Direct Talk - Season 4 / Year 2019

Season 4 / Year 2019

Episodes

Patrick Brown: Creating Sustainable Meat Alternatives

Kostas Kostarelos: The Medical Revolution

Joe Smith: Mapping the Future

Margaret Martin: Saving Children in Poverty Through Music

Satoshi Fukushima: A Society Where All Can Live Happily

Mahzarin Banaji: Uncovering Our Hidden Biases

Ivan Penn: Giving Voice to the Voiceless

RongRong&inri: Protecting the Essence of Art in China

Koji Muraoka: Pancakes That Represent a Region

Yuko Shirakawa: Medicine on the Battlefield

Ayyam Sureau: French Refugee Integration

James Heckman: Fighting Poverty With Early Childhood Education

Margarita Mamun: Obsession With Beauty

Toru Oki: The Healing Power of Dogs

Morinari Watanabe: Sports Innovation for Athletes and Spectators

Lee So-hyun: Co-Existing With Autism in Society

Grigory Sergeev: Nothing Is Impossible!

Charles Pépin: Philosophy for Daily Life

Takahiro Yagi: The Beauty of Tea Caddies

Merrill J. Fernando: Business as a Human Service

Raghuram Rajan: Regenerating Community for a Better World

Kenichi Yoshida: Soul-stirring Strings

Rino Nakasone: A Love for Dance and Entertaining

Lin Nien-tzu: Raising Awareness of Menstrual Sanitation

Ni Sat Tin Htoo: Hope Beyond the Conflict

Ichiro Akuto: A Small Distillery's Big Dreams

Frances Corner: Why Fashion Matters

Kim Gee-yang: Shattering Beauty Stereotypes

Noriyuki Sawa: The Potential of Puppet Theater

Pierre Kompany: From Refugee to Mayor

Andrey Kurkov: Ukraine - a Borderline Case

David Hu: Nature's Lessons in Engineering

Anneli Rautiainen: Educating Children Shapes Our Future

Mo Ibrahim: Africa Is Rising

Dishani Jayaweera: Peacebuilding Through Dialogue

Yojiro Ichikawa: Musical Fusion

Andre Chiang: Redefining Asian Cuisine

Florian Wiltschko: The Shinto Way of Life

Reiko Takahashi: Conveying the Beauty Beneath

Duan Yuezhong: Communication Beyond Nations

Jon Jandai: Simplicity Is the Key to Happiness

Kentaro Hayashi: Peace and Health in Myanmar

Masao Hosoo: Weaving the Future of Nishijin Textiles

Thai Huong: Promoting Food Safety

Viola Cheng: Helping the Socially Vulnerable

Masako Wakamiya: Endlessly Creative

Masanao Kurata: Beech Woodware Goes Global

Ryo Takeuchi: Reducing Bias Through Video

Takeo Sugita: The Matcha Business

Jose Antonio Vargas: A Voice for Migrants

Svetlana Alexievich: Immortalizing Unspoken Truths

Thitinan Pongsudhirak: Democracy Is Taking a Beating

Tadashige Shiga: A Blossom of Hope

Hiroshi Nakaso: Battling Financial Crises

Jalal Ahmed: Architecture for Humanity

Kiko Matthews: Breaking a World Record

Nobu Okada: Cleaning up Space

Hironao Hamada: The Potential of Washi

Andria Zafirakou: Changing Lives

Adam Hickey: Combatting Cyberattacks

Takuji Matsuhashi: Sensing Production

Chihiro Nakata: Promoting a Traditional Talisman Overseas

Melissa McCormick: The Tale of Genji Exhibition in the U.S.

Ryojun Shionuma: What Nature Teaches Us

Tatsuya Tanaka: Depicting Daily Life in Miniature

Ezra Vogel: Japan-China Relations, an Outsider's Perspective

James Minor: Supporting Unique and Emerging Artists

Kenyu Chinen: The Soul of Okinawan Karate

Hiroyuki Takahashi: A Magazine That Fosters Community

Lauren Compere: Socially Responsible Investing

Tang Shuai: Defending With Sign Language

Munroe Bergdorf - Transgender Model and Activist - Being Who You Are

Masahiro Kikuno - Watchmaker - The Craft of Time

Toshihiko Hosaka - Sand Artist - The Sand Wizard

Bill Nye - CEO of the Planetary Society - Space Exploration - Can Private Citizens Play a Role

Helen Zia - Author - American Chinese Immigrants Facing Crossroads

Yasushi Ohara: The Potential of Industrial Chain

Alaa Murabit: Raising the Voice of Women

Zeba Islam Seraj: Science for Sustainable Earth

Shinji Kazama: Ride Forever

Todd Rose: The Myth of Average

Yoshiaki Kawashima: Keeping Coffee Sustainable

Muneyuki Nakazawa: Strings That Bind

Nadiem Makarim: Ride-Hailing Innovation

Chris Bonington: How to Live Dangerously

Rumiko Seya: Preventing Conflict

Nick Romaniuk: Saving Lives at Sea
Nick Romaniuk is rescue coordinator for the European charity SOS Méditerranée, leading the team that picks up migrants who are trying to reach Europe, by crossing the Mediterranean from Africa.

Laurie Santos: What Makes Us Happy
Yale Psychology Professor Laurie Santos reveals misconceptions about happiness, features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and research that can help us change.

Jay Keasling: Looking at the Future of Synthetic Biology

Jim Rogers: Find Change to Find Success

Yeo Bee Yin: Facing Plastic Waste Issues

Yasunori Tashiro: A Filling Meal

Madeline & Rosanne Stuart: Living Without Boundaries

Mechtild Rössler: Saving Our Heritage

Mitsuhiro Iwamoto: Upon the Shining Sea

Shigeharu Senoo: Changing Asian Kitchens with Aquaculture

Sun Xiaolong: Towards a Zero-Waste Future

Stephen Linton: Fighting TB in North Korea

Clement Liang: Protecting the Local Heritage

Steven Gan: Reporting the News for Change

Fumio Usui: Prosthetics You Want to Wear

Atsuko Muraki: Saving Women in Need

Franchesca Cubillo: The Power of Aboriginal Art

Sen Nathan: Protecting the Forest

Jan Ohrstrom: Wrestling to Overcome PTSD

Kazuko Kumon: Love, Freely Given

Masashi Hirao: Bonsai Art Performance

Luis Bononato: Striving for Freedom From Addiction

Kazunori Kumagai: Soulful Steps

Louise Richardson: Oxford - 900 Years of Education

Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Playing With Passion

Antonio Pappano: The Joy of Opera

Trinh Khanh Ha: Seize the Future With Robotic Prosthetic Arms

Dong Lina: Opening Up the Future for the Visually Impaired

Yoshino Oishi: The Scars of War

Leslie Kee: Life-Changing Portraiture

Hiroto Kawasaki: Promoting Organic Farming in China

Ben Nelson: Reforming Higher Education

Tetsu Nakamura: A Fertile Desert

Kazuhide Sekiyama: Weaving World Peace

Bea Johnson: Zero Waste Living

Toshihide Takai: Medical Equipment Strategy

Richard Yim: Developing Safer Demining Robots

Guy Parker: Advertising in a Connected World

Karl Bengs: Restoring Old Houses and Communities

Delia Ferreira Rubio: Fight Against Corruption

Kees Veldboer: Final Wishes Before Dying

Robert Riener: Robotics for a Diverse Society

Antonio López Gutiérrez: Free Medical Education in Cuba

Svetlana Alexievich: Freedom in a Post-Soviet World

Yaroslav Zhilkin: Hoping to Bring Peace to My Homeland

Ory Yoshifuji: A Second Self

MIHARU: Muscles Don't Lie

Sadan Kaptanoglu: Shipping Needs Stability

Patrick Ky: Keeping the Skies Safe

Bart Roetert: Restaurant Fighting Food Waste

NORA: No Salsa, No Life

Katherine Maher: Building the Sum of All Knowledge

Zacharias Kunuk: Protecting Inuit Heritage Through Film

Sho Kitagawa: A Three Generation Dream

Noriaki Imai: Giving Young People Hope

Solomia Melnyk: Turning Music to Power

Mitsuhiro Takasaki: Removing Troublesome Screws

Giles Martin: Producing Music in a Digital World

Yoshua Bengio: Possibilities, Risks, and Coexistence with AI

Jihan Kaisi: Employment Lifeline for Syrian Refugee Women

Jane Goodall: Vision for a Shared World

Mai Nagamatsu: You Can't Beat Katsuobushi

Tomosuke Noda: Raising River Kids

Ayad Nasser: Painting Away Poverty

Yoshihiko Akimoto: The Potential of Canned Bread

Lech Walesa: Don't Get Fooled by Populists

Ziauddin Yousafzai: Fighting for Equality

Oyungerel Tsedevdamba: The Toilet Revolution
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