The voices in your head with Ethan Kross
ReThinking
TED
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Do you have an inner monologue? Ethan Kross is a psychologist and neuroscientist who studies our inner lives, from how you respond to the voice in your head to how you manage your emotions. Ethan and Adam compare notes on their inner voices (or lack thereof), share advice on how to calm an anxious mind, and discuss the benefits of mental time travel. They also analyze why venting can backfire.
ReThinking is produced by Cosmic Standard. Our Senior Producer is Jessica Glazer, our Engineer is Aja Simpson, our Technical Director is Jacob Winik, and our Executive Producer is Eliza Smith.
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| 0:00.0 | Gina's a muncher. |
| 0:02.3 | Jackson Nippler. |
| 0:04.5 | Lucy likes to linger. |
| 0:08.1 | But not for too long. |
| 0:10.2 | And Harry? |
| 0:11.9 | Thank you, Harry. |
| 0:13.5 | Mikado is the crunchy biscuit stick dipped in smooth milk chocolate |
| 0:17.3 | and makes other biscuits look so ordinary. |
| 0:20.3 | Mikado is deliciously Moorish. |
| 0:22.5 | However you enjoy it, make every day more Macardo. Grab a pack in your local store today. |
| 0:28.5 | Find Macardo in the biscuit aisle. Michael Lewis here. My best-selling book The Big Short |
| 0:34.5 | tells the story of the build-up and burst of the U.S. housing market back in 2008. |
| 0:40.7 | A decade ago, the Big Short was made into an Academy Award-winning movie. |
| 0:44.6 | And now I'm bringing it to you for the first time as an audiobook narrated by yours truly. |
| 0:50.1 | The Big Short's story, what it means to bet against the market, and who really pays for an unchecked financial system, is as relevant today as it's ever been. |
| 0:59.2 | Get the big short now at Pushkin.fm slash audiobooks or wherever audiobooks are sold. |
| 1:08.9 | I don't have control over those thoughts that bubble up from time to time. |
| 1:13.4 | What I do have control over is how I engage with those responses. |
| 1:20.9 | Hey, everyone, it's Adam Grant. |
| 1:22.9 | Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What Makes Us Tick with the TED Audio Collective. |
| 1:28.5 | I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people |
| 1:33.0 | to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking. |
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