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You know, most of the time we kind of walk around and the me I have in my own head,

I think that other people are seeing me the same way I do. But I think the moments where

the me in my head collides with the me that's actually running around out there in the world.

And when those two things are shown to be different, I think those are the moments that make us

cringe.

All right, welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harmanger. As always, I'm here with my producer Jason

to Phillipo. On this episode, we're talking with Melissa Dahl, author of cringe worthy, a theory

of awkwardness. She also co-founded New York Magazine's popular social science site,

Science of Us, which I often read. And if you're interested in the topics we have here on the show,

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