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How to Get Booked on TED Radio Hour
TED Radio Hour is a technology podcast hosted by NPR with 389 episodes. Your strongest route into TED Radio Hour starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.
TED Radio Hour is not affiliated with Let's Make A Podcast. We cannot book its guests.
What TED Radio Hour is about
Exploring the biggest questions of our time with the help of the world's greatest thinkers. Host Manoush Zomorodi inspires us to learn more about the world, our communities, and most importantly, ourselves. Get more brainy miscellany with TED Radio Hour+. Your subscription supports the show and unlocks a sponsor-free feed.
In the show’s own words, from its public feed.
- Publishes
- weekly
- Latest episode
- Jul 10, 2026
- Catalogue
- 389 episodes
Recent episodes
Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.
- Tracking what your body needs
- The state of fashion
- Are we using screens as a scapegoat for teen mental health?
- Sports psychology for everyday life
- How predictions took over our lives
Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-07-16.
3 show-specific steps to pitch TED Radio Hour
- 1
Listen before you pitch
Start with the latest episode of TED Radio Hour, which publishes weekly, currently “Tracking what your body needs”. Listen for how the host frames the conversation, then make your angle fit TED Radio Hour.
- 2
Send it to the address TED Radio Hour publishes
TED Radio Hour's feed publishes a contact address. We do not print TED Radio Hour's address on public pages. A free account opens a pre-addressed draft for TED Radio Hour in your mail app; we never send it. Get the address for TED Radio Hour.
- 3
Lead with a specific, relevant angle
Hosts want a specific technical story or a contrarian take: a product you shipped, a hard trade-off you made, or a trend you can explain simply. Open with one sentence on why you fit TED Radio Hour and the exact topic you would bring to an episode. See our pitch template, or write it now, prefilled for TED Radio Hour, then grade the draft against TED Radio Hour.
Pitch basics: read the complete guide. TED Radio Hour is listed from Apple Podcasts (iTunes Search API), public directory data; its host can manage it below.
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