So Awkward: How to embrace the embarrassing

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Forgetting a name, a poorly executed hug, the 7th grade — awkwardness is part of our lives whether we like it or not. But what if we put the embarrassment aside and embraced our awkward selves? Guests include social scientist Ty Tashiro, cartoonist Liana Finck, journalist Melissa Dahl and sex and relationship counselor Erin Chen.

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0:51.1	From Ted and NPR, I'm Manouche Zamorodi and I hate to do this to you, but we are going to start the show back in the painfully awkward days of middle school.
1:07.0	If you think about a cafeteria, there was the cool kid table, there was the athlete table, and maybe the edgy alternative table,
1:17.0	but there was always a table of nerds. This is tie to Shiro.
1:22.0	The socially awkward kids who were the furthest thing from cool,
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