# The shared experience of absurdity - Charlie Todd

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Podcast: [TED-Ed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-ed-7859430)
Published: 2026-07-07T04:37:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG7427643808.mp3
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Duration seconds: 1009

## Resource

Charlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, "ghostbusters" running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. In his talk, he shows how his group, Improv Everywhere, uses these scenes to bring people together. (Filmed at TEDxBloomington.)Talk by Charlie Todd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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