meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
What Now? with Trevor Noah

Adam Grant Gives Trevor An Intellectual Wedgie

What Now? with Trevor Noah

SiriusXM & Day Zero Productions

News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.72.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What do you do when your values are tested? Trevor and organizational psychologist Adam Grant discuss this very timely question, as well the importance of discourse in reducing prejudice, the science of keeping an open mind, and whether Trevor might have missed his true calling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

That's the only way I get back into like sort of shape

0:04.0

is I have to put weights next to my bed.

0:07.0

That's literally what I'll do.

0:09.0

Do you go to sleep in your gym clothes too?

0:11.0

No, no, no, no.

0:12.0

This is actually a myth.

0:13.0

You don't need gym clothes to work out.

0:15.0

This is a complete fallacy.

0:16.0

You can do it naked. It works just as well.

0:19.0

In fact, it makes me feel like I'm in like ancient Greece or something.

0:22.5

Yeah, there's like a moment where you lift a weight above your head and you're completely

0:25.5

naked and you're just like, yes, I am Spartacus.

0:35.8

This is What Now with Trevor Noah.

0:38.3

It's fun having you. Welcome, welcome to the podcast.

0:49.3

I'm excited to be here.

0:50.3

Yeah, man. I'm really happy to have you here because like, I love how you think, but then I also love the science behind how you think. Some people know your books or your TED talks, but what I've noticed is some people know you as, like they think of you as a researcher. They go, that's what that guy does. And then some people think of you as, as really a social scientist and a psychologist and somebody

1:11.5

who looks at human interactions. How would you define what you actually do? I mean, I guess I'd say

1:18.1

I'm an organizational psychologist. Okay. And I'm interested in how we can improve the quality

1:22.7

of our lives at work and beyond. Is it just like business organizations or any...

1:27.7

Like, how big does an organization get before it's no longer an organization?

1:31.2

I think if it's fewer than two people, it's definitely not an organization.

1:34.2

So it's the Lord's rules, basically.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from SiriusXM & Day Zero Productions, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of SiriusXM & Day Zero Productions and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.