Changing Our Minds

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Admitting we're wrong is painful--even seen as a sign of weakness. But what if we take a more flexible approach? This hour: how rethinking ideas can be good for our brains and our relationships. Guests include former GOP congressman Bob Inglis, organizational psychologist Adam Grant, and civil rights activist Loretta J. Ross.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Manouche here, and I've got one quick thing before we start the show.
0:05.3	It has been quite a year, but one of the bright spots for me and the team here at NPR has been
0:11.4	bringing you big ideas every week. Ones that make you think, reflect, and feel inspired.
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1:11.5	you so much. This is the TED radio hour. Each week, groundbreaking TED talks.
1:20.2	Our job now is to dream big. Deliver it at TED conferences. To bring about the future we want to see.
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1:31.9	that will surprise you. You just don't know what you're going to find. Challenge you.
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1:52.6	I'm Manouche Zamorote. And back in the early 2000s, politician Bob English felt very sure of his
2:00.8	beliefs. I was pure as a driven snow, you know. That's how I thought of myself. I mean, really,
2:05.7	I thought that I was perfect and everybody else in the political process was a bunch of swan.
2:10.0	Really, it was a very sanctimonious, to tell you the truth. For 12 years, Bob was the congressional
2:16.4	representative for Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Redis district and the Redis
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