?  Balsher Singh Siohu
• Einstein’s miracle year. Larry Lagerstrom
• How we can grow new brain cells. Sandrine Thuret
• How nationalism and globalism can coexist. Wanis Kabbaj
• How to connect with depressed friends. Bill Bernat
• The breathtaking courage of Harriet Tubman. Janell Hobson
• Top 10 time-saving tech tips. David Pogue
• I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here is why I left. Megan Phelps-Roper
• The age of genetic wonder. Juan Enriquez
• Mind – blowing stage sculptures that fuse music and technology. Es Devlin
• A 12 year old app developer. Thomas Suarez

2018-2019

• The Paradox of Choice. Barry Schwartz 
• The Pharmacy of the Future? Personalized Pills, 3-D printed at home. Daniel Kraft 
• Wisdom from Great Writers on every Year of Life. Joshua Prager
• The Secret to Living Longer may be your Social Life. Susan Pinker
• A Glimpse of the Future Through an Augmented Reality Headset. Meron Gribetz 
• The Hidden Beauty of Pollination. Louie Schwartzberg
• Depressed Dogs, Cats with OCD-What Animal Madness Means for us Humans. Laurel Braitman
• Is the World Getting Better or Worse? A Look at the Numbers. Steven Pinker
• Remember to say Thank You. Laura Trice
• The Global Food Waste Scandal. Tristram Stuart 
• The Transformative Power of Classical Music. Benjamin Sander
• Try Something New for Thirty Days. Matt Cutts

2017-2018

• Everyone around you has a Story the World Needs to Hear. Dave Isay 
• How I became an Entrepreneur at 66. Paul Tasner
• A father-daughter bond, one Photo at a Time. Steven Addis
• When I die, Recompose me. Katrina Spade
• How not to be Ignorant About the World. Hans & Ola Rosling 
• A Life Lesson from a Volunteer Firefighter. Mark Bezos 
• What Moral Decisions Should Driverless Cars Make? Iyad Rahwan
• How augmented reality could change the future of surgery. Nadine Hachach-Haram                                
• A precise, three-letter word for every place on earth.  Chris Sheldrick 
• The danger of science denial. Michael Specter 
• Can we build AI without losing control over it? Sam Harris
• 3 things I learned while my plane crashed. Ric Elias 

2016-2017 

• The New American Dream. Courtney E. Martin
• The Danger of a Single Story. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• How a Penny Made Me Feel Like a Millionaire. Tania Luna
• The Future of Flying Robots. Vijay Kumar
• The Sibling Bond.  Jeffrey Kluger
• The Agony of Trying to Unsubscribe. James Veitch
• What We Can do to Die Well. Timothy Ihrig
• Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator.  Tim Urban
• Try Something New For 30 Days.  Matt Cutts
• The Art of Stillness. Pico Iyer
• Half a Million Secrets.  Frank Warren
• The Hidden Power of Smiling.  Ron Gutman
• Medicine's Future: There's An App For That.  Daniel Kraft
• The Power of Introverts. Susan Cain
• Photos From A Storm Chaser. Camille Seaman
• Where is Cybercrime Really Coming From? Caleb Barlow
• 10 Ways to Have Better Conversations.  Celeste Headlee
• Why Lunch Ladies Are Heroes.  Jarrett J. Krasoczka

2015-2016

• Connected, But Alone? Sherry Turkle
• Less Stuff, More Happiness. Graham Hill
• How to Use a Paper Towel. Joe Smith
• Why I Believe the Mistreatment of Women is the #1 Human  Rights Abuse. Jimmy Carter
• How to Make Stress Your Friend. Kelly McGonigal
• How to Buy Happiness. Michael Norton
• Everything You Know About Addiction is Wrong. Johann Hart
• What Do You Think When You Look at Me? Daila Mogahed
•  How To Tie Your Shoe Laces. Terry Moore