Reggie Watts wows audiences with virtuosic performances combining comedy, music and improvisation. The New York Times called Spatial, his debut Netflix special, “a giddy rush of escapist nonsense,” dubbing him “the most influential absurdist in comedy today.” He most recently starred as the bandleader on CBS’s The Late Late Show with James Corden and is author of the memoir Great Falls, MT: Fast Times, Post-Punk Weirdos, and a Tale of Coming Home Again.
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Wonder in a complex world: Day 4 of TED2026
April 17, 2026
What does it take to find hope when everything feels fractured? Day 4 of TED2026 leaned into the messy, meaningful work of creating a better world, one connection at a time. Hear from the speakers who rose to the top of the TED Idea Search and the thinkers, artists and dreamers who refuse to accept […]
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Trailblazers: Notes on Session 7 of TED2024
April 18, 2024
We’re about halfway through TED2024, and Session 7 was a whopper — covering everything from preventative medicine for one of the world’s rare diseases to quantum computing, the future of audio computing and a sprinkle of musical improvisational comedy. The event: Talks from Session 7 of TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, hosted by TED’s […]
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Reggie Watts’ virtual reality dance party and more TED news
January 31, 2019
The TED community is busy with new projects and news — below, some highlights. A virtual reality dance party at Sundance. Musician and comedian Reggie Watts and artist Kiira Benzing debuted their new project “Runnin’” at the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier exhibit. “Runnin’” is an “immersive, interactive music video” backed with a hypnotic techno […]
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