From Manoush: The Opportunity Of Boredom

TED Radio Hour

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🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

With many of us stuck at home right now, it's natural to feel bored and listless. But our new host Manoush Zomorodi is kind of an expert in boredom - she wrote a book and gave a TED Talk on the topic - and she says it doesn't have to be so bad. In 2018, Guy Raz interviewed Manoush for our episode "Attention Please." Listen to why we might actually need to feel bored in order to jump-start our creativity.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's Manouche here.
0:02.1	I introduced myself to you as the new host of the Ted Radio Hour just a few days ago.
0:06.8	And even since then, it's become clear that the coronavirus is upending our lives in unexpected
0:12.4	ways.
0:13.4	So far, it's been strange, disorienting, and especially for kids and folks stuck at home,
0:19.5	a little boring.
0:21.2	Which is why we wanted to put something a little extra down the feed this week.
0:24.9	It's a conversation I had with GuyRaz back in 2018 about my TED Talk, my research into
0:31.2	the power of boredom.
0:33.1	Because being bored, it turns out, can actually really be a good thing.
0:38.0	I hope you find this conversation helpful.
0:40.7	And meanwhile, just so you know, the team and I are hard at work putting the finishing
0:44.4	touches on a new episode that I think you're going to love.
0:47.9	It'll be in your feed on Friday.
0:50.6	Be well, and I'll talk to you soon.
0:55.9	Do you remember when you were a kid, like in the summertime, and there was no school, and
1:03.3	it was hot, and the days would go on forever, and it was so boring.
1:09.3	So, so boring.
1:11.2	Do you remember that?
1:13.3	Oh, yeah, I remember it.
1:14.5	I had a babysitter actually who used to lock us out of the house in the afternoons,
1:19.5	so she could watch her soap opera, and I remember like walking, we would, so we would play
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