![TED Talks News and Politics show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/030/149/small/tedtalks-news-and-politics.png)
Summary: Thailand's "Mr. Condom," Mechai Viravaidya, walks us through the country's bold plan to raise its standard of living, starting in the 1970s. First step: population control. And that means a lot of frank, funny -- and very effective -- talk about condoms. (Filmed at TEDxChange.)