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Keeping Secrets : TED Radio Hour Who should get to keep secrets, and who should demand to know them? In this hour, TED speakers talk about the damage secrets can do, and the shifting roles we play when we keep, or share them.

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"Every day we make that decision: what do we conceal, what do we reveal?" — PostSecret founder Frank Warren
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Keeping Secrets

Who should get to keep secrets, and who should demand to know them? In this hour, TED speakers talk about the damage secrets can do, and the shifting roles we play when we keep, or share them.

Frank Warren: Why Would You Share A Secret With A Stranger?

Since November 2004, PostSecret founder Frank Warren has received more than 500,000 postcards with secrets written on them. James Duncan Davidson/TED hide caption

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Frank Warren: Why Would You Share A Secret With A Stranger?

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Why Would You Share A Secret With A Stranger?

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Ash Beckham: What's Your Coming Out Story?

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Ash Beckham: What's Your Coming Out Story?

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What's Your Coming Out Story?

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Charmian Gooch: How Do You Expose An Anonymous Company?

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Charmian Gooch: How Do You Expose An Anonymous Company?

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How Do You Expose An Anonymous Company?

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Glenn Greenwald: Why Should We Care About Keeping Secrets?

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Glenn Greenwald: Why Should We Care About Keeping Secrets?

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Why Should We Care About Keeping Secrets?

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