Manoush's Favorites: Slowing Down

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

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🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We're hard at work on new episodes of the TED Radio Hour, which will start rolling out in March. In the meantime, our new host Manoush Zomorodi shares some of her favorite episodes of the show. This episode originally aired on August 28, 2016. We're always asked to be faster and more precise. But what can we learn from slowing down — even procrastinating? This hour, TED speakers explore why taking it slow is crucial...for all of us. Guests include TV producer Thomas Hellum, psychologist Adam Grant, blogger Tim Urban, mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe, marketer Lakshmi Pratury, and video artist Gabriel Barcia-Colombo.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Manouche Zomoroti here.
0:02.4	I am the new host of the Ted Radio Hour,
0:04.9	and I am so excited to be here.
0:07.0	The team and I are hard at work
0:08.5	on making brand new episodes of the show for you,
0:11.7	which will start rolling out in March.
0:14.1	But till then, we are taking a look back
0:16.0	at some of our favorite episodes
0:17.5	from the seven years that Guy Ross hosted the show.
0:21.1	So on today's show, have you ever been told not to procrastinate?
0:25.6	That it's bad for your productivity?
0:27.8	Well, it turns out that's not entirely true.
0:30.8	What if I told you that slowing down,
0:33.4	pushing something off, even doing nothing,
0:36.6	can actually be a good thing?
0:39.0	On this episode, we explore why taking its slow is hard,
0:43.3	but crucial.
0:44.6	It's called slowing down, and it originally aired
0:47.1	in August 2016.
0:49.4	Enjoy.
0:51.2	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:57.2	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
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