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How to Get Booked on TED Business
TED Business is a business podcast with 322 episodes. Your strongest route into TED Business starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.
TED Business is not affiliated with Let's Make A Podcast. We cannot book its guests.
What TED Business is about
Whatever your business conundrum, there’s a TED Talk for that, whether you want to learn how to land that promotion, set smart goals, undo injustice at work, or unlock the next big innovation. Every Monday, host Modupe Akinola of Columbia Business School presents the most powerful and surprising ideas that illuminate the business world.
In the show’s own words, from its public feed.
- Publishes
- weekly
- Latest episode
- Aug 17, 2026
- Catalogue
- 322 episodes
Recent episodes
Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.
- My $60 million science experiment | Mark Rober
- How to build a career you actually love | Bill Gurley
- What sitting all day does to your brain and body | Keith Diaz | Your Body on Tech
- Modupe's Top 5 (#1): Why you should talk about your anxiety at work | Adam Whybrew
- Modupe's Top 5 (#2): How to break through fear and become a leader | Valerie Montgomery Rice
Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-08-23.
3 show-specific steps to pitch TED Business
- 1
Listen before you pitch
Start with the latest episode of TED Business, which publishes weekly, currently “My $60 million science experiment | Mark Rober”. Listen for how the host frames the conversation, then make your angle fit TED Business.
- 2
Use the guest form TED Business publishes
TED Business takes guest pitches through a submission form on its own site, at ted.com. That is the process the host chose, so it is where they actually look. Use it instead of a cold email, and paste in the pitch you wrote. Open the TED Business guest form.
- 3
Lead with a specific, relevant angle
Hosts want an operator who can share real numbers, decisions, and lessons, not generic advice. Open with one sentence on why you fit TED Business and the exact topic you would bring to an episode. See our pitch template, or write it now, prefilled for TED Business, then grade the draft against TED Business.
Pitch basics: read the complete guide. TED Business is listed from Apple Podcasts (iTunes Search API), public directory data; its host can manage it below.
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