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Announcer ted talks science and wonder was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. Please welcome your host, baratunde thurston. [applause] welcome to the town hall theatre in new york city. I am so excited to be hosting ted talks live brought to you by pbs here tonight. Now, one of the reasons im excited is because of tonights theme, science and wonder. Your minds are going to be blown tonight, and with it being a ted audience, that means there are several neuroscientists here to repair any damage that is done by those blown minds. These talks in this program, theyre about magic and the making of magic, and i cant think of a more magicmaking company than pixar. We have with us tonight the director of photography and lighting for pixar, and, yeah, she is as cool as that job title sounds, so please give a warm ted welcome to danielle feinberg. [applause] when i was 7 years old, some wellmeaning adult asked me what i wanted to be when i grow up. Proudly, i said, an arti
Announcer ted talks science and wonder was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. Please welcome your host, baratunde thurston. [applause] welcome to the town hall theatre in new york city. I am so excited to be hosting ted talks live brought to you by pbs here tonight. Now, one of the reasons im excited is because of tonights theme, science and wonder. Your minds are going to be blown tonight, and with it being a ted audience, that means there are several neuroscientists here to repair any damage that is done by those blown minds. These talks in this program, theyre about magic and the making of magic, and i cant think of a more magicmaking company than pixar. We have with us tonight the director of photography and lighting for pixar, and, yeah, she is as cool as that job title sounds, so please give a warm ted welcome to danielle feinberg. [applause] when i was 7 years old, some wellmeaning adult asked me what i wanted to be when i grow up. Proudly, i said, an arti
Announcer ted talks science and wonder was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. Please welcome your host, baratunde thurston. [applause] welcome to the town hall theatre in new york city. I am so excited to be hosting ted talks live brought to you by pbs here tonight. Now, one of the reasons im excited is because of tonights theme, science and wonder. Your minds are going to be blown tonight, and with it being a ted audience, that means there are several neuroscientists here to repair any damage that is done by those blown minds. These talks in this program, theyre about magic and the making of magic, and i cant think of a more magicmaking company than pixar. We have with us tonight the director of photography and lighting for pixar, and, yeah, she is as cool as that job title sounds, so please give a warm ted welcome to danielle feinberg. [applause] when i was 7 years old, some wellmeaning adult asked me what i wanted to be when i grow up. Proudly, i said, an arti