How to tell your authentic story (with Noor Tagouri)
How to Be a Better Human
TED
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Do you remember a time you ACTUALLY felt represented in pop culture? For Libyan American journalist Noor Tagouri, those moments of being portrayed in a way that feels real can actually be an important catalyst for positive social change. Noor has spent the last decade of her career in journalism, uncovering hidden stories and challenging biases in the mainstream. In this episode, she talks about the importance of telling a story from all angles–and why searching for truth despite pushback is a scary but necessary part of being human.
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| 0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective. |
| 0:02.0 | Audio Collective. |
| 0:04.0 | You're listening to How to Bea |
| 0:08.0 | You're listening to How to Be a Better Human. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm your host Chris Duffy, on today's episode we're talking |
| 0:14.7 | about the importance of being able to own and tell your story in an authentic way. Our |
| 0:20.4 | guest today, nor tajori, tells stories across all different forms of media, |
| 0:25.0 | whether it's videos, podcasts, writing, or on TV. |
| 0:29.0 | And in 2022, Nor launched her investigative series Rep. |
| 0:33.0 | It's a podcast which starts with her examining the stories from her own Libyan American family |
| 0:38.0 | and then expands outward into a constellation of other voices. |
| 0:42.0 | For Norr, the process of finding her voice and figuring out how to express herself |
| 0:46.0 | is a process that started at a very early age. And she got her inspiration from a somewhat |
| 0:50.9 | unexpected mentor. Here's a clip from her TED Talk. |
| 0:54.0 | So my personal legend showed up |
| 0:58.0 | when I was about eight years old. |
| 1:02.0 | I would come home from school, toss my book bag on the floor and rush to the living room to watch |
| 1:09.5 | Oprah with my mom 4 PM sharp every single day. Now I know everybody loves Oprah like you but I |
| 1:20.8 | really loved Oprah. |
| 1:23.0 | How she asked questions, how she prompted people to share their most vulnerable stories, |
| 1:29.0 | and how she made everybody so comfortable in their chair. |
| 1:32.0 | I wanted to do that. everybody so comfortable in their chair. |
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