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Corner Piece

by TED · English · Learning

Corner Piece starts small on life’s biggest questions. Join Taha, Melissa, and Sabrina (lifelong friends, full-time nerds) as they connect their personal questions to the profound nature of being a person. Using the skills they learned documenting their curiosity on their YouTube channel, Answer in

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New episodes
Every two weeks
Typical length
32 min
Latest
24 Sep 2026
Language
English

Latest episode

24 Sep 2026 · 40 min

Do all my friends secretly hate me?

Why does making friends as an adult feel like mission impossible? In this episode, Melissa explores what it means to be a friend while grappling with a friendship break up. Along the way, she interviews Anna Goldfarb, journalist and author of “Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valuable Connections,” and Dr. Marisa G. Franco, professor and author of “Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—And Keep—Friends”. They explain why friendship can get so complicated as you get older and how to build closer bonds. Featured guest Follow Anna Goldfarb on Instagram , LinkedIn ,…

Earlier episodes 2 most recent

  1. 10 Sep 2026 · 32 min

    All the lonely people

    From group chats to video calls, technology should make social connection easier than ever. So, why is everyone so lonely? In this episode, Sabrina sets out to investigate the "loneliness epidemic" that is sweeping the globe and impacting her friends and cohosts. She interviews Professor Fay Bound-Alberti, author of "A Biography of Loneliness: The History of an Emotion" to understand what loneliness is, where it comes from, and whether there is a "cure". In the process, Taha and Melissa challenge Sabrina to tackle her own loneliness through a sidequest that reveals just how hard connection…

  2. 3 Sep 2026 · 1 min

    Coming September 10, 2026: Corner Piece

    Corner Piece is a new podcast from TED and AIP that starts small on life's biggest questions. Join Taha, Melissa, and Sabrina (lifelong friends, full-time nerds) as they connect their personal questions to the profound nature of being a person. Using the skills they learned documenting their curiosity on their YouTube channel, Answer in Progress, they start with a day-to-day question or worry, like: Is there a right way to split the bill? Why does it feel so hard to hang out these days? Is romance dead? They’ll interview experts, go on side quests, and figure out how much of their problems…

About Corner Piece

Corner Piece starts small on life’s biggest questions. Join Taha, Melissa, and Sabrina (lifelong friends, full-time nerds) as they connect their personal questions to the profound nature of being a person. Using the skills they learned documenting their curiosity on their YouTube channel, Answer in Progress, they start with a day-to-day question or worry, like: Is there a right way to split the bill? Why does it feel so hard to hang out these days? Is romance dead? Then, they launch an investigation. They interview experts, go on side quests, and figure out how much of their problems are caused by the complexity of modern life… and how much is just a part of the human experience. New episodes every other Thursday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Corner Piece is a English learning podcast from TED. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher
TED
Language
English
Category
Learning
New episodes
Every two weeks
Typical length
32 min
Latest episode
24 Sep 2026
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Rights
TED

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