The Secrets of Great Conversation (with Charles Duhigg)

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🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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When EconTalk's Russ Roberts sat down with Charles Duhigg to talk about his new book on the art of conversation, Supercommunicators, Roberts tried to apply some of its lessons to his conversation with the author. The result is this special conversation between two people eager to connect and communicate. Enjoy.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Go to Econ Talk. in to today's conversation. You'll also find our archives with every episode we've done
0:24.5	going back to 2006. Our email address is mail at econ talk.org we'd love to hear from you. Today is January 29, 2024, and my guest is journalist and author Charles Doeigh.
0:44.0	His latest book is Super Communicators,
0:47.0	How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
0:50.0	and that is the subject of our conversation today.
0:53.2	Charles, welcome to Econ Talk.
0:55.0	Thanks for having me on.
0:56.2	What is a super communicator?
0:59.2	Well, I think, I think one of the easiest ways to describe it is by describing someone that we all know
1:04.8	which is if I was to ask you if you were having a bad day is there someone you would call
1:10.8	who you just know would make you feel better like you just know that they're the right
1:13.8	person to call did someone come to mind for you yeah I think so yeah than my
1:18.8	wife I mean my wife is the first person I'm after my wife I think that's wife is unfair so keep going
1:24.8	yeah I can think of a I can think of a couple people yeah so whoever came to mind
1:28.6	those people are super-communicators for you and what to say
1:33.0	super communicators back to them that you you know what to say to make them feel
1:37.1	heard and to make them feel like everything's going to be okay and that in that
1:42.0	they've had this great conversation.
1:43.7	Now there's some people who can consistently do that, right?
1:47.0	They can do that with almost anyone.
1:48.5	They are the person everyone calls if they know them and they...
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