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TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Being jolted out of the everyday can be a good thing. From an elaborate farce, to benign naughtiness, to a life-altering event—this hour, TED speakers explain the productive side of the provocative. Guests include bird truther Peter McIndoe, psychologist Paul Bloom and cognitive scientist Maya Shankar.

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0:00.0	This message comes from NPR sponsor, Am I Normal, a podcast from the Ted Audio Collective about the stories behind statistics.
0:08.0	For example, what is adulthood in a place where most people between 18 and 35 live with their parents.
0:14.0	Listen to Am I Normal wherever you get your podcasts.
0:17.0	This is the TED Radio Hour.
0:21.0	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:24.6	Our job now is to dream big.
0:25.9	Delivered at Ted conferences.
0:27.6	To bring about the future we want to see.
0:29.7	Around the world.
0:30.7	To understand who we are. From those talks, we bring you speakers and
0:35.3	ideas that will surprise you. You just don't know what you're gonna find.
0:39.3	Challenge you. We truly have to ask to ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy?
0:43.0	And even change you.
0:44.0	I literally feel like I'm a different person.
0:46.0	Yes.
0:47.0	Do you feel that way?
0:49.0	Ideas worth spreading.
0:51.0	From TED and NPR. from Ted and
0:52.6	and NPR.
0:54.6	I'm Anouche Zamorodi.
0:57.7	I want to start with a story that, well, it might seem unbelievable.
1:02.6	On October 15th, 2022, thousands of protesters gathered in Washington Square Park in New York City. of to that rally all the time.
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