Every day, we make countless choices—but are these decisions guided by desire or design? This hour, TED speakers on what shapes the food we eat, how we power our homes, and how we communicate.
Guests include food systems expert Sarah Lake, infrastructure engineer Deb Chachra, cross-cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand, urban planner Jeff Speck, and Tempe resident Ignacio Delgadillo.
This episode was produced by Harsha Nahata, Rachel Faulkner White, Katie Monteleone and Kai McNamee. It was edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour, James Delahoussaye and Manoush Zomorodi.
Our production staff at NPR also includes Fiona Geiran. Our executive producer is Irene Noguchi. Our audio engineers were Gilly Moon, Becky Brown, Jimmy Keeley and Simon-Laslo Janssen.
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