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How to Love Your Hometown (w/ Hanif Abdurraqib and Sarah Kay) | How to Be a Better Human | TED

Loving where you live means caring for the people who make that place home, says cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib. He invites poet Sarah Kay and Chris Duffy, host of the podcast “How to Be a Better Human,” to his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, to show off what makes it so special. From sneaker shops and…

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@مصطفىالفالح-ك3ب

November 17, 2025 at 2:13 pm

سبحان الله وبحمده عدد خلقه ورضا نفسه وزنة عرشه ومداد كلماته سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم 💞

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@gofeeder2326

November 17, 2025 at 5:48 pm

I’m a jc position, jesus christ.

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@agathasteacoffeehaus

November 17, 2025 at 6:32 pm

Thanks for uploading!

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@rolandnicolai

November 17, 2025 at 9:19 pm

Love Sarah Kay and Hanif!

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@MdRadiatul২০২৬

November 18, 2025 at 12:22 am

ইংরেজি পাড়ি না

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@wonderfulnesful

November 18, 2025 at 4:46 am

he looks radical to me in a negative way

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@GabrielGonzalezXXVI

November 18, 2025 at 7:41 am

Amazing people with beautiful hearts. Truly a inspiration for all of us to apply in our own personal hometowns no matter where we are.

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@katherinecameron8299

November 18, 2025 at 12:26 pm

Thank you for sharing this. ❤

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@raincloudcolors1516

November 18, 2025 at 1:46 pm

OMG, two of my favorite poets together in a video? Clicked immediately. Loved every moment. Thanks for sharing

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@andycordy5190

November 19, 2025 at 3:14 am

He is such a lovely man.
I love markets, everywhere I go, because they are traditional meeting places. Essential. People are pressed together by necessity. Shopping, in comfortable societies doesn’t work like that. It’s just about me me me, not need. Middle class people don’t usually cross over with other classes. They are too intent on not losing what they have in a pressure cooker world, until something shakes that pressure cooker and they realise what’s out there. Who even has time to look out of the window?

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@Sadé_delCarmen

November 19, 2025 at 11:47 am

Very beautiful video! Thank you for the inspiration and reminders 🙂

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