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Charan Ranganath is a psychologist and neuroscientist who has spent his career studying memory. His new book, Why We Remember, surveys the latest science on the subject and digs into the links between memory and identity. Charan and Adam discuss surprising evidence on why we remember, what we forget, and how learning new ideas happens.
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As a political scientist and founder of Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer helps business leaders, policymakers and the general public make sense of the world. He gives a stirring analysis of the current state of global affairs and explains what makes 2024 so complex. Ian and Adam discuss the cyclical nature of geopolitics, whatâs different about todayâs crisis of democracy, and what we can do as individuals to cope with it.
Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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You may know will.i.am as the seven-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, and frontman of The Black Eyed Peas. But his interests beyond music have also taken him down a surprising and creative path â from serving as the director of creative innovation at Intel, to becoming the first artist to stream a song from the surface of Mars, to hosting the first radio show with an AI co-host. Adam asks about will.i.amâs creative process and digs into how he turns his expansive ideas into reality. will.i.am also shares his hopes and fears about the future of technology and entertainment, and the two debate what AI can and canât do for human creativity.
Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Cal Newport knows a thing or two about productivity: when heâs not teaching computer science at Georgetown, heâs writing for The New Yorker, hosting a podcast, or authoring New York Times bestsellers like Deep Work and Digital Minimalism. In his new book, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, Cal proposes that we trade current standards of rapid output for slower, higher-quality, and sustainable ways of working. Adam and Cal dig into the data on productivity, debate the benefits and drawbacks of doing fewer things (and spending less time on email and social media), and discuss individual habits and organizational practices for preventing burnout and promoting worthwhile work.
Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Sarah Edmondson escaped and blew the whistle against NXIVM, the cult masquerading as a âpersonal and professional development company.â With clarity and a surprising and wry sense of humor, Sarah shares her lessons about the dark sides of charisma. She and Adam discuss what makes groups a little (or a lot) culty, the telltale signs of manipulation, and why our highest loyalty belongs to principles â not people.
Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Robin ArzĂłn is the head instructor at Peloton and an ultramarathon runner, but she didnât plan to make her career based on her athletic prowess. In this conversation with Adam, she talks about how she fell in love with running in adulthood and her radical career pivot from lawyer to renowned exercise instructor. They discuss what hustle culture gets wrong, why motivation may be less important than momentum, and how to create a consistent practice in the gym â and beyond it.
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Denise Hamilton is an inclusion strategist who works with organizations ranging from the UN to the WNBA. She is also the author of Indivisible: How to Forge our Differences into a Stronger Future. Denise and Adam discuss the pain of abandoning old stories, the value of revising long-held beliefs, and how to respond to the backlash against diversity and inclusion. Indivisible is out now. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Jared Cohen is a history buff with a career that boasts its own remarkable story. From the State Department to founding Jigsaw at Google to leading global affairs and innovation at Goldman Sachs, Jared has worked with the worldâs top leaders to tackle humanityâs biggest problems. His work in international problem-solving also translates into a passion for U.S. history. His new book, Life After Power, is a fascinating exploration about what seven American presidents did after leaving the most influential job in the world. Adam and Jared discuss the psychology of the founding fathers, debate the pros and cons of pursuing a legacy, and share what these historic figures can teach us all about pursuing and finding purpose. Life After Power is out February 13, 2024. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Bob Sutton is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author. In this zesty conversation with Adam, Bob shares insights on how to overcome friction at work. The two also discuss steps for leaders to become better listeners, the surprising advantages of inconvenience, and why itâs better to be a boring leader than an a-hole boss. Bobâs latest book, The Friction Project, is out now. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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You donât always decide what you feel, but you do own how you react to those feelings. In her bestselling book and TED Talk, Harvard Medical School psychologist Susan David examines the skills involved in emotional agility. She and Adam go deep on this topic, discussing the risks of judging and suppressing unwanted emotions â and effective techniques for managing them. They explore why optimism is not essential to well-being and how to overcome pressure to be positive. And they reveal how paying attention to what you feel can reveal what you value. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Emotions are like opinions â everyone has them. Thanks to the pioneering research of todayâs guest, we know that itâs possible to transform our feelings by changing how we think and talk about them. Lisa Feldman Barrett is a psychologist and neuroscientist at Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School. In this episode, Lisa and Adam bust myths about how emotions are constructed in the brain and experienced in the body. They discuss the surprising evidence that language doesnât just describe emotions â it shapes them. And they examine how managing your emotions is easier than you may realize. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Jennifer Garnerâs roles â from â13 Going on 30â to âJunoâ to âAliasâ â often center strong women who know how to achieve great things. In a fun and surprising live conversation, Jennifer chats with Adam about his latest book, âHidden Potential.â They dive into the most eye-opening findings in Adamâs research and the unexpected factors that build character and long-term success. Plus, the two dream up the ideal school â and discuss what itâs like to be both âType Aâ and âType Zâ parents. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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As a clinical psychologist, Becky Kennedy works with parents to raise good kids. Sheâs best known as Dr. Becky on Instagram, and has been called the "Millennial parenting whisperer" for good reason. Becky and Adam challenge the widespread belief that itâs a parentâs job to make their children happy, talk candidly about the surprisingly difficult task of setting and maintaining boundaries, and dig into the science and practice of helping kids (and adults) deal with the ups and downs of life. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel Prize winner who transformed our understanding of the biases that cloud our thinking. In this conversation, he and Adam explore when to trust our intuition and when to second-guess it. Danny explains how he finds joy in being wrong, spells out steps to smarter interviewing, and reveals how heâthe master decoder of decision-makingâmakes decisions. Find the transcript for this episode at go.ted.com/RT-Kahneman
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Maurice Ashley is a trailblazing chess grandmaster â the first African-American player to claim that prestigious title. Heâs also a chess coaching legend, as spotlighted in Adam's new book, âHidden Potential.â Adam and Maurice discuss the lessons from losing, the benefits of respecting your opponents, and what drives a winning strategy in chess and life. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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If you think of the arts as entertainment or luxury, Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross might ask you to reconsider. The authors of the New York Times bestseller âYour Brain on Artâ argue that engaging with music, craft projects, and museums can transform our lives in unexpected ways. Susan, Ivy, and Adam delve into the fascinating science of neuroaesthetics, and explore how art can unlock creativity, enhance well-being, and enrich communities. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Elliot Aronson is one of the preeminent psychologists of the 20th century â his mentors were Abraham Maslow and Leon Festinger, and his award-winning psychology textbooks are seminal even for non-psychologists. Adam asks Elliot about his pioneering work on making mistakes and cognitive dissonance, or the discomfort we feel when we realize that our attitudes or actions contradict our values. Then, the two discuss the dangers (and upsides) of rationalizing our beliefs â and strategies for making better decisions while keeping an open mind. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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We usually wear our thickest armor at work, and BrenĂ© Brown has blazed the trail of teaching us why and how to shed it. In this conversation, Adam and BrenĂ© unpack the power of showing vulnerability at work â and explore how much is too much. Learn when and where to set boundaries, find out how to get more comfortable with being uncomfortable, and hear BrenĂ© rethink a key assumption that she took for granted in her own work. The transcript for this episode is available at go.ted.com/RT-vulnerability
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Poet and author Maggie Smith isnât sure where she falls on the spectrum from optimism to pessimism. But her viral poem âGood Bonesâ and her bestselling books have inspired countless readers with profound insights on the messiness of being human. In this episode, Maggie and Adam discuss strategies for handling complex emotions, sustaining hope while acknowledging reality, and accepting ambiguity in life and art. They explore the value of asking questions that may not have a satisfying answer â or any answer at all. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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Rainn Wilson was a late bloomer: he landed the role of Dwight Schrute on âThe Officeâ after over a decade of struggling as an actor. But success didnât solve all of his problems â and it even created some new ones. In this live conversation for the Authors@Wharton series, Adam asks Rainn about his unlikely journey to stardom and how it led him into exploring the insights that philosophy, psychology, and the worldâs great spiritual traditions can offer on modern lifeâs existential questions. They also discuss Rainnâs favorite moments from âThe Officeâ and do some improv when Dunder Mifflin invites a certain organizational psychologist to talk to Dwight.
Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts
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