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Dave Eggers: Writing For A Better Future : TED Radio Hour Original broadcast date: January 21, 2022. Fiction can serve as a window into multiple realities—to imagine different futures or understand our own past. This hour, author and TED speaker Dave Eggers talks technology, education, and the healing power of writing.

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Author Dave Eggers on the healing power of writing

Author Dave Eggers on the healing power of writing

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Original broadcast date: January 21, 2022.

Fiction can serve as a window into multiple realities—to imagine different futures or understand our own past. This hour, author and TED speaker Dave Eggers talks technology, education, and the healing power of writing.

This episode of TED Radio Hour was produced by James Delahoussaye and Fiona Geiran. It was edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour.

Our production staff also includes Rachel Faulkner White, Katie Monteleone, Matthew Cloutier, Andrea Gutierrez, Harsha Nahata, Laine Kaplan-Levenson, and Julia Carney. Beth Donovan is our executive producer. Our audio engineer is Brian Jarboe.