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TED Business

Modupe Akinola

Booking Overview

This business education show pairs TED Talks with host-led lessons on applying ideas to leadership, careers, management, and workplace challenges, and regularly features external subject-matter experts. Agencies could credibly pitch leadership advisers, organizational-change specialists, management researchers, workplace experts, and business authors with practical frameworks; booking difficulty is medium because the show favors established, credible experts rather than general-interest personalities.

Metrics

Episodes: 351

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10,000 - 100,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 27.8M subscribers

Instagram: 9.0M followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcasts@ted.com

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Host

Modupe Akinola - Modupe Akinola is a professor at Columbia Business School whose work focuses on workplace behavior, leadership, and organizational dynamics.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Recognized expertise and practical experience in leadership, organizational change, workplace behavior, management, career development, or creative and business practice.
Required Achievements:  

Recent Guest Discussions

Chris Wheatley - Receiving Difficult Feedback, Defensiveness, Self-awareness, And Leadership Behavior

Mary Martin - Managing The Messy Middle Of Major Change, Maintaining Confidence, And Progressing Toward Goals

Debbie Millman - Success, External Validation, Achievement, And Sustaining Motivation Through Creative Work

Recent Topics

Business, Leadership, Management, Career Development, Organizational Change

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
TED Business
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How do the stock market and the economy work? | Oliver Elfenbaum and Richard M. Coffin

October 19, 2026

How does the stock market work? How do you choose stocks? And what causes an economic recession? In this episode, Modupe shares three TED Ed lessons that answer these questions to help demystify the process and help you become more empowered to take control of your finances.Talks featuredOliver Elfenbaum | How does the stock market work?Richard M Coffin | How do investors choose stocks?Richard M Coffin | What causes an economic recession? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Your job or your sanity? How to not lose both (w/ Guy Winch) | from How to Be a Better Human

October 12, 2026

If we accept that work-life balance is a necessity, then why are stress and burnout still increasing? Guy Winch is a psychologist and was the first guest ever on the How to Be a Better Human podcast. Guy returns to the show six years later to share strategies on how to stop indulging in unhealthy rumination, start identifying harmful triggers, and why it’s necessary to change your perspective and view problems as solvable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who controls your city's money? | Trinity Tran

October 05, 2026

What if your city could borrow money from its own bank instead of private lenders? TED Fellow Trinity Tran is leading the push for public banks — which are owned by the people through their local governments — and shows how this model could ensure your local tax dollars stay in your community. (Following her story, pulled from a short film she made for TED, Trinity joins Lily James Olds, director of the TED Fellows program, to dig more into how a public bank actually works, why it’s an ideal ...

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Frequently asked questions

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TED Business
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How do I get in touch with TED Business?

TED Business is hosted by Modupe Akinola. Its publicly listed email is podcasts@ted.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for TED Business?

The publicly listed email for TED Business: podcasts@ted.com.

How many listeners does TED Business have?

Podseeker estimates TED Business reaches 10,000 to 100,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for TED Business?

TED Business typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Recognized expertise and practical experience in leadership, organizational change, workplace behavior, management, career development, or creative and business practice. Recent guests include Chris Wheatley, Mary Martin, and Debbie Millman.

How hard is it to get booked on TED Business?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does TED Business cover?

Recent episodes cover Business, Leadership, Management, Career Development, and Organizational Change. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

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