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Coming up on the Jordan Harbanger Show.

They had someone tell a personal story about their life in one case she was talking about a disastrous prom.

And they had her hooked up to an FMRI, a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine.

And then they had people listen to her in a very engaged way. And they were all hooked up to FMRIs. And they discovered something that is as close to magic as science can get.

When someone was listening in an engaged way to someone else tell a personal story, the brain waves of both the speaker and the listeners moved in sync.

They began to exactly mirror one another. And in some cases the sync was so precise that the listeners brain waves would anticipate changes in the speaker

by a fraction of a second. That's mind-melt.

Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbanger.

On the Jordan Harbanger Show we decode the stories, secrets and skills of the world's most fascinating people.

If you're new to the show we have in-depth conversations with people at the top of their game.

Astronauts, entrepreneurs, spies, psychologists, even the occasional four-star general. And each show turns our guests wisdom into practical advice that you can use.

To build a deeper understanding of how the world works and become a better critical thinker.

Today we'll be talking with Celeste Headley. Celeste is the host of on-second thought over on NPR in Atlanta.

She's also the author of We Need to Talk, How to Have Conversations That Matter.

I normally don't go right into a book spiel but I loved this book. It's right up my alley.

There's lots of research on social science, psychology, neuroscience as applied to conversations and human interaction.

Especially as experienced as somebody who's been doing interviews for almost a decade longer than I have.

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