Each of our TEDxSpokane 2024 speakers offers us a window, a doorway, a pathway to something new. These carefully chosen speakers offer the seeds of hope and wonder, and the pathway to help grow the connections our community needs. Now more than ever we need those who offer us seeds for the future. Be prepared to expect wonders.
Anatomy of a disco ball
Like a disco ball’s fragments casting light in unexpected directions, Esteban’s journey of coming out to his parents illuminates universal truths about identity, acceptance, and…
Change schools to change the world
Drawing from her deep understanding of education’s history, Casey exposes how our modern school system remains anchored in a Prussian industrial model designed two centuries…
Why wait for mister? Call a sister!
When Teri Koski picked up her first power tool, she wasn’t just fixing a household problem – she was challenging deeply entrenched gender stereotypes in…
The truth about pregnancy loss and abortion
NOTE: This talk discusses pregnancy loss by miscarriage and abortion and contains some graphic details. When it comes to pregnancy loss and abortion, our society…
What if our data sounded like music?
When mathematician and musician Jonathan Middleton began translating weather patterns into musical notes, he discovered an entirely new way to understand and experience data through…
Fight Clubs for School: A Counselor in Every Classroom
In a bold reimagining of high school education, English teacher Emily Torres and school counselor Sean Barrett have created their own version of “Fight Club”…
Lifelong learners not grade chasers
Drawing from her classroom experience, educator Megan McLean challenges the deeply ingrained culture of grade obsession that dominates our schools and stifles authentic learning. Through…
Dialogical reasoning as the future of AI
Gray Cox is, an author, quaker, singer/song writer who plays both bones and guitar. He is a professor at the College of the Atlantic in…
Empathy in Action – Exercising Empathy Through Literary Fiction.
In a time when global challenges like climate change, political division, and conflict seem insurmountable, Miranda McLeod reveals how literary fiction holds a surprising key…
Let’s talk about menstruation
From ancient taboos to modern period poverty, Georgia Goff takes us on an eye-opening journey through the complex global history of menstruation and its impact…