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The Science of Happiness

How to Switch Off Your Critics

The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

Social Sciences, Science

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Do you obsess over negative feedback? Shereen Marisol Meraji, of NPR’s Code Switch, tries a better way to cope.

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Dacker. If you're like me, you probably have a wide variety of interest when it comes to your podcast listening.

0:06.0

A little psychology here, a little history there, which is why I want to recommend a show perfect for those with eclectic tastes.

0:13.7

Freconomics Radio has more than 10 years and 500 episodes worth of answers to your biggest

0:18.9

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0:19.9

But don't be fooled, it's not just for economists and business experts.

0:23.8

Every week Stephen Dubner dives into the hidden side of everything.

0:27.6

With the help of guests including CEOs, artists, and Nobel laureates, he breaks down all sorts of things, like how we choose the people

0:34.6

we marry and why using swear words might be more important than you think.

0:39.5

So don't miss out.

0:40.9

Follow Freakonomics radio right now wherever you get your podcasts.

0:44.0

I love my job, I love what I do.

0:50.0

Sometimes I make it everything in my life, which I'm

0:55.0

realizing is very unhealthy.

0:57.0

I'm Shereen Marisol Marajji, and today we're asking this question.

1:01.0

Why is it so hard to talk about Israel? I am the co-host and senior producer of

1:06.7

NPR's Code Switch podcast and we talk about race, identity, and culture on the

1:11.6

podcast and actually the podcast has become one of the most popular things that we make and

1:17.2

Lots and lots of young people of color download it and listen which is a wonderful, and it's also a lot of pressure because when you're doing this kind of work, when you're talking about race, when you're talking about something that people feel like you're implicating them in what's wrong or what's going

1:36.6

wrong and people take things that you say very personally into heart and maybe

1:41.1

lash back out at you,

1:43.2

whether that's over social media or like emails

1:46.4

about your work because they don't like it,

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