TEDxRVA Youth 2026 UNRAVEL

This year’s theme, Unravel, captures one’s curiosity and desire to reach a deeper truth.

Speaker and Performer Lineup

• Linda Boland, Neuroscientist, on the limits of protein-maxxing

• Maurice “Moeflowz” Brown, Poet, reciting original poems based on the theme of Unravel

• Catherine Franssen, Neuroscientist, on the science of pumpkin spice

• Hamilton Glass, Public Artist, on why painting walls was never the point

• Tariq Karriem, Artivist, on how to open doors to community theater

• Arryn Robbins, Cognitive Psychologist, on interpreting images in the age of AI

• David Warren, Entrepreneur, on how to give a “Good No” 

• Jatia Wrighten, Political Scientist, on what we can learn from black women in politics

• Caroline Scruggs, Thereminist, who will both speak on and perform using the theremine, a touchless instrument

• Sun V Set, Musician, performing two original songs