Special Edition: 'Think Faster, Talk Smarter' This Holiday Season (& Beyond)
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever feel put on the spot? Or not sure what to say? Or embarrassed after an awkward interaction? After today's discussion, we hope you'll feel less anxious, and more prepared for everything from friendly small talk to big political disagreements.
Matt Abrahams is a lecturer of strategic communication at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, and host of the popular Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast. Since he's mastered the art of communication, he's here to explain his techniques so we can all get better at it.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, November 28th, Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. |
| 0:03.9 | We are bringing you our special edition episode early this week to help you have better |
| 0:07.9 | conversations as you gather with family and friends this holiday season. |
| 0:11.9 | Do you ever feel put on the spot, or not sure what to say, or embarrassed after an awkward |
| 0:16.9 | interaction? |
| 0:18.0 | After today's discussion, we hope you feel less anxious and more prepared for |
| 0:21.9 | everything from friendly small talk to big political disagreements. And we even go beyond the |
| 0:27.0 | holidays so you can show up just the way you want wherever you are heading into the new year. |
| 0:31.6 | Bringing us all these great strategies and advice for communication at work, home, and social |
| 0:36.1 | situations is Matt Abrams. He's a lecturer of strategic communication at work, home, and social situations is Matt Abraham's. |
| 0:38.6 | He's a lecturer of strategic communication at Stanford's Graduate School of Business |
| 0:42.4 | and host of the popular Think Fast Talk Smart podcast. |
| 0:46.5 | And because he's mastered the art of communication, he does a great job explaining his ways |
| 0:51.0 | so we can all get better at it. |
| 0:55.3 | Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special edition Saturday when we sit down with a different |
| 0:59.5 | expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news. |
| 1:02.8 | Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes where we provide |
| 1:06.8 | all the day's news in 10 minutes. |
| 1:08.9 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 1:09.6 | It's now time for today's special |
| 1:11.3 | edition Saturday. Matt Abrams, thank you so much for joining us here on The Newsworthy. |
| 1:18.9 | I am so excited to be with you, Erica. Thank you. So your podcast is called Think Fast, Talk Smart. |
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