Welcome to Hidden In Plain Sight

You've been doing it since you were born, but how much do you really know about breathing? Do you know that you are most likely doing it wrong -- that there is even a wrong way to breathe? Today, we uncover the hidden power of breath and what it can do to increase your fitness pe ...  Show more

Ready Player One, The Eye of Minds, and Pygmalion’s Spectacles. For years humanity has written about the allure of a virtual world. But what if the virtual world has already caught up to reality? And the headsets we’ve read about for decades are no longer just a myth? Hear from S ...  Show more

There is a parallel world which operates under different rules and benefits those with money and power. That’s the argument made by the journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian in her new book The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the world. She traces the rise of a freeports, charter ci ...  Show more

Everything is not what it seems. We can easily disguise ourselves in both the digital and physical world. This hour, TED speakers explore the ways we go incognito... from espionage to virtual reality. Guests include former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez, artist Holly Herndon, ...  Show more

Sophia Bush is many things; an actress, activist, and avid reader. She hosts a new podcast called Work in Progress and is working on several soon-to-be-released films. She is an LA native and, as the daughter of two immigrant parents, understands the value of the American Dream a ...  Show more

Why is the world the way it is? Is society healthy? Or has our modern culture become... a cult? In this episode, we do a deep dive into one of the most important parts of Zero to One that we haven't heard anyone cover. “So why is progress slowing and why don’t people believe in s ...  Show more